Episodes

  • For All Things, a Time

    For All Things, a Time
    7 Nov 2025
    For everything there is a time, and a right time for every matter under heaven: a right time to give birth, and a right time to die; a right time to plant, and a right time to pluck up what is planted; a right time to kill, and a right time to heal; a right time to tear down, and a right time to build; a right time to weep, and a right time to laugh; a right time to mourn, and a right time to dance; a right time to throw stones, and a right time to gather stones; a right time to embrace, and a right time to be far from embracing; a right time to seek, and a right time to lose; a right time to keep, and a right time to throw away; a right time to tear, and a right time to sew; a right time to keep silence, and a right time to speak; a right time to love, and a right time to hate; a right time for war…
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    36 min
  • Translating Scripture from Greek

    Translating Scripture from Greek
    17 Sep 2025

    In this final episode of the Septuagint (LXX) series, we discuss what needs to be done to produce a proper translation of the LXX in English. This a technical episode, but a vital one. There should exist in every language spoken by a Christian nation a definitive version of the Scriptures in that language, and in this episode we provide the structure and the mechanics by which that can be achieved.

    This will be a years-long project, and it will have to be undertaken by other men. Until then, we have provided links to a number of existing English translations in the show notes, infra. Any existing version of the LXX in English is certainly better than all of the extant copies based on the rabbinic text.

    Show Notes
    • English Septuagint Translations:
      • Brenton
        • Hardcover [English and Greek]
        • PDF
      • Lexham (2nd)
        • Hardcover
        • Logos
      • NETS
        • Hardcover
        • PDFs
      • Thomson, Charles
        • Archive.org PDF [free]
        • Logos [not free]
      • The Ancient Christian Study Bible (coming 2027)

    See Also

    • The Göttingen Septuagint

    Further Reading

    • Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
    • The Canterbury Tales in Middle English and Modern English

    Parental Warnings

    None.
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    1 hr and 59 min
  • The Septuagint — New Testament, Part 2

    The Septuagint — New Testament, Part 2
    10 Sep 2025
    Hosts Corey J. Mahler coreyjmahler.com @CoreyJMahler Woe aka Eschatologuy @treblewoe This episode is our closing argument for the Septuagint (LXX) and its proper place as the Word of God — the Scripture of the Early Church, the Apostles, and Christ Himself. Once you have finished this episode, you will need to decide for yourself if you believe the argument as presented or if you intend to double down on the ‘Hebrew’ the rabbis smuggled into the churches. The question is one of fidelity to God and to His Word, and it is a question that will split the churches, that will sift the wheat from the chaff. “But I and my household will serve the Lord, because He is holy.” Subscribe to the podcast here. Show Notes Romans 2:24 → Isaiah 52:5Romans 3:4 → Psalm 51:4 (LXX Psalm 50:6)Romans 9:25b → Hosea 2:23Romans 9:27 → Isaiah 10:22Romans 9:27-28 → Isaiah 10:22-23Romans 9:29 → Isaiah 1:9Romans 9:33; 10:11 → Isaiah 28:16Romans 10:18 → Psalm 19:4 (LXX Ps 18:5. .Romans 11:10 → Psalm 69:23 (LXX Ps 68:24. …Romans 11:26b → Isaiah 59:20Romans 11:27 → Isaiah 27:9 (with Isa 59:21)Romans 11:34 → Isaiah 40:13Romans 12:19 → Deuteronomy 32:35Romans 14:11 → Isaiah 45:23Romans 15:12 → Isaiah 11:101 Corinthians 2:16 → Isaiah 40:13 …1 Corinthians 14:21 → Isaiah 28:11-121 Corinthians 15:54 → Isaiah 25:81 Corinthians 15:55 → Hosea 13:141 Corinthians 1:31 and 2 Corinthians 10:17 – Jeremiah 9:242 Corinthians 4:13 → Psalm 116:10 (LXX 115:1)Galatians 3:10 → Deuteronomy 27:26Galatians 3:13 → Deuteronomy 21:23Ephesians 4:26 → Psalm 4:4 (LXX 4:5)Ephesians 5:31 → Genesis 2:24Philippians 1:19 → Job 13:16Philippians 2:10-11 → Isaiah 45:232 Thessalonians 1:9 → Isaiah 2:10, 19, 212 Timothy 2:19a → Numbers 16:5 …Hebrews 1:6 → Deuteronomy 32:43 (LXX expanded line)Hebrews 1:10-12 → Psalm 102:25-27 (LXX 101:26-28)Hebrews 3:7-11 → Psalm 95:7-11 (LXX 94:7-11. …Hebrews 8:8-12 → Jeremiah 31:31-34 (LXX 38:31-34)Hebrews 10:5-7 → Psalm 40:6-8 (LXX 39:7-9)Hebrews 10:37-38 → Habakkuk 2:3-4Hebrews 11:21 → Genesis 47:31 …Hebrews 12:5-6 → Proverbs 3:11-12James 4:6 → Proverbs 3:341 Peter 2:6 → Isaiah 28:161 Peter 2:9 → Exodus 19:6 (phrase)1 Peter 2:22 → Isaiah 53:91 Peter 4:18 → Proverbs 11:311 Peter 5:5 → Proverbs 3:34 (as in James 4:6)Revelation 2:27, 12:5, 19:15 – Psalm 2:9 See Also Further Reading Parental Warnings None. Transcript The transcript for this episode can be found here Other transcripts can be found here Support the Podcast Recurring DonationOne-Time DonationCryptocurrency DonationMahler’s: Throne.com Wish List | Amazon.com Wish ListWoe’s Amazon.com Wish ListThe Stone Choir 2024 Challenge Coin Comments? Join the discussion on Telegram, visit the feedback form or comment below.
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    2 hrs and 13 min
  • The Septuagint — New Testament, Part 1

    The Septuagint — New Testament, Part 1
    2 Sep 2025
    Hosts Corey J. Mahler coreyjmahler.com @CoreyJMahler Woe aka Eschatologuy @treblewoe In this episode and the next, we cover the places where the New Testament cites the Old Testament and there is a difference between the Septuagint (LXX) and the rabbinic text. In this first (of two) episodes, we cover citations from Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and Acts; in the next episode, we will cover Romans through Revelation. By the sheer weight of the evidence, it will become undeniable that the New Testament authors were reading and citing the Septuagint — not some supposed ‘Hebrew’ edition (that, in fact, no longer existed at the time of the composition of the New Testament). The Septuagint was the Bible of the Apostles; it was the Bible of the early Church; it was the Bible that God miraculously preserved — as He promised He would; and it should be our Bible today. Subscribe to the podcast here. Show Notes Verses Vorlage over LXX Matthew 2:15 → Hosea 11:1Matthew 8:17 → Isaiah 53:4Matthew 26:31 → Zechariah 13:7 (also Mark 14:27)Matthew 27:9-10 → Zechariah 11:12-13 (with elements from Jeremiah 19; 32)Mark 1:2 → Malachi 3:1 (also Luke 7:27)John 19:37 quoting Zechariah 12:10Romans 11:35 quoting Job 41:11 (MT 41:3) LXX over MT Matthew 1:23 → Isaiah 7:14Matthew 3:3 → Isaiah 40:3Matthew 3:17 (Mark, Luke) → (Genesis 22:2, 12, 16)Matthew 17:5 (Mark, Luke)Matthew 4:15-16 → Isaiah 9:1-2 (MT versification 8:23-9:1)Matthew 11:10 → Malachi 3:1 (also Mark 1:2, Luke 7:27)Matthew 12:18-21 → Isaiah 42:1-4Matthew 13:14-15 → Isaiah 6:9-10Matthew 15:8-9 → Isaiah 29:13Matthew 19:5-6 → Genesis 2:24Matthew 21:16 → Psalm 8:2 (LXX 8:3)Matthew 24:29 → Isaiah 13:10, 34:4Luke 2:23 → Exodus 13:2Luke 3:4-6 → Isaiah 40:3-5Luke 4:18-19 → Isaiah 61:1-2 (with Isa 58:6)John 12:38 → Isaiah 53:1Acts 2:26 → Psalm 16:9 (LXX 15)Acts 7:14 → Genesis 46:27; Exodus 1:5Acts 7:42-43 → Amos 5:25-27Acts 8:32-33 → Isaiah 53:7-8Acts 13:41 → Habakkuk 1:5Acts 15:16-18 → Amos 9:11-12 (and the closing clause of v. 18) See Also Further Reading Parental Warnings None. Transcript The transcript for this episode can be found here Other transcripts can be found here Support the Podcast Recurring DonationOne-Time DonationCryptocurrency DonationMahler’s: Throne.com Wish List | Amazon.com Wish ListWoe’s Amazon.com Wish ListThe Stone Choir 2024 Challenge Coin Comments? Join the discussion on Telegram, visit the feedback form or comment below.
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    1 hr and 47 min
  • The Septuagint — Timelines and Other Alterations

    The Septuagint — Timelines and Other Alterations
    12 Aug 2025
    Hosts Corey J. Mahler coreyjmahler.com @CoreyJMahler Woe aka Eschatologuy @treblewoe The rabbis made a number of different kinds of edits to their version of what some call ‘Scripture’ (i.e., the Rabbinic or Masoretic Text). In some places, they fiddled with numbers, in some they changed names, and in still others they deleted entire sections of the text. In this final episode of the Old Testament portion of the Septuagint series, we examine the changes the rabbis made to the timelines (particularly the genealogies), the Book of Job, the Book of Esther, and a few other miscellaneous matters. The next two episodes will round out the LXX series with an examination of how the New Testament uses the Old (to the surprise of none, Jesus and the Apostles used the Septuagint), and then the final episode in the series will give a roadmap for where we, as the Church, go from here. Subscribe to the podcast here. Show Notes Esther: LXX and MT Compared See Also Letter: Origen to AfricanusLuther on the Rabbinic Book of Esther Further Reading Esther (Brenton)Esther (NETS) [PDF]Calendar Systems: Anno DominiAnno MundiByzantine Calendar “Setting the Record Straight on the Primeval Chronology of the Septuagint (Part 2)”One example of differing chronologies (not an endorsement)Pyramids and Sea Creatures in the Limestone [Just an interesting read.] Parental Warnings None. Transcript The transcript for this episode can be found here Other transcripts can be found here Support the Podcast Recurring DonationOne-Time DonationCryptocurrency DonationMahler’s: Throne.com Wish List | Amazon.com Wish ListWoe’s Amazon.com Wish ListThe Stone Choir 2024 Challenge Coin Comments? Join the discussion on Telegram, visit the feedback form or comment below.
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    3 hrs and 21 min
  • The Septuagint — Wisdom Literature

    The Septuagint — Wisdom Literature
    2 Jul 2025
    Hosts Corey J. Mahler coreyjmahler.com @CoreyJMahler Woe aka Eschatologuy @treblewoe As between the Septuagint (LXX) and the rabbinic text (MT), there are significant differences in the books that comprise the wisdom literature (i.e., Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon). These differences range from changes in diction through distortions and corruptions to outright additions and deletions (one should think of the warning in the Book of Revelation). Out treatment here is not (and is not intended to be) comprehensive — there are centuries of work ahead of the Church; rather, we intend to drive home the point that the only Christian reaction is to abandon and anathematize the ‘Hebrew’ passed to us by the rabbis in favor of the Greek passed to us by Christ, the Apostles, and our faithful forebears — and, most importantly of all, preserved by God, as He promised. Christ, the Apostles, and the early Church all unanimously held that the Septuagint is, indeed, the very Word of God. In this fifth episode in the (now) nine-episode LXX series, we examine differences between the LXX and the MT in the wisdom books (largely focusing on Proverbs). This is the second of three episodes dealing specifically with the Old Testament differences between the LXX and the MT. This is, of course, not our closing argument, for we will be making that in the two episodes that deal with the New Testament and how it treats the Old Testament. Subscribe to the podcast here. Show Notes X thread on differences in Proverbs See Also Full Interview with Will Spencer [This will probably trigger as a download in your browser, and it is ~750MB.] Further Reading Parental Warnings None. Transcript The transcript for this episode can be found here Other transcripts can be found here Support the Podcast Recurring DonationOne-Time DonationCryptocurrency DonationMahler’s: Throne.com Wish List | Amazon.com Wish ListWoe’s Amazon.com Wish ListThe Stone Choir 2024 Challenge Coin Comments? Join the discussion on Telegram, visit the feedback form or comment below.
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    2 hrs and 6 min
  • The Septuagint — Christology

    The Septuagint — Christology
    11 Jun 2025
    Hosts Corey J. Mahler coreyjmahler.com @CoreyJMahler Woe aka Eschatologuy @treblewoe As between the Septuagint (LXX) and the rabbinic text (MT), there are significant differences in many verses that deal with Christology. The MT is not always ‘less Christological’, for that would have been a poor-quality trap, but the proper hermeneutic for determining the text of Scripture is not ‘more Christology’; rather, the right hermeneutic is quite simply: What is Scripture and what does it say? Christ, the Apostles, and the early Church all unanimously held that the Septuagint is, indeed, the very Word of God. In this fourth episode in the (now) nine-episode LXX series, we examine Christological differences between the LXX and the MT. This is the first of three episodes dealing specifically with the Old Testament differences between the LXX and the MT. This is, of course, not our closing argument, for we will be making that in the two episodes that deal with the New Testament and how it treats the Old Testament. Subscribe to the podcast here. Show Notes Isaiah 7:14Psalm 22:16Psalm 2:10–12Isaiah 6:8–10Isaiah 9:6Isaiah 53:5–6Zechariah 12:10Psalm 40:6–8Amos 9:11–12Deuteronomy 32:43Isaiah 53:8–9Isaiah 11:10Psalm 23 See Also Lexham LXXBrenton LXX Further Reading Isaiah 53 Parental Warnings None. Transcript The transcript for this episode can be found here Other transcripts can be found here Support the Podcast Recurring DonationOne-Time DonationCryptocurrency DonationMahler’s: Throne.com Wish List | Amazon.com Wish ListWoe’s Amazon.com Wish ListThe Stone Choir 2024 Challenge Coin Comments? Join the discussion on Telegram, visit the feedback form or comment below.
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    2 hrs and 10 min
  • The Septuagint — European History

    The Septuagint — European History
    7 May 2025
    Hosts Corey J. Mahler coreyjmahler.com @CoreyJMahler Woe aka Eschatologuy @treblewoe The story of how Hebrew was smuggled into the Western Church is long and complicated; it spans centuries and involves hundreds of men. In this episode, we have narrowed down the story to a handful of key figures who played pivotal roles. At many points in this timeline, Christian men could have stood up and defended the inspired Greek of the Septuagint, but essentially none did so. At any point in this timeline, Christian men could have stood up and repudiated the wicked use of the Hebrew, but only two did so — both former (converted) Jews. Satan does not have the limitation of a lifespan of but eighty or so years, and he does not sleep or grow tired; the story of Hebrew is the story of Satan’s long-term plan to undermine and collapse the Western Church, and, with her, Christendom. In this second-half of the historical portion of the Septuagint series, we cover the history of the Western Church (from, roughly, Jerome to the Reformation) with regard to how Hebrew came to be used as the basis for the Old Testament. Notably, this history of the Septuagint is almost devoid of any actual use of the Septuagint by the men whose lives and actions make up the narrative, because we, like the Israelites of the Old Testament, left the Word of God sitting in a basement, abandoned and largely forgotten — and, worse, we accepted a corrupted counterfeit from rabbis and made it the basis of our translations. Mercifully and according to His promises, God preserved the Greek for us, and so we can undo the foolishness of centuries past — a topic we will take up in the last episode in this series. Subscribe to the podcast here. Show Notes See Also Further Reading “Johannes Reuchlin (1455–1522): A Unique Philosemitic Public Intellectual”“Johannes Reuchlin: A Voice of Humanism and Esoteric Wisdom” [This site is full of things we categorically recommend against — it is linked for the sole purpose of this one article on Reuchlin.] Parental Warnings At the end of the episode, Luther is quoted and the quote includes the words “whore” and “slut”. Transcript The transcript for this episode can be found here Other transcripts can be found here Support the Podcast Recurring DonationOne-Time DonationCryptocurrency DonationMahler’s: Throne.com Wish List | Amazon.com Wish ListWoe’s Amazon.com Wish ListThe Stone Choir 2024 Challenge Coin Comments? Join the discussion on Telegram, visit the feedback form or comment below.
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    3 hrs and 18 min