The Epic of Esau

ONE OF the most enigmatic characters in the Bible is a man who literally sold his birthright for a bowl of beans. We refer, of course, to Jacob’s brother Esau, about whom the Bible doesn’t say much else except that he was the progenitor of Edom, southwest of the Dead Sea, a nation that would be a thorn in the side of Israel and Judah for about a thousand years.Justin Brown, host of Prometheus Lens and co-host of The Dig Bible Podcast, joins us to discuss his forthcoming book, The Epic of Esau. Is there more to learn about the brother Jacob tricked out of his inheritance? For example, a Jewish legend about Esau names him as the one who killed the Sumerian king Nimrod, and by so doing, inheriting a magical garment—the one created by God for Adam when he and Eve were expelled from the Garden of Eden.There is no way to confirm the ancient stories, so at the end of the day we’re left with some valuable lessons from the life of Esau like the importance of humility, repentance, and forgiveness in the face of missed opportunities and bad decisions. Find Justin’s podcasts at prometheuslenspodcast.com and thedigbiblepodcast.com.

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Derek P. Gilbert hosts A View From the Bunker. He’s also the host of the daily news commentary program Five in Ten for SkyWatchTV, and co-host of the weekly video programs SciFriday and Unraveling Revelation with his wife, author and analyst Sharon K. Gilbert. He’s been interviewing guests A View from the Bunker since 2009. Derek is a Christian, a husband and father, and the author of the groundbreaking books The Second Coming of Saturn, Bad Moon Rising, The Great Inception, and Last Clash of the Titans. He’s also the co-author with Sharon K. Gilbert of Veneration and Giants, Gods & Dragons, and with Josh Peck of The Day the Earth Stands Still, which documents the occult origins of “ancient aliens.” Derek is a popular speaker at conferences and churches on the topics of archaeology and end times prophecy. He's a lifelong fan of the Chicago Cubs, prefers glasses to contacts, and he’s been known to sing the high part in barbershop and gospel quartets.