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Identity Shaped by History, Part 1
Rabbi Dr. Bejarano-Gutierrez introduces us to the history of Crypto-Jewish studies in his Round Table Talk titled Complex Jewish and Christian Identities. In Part 1 of...
A Bible Shaped by Trauma
What if the primary shape of the Bible came out of traumatic events? This is the theory Dr. David Carr poses in the Round Table Talk titled Trauma and Biblical Origin....
"In the beginning"...Then What?
Dr. Yeshaya Gruber joins us again to talk about his course Exploring Jewish Interpretations. Last week we talked about the diversity in interpreters and how their soci...
What is "Jewish Interpretation"?
Dr. Yeshaya Gruber joins me to clarify some of the complexities behind the idea of "Jewish Interpretation," which is not a monolithic thing! We focus this week on the ...
Wilderness Temptations
Professor Pinchas Shir joins me to talk about his course The First Commandment: Deuteronomy and the Gospels. We focus today's conversation on why it makes sense that J...
What do Commandments have to do with Eternal Life?
Professor Pinchas Shir joins me to talk about his course The First Commandment: Deuteronomy and the Gospels. We discuss if the 10 are "commandments", "words", or "cate...
Layers of Paul's Theology, Part 3
Dr. Nicholas Schaser talks about his course All Israel Will be Saved. We discuss why Paul thinks "not all Israelites truly belong to Israel"...or does he? Then we take...
Layers of Paul's Theology, Part 2
Dr. Nicholas Schaser joins us to talk about his course All Israel Will Be Saved. Last week we established that Paul thinks gentiles do not need to take on Jewish ident...
Layers of Paul's Theology, Part 1
Dr. Nicholas Schaser joins us to unravel some of the complexities in Paul's writings. We focus on Dr. Schaser's course titled All Israel Will Be Saved: Jewish Theology...
The mind of the Jew and the Greek
In an online seminar Dr. Yeshaya Gruber, Dr. Nicholas Schaser, Dr. Eli Lizorken-Eisenburg, and Pinchas Shir discuss the ways Greeks thought in a completely different m...
Prophets and Imagination
Dr. Walter Brueggemann was involved in a Roundtable Talk called Prophetic Imagination in the Hebrew Bible and Society. This week we listen in on the parts of the talk ...
Egalitarian Nature of Village Life
This week we continue to explore the Roundtable Talk titled Women in the Ancient Near East and Israel with Dr. Gruber (IBC) and Dr. Beth Alpert Nakhai. Ancient women w...
Women and Archaeology
This week we listen in on a conversation between Dr. Gruber and Dr. Beth Alpert Nakhai from the Arizona Center for Judaic Studies. She introduces us to the shift in ar...
What is Black Theology?
This week we continue our short tour through the Roundtable Talk about Black Theology and Biblical Equality with Rev. Dr. Charles Howard. We start with his definition ...
Voices from the Margin
This week we take a short tour through a Roundtable Talk called Black Theology and Biblical Equality. We have a chance to meet Rev. Dr. Charles Howard who is the Unive...
From Bethlehem to Nazareth and to Capernaum
Once again Dr. Gruber sits in the interviewer's seat to find out more about Dr. Parker's course "Listening to the Land of the Bible, Part 2." The conversation journeys...
Listen to the Land 2
This week I am in the hot seat as Dr. Yeshaya Gruber takes over the role of interviewer. We talk about my gospel-centric course Listening to the Land of the Bible Part...
The Priestly Gospel of John
Dr. Eli Lizorkin-Eyzenberg joins us at the podcast table once again to discuss his course The Jewish Gospel of John. Should the word “Jews” in the gospel of John be be...
Is John pro-Samaritan?
Dr. Eli Lizorkin-Eyzenberg is the Professor of Ancient Cultures at Israel Bible Center. He joins us this week to discuss unique aspects of his course titled The Jewish...
Is Torah for Everyone?
This podcast introduces you to the wide range of resources available at Israel Bible Center including the Hot Topics Conferences. This week we take a small bite out of...
Is Harmony Necessary?
This is our final installment of the Roundtable Talk with Dr. Amy-Jill Levine and Dr. Marc Zvi Brettler. On the table for discussion is the issue of harmonization of t...
Interpretation Matters
This week we listen to a portion of a Roundtable Talk with Dr. Marc Zvi Brettler and Dr. Amy-Jill Levine about their book Reading the Bible(s) With and Without Jesus. ...
Jews and Christians: Reading the Text Differently
This week Dr. Nicholas Schaser joins me as we talk about Israel Bible Center's Roundtable Talk on "Reading the Bible(s) with and without Jesus". The Roundtable Talk fi...
The Roman Context for the Jews
This week we highlight a short segment from one of IBC's Roundtable Talks from 2020 with Professor Paula Fredriksen. She and Dr. Eli Lizorkin-Eyzenberg talked about th...
To be or not to be Jewish?
In the final part of the conversation about Professor Shir's course Jewish Apostle Paul, we talk about the context of the church in Galatia. There are many problems wi...
Paul and Antagonism in Rome
Professor Shir joins us this week to examine Paul's theology, specifically what Paul thinks about the Gospel and the Torah in the Roman world. We examine two different...
Acts 15: Are Gentiles Allowed in the Church?
Professor Pinchas Shir contextualizes one of the most challenging issues of the early church. How do gentiles join the Jews in following Jesus? What role does the Apos...
A Life Transformed
Join Dr. Eli Lizorkin-Eyzenberg on a journey through his course The Story of Our Hebrew Fathers: Joseph's Story. How does Judah's character change after encountering ...
Is the Story Really About Joseph?
Join us as Dr. Eli Lizorkin-Eyzenberg introduces us to his course The Story of Our Hebrew Fathers: Joseph's Story. He starts by taking the focus away from Joseph as a...
Talmud, Midrash, Halacha....Oh My!
Are you ever confused by Rabbinic vocabulary? Well, no more! This week Professor Shir defines some terms for us and how they help us interpret the actions and conversa...