Horror and Holiness

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

Escuchado 15m 6s
Horror and Holiness follow up

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

Escuchado 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

Escuchado 14m 12s
horror and holiness - 5 - Hagar

19 OCT. 2020 · Hagar, survival horror and domestic abuse

Escuchado 18m 5s
Horror and Holiness - 4 - Wheels

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

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

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

Escuchado 12m 9s
Horror and Holiness - 2 - Darkness

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

Escuchado 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?

Escuchado 5m 10s