The Method: Reconstructive-Reading
How to read past the text to the situation it was written against.
The Bible as Propaganda
Grand Theories
The big-picture reconstructions that tie the individual posts and videos together.
- Old Testament/Hebrew Bible Grand Theory (coming soon)
- New Testament Grand Theory
Genesis & the Pentateuch
Creation, the patriarchs, Moses and the sources behind them.
- VideoHumans as Living Idols: Rethinking Genesis (A Response to Dr. Kipp Davis) 2025
- VideoGenesis 3, Dr. Kipp Davis & Propaganda! 2024
- VideoJacob Was Inserted Into the Joseph Narrative 2024
- VideoMultiple Elohists! A New Approach to the Documentary Hypothesis 2024
- VideoEnki & Ninhursaja: How the Ancient Author Manipulated an Oral Tradition 2022
- VideoThe Oral Tradition Behind the Garden of Eden Story 2022
- Mirror-Reading the Elohist Source: The Abraham Cycle 2018
- Mirror-Reading the Elohist Source: The Joseph Cycle 2018
- Mirror-Reading the Elohist Source: Moses 2018
- Mirror-Reading the Elohist Source: Balaam 2018
- Mirror-Reading the Elohist Source: The Jacob Cycle 2017
- Were the Biblical Authors "Elites"? 2024
- VideoThe Documentary Hypothesis: A Response to InspiringPhilosophy 2024
Judges: The Northern Tradition
Reconstructing the northern stories behind the Book of Judges.
Ruth, Samuel & David
Scandal, succession and propaganda around Israel's first kings.
- Why Was King Saul So Damn Good-Looking? 2026
- Was Eli the Real Father of Samuel? 2026
- The Evolution of the Ark of the Covenant: From Philistine Treaty to El to Yahweh 2026
- VideoTamar Decoded: The Propaganda of Genesis 38 and 2 Samuel 13 (A Response to Dr. Kipp Davis) 2025
- David the Cuck & Bathsheba the Slut 2022
- VideoDavid & Jonathan: Bisexual Lovers or Father & Son? 2022
- VideoAbigail, Slave of David: A Reconstruction of the Original Narrative 2022
- VideoRuth, Slave of Boaz: A Reconstruction of the Original Narrative 2022
- What Bart Ehrman Gets Wrong About Ruth, Sex and… Feet! 2022
- VideoAbner's Spear: A Reconstructive-Reading of 2 Samuel 2:18–23 2021
Kings, Elijah & Elisha
The divided kingdom, its temple, and the northern prophet stories.
- VideoJezebel: Princess or Prostitute? 2023
- VideoThe Dirty Secret of Solomon's Temple: The Phoenician Origin of Jerusalem & Its First Temple 2023
Northern Elijah & Elisha series
- The Brook Cherith 2019
- The Woman at Zarephath 2019
- Ahab & Obadiah 2019
- Naaman's Flesh 2019
- City of Dothan 2019
- The Benhadad Prophecy 2019
- The Death of Elisha 2019
Gods of Ancient Israel
El, Yahweh, the divine council and the darker side of early worship.
The Prophets
Older poems, failed prophecies and the editors who reframed them.
- Lucifer: Satan, King of Babylon, or Sargon II? (Isaiah 14) 2026
- Ezekiel 28: King of Tyre, or Satan? 2026
- Why Does the Book of Jonah End So Abruptly? 2026
- Remix in the Book of Amos: Are Ancient Mythic Traditions in This Prophecy? 2026
- The Mythic Mystery of Zion in Amos 6:1 2026
- VideoJeremiah 15: Yahweh Is Credited for the Destruction of Jerusalem 2022
- VideoJeremiah 5: Yahweh Destroyed Jerusalem Because of Injustice, Then Because of Other Gods 2022
- VideoJeremiah 2:27–37: The Biblical Author Explains the Failed Alliance With Egypt 2021
- VideoJeremiah 2:1–26: Did Israel's Famine Prove Yahweh Was Not a Good Fertility God? 2021
- VideoJeremiah Was NOT a Prophet but a Traitor 2021
- VideoIsaiah Was a Failed Prophet: How the Biblical Author Changed Isaiah From Failed to Successful 2021
- VideoIsaiah 28: Did Yahweh Warn Ephraim of the Coming Assyrian Destruction? 2021
- VideoIsaiah 22: Did Yahweh Warn About the Destruction of Judah and Jerusalem? 2021
- VideoIsaiah 10: How Stopping Assyria Parallels the End of the Exile 2021
- VideoIsaiah 3: Yahweh Causes the Exile Because the Israelites Were Wicked 2021
- VideoSource/Redaction Criticism of the Book of Joel 2021
- Is There a Hidden Message in Habakkuk? 2015
- Was Nahum's Prophecy Trying to Boost Jerusalem's Economy? 2015
- Haggai: Was the Temple Proof That God Was No Longer With Them? 2015
- Obadiah: Would Edom Avoid God's Judgement? 2015
Psalms & Wisdom
Poetry, hidden deities and the books that question everything.
- Melchizedek and the Hidden Deity in Psalm 110 2026
- Poetic Propaganda and the Zion That Wasn't There 2022
- The Book of Job and How El Made Job From Clay 2022
- VideoPsalm 89: Did Yahweh Break His Promise to the Davidic Line of Kings? 2021
- VideoPsalm 84: Repairing Yahweh's Reputation After the Exile 2021
- VideoPsalm 80: A Causal Shift to Yahweh for the Destruction of Jerusalem 2021
- VideoPsalm 69: Was David a Son of Jesse? 2021
- VideoPsalm 59: Davidic & Post-Exilic Propaganda 2021
Jesus & the Gospels
Metaphors made literal and the movements the Gospels absorbed.
- VideoDid Jesus Really Cast Out Demons? The "Unclean" Truth About Exorcisms in the Gospels 2026
- Matthew Hartke, Cognitive Dissonance & Original Christianity 2026
- The Secret Battle Over "Bread" in the New Testament 2026
- Why Did Jesus Wash Peter's Feet? A New Theory About the Original Meaning 2026
- VideoWhat Ammon Hillman Gets Wrong (& Right) About the Naked Youth in the Gospel of Mark 2025
- VideoDid the Gospel of Mark Invent the Sea of Galilee? 2025
- VideoWhat Jesus Really Said About the Kingdom of God 2025
- VideoWas John the Baptist the Messiah? 2024
- VideoJesus & the Plot to Overthrow Pontius Pilate? The Hidden Meaning of the Good Shepherd Parable 2024
- VideoThe Manipulated History of Lazarus 2024
- VideoThe Metaphorical Framework of Jesus 2024
- VideoThe Lost Teachings of Jesus: Reconstructing the Original Meaning of the Parables in Mark 2023
Peter, Judas & the Apostles
Rival messiahs, merged identities and hidden executions.
Paul & the Letters
Who Paul really was, and what the epistles were arguing against.
- VideoUsing AI to Determine if the Pauline Epistles Were Forged (Even the "Authentic" Ones) 2025
- VideoDid the Apostle Paul Reach Spain? Or Did He Die at Sea? 2024
- VideoWas the Apostle Paul the Mysterious Revolutionary Known as "The Egyptian"? 2024
- VideoPaul's Use of Irony & Implicit Argumentation 2024
1 Thessalonians, chapter by chapter
- VideoPaul vs. His Opponents in 1 Thessalonians 2023
- VideoChapter 1: God AND Jesus Christ 2024
- VideoChapter 2: Paul's Glory & Joy 2024
- VideoChapter 3: Praying Night AND Day 2024
- VideoChapter 4: Lord in the Air 2024
- VideoChapter 5: The Day of the Lord 2024
Earlier posts
Enoch & Beyond the Bible
The Book of Enoch, the Watchers, and how the text was reshaped.
- VideoEnoch & the Book of the Watchers: A Compositional History 2024
- VideoThe Watchers: Who Were They Originally? 2024
- VideoWhat Happened to Enoch? Reconstructing the Missing Ending of Enoch 2024
- VideoAzazel & Semjaza: Two Competing Villains in the Book of Enoch 2024
- VideoThe Book of Enoch Was Hijacked! Manipulated to Fit the Biblical Narrative 2024
- VideoMichael & Gabriel: Before Raphael & Uriel Were Added to Enoch 2024
Reviews & Responses
Books, scholars and critics, engaged head-on.