Misquoting Moses · A Hebrew Bible Podcast

Misquoting Moses
with Joel Baden.

Every Friday, Yale Bible scholar Dr. Joel Baden and co-host Megan Kraege take on the Hebrew Bible: who wrote it, when, and why, and how a book with so many competing voices came to be read as one. The questions scholars have argued over for centuries, brought out of the university and into the open.

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Meet the hosts

The voices behind the mic.

Dr. Joel Baden

Host · Professor of Hebrew Bible, Yale University

Joel Baden is Professor of Hebrew Bible at Yale University, and the Director of the Center for Continuing Education at the Yale Divinity School. He works widely in the field of biblical studies, with special attention to the literary history of the Pentateuch.
Megan Kraege

Co-host · Director of Production and Programming, Paths in Biblical Studies

With a decade of navigating the world of biblical scholarship and learning ancient languages as a curious layperson, Megan is passionate about bridging the gap between academics and the rest of us. After finishing a Bachelor of Science degree, Megan turned towards her interests in the ancient world and sought learning opportunities outside of the ivory tower, leading her to the Paths in Biblical Studies team. Now, she helps bring the lecture hall to the living rooms of a community of lifelong learners around the world, fostering accessible conversations about history and faith for fellow enthusiasts.

On the show

What we talk about.

The show is young and the map is already big. A few of the roads it is heading down:

The Torah and Its Authors
- Who wrote the Torah, and who was Moses?
- The sources behind the five books
- Two creation stories, one Genesis
- Noah’s flood and its ancient parallels
Israel’s History
- Did the Exodus happen?
- Jericho and the conquest of Canaan
- The historical David and Solomon
- The prophets and the fall of Israel
Translation, Scripture, and Meaning
- Translation troubles and famous misreadings
- Contradictions in the Hebrew Bible
- The gods of ancient Israel
- How the Hebrew Bible became scripture