30:26 – After he finally gets done with his long-winded sermon, Moses passes the torch to Joshua Ben-Nun and teaches Israel a long-winded song in which it is revealed just how the Chosen People were chosen, and just who chose them. Dave in Kentucky maps pantheons, ancient Hebrew to ancient Sumerian.
Show art: “Ptolemy II Philadelphus talking with Jewish scholars in the library of Alexandria and having the Septuagint explained to him” (17th century) by Jean Baptiste de Champaigne (1631-1681), Public Domain.
Theme music: Unknown hymn used as the theme music for Father Coughlin’s radio show in the 1930s, Public Domain, performed by Dave in Kentucky (2021), Public Domain Dedication.
28:10 – Moses continues his extremely long-winded sermon, in which he enumerates all the blessings the Israelites will receive if they obey the Yahwelian commands, and all the curses they will endure if they disobey.
Show art: “Israel at Mts. Ebal & Gerizim” (circa 1720) by Jan Luyken (1683-1762), Public Domain.
Theme music: Unknown hymn used as the theme music for Father Coughlin’s radio show in the 1930s, Public Domain, performed by Dave in Kentucky (2021), Public Domain Dedication.
29:57 – In this episode, the Israelites are instructed to take a food tithe to the seat of occupied government and appear before a Yahwelian representative while Lord Yahweh himself views the proceedings remotely (from the sky) and bestows blessings accordingly. Learn (among other things) why the law is both a blessing and a curse, what it means to uncover your father’s skirt, and the fate of those who not only did not fear Yahweh, but who feared none of the Elohim gods.
Show art: “Offerings of the First Fruits Carried to the Temple of Jerusalem” (circa 1700) by Augustin Calmet (1672-1757), Public Domain.
Theme music: Unknown hymn used as the theme music for Father Coughlin’s radio show in the 1930s, Public Domain, performed by Dave in Kentucky (2021), Public Domain Dedication.
30:44 – Were all men brothers, or only fellow Israelites? What precautions needed to be taken to prevent unintentional crop hybridization? Why was it inadvisable to plow with an ox and an ass? How important was policing the latrine when the commanding officer was in camp? Dave in Kentucky addresses these and other important questions.
Show art: “Native of Palestine Working with an Ox and an Ass, Holy Land” (c. 1895), colorized, photographer unknown, Public Domain.
Theme music: Unknown hymn used as the theme music for Father Coughlin’s radio show in the 1930s, Public Domain, performed by Dave in Kentucky (2021), Public Domain Dedication.
29:49 – What is the difference between divination and prophecy? Was “the devil” just another of the minor Elohim? How can false prophecy be detected? Did the Israelites have an all-volunteer army? How were city governments punished for failing to detect and punish the crime of murder? How could a man decide whether he was in love with a female prisoner, or just infatuated? Dave provides the Deuteronomic answers.
Show art: “Laws Concerning Unsolved Murder” (c. 1886), artist unknown, Public Domain.
Theme music: Unknown hymn used as the theme music for Father Coughlin’s radio show in the 1930s, Public Domain, performed by Dave in Kentucky (2021), Public Domain Dedication.
30:38 – What did King James mean when he declared in The True Law of Free Monarchies that the king is “the lord of all gods”? Was this a reference to the Yahweh Elohim? Why did all adult male Israelites have to travel three times a year to designated locations where they would deliver their tithes and pay their tribute to their Yahwelian overlords? Dave in Kentucky speculates.
Show art: Frontispiece of Thomas Hobbes’ Leviathan (1651) by Abraham Bosse (1604-1676), Public Domain.
Theme music: Unknown hymn used as the theme music for Father Coughlin’s radio show in the 1930s, Public Domain, performed by Dave in Kentucky (2021), Public Domain Dedication.
29:45 – If there is only one God, why are we commanded not to serve any others? If God knows everything already, what new information can tests of faith give him? If he is all-powerful, why doesn’t he just destroy the competition and be done with it? And if he is totally benevolent, why does he destroy so many people? Dave in Kentucky poses the questions, but you’ll have to provide your own answers.
Show art: “Baalites” (1896-1902) by James Tissot (1836-1902), Public Domain.
Theme music: Unknown hymn used as the theme music for Father Coughlin’s radio show in the 1930s, Public Domain, performed by Dave in Kentucky (2021), Public Domain Dedication.
1:50:26 – Doc Sleaze and Frank Edward Nora are here!! They join host Bret/PQ to discuss aging/getting old!!
Next: Well, this is the last Central, for at least awhile. Thanks so much for listening, participating and contributing to 13 years of weekly collaborations in audio on these shows!!
Attribution by PQ Ribber. Hosts appear courtesy themselves.
Released November 2023 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel based on a freeform monologue style, presenting diverse and fascinating hosts who craft thought-provoking, unique transmissions for now, and all future times!
30:50 – Were the giants called “Anakim” in Hebrew members of the giant race called “Anunnaki” in Sumerian? Was the Ark of the Covenant the same as the Ark of the Testimony, or were they two quite different boxes, with two quite different functions? What does Deuteronomy 10 mean by a “heaven of the heavens,” a “god of the gods,” and a “lord of the lords”? Dave in Kentucky will ‘splain it to you, loosely.
Show art: An apparently modern work depicting the Ark of the Covenant going before the Israelites into battle, destroying their enemies “as a consuming fire.” Title, artist and dates unknown. (Sources failed to attribute.)
Theme music: Unknown hymn used as the theme music for Father Coughlin’s radio show in the 1930s, Public Domain, performed by Dave in Kentucky (2021), Public Domain Dedication.
Attribution by PQ Ribber. Hosts appear courtesy themselves.
Released November 2023 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel based on a freeform monologue style, presenting diverse and fascinating hosts who craft thought-provoking, unique transmissions for now, and all future times!
