The Ancient Tradition: Audio Writ

Sep 26 2024 27 ep. 21 mins 28
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In this podcast you'll find recordings of ancient and modern writings that are directly relevant to "The Ancient Tradition" Podcast (see theancienttradition.com), a podcast which aims to reconstruct, from the evidence available in the ancient record, the original religious tradition given to human beings "in the beginning". 

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The Tutuni-Joshua Creation (w/Exegesis)

Sep 26 2024 24 mins  
In 1900, Depot Charlie, Chief of the Tituni-Joshua people—whose ancestral lands are situated in southern Oregon—narrated the creation story of his people to an anthropologist, who subsequently documented it in Volume 28 of the Journal of American Folklore. The Tituni-Joshua people had significant interactions with European settlers in the late 1700s, though the extent to which

The Maidu Creation (w/Exegesis)

Sep 24 2024 32 mins  
In the early 1900s, the creation account of the Native American Maidu people, whose ancestral lands are located in northern California in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains, was documented in Volume 17 of the Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. During the mid-19th century, amid the Gold Rush, the Maidu people had significant encounters with European settle

The Esira Temple Text (w/Exegesis)

Aug 25 2024 22 mins  
The Esira Temple Text, known as Weld-Blundell 161, or "A Hymn of Eridu", is hailed by the distinguished British Assyriologist Stephen Langdon as a document of exceptional "theological, epigraphical, and philological" significance. Discovered in the spring of 1922 by Weld Blundell of Queen's College, this cuneiform prism details the grandeur of a temple dedicated to the Sumerian god

The Kesh Temple Hymn (w/Exegesis)

May 07 2024 17 mins  
The Kesh Temple Hymn stands as one of humanity's oldest preserved literary treasures, originating in the city of Nippur nestled in ancient Mesopotamia, present-day Iraq. Unearthed by archaeologists from the University of Pennsylvania during excavations in the 19th century, the hymn, inscribed on clay tablets, dates to the Early Dynastic IIIa period, circa 2600-2500 BCE. The hymn's

The Epistle to the Hebrews, Chapter 1 (w/Exegesis)

Mar 11 2024 28 mins  
In this episode, Dr. Logan delves into the treasures concealed within the Epistle to the Hebrews, Chapter 1, uncovering remarkable textual evidence of The Ancient Tradition. Join us for this episode and visit us on the web at theancienttradition.com and www.youtube.com/@theancienttradition for more amazing comparative religion.

The Book of Joseph and Aseneth, Chapters 19-29

Jan 27 2024 25 mins  
Join us for this episode and visit us on the web at theancienttradition.com and www.youtube.com/@theancienttradition for more amazing comparative religion.

The Book of Joseph and Aseneth, Chapters 1-18

Dec 16 2023 42 mins  
Join us for this episode and visit us on the web at theancienttradition.com and www.youtube.com/@theancienttradition for more amazing comparative religion.

The Osiris Myth

Dec 14 2023 21 mins  
The Osiris myth was one of the most prominent and influential myths in ancient Egypt; it permeated virtually every aspect of ancient Egyptian life. While a singular manuscript of the myth remains elusive, allusions to the myth are abundant in a number of ancient Egyptian sources including the Pyramid Texts, the Coffin Texts, and the Book of the Dead. In the early 1900s, Scottish jo

The Epic of Anzu

Nov 14 2023 31 mins  
In the Babylonian rendition of the Epic of Anzu, known as the Anzu Myth, drawn from tablets unearthed in the ancient Assyrian cities Nineveh, Tabisu, and Sultantepe, dating to the 7th century BC, the tale recounts the exploits of Anzu, a fearsome creature with the body of a lion and the wings of an eagle. Driven by a thirst for supremacy, the monster Anzu brazenly steals the Tablet

The Shabaka Stone

Jun 06 2023 15 mins  
In 1805, the British Museum acquired one of its first…and most important, ancient Egyptian artifacts, the Shabaka Stone, an unassuming green breccia millstone. The inscription on the stone sat untranslated in the museum for nearly 100 years before American Egyptologist James Henry Breasted translated it into English in 1901. It was only then that Egyptologists realized the profou