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Podcast: Religion on the Mind
Episode: Israel & "End Times": A Full Treatment (#219)
Description: After Dan’s solo mini episode on Israel-Hamas and the “End Times” (as conceived of by Left Behind-style premillennial dispensationalist Protestants), he wanted to go further in-depth on the background of that particular theology and reading of apocalyptic texts within the Bible. Dan Hummel (University of Wisconsin Madison) was gracious enough to join on short notice, and the two cover the history of dispensationalism, alternate readings of key texts in Revelation and Daniel, how dispensationalism became so popular, and the prediction track record of the carious popularizers of this view (spoiler alert: it’s BAD). For more geopolitical context, please l...