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Biblical Studies April 27, 2022

Nightmares with the Bible

The Good Book and Cinematic Demons

Steve A. Wiggins

Hosted by David Kunsman
Demons! Nightmares with the Bible: The Good Book and Cinematic Demons (2021) published by Fortress Academic views demons through two lenses: that of western religion and that of cinema. Sketching out …

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Jewish Studies April 13, 2022

The Commentators' Bible

The Rubin JPS Miqra'ot Gedolot

Michael Carasik

Hosted by Michael Morales
The biblical commentaries known as Miqra’ot Gedolot have inspired and educated generations of Hebrew readers. Now, with the five volumes of the acclaimed English edition of Miqra’ot Gedolot, The Commentators' Bible—Genesis …
Biblical Studies March 23, 2022

Covenant

A Vital Element of Reformed Theology

Hans Burger, Gert Kwakkel and Michael Mulder

Hosted by Michael Morales
Covenant theology has been a vital topic in both biblical studies and historic and systematic theology. Unfortunately, these disciplines rarely intersect. Such a predicament is answered in the new book …
Biblical Studies March 18, 2022

What John Knew and What John Wrote

A Study in John and the Synoptics

Wendy E. S. North

Hosted by Jackson Reinhardt
In What John Knew and What John Wrote: A Study in John and the Synoptics (Fortress, 2020), Wendy E. S. North investigates whether or not the author of John could …
General History March 3, 2022

The Making of the Bible

From the First Fragments to Sacred Scripture

Konrad Schmid and Jens Schröter

Hosted by Miranda Melcher
The Bible as we know it today is best understood as a process, one that begins in the tenth century BCE. In The Making of the Bible: From the First …
Van Leer Institute Series on Ideas with Renee Garfinkel February 25, 2022

Esther

Power, Fate and Fragility in Exile

Erica Brown

Hosted by Renee Garfinkel
The Biblical Book of Esther reads like a classic fable, a drama of actors who are recognizable archetypes. There is Esther, the beautiful orphan who becomes queen, Ahasuerus, the buffoon …
Christian Studies February 23, 2022

Letters for the Church

Reading James, 1-2 Peter, 1-3 John, and Jude as Canon

Darian R. Lockett

Hosted by Jackson Reinhardt
The Catholic Epistles often get short shrift. Tucked into a few pages near the back of our Bibles, these books are sometimes referred to as the "non-Pauline epistles" or "concluding …
Biblical Studies February 17, 2022

The Bible and Immigration

A Critical and Empirical Reassessment

Markus Zehnder

Hosted by Michael Morales
Questions relating to immigration are among the most heated topics on both sides of the Atlantic. Western societies have changed dramatically because of large-scale immigration in the last decades. Christians …
Jewish Studies February 9, 2022

Be, Become, Bless

Jewish Spirituality Between East and West

Yakov Nagen

Hosted by Michael Morales
Be, Become, Bless: Jewish Spirituality Between East and West (Maggid, 2019) presents a Jewish approach to transforming the way we see and live our lives. Join us as we speak …
Christian Studies January 3, 2022

The Book of Revelation and Its Eastern Commentators

Making the New Testament in the Early Christian World

Thomas Schmidt

Hosted by Zachary McCulley
In The Book of Revelation and Its Eastern Commentators (Cambridge UP, 2021), T. C. Schmidt offers a new perspective on the formation of the New Testament by examining it simply as …
Biblical Studies December 23, 2021

The Reception of Exodus Motifs in Jewish and Christian Literature

"Let My People Go!"

Beate Kowalski and Susan E. Docherty

Hosted by Michael Morales
The account of the exodus of Israel out of Egypt led by Moses has shaped the theology and community identity of both Jewish people and Christians across the centuries, blossoming …
Biblical Studies December 22, 2021

Sin, the Human Predicament, and Salvation in the Gospel of John

Mathew E. Sousa

Hosted by Jonathan Wright
In Sin, the Human Predicament, and Salvation in the Gospel of John (Bloomsbury, 2021), Mathew E. Sousa demonstrates that in certain respects, John's doctrine of salvation fails to align with its …
Christian Studies December 17, 2021

Reformed Systematic Theology

Volume 3: Spirit and Salvation

Joel Beeke and Paul M. Smalley

Hosted by Zachary McCulley
The aim of systematic theology is to engage not only the head but also the heart and hands. Only recently has the church compartmentalized these aspects of life--separating the academic …
Jewish Studies December 14, 2021

The Koren Standard Tanakh Maalot

Magerman Edition

Jonathan Sacks

Hosted by Michael Morales
A decade in development, the new KOREN TANAKH offers an eloquent, faithful, and masterful translation of the Torah, Prophets, and Writings with the renowned Koren Hebrew text. Translation for the Pentateuch …
Christian Studies December 13, 2021

When Did Eve Sin?

The Fall and Biblical Historiography

Jeffrey J. Niehaus

Hosted by Ryan Shelton
There's a small discrepancy between the divine proscription against forbidden fruit in Genesis 2 and Eve's re-telling of that prohibition to the serpent in Genesis 3. Jeffrey J. Niehaus, senior …
Biblical Studies November 19, 2021

Engaging the Doctrine of Israel

A Christian Israelology in Dialogue with Ongoing Judaism

Matthew Levering

Hosted by Michael Morales
What does it mean to be the people of God? Is it possible for Jewish and Christian people to engage in fruitful dialogue about their faiths, with integrity and mutual …
Biblical Studies November 1, 2021

Come and Read

Interpretive Approaches to the Gospel of John

Alicia D. Myers and Lindsey S. Jodrey

Hosted by Jonathan Wright
Come and Read: Interpretative Approaches to the Gospel of John (Fortress Academic, 2019) is a unique volume that both introduces numerous interpretive approaches to the Bible and includes examples in action …
Biblical Studies October 29, 2021

Ezekiel and the World of Deuteronomy

Jason Gile

Hosted by Michael Morales
Did the ideas of Deuteronomy influence the prophecies of Ezekiel? Jason Gile says Yes. His recent monograph argues that Deuteronomy's ideas influenced Ezekiel's response to the crisis surrounding the fall …
German Studies October 26, 2021

Jewish Difference and the Arts in Vienna

Composing Compassion in Music and Biblical Theater

Caroline A. Kita

Hosted by Lea Greenberg
During the mid-19th century, the works of Arthur Schopenhauer and Richard Wagner sparked an impulse toward German cultural renewal and social change that drew on religious myth, metaphysics, and spiritualism …
Religion October 22, 2021

Jesus and Addiction to Origins

Toward an Anthropocentric Study of Religion

Willi Braun

Hosted by Tiatemsu Longkumer
Willi Braun's Jesus and Addiction to Origins: Towards an Anthropocentric Study of Religion (Equinox, 2020)  constitutes an extended argument for an anthropocentric, human-focused study of religious practices. Part I presents the basic …