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Book of the Fall

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  • Book of the Fall

Genesis 3:7 – How famine unbalanced masculine and feminine

  • November 28, 2025
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  • Michael Hallett
Adam and Eve - Lucas Cranach the Elder
The famine of the Fall profoundly unbalanced the human psyche. Masculine aspects were amplified by the all-consuming quest for food, while feminine aspects were avoided, denigrated, punished and repressed to…
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Genesis 3 – Original sin = generational trauma
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  • 6 min
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Exodus 20:5 – Original sin = generational trauma

  • July 6, 2024
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  • Michael Hallett
When I was growing up, one of the things that really bothered me about Christianity (aside from corporal punishment at a Catholic primary school in Switzerland) was the doctrine of…
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Hollywood film structure in the Bible
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  • 3 min
  • Book of the Fall

Revelation 22:14 – Hollywood film structure in the Bible

  • June 2, 2022
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  • Michael Hallett
Historically, there’s been a lot of controversy about what’s been included in the Bible and what’s been omitted. But, whether by human design or divine providence, the end result of…
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Deuteronomy 6 – How ancient taboos created modern social rules
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  • 7 min
  • Book of the Fall

Deuteronomy 6 – How ancient taboos created modern social rules

  • May 1, 2022
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  • Michael Hallett
In Essential Torah, George Robinson writes that the first five books of the Bible—the Pentateuch—contain 613 commands. These taboos were a response to the new physical and psychological landscape that…
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1 Kings 18 – How drought and famine created the modern psyche
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  • Book of the Fall

1 Kings 18 – How drought and famine created the modern psyche

  • May 1, 2022
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The Bible tells us that the Fall was caused by Eve biting into an apple: “She wanted the wisdom that it would give her, and she ate some of the…
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Deuteronomy 28 – How climate change caused the Fall
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  • 5 min
  • Book of the Fall

Deuteronomy 28 – How climate change caused the Fall

  • May 1, 2022
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We know that the Old Testament took place in the context of the desert. That’s not precise enough. It actually took place in the context of desertification—the onset or increase of…
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Where did all the lions in the Bible go?
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  • 3 min
  • Book of the Fall

Judges 14 – Where did all the lions in the Bible go?

  • April 19, 2022
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  • Michael Hallett
The Book of Judges is one of the most colourful books in the Bible. And one of its most colourful stories is that of Samson—the long-haired man of superhuman strength…
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Mark 7:20 – patriarchy creates the 7 deadly sins
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  • 5 min
  • Book of the Fall

Mark 7:20 – How the Fall created the 7 deadly sins

  • July 6, 2021
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  • Michael Hallett
We’ve all been raised with at least some awareness of the 7 deadly sins. What exactly are these sins, so fundamental to the Christian concept of original sin? Mark 7:20 contains…
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Iraqi stalagmites reveal climate change in Biblical era
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  • 2 min
  • Book of the Fall

Jeremiah 12:4 – Iraqi stalagmites reveal climate change in biblical era

  • November 28, 2019
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The spectre of desertification—the spread of desert conditions—hangs over the Old Testament. Here’s the prophet Isaiah, who is believed to have lived around 740-720 BC: “The city of Babylon… will…
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