bible go to the motel six deal bibles, drawers don't know feels bibles. nobody was okay. no, but i think as the hotel a victim ban bible and but but i think the point we need to make here is that we're leaving the impression that it's the trump bible. and he's making money off the bible and it's always, it's not that within once again. >> sorry. you have to go. but i just just two be clear. i mean, we don't even not explicitly said it's a trump bible, but there's only one viable that qualifies in the trump bible, a and b, trump has endorsed it and he's getting a cut from it. so the fact those that we don't know what we don't know whether cut is you don't know what he's doing with it, right? we don't know that, but it's going for insinuating that it is getting we've got to we've got to move out of we've got a lot more just to the roy wood bomani jones bibles are coming to you. max, but also coming up the former president because back to butler, pennsylvania tomorrow, he is also bringing along a famous friends with him >> i've been saying publicly what people are saying thi

my church used the king james bible. i read my bible every morning. think it should be mandating in schools. and also, the idea, you write a government contract, which this is, that only one supplier happens to fit. that's called corruption. i think the bible speaks loudly against that. i think it's actually made god's top ten. >> i think it did. someone wants to check those -- >> somewhere between do not steal and bearing false witness. >> there's a little bit of that. don, you've got, you know, this headline out of the oklahoman, trump bible one of the few that meets superintendent's criteria. you have the effort to sort of really force this on the public schools in oklahoma. i mean, how does that happen? i mean, the broader community sitting back saying okay, we're -- my kids are going to learn the trump bible? and here's my question. since it's mandating to be taught, how do you do that in math and physics? i mean, there are going to be some real problems in science class when you start talking about, you know, the 4 billion years of the earth ver

, christian education center here and they do not currently hold a bible that is a trump endorsed bible any cost either $60 for the bible that you referenced in the story. but there's also a $90 option. >> what makes it particularly interesting is that a basic bible of the king james variety those for about $3 on amazon, you're talking about the cost alone is you know, 20 to 45 times the price of a bible that you can get easily on amazon today yeah, i did the math on this. and if they were less expensive version, the $60.01 in the state is buying 55,000 and dollars. that's $3.3 million. that would be spent on this particular bible into when you spoke with those bible, the makers in oklahoma that had other ones, they did they have other options that were less expensive, just maybe did not fit this exact requirement. >> no. according to report by oklahoma watch, there were about 2,700 bibles. they had access to none of them fit the specifications that walters requires in this mandate? >> and of course, walters that you're talking about there, that's ryan walters. he's the state superinten

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cost of a typical bible. public school should be flooded with bibles is a debate for another day but it's very difficult to justify why taxpayers should have to foot the bill for this particular version, that is because of another story this week. an associated press investigation found the bibles endorsed by former president trump who claimed to put america first were printed in china. what's worse is that each bible cost less than three dollars to make, that's three bucks in production costs for a book that they are selling for nearly $60, the trump campaign did not respond to this, according to the story the makers of the trump backed bible stands to make millions. is a christian and a preacher, it deeply disturbs me to see someone try to profit off of the word of god but i also believe in the power of the good book and opportunities for redemption. former president trump has tried to betray himself during this campaign as a changed man perhaps for the first time. i call on him to seize this moment and don

folks, read your bible. if you read the word of god it all makes sense, you all see it coming. >> do you want to jump in? >> let me affirm the affirmation that one should read the bible. i think it's an excellent idea. in my previous book did america have a christian founding, i make what i think is an excellent founding that america's founders were influenced by christian ideas or ideas developed in the in the christian tradition of political reflection in many important ways that led them to embrace separation of powers, checks and balances, federalism, most importantly it led them to embrace a robust understanding of religious liberty the protect all americans. that's why they banned religious test for federal office was one of my favorite documents as george washington's letter to the hebrew congregation where he makes it clear this religious minority in maybe 2500 jews, he makes it clear they have the same right to worship god according to their conscience and act upon their religious convictions whenev

we interviewed you tube, who review bibles trying to find other bibles that fit these specific requirementsbut this trump endorsed god bless america bible sells for $60. now, are there cheaper alternatives out there? >> yeah, of course. i mean, many teachers have pointed out there's a free bible app that many students are able to access, you know. there is no shortage of bibles that can be purchased for much less amount of money. and then there are, you know, lots of concerns of whether this is too expensive, and then also whether, you know, the state should be spending public money on bibles in the first place. >> lots of questions still to be answered. great reporting by your organization, oklahoma watch, jennifer palmer, thank you for being on the program. appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. >>> and that's going to do it for us this hour, make sure to join us for "chris jansing reports" every weekday from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. eastern right here on msnbc. our coverage continues now with "katy tur reports" next. ports" . l never come out ♪ ♪ pour downy in the rinse, jade ♪ ♪ every now and

the point of that malignant stroll was to show that are a bible believing bible beating, churched nation, that we are a christian nation and anyone who disagrees should be beaten and gassed. the goal of christian nationalism is to or rewrite the constitution so that it creates two classes of people the right kind conservative christian and everybody else mark david hall on andrew seidel's comments and the goals of christian nationalism. so one of the things that i appreciate about andrew then of the freedom from religion foundation is he's crystal clear that he's not academic and his first book he writes that this is a polemic, this is not an academic study. and what he said there was some truth that certainly there are people out there who believe america's founded as a christian nation. and i think there is a sense of wanting to return. the question is, what do they want to return to. my guess and what i argue is that they really want to return to the america of the 1950s without the segregation. and i want to be clear about that. without the sexism. so in america, where you don't have

is trump less familiar with the constitution or the bible?can think of when i see that, well, i think both. i think, but, he has no regard for the constitution. the fact that the constitution is placed inside his fake bible demonstrates he doesn't believe in separation of church and state and, at the end of the day, he is grafting on the american public and to the point that the folks want to be fleeced, they do. they by his digital cards, they bought his sneakers, they bought his university, they bought his mistakes, all of them to enrich himself. as we are going into this election, recognizing that not only is he a grifter, he also doesn't want to play within democratic norms. he doesn't believe there should be a separation of church and state, if it benefits him. that goes down the line. you started your show talking about how he is okay with condemning individual reporters who speaks with because they are doing their job. that is more of the same. as long as we are very clear that everything that trump has promised, he has already done in

your book, god's ghost writers, christians and the making of the bible. i'm also really excited to my colleagues in affirming how important and significant work is. so one of the geniuses of god's ghost writers that i think is important from my reading is how you leverage the authority already assigned to the sources of early christianity like the gospels the book of acts, the letters of paul and peter the early church fathers to show us why we have those names and writings to speak of today because. you call them you say servile workers and reading and writing or enslaved literary workers made it so and so. i really want to start by asking you a question about. this making it so dynamic that you're claiming in the book, why did you write a book that tackles the phenomenon of enslavement in the literary production of the new testament and the spread early christianity and why did you feel compelled to write it now? well, thank you so much, shapely for that introduction. it means a great deal to me from you being familiar with your work. so thank and in tr

>> the bible means a lot to me.ut i don't want to get into specifics. >> even to cite a verse you like? >> no. i don't -- >> old testament guy or new testament? >> probably equal. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: this is -- i don't know. sharing his favorite bible verse is too personal. but did you hear about arnold palmer's big one? [ laughter ] boy. look, he obviously hasn't read the bible. and that's okay. just say you haven't read the bible. if you did you'd know you're not supposed to lie about reading the bible. it's the ninth commandment. the lying is unprecedented. and relentless. so many. republican mayors, governors, senators, people from his own party who want to support him, beg him to stop spreading these ridiculous stories. but he won't. he won't even do it when he's confronted by fox news. >> when you said, you know, it's gone viral, they're eating the dogs, they're eating the cats, you say you're just reporting what had been said. but why not say now, well, look, that turned out not to be true -- >> i don't kn

. >> you don't arrive at the american constitution with just the bible unless you're buying a trump bible which already has the american constitution in it this was the flag that went into the senate when the doors were broken. >> i first met pastor ben marsh almost four years ago. >> the christian flag, after i saw this sermon that was posted but online where he explains the role of christianity in january 6, they thought they were doing the work of god because pastors and leaders have liked meyer says equating christianity and american patriotism the way some of the trump movement do is dangerous. it can create a call like attitude towards the leaders that are there because they're no longer just oh, that's the right guy. like his policies now, it's oh, jesus has chosen that person. so we have to follow that person to wherever they go. a pastor marsh is describing is christian nationalism. >> i believed that's a term that's been weaponized i see two cut a try to put christians into a corner right. >> where we don't exercise our faith in the public square. >> but pastor marsh disagrees.

complete with the founding documents you brought me a trump bible. god bless the usa and then we say the grace of the lord, jesus christ nice to be with you all amen and then all of a sudden you have the declaration of independence what's the implication there? donie that government has been set in place to enact the will of christ somehow honestly, if breaks my heart, what about to people who say, you're overreacting? >> i love my country i am a christian. >> i love the bible. i love the founding documents. watch so bad about putting them together. in one book as a local pastor with my local church i think what's so bad about this not just this bible, but the whole movement is it is enticing people to do things that really aren't christian, that make them feel like they're doing something that's christian and that's all timidly the problem. >> all this partisan nonsense is that it's all designed to make people think that they're doing something for jesus when the, when they're really not, they're doing something for trump and look, they're going to

folks, read your bible. if you read the word of got it all makes sense, you will see it coming. >> market david halt the jute to jump in? >> shoot let me affirm the affirmation one should read the bible. that's an excellent excellent idea to put in a previous but did america have a christian and they excellent argument america's founders were influenced by christian ideas. ideas developed in the christian of christian reflection many important ways. it led to a great separation of powers, checks and balances, federalism. most importantly and led them to embrace a robust understanding of religious liberty that protected all americans. that is why they banned religious tests for federal office. one of my favorite documents from this air is george washington's letter to the hebrew come congregation where he makes it clear this tiny little religious minority there may be 2500 in north america at the time ahe most. he makes it crystal clear they have the same right to worship god according to dictates of congress

and the bible translation was imagining as well.the question is you know how we do this responsibly and who do we imagine ourselves imagining with you that in a rigorous weight truly would be good history. i think there are ways to do that in a rather socio- just live early public — mckenna who wentnt undercover as a waitress. unlike 1909. she worked 14 hour days and when she finally quit her job and actually told them that there were a sociologist and professor to her employer about the working conditions she had been in and sit will know, you've played since noah working 14 hour days and is really part of my back hurts my arm hurts she summarizes my saying the primary — please imagination children's work she could not imagine what it was' to do it i think that it i'm hoping that people will do now. we can recognize where were already bringing in assumptions to our reading. try to imagine new ways. >> i love it and you actually have a bit of it quote what to read some of this month's relating to this the one who thinks you safe in

of weeks, sort of bizarre religiosity of trump's, you know, explicit appeal, you know, in selling bibles and the address to the national religious broadcasters and just the, you know, to explain what seems to us sort of just laughed. well, really, you know, biblical illiteracy and, you know, just vulgar ism. how how it is that, you know, the great mystery of why it is, although some people have said there's no mystery at all. when you study evangelicals. why do evangelicals in increasingly large majorities find trump not just. a candidate that they can use to advance their own agenda, but somebody who they regard kind of chosen and. yeah. yeah well, kind of. they do. right right. yes. well, charles darwin, great hero of the religious, wrote that we bear the stamp of our origin. and that statement applies is to the religious right, because there's a common misperception out there that the christian conservative movement began as oppositional toward abortion and maybe gay rights, but in reality, christian evangelicals voted the first time in large numbers for jimmy carter. in 76, they turn

it's part of a plan to purchase 55,000 bibles for public schools.l purchase request from the state came under legal scrutiny because it appeared to be written to match just a handful of editions including a $60 bible endorsed by former president trump. it required the bible to include the pledge of allegiance, declaration of independence, constitution and bill of rights. now those things can be supplied separately. >>> and "the new york times" reports on the first-ever national survey of transgender high school students. the cdc says about 3.3% of u.s. high schoolers identify as transgender, and another 2.2% are questioning their gender identity. the survey was carried out in 2023 and found trans and gender questioning teens face much higher rates of bullying at school, persistent sadness, and suicidal thoughts and behaviors. >>> well, ahead, one man's trash. a work of art consisting of beer cans is mistaken for garbage. and you won't believe what happened next. lieve what happened next. don't mind me. i'm just the flu. i'm quite harmless, really. a

that is a dead giveaway that your bible. how do you know your bible is made in china? but of course most people's thoughts this week are not on politics. they're on the weather because we had two horrible hurricanes that recently hit the southeast. we're thinking about those people for sure, and we found out that they didn't just rip off roofs from houses and cause flooding. they also exposed how many people in this country are out of their fucking minds uh the the conspiracy theories on the right about a hurricane. alex jones said the government could have killed the storm in the gulf of mexico hasn't made it into a movie uh they control the weather liberals. yes, liberals control the weather. well, it was kind of a beautiful day here today. i got to say >> okay maybe with jewish space lasers. remember that thing that you could be forgiven for thinking that when she says they. she really means jews have a secret weather machine she cannot explain about this is if the jews have the do have the weather machine, why attack florida? >> we have all the places they would no

who is cyrus in the bible? yeah. cyrus is the old testament persian king who allows the jews to go back and rebuild the temple. right? and the idea being that he's not one of them, but he protects them. and that trump, in his own way. although certainly you do have a subset of these folks who believe that trump actually is a christian, that he had a born again experience in the white house, that mike pence led him to jesus in the white house january 6th. >> i mean, if someone had led probably try to help them. if they were, you know, in danger at the capitol. but set that aside but most, most folks, i think, are pretty clear eyed about who trump is. they're not under any illusions about him being a, you know, bible school, a sunday school bible reading guy. it's just that they view him as someone who's capable of protecting them from a culture that has slipped away in a country that they don't recognize anymore right. and they do. i mean, you said persecution complex. that is part and parcel to christianity. there is

in another bible that meets the requirements. the we, the people bible was also endorsed by trump and that one cost $90. now oklahoma's department of education says the request for bids were consistent with norms of state procure all right. that's it for inside politics sunday, you can follow me on x at mkraju, follow the show at inside politics. if you ever miss an episode, catch up wherever you get your podcasts, just search for inside up next here, the new with jake tapper and dana bash, dana has guests include arizona senator mark kelly rnc co-chair lara trump, and maryland republican senate candidate. there hogan. thanks again for sharing your sunday morning with us. we'll see you next time too much. >> take back control with or health or health provides access to medication proven to make it easy? you're a drink less or to quit drinking altogether qualified for treatment today at were health.com, my garage is too dark. >> my attic is way too dark, but i've seen the light check out the drivers 360 shop life profile valid how

and so of them is the bible. so what he said is our book. i said, and you guys, you know, it's our book. it sustained us. i don't care who wrote it, who cares? he wrote it this book has sustained us for 3000 years. it's our dna, who we are and these places are what give credibility. what authenticity to the book. so how can we give it away? so would you give the washington monument? would you give away the statue of liberty? i said, but ten, 15 minutes ago you said you didn't care because i really didn't know. i didn't think about it. and i said, i wish i could have this conversation because this guy, this, this this is this in, i should say, preface know i don't take shots at secular. i mean, these are incredible patriots. they fight for our country. you know, they know what they know. i mean and it's but but it's an of of the educational in israel and i again, it pains me to say it, you know, the book will hopefully be out in hebrew soon. and i hope, you know, i actually hope more read it in hebrew than than in english. but but i can't hav

swearing an oath on two stacked bibles that symbolized how far our nation had traveled. mine has been an unlikely journey in many respects, and of course, my new memoir is about that journey. thank you for your interest and i look forward to talking about it here tonight. please give another round of applause for justice ketanji brown jackson. and so this is the moment many of you been waiting for. we're going to allow you to take your cameras out for just a few seconds for a group shot, and then we'll get this the rest of the program started. thank you. thank you. please submit your oaths. and let's get into this conversation. do. i'm excited to have said justice. you mean to. there we go. well, we're going to also. can we give us another shout out to mahogany books? yes, please. thank you. they have been wonderful. and you see, i already have my copy. this. and i have to say, justice is one of the most beautiful book covers ever. do you think? i think, look, the it is. that and and the title lovely one because that could you explain. yes. yes. so the title is the engli

of the megachurch members are very devoted and they they're not only on sunday but for mid-week and bible classes. so they move to that town or they move close to it, helping to shift town in an even increasingly right wing direction. well, thank you. maybe the last question before you open up the question, do y'all the question of optimism? we talked to you in the book with a glimpse, a potential, and it kind of gathers together a bunch of other glimpses throughout the book. but how can we begin to assemble those glimpses into something like a motivation or a program or real sense of direction? because, you know the other part of reading the book was, you know, frequently think the direction things are going is sort of too far gone to. it's that we can't recapture that we can't back, that we can't continue to build on the progress that had been made because we have to spend so time fighting off the right. yeah. and that is, that is the frustrating part i'm going to get to part about hope because it's very important that is the frustrating part is that we spend so much of our time playing

his purpose, like the bible he held certain and true. o lord, this rugged man in black indeed walked the line, and he now lives as one of those faithful witnesses who surrounds us each day and through song and story and the symbol of the cross bids us to walk the line as well. father, thank you for the life and legacy of johnny cash, and thank you for the most indescribable gift in your son. jesus christ. amen. please be seated. ladies and gentlemen, the honorable hakeem jeffries, democratic leader of the united states house of representatives. the speaker mike johnson governor sarah huckabee sanders. senator bozeman, distinguished members of congress, my colleagues and governments of rosanne and the entire cast. family. to chairman shane broadway king. sculptor kevin cressy and all those assembled. good morning. it's a high honor and a distinct privilege to deliver remarks on behalf of the house democratic caucus as we celebrate the amazing life and legacy of the great johnny cash. article one. section and eight clause eight of the unit

his purpose, like the bible he held certain and true. o lord, this rugged man in black indeed walked the line, and he now lives as one of those faithful witnesses who surrounds us each day and through song and story and the symbol of the cross bids us to walk the line as well. father, thank you for the life and legacy of johnny cash, and thank you for the most indescribable gift in your son. jesus christ. amen. please be seated. ladies and gentlemen, the honorable hakeem jeffries, democratic leader of the united states house of representatives. the speaker mike johnson governor sarah huckabee sanders. senator bozeman, distinguished members of congress, my colleagues and governments of rosanne and the entire cast. family. to chairman shane broadway king. sculptor kevin cressy and all those assembled. good morning. it's a high honor and a distinct privilege to deliver remarks on behalf of the house democratic caucus as we celebrate the amazing life and legacy of the great johnny cash. article one. section and eight clause eight of the unit

is the israel that everyone uh pompously is thrown up in slogans or christian zionism, skullfield bibles or other travel advertisements of some sort of symbol of ancient religious piety and kindness and godlike uh uh presence is actually the opposite, so the world is realizing the the personality of israel as a culture, as people as a government, does not match the righteousness of of any religious person or god or the bible or the quran or anything else, they are instead manifesting a psychopaths, murderers, so for that reason the entire world, the united nations, russia, china, the entire middle east, and soon to be increasing parts of europe are going to be completely. rejecting everything from israel, this is an avalanche that cannot be stopped because israel is incapable of making the adjustments necessary uh both in their policies and in their attitude, so they are a collision course with their own destruction by their own hand, and as uh others have said, they've picked up the sword and they will now perish by the sword, not because other countries wanted to destroy them, but beca

where these bibles are made except when he can make a few bucks how can his trump addition bibles this stuff up but he's doing it is because what he cares about is his ego and his money and his status he's not thinking about, you donald trump sees power as nothing more than a means to his ends he wants the middle class to pay the price for another huge tax cut that would mostly help him in his country club buddies he doesn't care if he costs more women, their reproductive freedoms because it won't make a difference in his life you with your bu, but when you're boat everybody can hears it trump wants us to think that this country is hopelessly divided between us and them americans which by which she means his supporters and the outsiders who don't support him because having people divided and angry an aggrieved and resentful. >> he figures that boosts his chances to get elected now along with his intentions, there is also a question of his competence have you seen him lately i'm mean, he is out there. >> he's given two two-and-a-half-hour speeches, just word salads you have no idea what

god bless the usa bible, which trump has endorsed. and according to oklahoma watch, which first broke the story trump also received some of the proceeds from sales of the bible requirements, the we, the people bible was also endorsed by trump. and that one cost $90. now, oklahoma is department of education says the request for bids were consistent with the norms of state procurement all right. that's it for inside politics sunday, you can follow me on x at mkraju, follow the show insidepolitics. if you ever miss catch up wherever you get your podcast, just search for inside politics. up next here, the new with jake tapper and dana bash downs, guests include arizona senator mark kelly, rnc co-chair lara trump, and maryland republican senate thank candidate larry hogan thanks again for sharing your sunday morning with us. we'll see you next time only thing that matters. >> we designed smarter ways to detect motion for fast emergency response we create hd cameras so you could see what's happening in your home for many where all powered b

anyway, pbs news reports that trump's bibles sell in the u.s. for $60 and are printed in china for three dollars. i am surprised there is a professed student of scripture that trump wasn't going to add united states documents to the scripture sense, and i quote, god will add to that person the plagues described in this book. trump evidently expects an exception to be made in his case. hey no doubt thinks that his immunity to official acts extends to blasphemy. i wonder if he came across the scripture that said he who exhausts himself will be humbled. he who humbles himself will be exalted. does anyone think that trump is acquainted with any of those qualities in 2015 when he is interviewed that you can watch on youtube. he has asked if trump ever asked god for forgiveness. trump captivating. -- kept evading. he asked three times. trump finally answered that he never felt it was necessary to ask for god's forgiveness. either he has no conscious and believes himself to be infallible or is so immature he can't admit he ever made a mistake, even to

he's got the trump bible. wants you to buy the word of god, donald trump edition.there embossed, right next to luke and mark and matthew. and by the way, i will give you one guess, you could not make this stuff up, where these bibles are made. so mr. tough guy on china except when he can make a few bucks. hawking his trump edition bibles. come on, man. you can't make the stuff up. but he's doing it. and the reason he's doing it is because what he cares about is his ego and his money and his status. he's not thinking

oklahoma parents and teachers are suing to stop a mandate forcing them to teach from the bible. they also want the court to stop the republican state schools superintendent from spending 3 million to buy bibles the suit notes that the purchase guidelines were specifically written to line up with bibles endorsed by donald trump, or that was later amended. superintendent ryan walters is trying to force schools to incorporate the bible into lesson plans walters is a former teacher who promised to fight the quote, woke ideology. he also vowed to ban books from school libraries and get rid of what he called radical leftists this is the second lawsuit filed in oklahoma to challenge the mandate lebanon's capital is taking more fire from israel as the fighting in the middle east shows no signs of subsiding we received this video over the past hour showing a huge plume of smoke over southern beirut after a new round of israeli strikes, the idf says the targets included a hezbollah intelligence headquarters, a weapons workshop well over in israel under pressure at home and abroad to bring

lee greenwood bible cost $60 standard versions of the bible are available online for less than $10. and because trump endorsed the greenwood bible, he receives some of the proceeds from sales. the other bible that meets the requirements costs $90 and it was also endorsed by trump >> east is bracing for a possible israeli retaliation against iran for its recent missile strike. all while israel continues to bombard lebanon and gaza officials around the region are keeping an eye on the possible timing. monday marks the one-year anniversary of the october 7 hamas terror attack on israel the state department official says the u.s. hasn't received any assurances from israel that it won't target iran's nuclear facilities. speaking from the white house press room for the first time as president joe biden said, israel hasn't yet decided on a response than that. he assumes he will hear from israel's prime minister and the decision is made. meanwhile, huge crowds turned out in tehran as iran's supreme leader led friday prayers and the memorial ceremony for slain hezbollah chief hassan nasralla

the bible doesn't tell us when, but the bible tells us the what the doctor jeffers is outspoken on the end times the battle of arm again. you know, he's not just talking about this to his own flock. he's, he's making policy. he's influencing donald trump is advising him. he's going to israel and chasing some geo politics. there. would you join me in welcoming the heart? great friend and the 45th president of united states. the robert. i want to thank you so much. yeah. you know, you never told me how beautiful this is, highly respected. he does very well on television in spreading the way you have a special relationship with trump as his friend, as a spiritual advisor, to talk a little bit about your relationship with trump for president trump was here just a few weeks ago in our church. he's the only president who is able to move our us embassy from telling the to jerusalem. but people wonder why that was such a big deal. what that means is israel possesses the land and the historical city of david and east jerusalem. there's been an attempt to find the archaeological artifacts that f

i it's very difficult to imagine anyone who has actually read the bible or read any other book putting down the money to make that that purchase. if you're around anyone under the age of 40 as we are routinely it's very difficult to imagine anyone in that cohort out buying the lee greenwood god the usa bible there's there's a quality of punching against the wind with this movement that i if if if the democratic and if leftist organizers can politically suffocate it will be difficult for them to come at least in the short term. but i say that because the united states of america history always moves in cycles, and these reactionary, paranoid pop pop up excuse me, these reactionary, paranoid pop up, and then put down and then something and they pop up again. so an ongoing battle, but there's something quixotic about all these right wing movements in that they're the source of. their defeat is built into it from the start. it's just a matter of people voting, their numbers in and getting involved. the national and local level. well i will say congratulations on the book. thank you. just b

if we go back to the bible, obviously this the. ready abraham mean the birth of the jewish people is really the, it's really a tribal, tribal root is the birth of a family. and over the course of history, of course, that family absorbs many other peoples with any. so obviously the people are not all necessarily descendants from abraham. right. so that the very notion of a people is a fiction. but it's a fiction that has certain script to a roots and certain roots of memory and ritual. the, the stories of jewish people were for centuries passed down as oral history. until between the 9th and 6th centuries, b. c. they were written down in the torah, the hebrew bible, as the decreed word of a single creator, god. in one story, the biblical god enters into a covenant with a character named abraham. god tells abraham to leave his home in mesopotamia and take his family west to the land of canaan. once there she was to carry out god's work and lead a great nation. they are chosen to be god's people and this is the land that god gave them

they were written down in the torah, the hebrew bible, as the decreed word of a single creator god. in one story, the biblical god enters into a covenant with a character named abraham. god tells abraham to leave his home in mesopotamia and take his family west to the land of canaan. once there she was to carry out god's work and lead a great nation. they are chosen to be god's people. and this is the land that god gave them. so the land of chain and that becomes the land of israel, is really in a certain sense seen as the promised land. the story is told in scripture and it doesn't really have much corroborating material outside of scripture. they come into the land and then they establish a kingdom basically, and they build a temple eventually in jerusalem. the temple is destroyed, the jews are banished, 70 years later they come back, they build the 2nd temple. that temple exists for some hundreds of years. they are eventually taken over by the roman empire. they begin to rebel against the romans. these direction is flat and the jews are dispersed. it's important to note that the