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Creation: From the Earth Looking Up
This is a podcast sneak peak at Dr. Nicholas Schaser's new IBC course called Israelite Creation in Context. This week is all about Genesis 2 and the earthiness of the ...
In the beginning...
Sneak Peak! Dr. Nicholas Schaser has a new course about to be released called Israelite Creation in Context. This week we get to dive into the assumed context of Genes...
The Tricky Little Phrase: Works of the Law
There is a small Greek phrase that has had a massive impact on western civilization - "erga nomou," which is often translated as "works of the law." Dr. Mark Nanos joi...
Paul Within Judaism
Dr. Mark Nanos is a respected Jewish historian specializing in Saul of Tarsus...or the Apostle Paul. He has written extensively about how to understand "Judaism" in Se...
What do you know about Demons?
If you are asking me...well, not much. But we have an expert panel who recently had a discussion about Demons in the Hebrew Bible. Their conversation has not yet been...
What do you know about Angels?
If you are asking me...well, not much. But we have an expert panel who recently had a discussion about Angels and Demons in the Hebrew Bible. Their conversation has no...
The Spirit in the Hebrew Bible
What is "ruah" in the Hebrew Bible? The word is translated as "spirit" and sometimes as "wind." This week's episode is a tiny sliver of the Roundtable Talk conversatio...
Sheol, Gehenna, and Hell: Are they the same?
The afterlife is an interesting and perplexing subject, which means it is a perfect conversation for the podcast! This week we sample a small part of the Hot Topics Se...
Community in Christmas
Dr. Paul Wright is a friend and mentor who joins me again to discuss the significance of reading the Bible in its physical context. Last week we set the stage for the ...
The True Nativity: Shepherds, fields, and flocks
I invite a friend and mentor to join me and discuss the significance of reading the Bible in its physical context. In the second half of the episode we discuss Luke 2 ...
Who is Luke?
Dr. Peter van 't Riet is a retired professor of educational psychology and now an independent Bible researcher who writes about the patterns he sees in the writing of ...
Jesus and the Resurrection
Dr. Nicholas Schaser created a new course at Israel Bible Center called "Resurrection in Jewish Texts and Traditions." This week we continue to talk about the Second T...
Is resurrection a Second Temple idea?
That is right. we are tackling resurrection! Dr. Nicholas Schaser has a new course at Israel Bible Center called "Resurrection in Jewish Texts and Traditions." Resurre...
The Gospels Real and Imagined
Dr. Mark Goodacre is a New Testament scholar who is amazing at getting people to investigate that which is thought to be "fact" by both the historic Christian communit...
Adventures in Archaeology
THE Dr. Jodi Magness participated in a Round Table Talk with Dr. Gruber titled Archaeology on Life in the First Century. Dr. Magness is the Distinguished Professor of ...
Pentecost, King David, and Rejected Corner Stones
Pinchas Shir joins us to continue the exploration of his course The Jewish Church, Part 1 (Acts 1–5). We keep in mind the conversation in the previous episode about th...
Do the Words "Jewish" and "Church" Go Together?
Professor Pinchas Shir joins me to talk about his course The Jewish Church Part 1. This is a wildly popular course at IBC because it takes familiar stories and brings ...
Reconsidering "Selah"
Dr. Ashley Lyon is a new member of the Israel Bible Center faculty. Today we talk about her work on rare Hebrew word like "selah". This word is often associate with th...
Translation Matters
What Bible translation should we read? That is not an easy question to answer. There are so many styles of interpretation, be it word-for-word or sentence-by-sentence....
Identity Shapers
This is part 2 of the conversation between Rabbi Dr. Bejarano-Gutierrez and Dr. Gruber in the Round Table Talk titled Complex Jewish and Christian Identities. This wee...