Displaying episodes 91 - 115 of 115 in total
Jesus and the Rabbis
Professor Pinchas Shir joins us this week to introduce Jesus as a rabbi. What did he do to earn the title, and what are other Jewish texts that help us understand who ...
Are there Female Disciples?
This is the conclusion of the conversation I had with Dr. Nicholas Schaser on his course Women and Gender in the Bible. We talk about how Eve is portrayed by Paul in t...
Gutsy Leader and Feisty Warrior
Dr. Nicholas Schaser joins us this week to discuss his IBC course called Women and Gender in the Bible. We continue to focus on women in the Hebrew Bible, so I asked a...
Adam was Formed First Then Eve
Dr. Nicholas Schaser joins us to talk about his IBC course Women and Gender in the Bible. We have so many interesting things to talk about, but this week we will limit...
Who is the Samaritan Woman?
Dr. Eli Lizorkin-Eyzenberg is the founder of the Israel Bible Center. This week we take a quick look at a character in his audio course The Jewish Gospel of John Part ...
Why Doesn't Mary Touch Jesus?
Dr. Eli Lizorkin-Eyzenberg is the founder of the Israel Bible Center and the author of many courses. This week we discuss one of many gems found in his course, Jewish ...
Let the Dead Bury Their Own Dead
Dr. Eli Lizorkin-Eyzenberg is the founder of the Israel Bible Center and the author of many courses. This week he joins us to discuss some troubling and confusing sayi...
The Staging Ground for Fighting Giants
In the final episode of the IBC course Listening to the Land of the Bible Part 1, Dr. Cyndi Parker discusses why geography explains the underlying political tension in...
World Domination or World Influence?
Join us as Dr. Cyndi Parker continues to explain what the physical context of biblical events can teach us about God. Simply understanding the larger ancient Near East...
Can Land Speak?
The tables are turned this week as Dr. Gruber interviews Dr. Cyndi Parker about her course Listening to the Land of the Bible. But why should we all care about geograp...
The Final Week in Jerusalem
We conclude our series on Dr. Nicholas Schaser's course the Jewish Gospel of Matthew with a look at Jesus' final week in Jerusalem. We address everything from riding a...
I Did Not Come to Abolish but to Fulfill
This week Dr. Schaser introduces the Gospel of Matthew's take on how Jesus is a "ransom." We also talk about the Sermon on the Mount and what Jesus meant when he said ...
What's Jewish about a Genealogy?
Dr. Nicholas Schaser joins us to talk about the Jewish Gospel of Matthew. This week we focus on who’s who in the genealogy in Matthew 1, the gospel's use of the prophe...
Isolate from Culture or Fight It?
Are the Essenes the same people as the Jewish Qumran Sect? And who are the Zealots and why does Josephus dislike them so much? Pinchas Shir helps us better understand ...
"Wisdom Jousting" and the Pharisees
Pinchas Shir, the Associate Professor of Ancient Cultures at IBC, helps us unravel the complexities of Second Temple Judaism. This week we talk about his course "The J...
Who's Who in the Gospels?
Pinchas Shir, who is the Associate Professor of Ancient Cultures at IBC, helps us unravel the complexities within Second Temple Judaism. Who are the Sadducees, Pharis...
Psalms in Second Temple Communities
How did the diverse Jewish communities in the Second Temple period use the psalms? Dr. Nicholas Schaser explains which patterns they used to create new songs and also ...
Torah, Psalms, and Emotions
Hebrew poetry is elastic, allowing the writer to shift details around. This week Dr. Nicholas Schaser discusses how the psalms interact with the Torah, and how valuabl...
Hebrew Poetry As Songs
Dr. Nicholas Schaser joins us to talk about how the psalms help us worship God. The psalms are both prayers and songs. They are poetry that give color and vibrancy to ...
Hope in Revelation
Pinchas Shir draws us into the concept of the book of Revelation being an authentically Jewish text based on the words of the prophets which are based on the words of ...
Pop Culture and Armageddon
Explore what books like Enoch or Baruch, and geography and the Torah have to do with interpreting the Book of Revelation. Stay for the end credits for a bonus out-take...
The end of the world...or is it?
This is part one of a conversation on the wild and mysterious, confusing, and encouraging book of Revelation. Pinchas Shir, the Associate Professor of Ancient Cultures...
Should the name of God be spoken?
What do the Book of Leviticus, quantum physics, and the Greek New Testament teach us about God's personal name? Dr. Gruber explains the historical and cultural context...
The Name of God: One Name or Many?
What is THE name of God? And how is it different from all the other descriptor names of God that we read in the Bible? Dr. Yeshaya Gruber explains why learning God's n...
Welcome to the New Podcast!
Welcome to the brand new Israel Bible Podcast with Dr. Cyndi Parker.