In this episode, Erik Rostad discusses book 9 from his 2024 Reading List – The Odes by Pindar.

Show Notes

• Pindar
• Purchase The Odes by Pindar / Translation by C.M. Bowra
• Support the Podcast – Hire EPR Creations for Online Consulting
• The Books of Titans Book Subscription with Landmark Booksellers
• The Great Books Reading List
• 2024 Reading List
• Reading Resources
• Books of Titans Website

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In this episode, Erik Rostad talks about the cataclysmic will of Zeus. The Cypria, a lost work with stories predating the Iliad, provides a clear-cut purpose for the will of Zeus. Is it true? Why did Homer ignore it in the Iliad? How does it change the reading of the “will of Zeus being fulfilled” in the Iliad? These questions and more in episode 208 of The Books of Titans Podcast.

Show Notes

• Greek Epic Fragments
• The Epic Cycle and the Uniqueness of Homer by Jasper Griffin
• The Iliad
• Bernard Knox’s Introduction to the Iliad
• The Serpent and the Eagle by Robert Fagles
• The Iliad Podcast Episode
• The Atrahasis Podcast Episode
• Support the Podcast – Hire EPR Creations for Online Consulting
• The Books of Titans Book Subscription with Landmark Booksellers
• The Great Books Reading List
• 2024 Reading List
• Reading Resources
• Books of Titans Website

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In this episode, Erik Rostad discusses book 5 from his list of 200 Great Books  – The Atrahasis: The Babylonian Flood Myth.

Show Notes

• Purchase Enuma Elish / Translation by Timothy Stephany
• Purchase Myths from Mesopotamia / Translation by Stephanie Dalley
• Enuma Elish Podcast Episode
• Support the Podcast – Hire EPR Creations for Online Consulting
• The Books of Titans Book Subscription with Landmark Booksellers
• The Great Books Reading List
• 2024 Reading List
• Reading Resources
• Books of Titans Website

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It’s Homer vs Hollywood. How does the 2004 film Troy stand up to its inspiration, The Iliad? What did Hollywood get right, what did they butcher, and should you watch the film?

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In this episode, Erik Rostad discusses The Iliad by Homer, book 5 for his 2024 reading list. This is his second reading of the epic.

Show Notes

• First Podcast – Nov 2023
• Author: Homer
• Robert Fitzgerald
• Ransom by David Malouf
• My Thoughts about The Iliad
• The Great Books Reading List
• 2023 Reading List
• Reading Resources
• Books of Titans Website

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In this episode, Erik Rostad discusses book 5 from his list of 200 Great Books  – Enuma Elish: The Babylonian Creation Epic.

Show Notes

• Purchase Enuma Elish / Translation by Timothy Stephany
• Purchase Myths from Mesopotamia / Translation by Stephanie Dalley
• Support the Podcast – Hire EPR Creations for Online Consulting
• The Books of Titans Book Subscription with Landmark Booksellers
• The Great Books Reading List
• 2024 Reading List
• 2023 Reading List
• Reading Resources
• Books of Titans Website

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In this episode, Jason A. Staples, Ph.D., a historian of early Judaism and Christianity, answers 4 questions Erik poses about the Bible. Additionally, Dr. Staples answers some questions about his latest book Paul and the Resurrection of Israel.

Here are a few of the questions addressed in this episode:

• The land of Israel is promised as an everlasting or forever promise but that doesn’t last for very long, certainly not forever. How are we to understand the promise and the term forever?
• There were multiple iterations of the covenant in the Hebrew Bible. When the Old Covenant is referenced, which version is being referenced?
• How are we to understand the timing of the books of the Hebrew Bible, especially in light of prophecies and when the books were compiled?
• Is prose distinguished from poetry in the Hebrew Bible?

Show Notes

• Jason A. Staples, Ph.D. website – https://www.jasonstaples.com/
• Episode 200 covering Dr. Staples’ book Paul and the Resurrection of Israel.
• Jason’s second book published by Cambridge University Press – Paul and the Resurrection of Israel: Jews, Former Gentiles, Israelites
• Jason’s first book published by Cambridge University Press – The Idea of Israel in Second Temple Judaism: A New Theory of People, Exile, and Israelite Identity
• Sign up for Jason’s Substack
• Podcast Episode: 2nd Bible Q&A with Dr. Jason Staples
• Podcast Episode: 1st Bible Q&A with Dr. Jason Staples
• Podcast Episode: The Idea of Israel in Second Temple Judaism (Jason’s book)
• 2024 Bible Reading Podcast Episodes:
  • The Five Books of Moses
  • The Prophets
  • The Writings
  • The New Testament
• Get Book Ideas
• Books of Titans Website

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In this episode, Erik Rostad discusses The New Testament (translated by David Bentley Hart), book 4 for his 2024 reading list.

Show Notes

• David Bentley Hart
• Support the Podcast – Hire EPR Creations for Online Consulting
• The Books of Titans Book Subscription with Landmark Booksellers
• The Great Books Reading List
• 2024 Reading List
• Reading Resources
• Books of Titans Website

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In this episode, Erik Rostad discusses The Writings of the Hebrew Bible, book 3 for his 2024 reading list.

Show Notes

• Robert Alter
• The Writings – Psalms, Proverbs, Job, The Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Qohelet (Ecclesiastes), Esther, Daniel, Ezra-Nehemiah, Chronicles
• The Hebrew Bible: A Translation & Commentary by Robert Alter
• Support the Podcast – Hire EPR Creations for Online Consulting
• The Books of Titans Book Subscription with Landmark Booksellers
• The Great Books Reading List
• 2024 Reading List
• Reading Resources
• Books of Titans Website

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In this episode, Erik Rostad discusses The Prophets of the Hebrew Bible, book 2 for his 2024 reading list.

Quick note: I made a major flub in the original recording of this episode. It has since been updated, but in segment 2, I made the statement that Rehoboam was a good king. That is not true. What I had in mind was King David and that the subsequent kings of Judah who followed the direction of David were labeled good kings. But many others, like Rehoboam, were bad kings and those who followed his lead set the kingdom on the wrong path.

Show Notes

• Robert Alter
• The Prophets – Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, The Twelve Minor Prophets (Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi)
• The Hebrew Bible: A Translation & Commentary by Robert Alter
• Support the Podcast – Hire EPR Creations for Online Consulting
• The Books of Titans Book Subscription with Landmark Booksellers
• All Books Subscriptions from Landmark Booksellers
• Podcast Episode – Paul and the Resurrection of Israel
• Purchase Paul and the Resurrection of Israel
• The Great Books Reading List
• 2024 Reading List
• Reading Resources
• Books of Titans Website

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In this episode, Erik Rostad shares how he takes notes in books and how it has helped him to remember what he reads.

Show Notes

• Muji 0.38 Pens
• Support the Podcast – Hire EPR Creations for Online Consulting
• The Great Books Reading List
• 2024 Reading List
• Reading Resources
• Books of Titans Website

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