With All Your Mind: Recent Episodes
Rachel Grimm
Looking to understand biblical concepts with the help of the original languages and historical and cultural context.
What is your relationship with the Old Testament? Is it just the required reading for the class of Christianity, or the prequel to the New Testament that nobody really wants to care about? Or is it something better?
Also, my fruit trees died.
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What does the God of the Bible allow, and better yet, what does he enjoy? We'll look at an odd little story in the book of Kings to see how God collaborates with people, and if you listen long enough, a rabbit trail on divine prerogatives.
Gotta love you some Heiser:
Brief Insights on Mastering Bible Doctrine by Dr. Michael Heiser has a chapter on this topic! Chapter 19.
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What happens if you don't know the personal characteristics of God? Does it matter?
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If God is supreme in the universe, (and he is!), what does that mean? How do we know? What else is there in the spiritual world?
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We've talked a lot before about God and his titles... the messiah, Lord vs. LORD, but we've never talked about God's characteristics. This is especially fitting after talking about other ancient gods and their characteristics. We'll start discussing God's personhood and character in this episode, though it's only scratching the surface!
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I've always resisted learning about Egyptian mythology because it seems overwhelming... and it is! But it can really help with understanding nuance and how some of the things in the Old Testament really make much better sense with it in mind. Listen in as we talk about how Egyptian mythology makes the golden calf story of Exodus just a little less weird.
Resources:
One of The Ancients podcasts that is relevant
Learn about Nabonidus
The video Ryan sent me
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Have you ever wondered what a Leviathan or Behemoth is? Is there a place for chaos in God's kingdom? We'll look at some Ancient Near Eastern mythology to compare with what the God of the Bible does with chaos.
Some resources:
The Ancients podcast about Set
An article about Set/Seth
Chaos Monster article
Biblical Cosmos book
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The empires and cultures in the ancient near east had a significant impact on the world of the Bible, and on the Israelites themselves. Yahweh, the God of the Bible, is distinct from the gods of these cultures and we won't know how he's different unless we know how the other gods and their legacies were characterized. Join me in looking at creation myths from Babylon, Sumeria and Egypt, and what it can all tell us about God and the Bible.
Some good resources:
The Enuma Elish, an article
The Atrahasis Epic
The Ancients podcast
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I thought I could just take some flights and run around the country without problems, and also thought starting another language on my break was an easy side quest. I was wrong on both counts.
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Welcome back to season 4 (and year 4) of the podcast! We're just going to catch up on my classes and what I'm learning, and what's next.
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If you've ever wanted an inside look on the nitty gritty of translation, check this one out! Make sure to listen to the last episode where we read the whole book that I'm talking about here.
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Part of making biblical Hebrew more accessible and easier to learn (especially for Bible translators) is making more easy reading materials to learn it. You don't pick up Shakespeare to learn English, and starting in the Old Testament to learn biblical Hebrew is pretty hard. It can be very discouraging and it's part of why (one part!) only 1% of people who learn biblical Hebrew in seminary or college actually go on to use it. It's tough. And we need all the resources to make it easier. So my summer project was to translate a book into biblical Hebrew, to experiment with translation, but also to help provide resources for people to learn Hebrew. Listen in as I and a few friends read you the book.
Credits go to Annie, for excellent picture descriptions, Erin, for reading the first half of the book, and Rachel (the other one) for joining me two nights later to finish it. She was our missing person on the first part, so we got everyone included in the end. Just like the bunny.
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John's last book and the Bible's last book is an apocalypse, a revelation by God through Jesus. But how does it relate to other apocalyptic literature and how does that inform our reading of it?
The Bible Project's Revelation Video, Part 1
The Bible Project's Revelation Video, Part 2
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I'm back at it with my (Ryan's) ESV Study Bible to the rescue... Rescuing me from getting cranky at Paul for other people's misinterpretations of him.
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The gospels are the most taught about, talked about and arguably the easiest to understand part of the Bible. What more could I possibly say about them that you might not know??
The Michael Heiser book that I feel like everyone should read and own:
Brief Insights on Mastering the Bible
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Everyone has a junk drawer, including the Bible. That doesn't mean it has junk in it though, just a whole collection of interesting things that might be the Bible's art collection. Find out more about how art functions and why it's important for us as Christians.
Resources used:
A Hurrian Hymn
Literary Analysis of Ben Sirach
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Why are prophets so weird? Well God told them to be weird. But were they really weird?
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We're starting a little summer series on genres of books in the Bible! Context is king my friends, so let's learn about the context of our Bible books including similar extra-biblical literature, key facts about the genre and how to read it better.
I trust the Bible Project so if they have something to say about genre... of course I'm going to link it! Bible Project podcast episode from June 23, 2017
Poetry, Narrative and Prose Discourse
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I was planning on doing a series this month, but university classes are kind of getting in the way! So here's an update on what's going on with my classes, my plans and a current project. We'll have a few more episodes this summer so stay tuned!
Don't forget to send me your children's book ideas!
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What culture did Jesus most identify with and how can we see that? How did he interact with and view other cultures? And what does that say about him?
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You might not realize all the examples of Greco-Roman culture that we see in the Bible, including how the Bible quotes itself, where and how it quotes extra-biblical books and philosophers, and ancient apartment buildings. Join us for me using a baby voice and using the word ghetto way too many times.
Resources Used for this Episode:
- Epimenides in the Bible
- Letter Writing in the Ancient World
- Even More About Letter Writing
- That Archaeological Study Bible
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When you hear that the New Testament is in a Greek/Roman time period, what does that mean to you? How do you imagine those cultures affect the Bible and the people that lived at that time? In this episode, we'll explore some tangible ways that Greek and Roman culture affected both the Bible and the people of Israel.
Resources Used in this Episode:
- A Getty Blog about Triclinium
- NIV Archaological Study Bible, 2006
- A Good General Greek Culture Article
- Aesop in the Bible
- More Aesop Info, in a PDF
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What are the differences in how emotions are expressed in modern English vs. biblical Hebrew? Do we have any ways in common? And what are some other unique expressions in Biblical Hebrew?
Some resources used in this episode:
- Their Eyes Swell Out With Fatness: Metaphor and Emotion in Psalm 73: Richard Liantonio Article Here
- A Few Metaphorical Source Domains For Emotions In The Old Testament: Alec Basson, Stellenbosch University Article Here
- “Hebraisms in English Versions of the Bible.” The Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics, online edition. Article Here
- Emotions in the Hebrew Bible: A few observations on prospects and challenges: Paul Kruger, Stellenbosch University. Article Here
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Language is so diverse! The basic building blocks of language that we can all take for granted... shouldn't be. Learn how Biblical Hebrew says yes, and how it doesn't. It matters!
Resources Used for Today's Episode:
- Christo H. J. van der Merwe, Jacobus A. Naudé, and Jan H. Kroeze, A Biblical Hebrew Reference Grammar, Second Edition. (London; Oxford; New York; New Delhi; Sydney: Bloomsbury; Bloomsbury T&T Clark: An Imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017), iii.
- Wikipedia, "Echo Answer"
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Have you ever thought that Bible characters must be pretty boring and formal? That maybe they were always serious and made speeches? There actually may be a few reasons for that, and we'll explore a few in today's episode, including how the Hebrew verb system isn't as fun sounding as English speakers might accidentally expect it to be.
Resources for this episode:
“The change in Hebrew from a V-framed to an S-framed language” by Malka Rappaport Hovav, Hebrew University
Biblingo Podcast: Foundations of Lexical Semantics with Malka Rappaport Hovav, Sept 8, 2021 episode.
The Article About Turkish/English Verbs and Sign Language
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I'm sure you've noticed the quasi-poetry of Proverbs. But what's going on in there? And other than the beautiful (though weird stuff) going on in Song of Solomon, where else do we see poetry? What exactly is a Biblical Hebrew writing style?
That Author's Novel Ideas
The Hermeneutics Course I Took (it's free and online if you want to give it a go)
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Do you know what features define Biblical Hebrew poetry? Or that there is essentially no word for yes in Biblical Hebrew? We're kicking off a mini season on literary, linguistic and cultural features of the Bible and how they effect our English Bibles.
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What's going on with the podcast, what I'm up to next and Eli jumping on the couch.
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This is a pretty odd Q&A episode: we have questions that nobody asked, and some questions that nobody answered. It's all good! At least we talk about ice cream and hell!
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We got some really good questions in here! You guys are serious thinkers. I'm a little intimidated.
Note: When I mention that "Yahweh" is not said in Greek, I'm mostly talking about how the word Yahweh is not transliterated into Greek, neither in the Greek New Testament nor in the Septuagint. Instead, Greek writers wrote "Theos" (the Greek word for God/god) or "Kurios" (the Greek word for Lord). The name Yahweh was not spoken much at all by anyone since it was not culturally acceptable to say God's name out loud.
Some resources for this episode:
- A Bible Project video about the son of man
- Bible Project podcast – God’s Firstborn Son – Firstborn E8, Published February 20, 2023
- Some free info about Kurdistan, since I mentioned it
- And specifically, Iraqi Kurdistan
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Yo dawg, I heard you like blessings, so I blessed the bless you blessings.
But seriously, what is Christianese, and why do we use it? Should we?
A few articles that I mention:
- Bluey's Beautiful Conservatism
- (If that link doesn't work, just search for "Bluey's Beautiful Conservatism"
- Focus on the Family Article
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We can make so many assumptions about the Bible and confuse it with good ideas and stories from the past that sometimes it's hard to tell the difference between a biblical concept, and just a decent idea. Tune in for the Bible version of fact or fiction: was it or was it not in the Bible?
Some resources for this episode:
- The Book of Virtues, William Bennett. Dirty Jim, by Jane Taylor.
- Cleanliness is next to godliness wiki
- One of Aesop's Fables
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Ok, so maybe you don't care to talk about what a PhD student is doing with an ancient papyrus that you've never heard of before! But you probably should care about what's going on with Mark 16, why the New King James Bible is more old-fashioned than I thought (no judgment though!) and why footnotes matter.
Sources used for this episode:
- NIV Archaeological Study Bible, Zondervan, 2005
- ESV Study Bible, Crossway, 2008 (oops, I thought it was 2018)
- Textual Criticism of the Bible – Paul Wegner
- Spectrum of Bible Translations (with source texts!)
- That article about the Amorite Language
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Once upon a time... there was a manuscript called Papyrus 66. Come play detective with me, and figure out how a NT researcher used a Greek manuscript of John to support her theory that the Martha in the Bible never existed. You'll see how we can use and appreciate textual criticism, without needing to accept or support theories that use it.
Some of the resources used for this episode:
- The Initial Article my Friend Sent Me
- An Interview with the Papyrus 66 Researcher
- Papyrus 66
- John 10:42-11:6 in Papyrus 66
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No, don't be scared! This is an important topic if you want to be informed about current events and apologetics. The world of academia has provided a lot of insight into the Bible and really helped to form the Bible as we know it today. One of the tools used to determine whether a manuscript is a fraud, the real deal, or a piece of ancient junk, is textual criticism. Find out more, including why the church has a hard time talking about textual criticism at all.
Some of the resources used for this episode:
- Those opening stats
- Textual Criticism of the Bible - Paul Wegner
- Early Scribal Emendation, a study Bible note in the NIV Archaeological Study Bible, page 448
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There are so many English Bibles, it's hard to keep track of them all! That's why there's something called the spectrum of English Bible translation. Learn the different philosophies of Bible translation, what the differences are between them and what translation you should read (spoiler, there's no good answer on that one).
Some of the resources used for this episode:
- A Big List of Bibles and some key facts
- A nice graph of the spectrum of Bible translations
- The reading levels of various Bibles
- The Most Popular Bibles
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Sin, transgression and iniquity don't sound like fun things to talk about, but give this episode a try if you really want to know why we really need those words in the Bible and why they're a great translation choice.
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When you think about how Bible translation is done, do you imagine old-school missionaries deep in the jungle, typing away on a typewriter, or young people, talking to professionals on Zoom? Both apply! Find out when and why.
Some links if you want to learn more about Bible translation:
- The Joshua Project
- Country Map on Joshua Project
- The Ethnologue
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Chesed is one of the most important words in the whole Bible, but it doesn't get much press. But that is in part because we use so many other words to reflect it... Grace, love, kindness, mercy, and more! Find out why it's confusing, and how we can better understand it.
Some of the resources used for this episode:
- The Naked Bible podcast Episode 350 (Transcript) https://nakedbiblepodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/NB-350-Transcript.pdf
- TLOT (Theological Lexicon of the OT)
- HALOT (Hebrew Aramaic Lexicon of the OT)
- NIV Archaeological Study Bible – p 946 - Sheol, Hades, the Abyss and Tartarus: Images of Hell
- Theology of Hesed in the Old Testament
- African Insights into Hebrew Lexicography: The Case of חסד – Reinier de Blois, pres. at SBL, Nov 2022
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The Latin Vulgate Bible and the King James Bible have had a lot of influence on our modern understanding of the Bible and its content. You might be surprised to find out what unicorn meant in Middle English, who Lucifer is (or isn't), and what fruit was actually in the garden of Eden.
Some of the resources used for this episode:
- That link about begotten in John 3:16 - - Bill Mounce talkin' Greek
- Apples in the Garden of Eden?
- That museum that I couldn't name correctly! The National Museum of Denmark
- How We Got the Bible - Neil Lightfoot
- Textual Criticism of the Bible - Paul Wegner
- The Story of Christianity - Justo Gonzalez
Lone wolf and committees, going through the middleman of Latin or straight to the source, Bible translations have been done in many different ways over the centuries. But what do you think about the King James Bible? Do you know why?
Some of the resources used for this episode:
- The Story of Christianity - Justo Gonzalez
- A Student’s Guide to Textual Criticism of the Bible – Paul Wegner
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Once a season I like to talk about the goals and purpose of the podcast, and New Year's Day seems like a good day for it. And apparently I'll talk about Gen Z, too.
Have you ever wondered what's in there? Why is it called that? And where and why is it considered canon? We'll do all that and more.
Some of the resources used for this episode:
- Introducing the Apocrypha - David deSilva
- The Story of Christianity - Justo Gonzalez
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There is a lot more to church history than just Western Europe! Here are some interesting stories and facts about lesser-known parts of the Christian Church, as well as the origins of Protestantism.
Some of the resources used for this episode:
- The Protestant Reformation
- The Story of Christianity - Justo Gonzalez
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What is the difference between Catholicism and the Orthodox Church? Or is it the Eastern Orthodox Church? Is that the same as the Greek Orthodox Church? Wait, who are we talking about again?
Some of the resources used for this episode:
- My notes, that yes I've kept from 2003, for Father Steven Simon's Russian Orthodoxy class, Mercyhurst College
- Encyclopedia Britannica
- The Story of Christianity - Justo Gonzalez
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Did you know that the Latin Vulgate wasn't the first Latin Bible? But it was the first Latin Bible to not play telephone! Listen in to learn more about the Vulgate, the Peshitta and the Septuagint.
Some resources used for this episode:
- A Student's Guide to Textual Criticism of the Bible - Paul Wegner
- The Story of Christianity - Justo Gonzalez
- Septuagint: Why the Greek Old Testament Still Matters
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Do we really know who wrote Hebrews (no) or Revelation (maybe)? And does it matter? How do we know anything in the New Testament is divinely inspired and when were people agreed on it?
Some of the resources used for this episode:
- The Phylicia Maysonheimer Verity podcast, season 2
- How We got the Bible - Neil Lightfoot
- The Question of Canon - Michael Kruger
- A Student's Guide to Textual Criticism of the Bible - Paul Wegner
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The Old Testament is big! And the last episode would've been too big if I had included all this with it. We're continuing on with our conversation about the Old Testament canon and how it got to be that way.
Some of the resources used in this episode:
- How We Got The Bible – Neil Lightfoot
- The Question of Canon – Kruger
- Old Testament Passages Quoted in the New Testament
- Video: How to Make a Leather Scroll
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Have you ever wondered who decided that Job should be a part of the Bible? Or better yet, Song of Solomon? And when we talk about the Bible, what physically would someone like David or Nehemiah have been holding in their hands?
Some of the resources used in this episode:
- How We Got The Bible – Neil Lightfoot
- The Question of Canon – Kruger
- Old Testament Passages Quoted in the New Testament
- Video: How to Make a Leather Scroll
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What do a robe, eagle's wings and a marriage proposal have in common? Everything!
One of the resources used in this episode:
- Bible Lands Museum – Jerusalem, Permanent Collection, Gallery 3, Exhibit #18 (on the app)
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Do you have a hard time fitting the world of the Bible into the history of the world? Want to know more about what was going on in the world at the time of the Old and New Testaments? Find out what ancient written language has to do with Moses and what exactly won't pass away even if heaven and earth do? (Hint, it's not necessarily the written Bible) (have you ever thought about the fact that the written Bible... is a part of earth?)
Some of the sources used for this episode:
- Hubbard, Shiloh, Elliot Ritzema, Corbin Watkins, and Lazarus Wentz with Logos Bible Software and KarBel Media. Faithlife Study Bible Infographics. Bellingham, WA: Logos Bible Software, 2012.
- The Writing Revolution – Amalia Gnanadesikan
- Oldest.org – 10 Oldest written Languages in the World
- The Bible Project – Genesis podcasts
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Corrections!...:
- I always mess up "the ages"... The Bronze Age was followed by the Iron Age, not the other way around.
- Jesus was most likely born around 3 or 4 BC, not AD.
Welcome to the first episode of season 2! We're intro'ing the main topic of this season: the history and nature of the Bible! Come learn about how we got the Bible, who decided it that way, what it is made up of and lots, lots more. Contact me at: withallyourmindpodcast@gmail.com
Hear me ramble about books!
A list of the books I mention in this episode:
Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes - Kenneth Bailey
Brief Insights on Mastering Bible Study - Michael Heiser
(and Brief Insights on Mastering Bible Doctrine, and Mastering the Bible)
The Unseen Realm - Michael Heiser
Iran: Open Hearts in a Closed Land - Mark Bradley
Jesus: Incarnation of the Word - David Mitchell
The Dead Sea Scrolls Today - James VanderKam
Textual Criticism of the Bible - Paul Wegner
How We Got the Bible - Neil Lightfoot
How (Not) to Read the Bible - Dan Kimball
Ok, so we know about English now. What are the other alphabets and writing systems in the world and how do they work?
One of the resources used for this episode:
The Writing Revolution – Amalia Gnanadesikan
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No Seriously, why with all the nonsense?? More about the written English language, a short history of English and maybe some reasons to hate written English a little bit less. Maybe.
Some of the resources used for this episode:
The Writing Revolution – Amalia Gnanadesikan
“List of English words with dual French and Anglo-Saxon variations” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_with_dual_French_and_Anglo-Saxon_variations
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This is the first of our tiny summer linguistics series, all about written language.
Where did our English alphabet come from? Wasn't there something about the Phoenicians? Why do we have so many different kinds of spellings? Who is responsible for that trash.
One of the resources used for this episode:
The Writing Revolution – Amalia Gnanadesikan
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Do we know where any of the nations or peoples are from Genesis 10 and Ezekiel 38? What DO we know about these chapters?
Some resources used for this episode:
Zondervan Atlas of the Bible The Lexham Bible Dictionary The Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible Michael Heiser – The Unseen Realm
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We need a prereq episode for next week's episode! What's the difference between culture and ethnicity? Is it important to know any of this for studying the Bible? (Spoiler, yes)
Some resources used for this episode:
Stephen Dempster – Dominion and Dynasty Is it Kyiv or Kiev? And why the pronunciation changed – Alina Dizik The Encyclopedia Britannica Ryan Grimm’s way-over-the-top research into how-people-got-bad-info on this stuff
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Are biblical and modern Hebrew the same? And how does Yiddish fit into the picture?
A resource used for this episode:
Das R, Wexler P, Pirooznia M and Elhaik E (2017) The Origins of Ashkenaz, Ashkenazic Jews, and Yiddish. Front. Genet. 8:87. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2017.00087
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And how does that make you feel?
Some resources I used for this episode:
What Does ‘Abba’ Really Mean? - Logos Blog The Revisionary Potential of “Abba! Father!” in the Letters of Paul - Sigve Tonstad Lexham Theological Dictionary
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What does gospel mean, and what language is that? What should evangelism be?
Some resources I used for this episode:
The Theological Dictionary of the New Testament The Lexham Theological Wordbook
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What does Jesus' name mean and is it important that he has that particular name? Was it surprising that Jesus was the Messiah or did it make sense?
Some resources I used for this episode:
Jesus: The Incarnation of the Word - David Mitchell The Bible Project podcast - Paradigm and Priest series’
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When should you call it Israel, and when should you call it Palestine? And how about Canaan? Don't worry, I'm avoiding politics with this one.
Some resources I used for this episode:
The Lexham Bible Dictionary
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How did someone in the Old Testament think about the Messiah? And what does anointed mean after all?
Some resources used for this episode:
The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah - Alfred Edersheim Jesus: The Incarnation of the Word - David Mitchell The Dead Sea Scrolls Today - James VanderKam The Bible Project podcast - Paradigm series
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Some info about myself, the plans and philosophy of the podcast and starting this episode, here's the podcast email for you to use if you need:
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If you're a Christian or a Jew, you have heard a lot about the Messiah. But what is a messiah? Does that idea exist outside of the Jewish/Christian Bible? Where did it come from?
Some of the sources used for this episode:
- Jesus: The Incarnation of the Word - David Mitchell
- The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah - Alfred Edersheim
- The Bible Project podcast - Paradigm series
What exactly is a testament?
Some sources used for this episode:
- Lots of etymology dictionaries
- The Covenant Ritual in Genesis 15: Examining the Nature of the Covenant in Light of its Cultural and Literary Context. A thesis by Marc-Andre Delalay, Concordia University
So many Lords, so little time. We'll try to understand all that the word Lord (and LORD!) can mean, without making you feel too crazy.
Some of the sources used for this episode:
- Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible - Bob Becking, Karel Van Der Toorn, et al.
- The Unseen Realm - Michael Heiser
- The Bible Project podcast (sorry, I didn't write down which episodes!)
The terms Jew and Gentile are pretty common, but do you know the difference between an ethnic and religious Jew? And is the word Gentile Greek or Hebrew? (that's a trick question)
Can you list some of the names of God? What do they mean and why are there so many?
Some of the sources for this episode:
- The Unseen Realm - Michael Heiser
- The Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible - Bob Becking, Karel Van Der Toorn, et al.
- Jesus: Incarnation of the Word - David Mitchell
Our intro episode: the Biblical languages and linguistic tidbits about the English Bible.
Some of the sources for this episode:
- The Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible - Karel van der Toorn and Pieter Willem van der Horst
- Jesus: The Incarnation of the Word - David Mitchell
- http://www.bible-researcher.com/language-koine.html#note1 - Was the Bible Written in ‘Street Language’?