Ep. 15: Eat the Rich

This time, I cover a couple of forgotten queens of history, Dido and Shammu-Ramat, the reign of GOAT Israelite King Jeroboam II, and the prophet Amos, whose book is a social justice screed against the rich and powerful.  Join the Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/BibleLorePodcast Check out my Instagram account:  https://www.instagram.com/haydentank/ Check out Dig's video on Ramath's Yahwistic kings:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzRnnLVVIzc  Bibliography:  Hallo and Younger - 'The Context of Scripture';  Shuichi Hasegawa - 'Aram and Israel during the Jehuite Dynasty';  Robert Alter - 'The Hebrew Bible: A Translation with Commentary';  Cogan & Tadmor - 'II Kings: A New Translation with Commentary';  Mario Liverani - 'Israel's History and the History of Israel';  Marc van de Mieroop - 'A History of the Ancient Near East';  Eckart Frahm - 'Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World's First Empire';  Amanda Podany - 'Weavers, Scribes, and Kings';  Christian Frevel - 'History of Ancient Israel';  Berlin, Brettler, Fishbane, et al - 'The Jewish Study Bible';  Mark Fisher - 'Capitalist Realism';  https://armenianweekly.com/2017/06/28/my-name-is-shamiram/ Some Bible quotations taken from the NRSVue and the NJPS with adaptations