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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...
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...