{"podcast":{"title":"The Great Sources with Rabbi Shnayor Burton","slug":"the-great-sources-with-rabbi-shnayor-burton-1203468","podcast_index_feed_id":1203468,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/fb5467c/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/shnayor-burton","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/2535383/2535383-1669581270294-8c5f4d2d7739e.jpg","author":"Rabbi Shnayor Burton","episode_count":235,"summary":"To help support this podcast, please consider making a tax-deductible donation via Zelle to jacoblightsfoundation@gmail.com. Lecture series in Jewish Philosophy. What was the purpose of Creation? What is man's place in the world? What are prophecy and prayer about? What is the significance of Shabbos and the Promised Land? Explore these fundamental questions of Judaism from their sources, and become familiar with the systems developed by the great Torah thinkers: R' Saadiah Gaon, R' Yehuda HaLevi, R' Bachya ibn Paquda, Rambam and the school of the Mekubalim.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-sources-with-rabbi-shnayor-burton-1203468"},"episode":{"title":"How to Become a King: On Parables and Dominion","slug":"how-to-become-a-king-on-parables-and-dominion","published_at":"2026-01-09T04:13:11+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-sources-with-rabbi-shnayor-burton-1203468/how-to-become-a-king-on-parables-and-dominion","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-sources-with-rabbi-shnayor-burton-1203468","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/shnayor-burton/episodes/How-to-Become-a-King-On-Parables-and-Dominion-e3dd3vd","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/fb5467c/podcast/play/113724845/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-0-9%2F4e99fc09-63da-75d3-03f6-5b7570f5a8e3.mp3","summary":"A shiur on Mishlei as royal education: parable as a technology of rule; Shlomo and the language of animals; the snake as political challenger; and the stabilizing role of the god-fearing woman. How to govern without being governed by one’s own symbols.","meta_description":"A shiur on Mishlei as royal education: parable as a technology of rule; Shlomo and the language of animals; the snake as political challenger; and the sta…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4095,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-great-sources-with-rabbi-shnayor-burton-1203468/episodes/how-to-become-a-king-on-parables-and-dominion/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-great-sources-with-rabbi-shnayor-burton-1203468/how-to-become-a-king-on-parables-and-dominion.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}