DDH - Dark History

Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show Podcast · Aug 16, 2022 · 36m

The Rabbis tell us that some of the most important parts of the scriptures are the stories that we do not like. The tales of failures and embarrassing happenings that don't seem to fit the overall narrative of a loving G-d reaching out to his people. The stories of death and murder and assault and war and strife that often leave us wondering, "Why is this here?"

At the end of the day, there are - more often than not - important lessons in these chapters that if we are willing to put in the effort, will prove instructive.

We have this idea that the American Revolutionary war was a series of…