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  1. Episode 92: Athanasius' Life of Antony

    Publicerades: 2021-08-08
  2. Episode 91: The Passion of Perpetua and Felicity

    Publicerades: 2021-07-25
  3. Episode 90: Ante-Nicene Catholicism

    Publicerades: 2021-07-04
  4. Episode 89: The Aethiopica of Heliodorus

    Publicerades: 2021-06-19
  5. Episode 88: Ancient Greek Sci-fi

    Publicerades: 2021-05-21
  6. Episode 87: Lucian of Samosata

    Publicerades: 2021-05-07
  7. Episode 86: An Introduction to Late Antiquity

    Publicerades: 2021-04-25
  8. Episode 85: River

    Publicerades: 2021-04-04
  9. Episode 84: Manichaeism

    Publicerades: 2021-03-14
  10. Episode 83: Gnosticism

    Publicerades: 2021-02-28
  11. Episode 82: Zoroastrianism

    Publicerades: 2021-01-31
  12. Episode 81: Revelation

    Publicerades: 2021-01-10
  13. Episode 80: The General Epistles

    Publicerades: 2020-10-14
  14. Episode 79: The Pauline Epistles

    Publicerades: 2020-09-25
  15. Episode 78: The Book of Acts

    Publicerades: 2020-09-11
  16. Episode 77: The Gospels

    Publicerades: 2020-06-30
  17. Episode 76: Judea Under Herod

    Publicerades: 2020-06-07
  18. Episode 75: Dusk and Starlight

    Publicerades: 2020-04-25
  19. Episode 74: Marcus Aurelius (The Meditations)

    Publicerades: 2020-03-14
  20. Episode 73: The Golden Ass (Apuleius' The Golden Ass)

    Publicerades: 2020-02-29

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With millions of downloads, hundreds of hours of soundtracked content, and an overall emphasis on the cultural history behind famous works of literature, Literature and History is one of the most popular independent podcasts on its subject. Starting with Sumerian cuneiform in 3,100 BCE, Literature and History moves forward in chronological order through Assyriology, Egyptology, the Old Testament, Ancient Greece and Rome, the birth of Christianity, and the early Middle Ages. The show's current season is on early Islamic history. A typical episode (they average about two hours) features a general introduction to a work of literature, then a full summary of that work that expects no prior knowledge, and finally, an analysis of the cultural, biographical, and historical forces that gave rise to the work in question. Original symphonic and ambient background music is woven throughout each show, and all episodes offer free full, illustrated, footnoted transcriptions as well as quizzes for purposes of review. The show has no advertisements, and its host takes pride in a professional approach that avoids chitchat and ephemera and gets straight to the educational content. You can listen to the episodes in any order, although most listeners begin at the beginning and proceed from there, as the podcast itself is chronologically organized. Doug Metzger finished his Ph.D. in literature in 2011. His chief scholarly interest, following his dissertation work, continues to be 19th-century realism and postbellum American philosophy.

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