Giday, I'm Gary Stevens.

And welcome to the third season of the History in the Bible podcast.

In this final season, I explore how the Jews and the Christians constructed new religions when they were

sent spinning into the void after the destruction of the temple. All of the history, about all of the books beyond the Bible.

Bonus Episode 57.

Before we get to the show, I have some announcements.

First, I expect the last episode in my main narrative to appear in late December.

Second, I have begun the process of transforming my show into printed form with Amazon self-publishing.

There will eventually be four volumes.

One for each season, and a fourth volume that I have tentatively entitled a Bible Home Companion.

This will incorporate all the maps, charts and tables on my website into one full colour book.

I will publish the companion first in December or January.

You see, I figure that many listeners will have no interest in paying for scripts they can listen

to for free.

But they might be attracted to a ready reference to accompany the show, one that contains

visual material impossible to convey orally.

In this bonus episode,

Bernie Mayapolski, of the Fan of History Podcast,

has me as a guest on his podcast segment, What's New in History.

I present my sole original contribution to Bible studies.

My investigation into how Christianity grew in the Roman Empire.

It's all about the mathematics.

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