History Deck

lessons from then to illuminate now
History Deck
Map showing the Middle East and Mediterranean that shows the territory associated with the Assyrian and Babylonian Empires

If you’re aware that we have to know our past so we avoid the same mistakes in our future, Life is a Sacred Text is for you.

We unpack different pockets of history from our unique vantage, telling the truth and centering perspectives that haven’t gotten a lot (or, sometimes, any) attention anywhere in the political conversation. (And as always, systems and structures matter!). 

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The Big Big Mega History Text History Post
3700 years in about that many words
Love and longing in Elephantine
Riffling through the ancient mailbag
The Antisemitism Post (tm)
Gotta get the history to know where the tropes live in the discourse today.
Jews, Gender and Assimilation
Roots! Tropes! Tensions!
Jews and Colonialism
tell every truth, push your understanding of power
Conquest Narrative // Good Relation
A powerful take on the Book of Joshua from Daniel Delgado
debunking the conquest narrative
facing one of the hardest narrative arcs in the Bible armed with the truth of what really happened

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