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Podcast: Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for Atheists
Episode: Apocrypha Now
Description: Your favorite godless duo kicks off a new arc by shoving Genesis back under the microscopeâthen gleefully coloring outside the canonical lines. We define Apocrypha (the âhidden/secretâ stuff) and Pseudepigrapha (the âfalsely attributedâ stuff) before diving into why so much juicy lore lives outside the official cut. Think origin-story patch notes: second-Temple authors, bonus angels, Satan cameos, and the ultimate âdeleted scenesâ energy. (Also, yes, someone says theyâre never reading the Old Testament again. Mood.)From there, we zoom into Genesis 1â11âcreation, exile, murder, flood, and that adorable language-collapse at Babelâand tee up the apocryphal expa...