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The Chosen – season four, episode eight
Mary of Bethany anoints Jesus’ feet, and Jesus borrows a donkey for his ride into Jerusalem. Also: notes on Passover customs, headcovering rules, where…
 • Peter T Chattaway
The Chosen – season four, episode seven
Jesus raises Lazarus and brings an end to the public-miracle phase of his ministry. Also: notes on medieval traditions, the darkness of Lazarus’s tomb…
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The Chosen – season four, episode six
Another public sermon ends in violence, as the Sadducees and Pharisees try to stone Jesus in the Temple. Also: notes on Hanukkah, the Maccabees…
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The Chosen – season four, episode five
Jesus visits Mary and Martha, Judas's frustrations grow, Pharisees and Sadducees debate the resurrection, plus notes on a couple of money-themed…
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The Chosen – season four, episode four
In which people react to Ramah's death, a Roman's faith brightens Jesus' day, James and John ask for special status among the disciples, and there is…
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The Chosen – season four, episode three
A rewritten miracle, a confrontation with the Pharisees, a crowd that gets out of control, a shocking death, the healing properties of saliva in Jewish…
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The Chosen – season four, episode two
Simon declares that Jesus is the Messiah, Jesus gives Simon a new name, Jesus brings division to families and reconciliation to his disciples, John the…
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The Old Stories: Moses – episode one
Notes on the House of David spin-off's narrative structure, visual style, historical setting, and use of Exodus. Also: how two Moses movies made 30…
 • Peter T Chattaway
The Chosen – season four, episode one
The birth and death of John the Baptist, "unorthodox" marriages throughout Israelite history, the proper making and use of sacred oil, what secular…
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The Chosen – season three, episode eight
How the season finale combines multiple feeding-the-multitude stories and multiple stories about storms on the Sea of Galilee — and much, much, more.
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The Chosen – season three, episode seven
The disciples respond to a multi-ethnic conflict sparked by one of the parables, Jesus heals a deaf-mute, and Simon wrestles with his anger towards…
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The Chosen – season three, episode six
Simon the Zealot is confronted by former colleagues, Andrew and Philip learn that their preaching brought chaos to the Decapolis, and messengers from…
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