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Mentioned as a book Tolkien translated which portrays Moses as a great warrior, referenced in discussion of how Tolkien drew on Old English poetry

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Referenced multiple times regarding Jesus's prophecy about the destruction of Jerusalem - 'Jesus Christ in the Gospel of St. Luke'

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Biblical book referenced when discussing how royalists portrayed Cromwell, with the quote 'rebellion is the sin of witchcraft, as it says in the first book of Samuel' being used to explain how betraying the king was compared to witchcraft.

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Referenced in discussion of prophecies about empires: 'we've talked about the book of Daniel in, I think, in the Babylon episode, didn't we? Where he sees four beasts coming out of the ocean. And he's told that these beasts are empires that will succeed one after the other.'

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Biblical book discussed extensively, including the stories of Belshazzar's Feast, the writing on the wall, Daniel in the lions' den, and Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in the fiery furnace.

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Ali mentions this biblical text as carrying 'fairly strong sort of Zoroastrian tropes and ideas' when discussing Persian religious influence

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Mentioned in connection with Christian apocalyptic expectations and Rome's role in history: 'the Book of Revelation and the sense that Christ will come again is absolutely kind of writing in people's imaginations.'

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Biblical book referenced multiple times in discussing the imagery of Babylon as the 'Whore of Babylon' and its influence on anti-imperial sentiment.

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Ali mentions this biblical text alongside Daniel as containing Zoroastrian influences, particularly the concept of a dragon king and the beast

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Biblical book referenced when discussing the fate of Zedekiah, who was blinded and taken to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar.

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Biblical book referenced in the context of the Tower of Babel story, discussing how God punished the builders' arrogance by making them speak different languages.

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Biblical book referenced in connection with the Boney M song 'Rivers of Babylon,' which comes from a psalm describing exiles weeping by the rivers of Babylon.

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Referenced as the only Gospel that tells the story of the Massacre of the Innocents, where Herod orders the slaughter of newborn babies in Bethlehem.

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Referenced as containing the description of the early church where apostles sold possessions and gave to anyone in need, cited as a prototype of communist society