Horror and Holiness

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Examining Jewish sacred texts through the lens of the horror genre

Horror and Holiness - The Akeidah

1 JUL 2021 · Taking a look at the Akeidah (The Binding of Isaac) as a horror story

15m 6s
Horror and Holiness follow up

1 JAN 2021 · Tying everything together with a brief episode that looks into the horror behind the very idea of holiness.

8m 31s
Horror and Holiness Finale - Rabbi Akiva as Final Girl

19 OCT 2020 · Rabbi Akiva as the Final Girl in the Four Sages who entered Paradise

14m 12s
horror and holiness - 5 - Hagar

19 OCT 2020 · Hagar, survival horror and domestic abuse

18m 5s
Horror and Holiness - 4 - Wheels

19 OCT 2020 · Sanctifying cosmic horror, Ezekiel's vision, surreal horror and the sublime

16m 21s
Horror and Holiness - 3 - Consuming Fire

19 OCT 2020 · Cosmic horror and Nadab and Abinu, sons of Aaron, consumed by fire.

12m 9s
Horror and Holiness - 2 - Darkness

19 OCT 2020 · The plague of darkness, psychological horror, and the fear of God

13m 27s
Horror and Holiness - 1 - Introduction

19 OCT 2020 · For Shavuot, I examine Jewish sacred texts through the horror genre lens. Trying to understand the role of horror in the encounter between the human and the divine. What type of horror is it? Can we sanctify that horror? If so, how?

5m 10s