Episodes
Sunday Feb 13, 2022
Sunday Feb 13, 2022
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
Sunday Feb 06, 2022
Sunday Feb 06, 2022
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!)
Note:. The spelling of God's name as "Jehovah" comes from a German transliteration, not Latin.
Sunday Jan 30, 2022
Sunday Jan 30, 2022
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)
Sunday Jan 23, 2022
Sunday Jan 23, 2022
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
Sunday Jan 16, 2022
Thursday Jan 06, 2022
Thursday Jan 06, 2022
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’?
The Bible is...
So many things. Simple and filled with truth. Pretty foreign and difficult to fully understand. Sometimes you just need a little more info to really understand a concept, or context of a word, passage, book, or idea. This podcast is just to add to your arsenal of tools to help you understand the Bible.