When a Jewish synagogue finishes reading through the Torah together, they celebrate Simkhat Torah. What is Simkhat Torah? Find out on today’s episode as Jon and Tim reflect on our year-long journey through the Torah and look ahead to the rest of the TaNaK.

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Timestamps 

• Part one (00:00-09:30)
• Part two (09:30-31:00)
• Part three (31:00-57:45)
• Part four (57:45-01:15:47)

Referenced Resources

• Interested in more? Check out Tim’s library here.
• You can experience the literary themes and movements we’re tracing on the podcast in the BibleProject app, available for Android and iOS.

Show Music 

• “Defender (Instrumental)” by TENTS
• “Tzur Teudati” by Yaacov Alkobi
• “Simchu Na” by Hibba – Israeli Heritage Movement
• “For When it's Warmer” by Sleepy Fish
• “A Note From My Book” by Sleepy Fish and Coa

Show produced by Cooper Peltz with Associate Producer Lindsey Ponder. Edited by Dan Gummel, Tyler Bailey, and Frank Garza. Podcast annotations for the BibleProject app by Hannah Woo.

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How do we know the biblical authors intended to link certain words and stories? When do someone’s words become a blessing? How do sacrifices actually atone for sins? In this episode, Tim and Jon respond to audience questions from a year’s worth of conversations about the Torah. Thank you to our audience for your questions!

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Timestamps 

• How Do We Know the Biblical Authors Used Hyperlinks? (1:19)
• When Do Words Become a Blessing? (13:47) 
• Is the Genesis 3 Curse Part of a Covenant? (20:31)
• What’s the Significance of Passing Through the Waters? (27:58)
• Why Do Firstborns Have to be Redeemed? (35:36)
• How Do Sacrifices Atone for Sin? (46:50)

Referenced Resources

• Interested in more? Check out Tim’s library here.
• You can experience the literary themes and movements we’re tracing on the podcast in the BibleProject app, available for Android and iOS.

Show Music 

• “Defender (Instrumental)” by TENTS

Show produced by Cooper Peltz with Associate Producer Lindsey Ponder. Edited by Dan Gummel, Tyler Bailey, and Frank Garza. Podcast annotations for the BibleProject app by Hannah Woo. Audience questions compiled by Christopher Maier.

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Which ancient Israelite laws still apply today and which don’t? Should the law be divided into moral, civil, and ceremonial categories? And why did Jesus quote Deuteronomy when Satan tempted him? In this episode, Tim and Jon respond to audience questions about the Deuteronomy scroll. Thanks to our incredible audience for your questions.

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Timestamps 

• Which Laws Still Apply and Which Don’t? (1:30)
• Can Laws Be Categorized as Moral, Civil, and Ceremonial Rules? (12:52) 
• Were Jesus and His Disciples Considered Sojourners Under the Law? (22:47)
• Why Did Jesus Quote Deuteronomy When Satan Tempted Him? (27:55)
• How Did Jesus Connect Idolatry and Adultery? (33:38)
• Did the Prophets Really Use Moses’ Song to Confront People? (37:48)
• How Many Covenants Did Yahweh Make with Israel? (44:38)

Referenced Resources

• Old Testament Ethics for the People of God, Christopher J. H. Wright
• John H. Sailhamer
• Interested in more? Check out Tim’s library here.
• You can experience the literary themes and movements we’re tracing on the podcast in the BibleProject app, available for Android and iOS.

Show Music 

• “Defender (Instrumental)” by TENTS

Show produced by Cooper Peltz with Associate Producer Lindsey Ponder. Edited by Dan Gummel, Tyler Bailey, and Frank Garza. Podcast annotations for the BibleProject app by Hannah Woo. Audience questions compiled by Christopher Maier.

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Who are Yahweh’s children? Up until the conclusion of the Torah, the answer to that question has appeared to be all of Israel. But in his final moments, Moses warns Israel that Yahweh’s true children are those who remain faithful to his covenant. In the final episode of our journey through the Torah, join Tim and Jon as they explore a prophetic poem that will set the tone for the rest of the TaNaK.

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Timestamps 

• Part one (00:00-23:25)
• Part two (23:25-48:13)
• Part three (48:13-01:01:53)
• Part four (01:01:53-1:19:19)

Referenced Resources

• The Violence of the Biblical God: Canonical Narrative and Christian Faith, L. Daniel Hawk
• Naked Bible Podcast, Michael Heiser
• Interested in more? Check out Tim’s library here.
• You can experience the literary themes and movements we’re tracing on the podcast in the BibleProject app, available for Android and iOS.

Show Music 

• “Defender (Instrumental)” by TENTS
• Track 1 by a contributor
• "Redefine Cutter" by Propaganda
• "Memories of When" by Shrimpnose
• "Catching the Tube" by Sam Stewart

Show produced by Cooper Peltz with Associate Producer Lindsey Ponder. Edited by Dan Gummel, Tyler Bailey, and Frank Garza. Podcast annotations for the BibleProject app by Hannah Woo.

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Moses gives the least motivating pep talk ever in the third movement of Deuteronomy. He outlines God’s covenant and the various blessings and curses associated with it, and then he tells Israel, “You’re going to fail.” Talk about demoralizing! In this episode, join Tim and Jon as they explore the paradox of righteousness accomplished by divine sovereignty and human freedom through the lens of Deuteronomy and the New Testament writers.

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Timestamps 

• Part one (00:00-11:45)
• Part two (11:45-35:15)
• Part three (35:15-47:30)
• Part four (47:30-58:00)
• Part five (58:00-1:18:50)
• Part six (01:18:50-1:25:58)

Referenced Resources

• Interested in more? Check out Tim’s library here.
• You can experience the literary themes and movements we’re tracing on the podcast in the BibleProject app, available for Android and iOS.

Show Music 

• “Defender (Instrumental)” by TENTS
• “Bird in Hand” by Beautiful Eulogy
• “Toonorth” Ambedo

Show produced by Cooper Peltz with Associate Producer Lindsey Ponder. Edited by Dan Gummel, Tyler Bailey, and Frank Garza. Podcast annotations for the BibleProject app by Hannah Woo.

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In the final movement of Deuteronomy, there’s a pretty lengthy list of curses that will fall upon Israel if they break their covenant with Yahweh. But what exactly is a curse? Why are there so many of them, and what do they have to do with Israel’s covenant with Yahweh? In this episode, Tim and Jon talk about blessings and curses, ancient Near Eastern law code, and the choice all humans have between death or life.

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Timestamps 

• Part one (00:00-18:28)
• Part two (18:28-40:25)
• Part three (40:25-58:02)

Referenced Resources

• The Context of Scripture: Canonical Compositions, Monumental Inscriptions, and Archival Documents from the Biblical World, William W. Hallo
• Interested in more? Check out Tim’s library here.
• You can experience the literary themes and movements we’re tracing on the podcast in the BibleProject app, available for Android and iOS.

Show Music 

• “Defender (Instrumental)” by TENTS
• “In Minutes” by Shrimpnose
• “I Won’t Wait for You (feat. Philanthrope)” by Psalm Trees and Guillaume Muschalle

Show produced by Cooper Peltz with Associate Producer Lindsey Ponder. Edited by Dan Gummel, Tyler Bailey, and Frank Garza. Podcast annotations for the BibleProject app by Hannah Woo.

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The Pharisees frequently tested Jesus on his knowledge of the law, and in Matthew 19, they grill him on a particularly challenging law about divorce. In this episode, join Tim and Jon as they wrap up the second movement of Deuteronomy by exploring Jesus’ understanding of the law and how it can help us interpret the Torah.

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Timestamps 

• Part one (00:00-12:00)
• Part two (12:00-35:00)
• Part three (35:00-55:00)
• Part four (55:00-1:09:51)

Referenced Resources

• The Aims of Jesus, Ben F. Meyer
• Interested in more? Check out Tim’s library here.
• You can experience the literary themes and movements we’re tracing on the podcast in the BibleProject app, available for Android and iOS.

Show Music 

• “Defender (Instrumental)” by TENTS
• “Truly Today” by Liz Vice
• “Fills the Skies” by Pilgrim
• “Cocoon” by Aviino

Show produced by Cooper Peltz with Associate Producer Lindsey Ponder. Edited by Dan Gummel, Tyler Bailey, and Frank Garza. Podcast annotations for the BibleProject app by Hannah Woo.

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Israel’s laws were meant to form them into people of wisdom who lived differently than the nations around them. But what wisdom can Christians gain from the law? In this episode, listen in as Tim and Jon discuss the wisdom the apostles gleaned from the law.

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Timestamps 

• Part one (00:00-13:40)
• Part two (13:40-29:00)
• Part three (29:00-43:30)
• Part four (43:30-53:55)

Referenced Resources

• Created Equal: How the Bible Broke with Ancient Political Thought, Joshua A. Berman
• Interested in more? Check out Tim’s library here.
• You can experience the literary themes and movements we’re tracing on the podcast in the BibleProject app, available for Android and iOS.

Show Music 

• “Defender (Instrumental)” by TENTS
• “Conquer” by Beautiful Eulogy
• “Into the Past” by C Y G N
• “Where Peace and Rest Are Found” by Greyflood

Show produced by Cooper Peltz with Associate Producer Lindsey Ponder. Edited by Dan Gummel, Tyler Bailey, and Frank Garza. Podcast annotations for the BibleProject app by Hannah Woo.

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Are numbers in the Hebrew Bible literal? Is it dangerous to adapt God’s laws? Does Israel’s conquest of Canaan justify other historical conquests? In this episode, Tim and Jon explore audience questions about the Numbers scroll. Thanks to our audience for your insightful questions.

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Timestamps 

• Are Repeated Numbers Literal or Literary Embellishments? (1:20)
• Why Does Israel’s Population Decrease in Numbers? (16:25)
• What Does Jesus’ Title “The Rock” Have to Do with Moses? (21:45)
• Is it Dangerous to Adapt God’s Laws? (34:34)
• Does Israel’s Conquest of Canaan Justify Other Historical Conquests? (47:35)
• What’s With All the 10s and 2s? (52:22)
• What Are Some Resources for Seeing Edenic Themes in the Torah? (01:01:58)

Referenced Resources

• Ani Maamin: Biblical Criticism, Historical Truth, and the Thirteen Principles of Faith, Joshua Berman
• A Defense of the Hyperbolic Interpretation of Numbers in the Old Testament, David M. Fouts
• Deuteronomy 1-11 (The Anchor Yale Bible Commentaries), Moshe Weinfeld
• Jesus and the Land: The New Testament Challenge to "Holy Land" Theology, Gary M. Burge
• Unsettling Truths: The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery, Mark Charles, Soong-Chan Rah
• The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race, William James Jennings
• Interested in more? Check out Tim’s library here.
• You can experience the literary themes and movements we’re tracing on the podcast in the BibleProject app, available for Android and iOS.

Show Music 

• “Defender (Instrumental)” by TENTS

Show produced by Cooper Peltz with Associate Producer Lindsey Ponder. Edited by Dan Gummel, Tyler Bailey, and Frank Garza. Podcast annotations for the BibleProject app by Hannah Woo. Audience questions compiled by Christopher Maier.

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In the second movement of Deuteronomy, Moses gives Israel the law … again. But this time, he’s not talking to a nomadic group of people wandering the desert—he’s talking to the next generation preparing to settle in a permanent home for the first time. As they move into the land, their laws and their lives will need to look a little different. But in what way? In this episode, join Tim and Jon as they discuss how the law was always meant to form Israel (and modern readers) into people of wisdom, justice, and righteousness.

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Timestamps 

• Part one (0:00-19:35)
• Part two (19:35-34:39)
• Part three (34:39-50:46)
• Part four (50:46-1:13:08)

Referenced Resources

• Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary, Clinton E. Arnold
• Old Testament Ethics for the People of God, Christopher J. H. Wright
• Interested in more? Check out Tim’s library here.
• You can experience the literary themes and movements we’re tracing on the podcast in the BibleProject app, available for Android and iOS.

Show Music 

• “Defender (Instrumental)” by TENTS
• "Valse," “Parasol,” and “Bronea” by Plusma and Guillaume Muschalle

Show produced by Cooper Peltz with Associate Producer Lindsey Ponder. Edited by Dan Gummel, Tyler Bailey, and Frank Garza. Podcast annotations for the BibleProject app by Hannah Woo.

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