Find Fr. De Young on his podcast: https://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/lordofspirits/ Sign up for Dr. Jacobs’ college course: https://myprofer.com/ 📚 Click “Join as a student” 📚 Fill out registration 📚 Verify your email 📚 Navigate to “Course Registration” in the side menu 📚 Find 180 Introduction to Philosophy 📚 Auditors can register immediately 📚 For college credit, fill out the long form and wait for approval before registration 📖 $175 audit 🎓$400 college credit Dr. Jacobs talks with Fr. Stephen De Young about some of the stranger parts of David's story that don't make it into Sunday school lessons. They talk about why God ordered the destruction of the Amalekites, how giants ended up fighting for the Philistines, and whether David and Goliath were actually related. It's a fascinating look at the biblical world through an Orthodox lens. All the links: X: https://x.com/NathanJacobsPod Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0hSskUtCwDT40uFbqTk3QS Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-nathan-jacobs-podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thenathanjacobspodcast Substack: https://nathanajacobs.substack.com/ Website: https://www.nathanajacobs.com/ Academia: https://vanderbilt.academia.edu/NathanAJacobs 00:00:00 Intro 00:02:53 David as an outcast 00:14:50 The preserved traditions surrounding David 00:23:59 Taking text and tradition to turn it into story 00:31:27 Sunday school David — fact or fiction? 00:51:14 The destruction of the Amalekites 01:15:39 Samuel 01:23:57 Divine regret and foreknowledge 01:32:40 Are David and Goliath cousins? (And other relational questions regarding giants) 01:46:29 How did the giants end up amongst the Philistines? 01:57:41 David existed in a post-apocalyptic time 02:08:25 Magic and divination in the traditions of David
