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The Torah
The Torah by David J. Zucker has been mentioned in 9 episodes across 6 podcasts (0 episodes recommend it and 9 episodes discuss it), through . Most frequently brought up by Ashira Solomon (1 episode), Brian Keating (1 episode) and David Cahn (1 episode) on The Rubin Report (4 episodes), Behind the Bastards (1 episode) and Big Technology Podcast (1 episode).
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In Contra distinction to the Jewish you know Bible the Torah is like the book of life we call it so um so Judaism is operating under that where there were gods and the gods were within nature.
Brian Keating · The Joe Rogan Experience · Aug 2023 Listen at 44:57 Questions about The Torah by David J. Zucker
Who has discussed The Torah by David J. Zucker on podcasts?
No speaker in our archive has explicitly recommended The Torah by David J. Zucker; Ashira Solomon (1 episode), Brian Keating (1 episode), David Cahn (1 episode), David Mamet (1 episode) and Eric Weinstein (1 episode) have discussed it across 6 podcasts (8 people in all).
Which podcasts mention The Torah the most?
The Rubin Report (4 episodes), Behind the Bastards (1 episode), Big Technology Podcast (1 episode), Modern Wisdom (1 episode) and The Joe Rogan Experience (1 episode), among 6 podcasts in all.
Is The Torah recommended, or only discussed?
The Torah by David J. Zucker was recommended in 0 episodes and discussed without a recommendation in 9 episodes, as of 2026-10-24.
What do people say about The Torah?
Brian Keating on The Joe Rogan Experience (2023-08-22): "In Contra distinction to the Jewish you know Bible the Torah is like the book of life we call it so um so Judaism is operating under that where there were gods and the gods were within nature."
When was The Torah last mentioned on a podcast?
The Torah by David J. Zucker was last discussed on Modern Wisdom by Martin Seligman on 2026-10-24.
What they say about it
- Reading and studying texts“read the Torah”2
The best things said about it
What I had done in chapter 9 is I look at agency in the Torah. Well, the five books of Moses are not very agentic. God basically does the heavy lifting.
After the Torah, the word teshuvah occurs for the first time.
Like you can read the Quran, you can read the Torah, you can read the Gospels, you can read the Mahabharata.
The nation-state of Israel is not the ethnic tribe that's described in the Torah.
When considering Moses, the greatest prophet in Judaism, he didn’t get to enter the land as one of the Torah portions describes.
I was like I was reading the Bible the Old Testament the Torah the talmud and all of these stuff.
Where and when it comes up
Most episodes, by podcast
8 people who brought it up
Why people recommend it
The Torah by David J. Zucker comprises the foundational first five books of the Hebrew Bible, detailing foundational laws, historical narratives, and religious covenants. The text was referenced in diverse contexts across multiple podcasts. Martin Seligman appeared on Modern Wisdom to discuss human agency in the Torah, contrasting the heavy lifting performed directly by God in the books of Moses with later theological concepts like repentance. David Cahn spoke on Big Technology Podcast, citing the Torah alongside other religious scriptures as traditions that point toward a shared universal truth. Nathan Apffel discussed the text on The Tucker Carlson Show, asserting that the modern nation-state of Israel is distinct from the ethnic tribe depicted in scripture. Propaganda mentioned the Torah on Behind the Bastards while recounting early religious objections to political Zionism. Ashira Solomon discussed a specific Torah portion on The Rubin Report to illustrate Moses asking God for permission to enter the Promised Land. Eric Weinstein used the Torah on The Rubin Report to create an analogy for the relationship between the written United States Constitution and the Supreme Court. Finally, Brian Keating mentioned the Torah on The Joe Rogan Experience, contrasting its view of the book of life with Egyptian funerary texts.
Every mention
Ashira Solomon When considering Moses, the greatest prophet in Judaism, he didn’t get to enter the land as one of the Tora… 1
“When considering Moses, the greatest prophet in Judaism, he didn’t get to enter the land as one of the Torah portions describes; he asked God if he'd be allowed entry just to see it, and God said no.”
Brian Keating in Contra distinction to the Jewish you know Bible the Torah is like the book of life we call it so um so J… 1
“in Contra distinction to the Jewish you know Bible the Torah is like the book of life we call it so um so Judaism is operating under that where there were gods and the gods were within nature”
David Cahn Like you can read the Quran, you can read the Torah, you can read the Gospels, you can read the Mahabharata… 1
“Like you can read the Quran, you can read the Torah, you can read the Gospels, you can read the Mahabharata. Like there's kind of one truth in the universe.”
David Mamet So I started studying the Torah and I said, ",Okay, there's two things. One, there is Yiddishkeit," right? 1
“So I started studying the Torah and I said, ",Okay, there's two things. One, there is Yiddishkeit," right?”
Eric Weinstein And the reason is, is that we have a Supreme Court that acts as the Oral "Torah" to the Written "Torah" tha… 1
“And the reason is, is that we have a Supreme Court that acts as the Oral "Torah" to the Written "Torah" that is the Constitution.”
Faisal Saeed Al Mutar my dad was like said like oh you can think for your and I I was like I was reading the Bible the Old Testam… 1
“my dad was like said like oh you can think for your and I I was like I was reading the Bible the Old Testament the Torah the talmud and all of these stuff and all a copy of the talmud in”
Martin Seligman And what I had done in chapter 9 is I look at agency in the Torah. Well, the five books of Moses are not ve… 1
“And what I had done in chapter 9 is I look at agency in the Torah. Well, the five books of Moses are not very agentic. God basically does the heavy lifting and the heavy lifting and the heavy lifting and the heavy lifting.”
“After the Torah, the word teshuvah occurs for the first time. Teshuvah means repentance, that you can redo your life. It doesn't occur in the Torah. Once you have a notion like repentance, that tells you there are agentic things that you can do to repent, to make life better.”
Nathan Apffel And a really simple truth is the nation-state of Israel is not the ethnic tribe that's described in the Torah. 1
“And a really simple truth is the nation-state of Israel is not the ethnic tribe that's described in the Torah.”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker1
“And then the others, like the more modern ones, were like, "Well, we're not a nation." Like, that was actually the point. Like, don't you then you read your yo Torah, you don't need a king.”
Other mentions (3: passing, ad reads, own books)
“What's something that 20-year-old neo-Nazis are going to burn at the beach? Oh, probably like the Torah. They got a copy of the Torah in there. Maybe.”
“It's like well you could always pick a book and read out about read about it clearly it's called the torah”
“They'd go out to the Quran. They'd go out to the Bible, the Torah, all our religious books, and just be like, 'Yeah, they read this thing.'”