{"podcast":{"title":"The Tanakh Podcast","slug":"the-tanakh-podcast-5773792","podcast_index_feed_id":5773792,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/c4d936e4/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.alexisrael.org","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded/32925697/32925697-1666642568618-606a2adc26346.jpg","author":"Alex Israel","episode_count":939,"summary":"Study Tanakh with Rav Alex Israel. 10 mins a day. One chapter a day. 929 schedule. --- To donate, see https://buymeacoffee.com/alexisrael https://patreon.com/u51407457","last_synced_at":"2026-07-19T20:19:24.449978+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-tanakh-podcast-5773792"},"episode":{"title":"#214 | Shoftim ch.1 - The Failure of Settlement","slug":"214-shoftim-ch-1-the-failure-of-settlement","published_at":"2026-06-21T20:33:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-tanakh-podcast-5773792/214-shoftim-ch-1-the-failure-of-settlement","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-tanakh-podcast-5773792","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alex-israel/episodes/214--Shoftim-ch-1---The-Failure-of-Settlement-e1rcrhd","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/c4d936e4/podcast/play/61287405/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fproduction%2Fexports%2Fc4d936e4%2F61287405%2Fea74be96fb3b0ecb46d850ba26cc1099.m4a","summary":"We begin with a short introduction to the Book of Judges and then move to describe the opening chapter. Each tribe is listed by what they did NOT manage to conquer. The issue is that with Israel at times a minority in their own territorial portions, they are susceptible to the influence of idolatry. Chapter 2:1-5 warns that this idolatry will be their undoing. For a longer introduction to Shoftim, see https://youtu.be/UifLwWJruVU Sourcesheet https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NBsv5zkTmZRj79yfK51SdXdFADdYhE0J/view?usp=sharing","meta_description":"We begin with a short introduction to the Book of Judges and then move to describe the opening chapter. Each tribe is listed by what they did NOT manage t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":681,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-tanakh-podcast-5773792/episodes/214-shoftim-ch-1-the-failure-of-settlement/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-tanakh-podcast-5773792/214-shoftim-ch-1-the-failure-of-settlement.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}