I discuss in this episode the following: 1) the different names of the "Deuteronomy"; 2) Its literary setting; 3) historical setting; 4) literary genre; 5) literary structure; 6) the three legal codes in the Hebrew Bible; 7) A few remarks on the Deuteronomic Code (chapters 12-26).

Language: combination of Filipino and English

Lecturer: Fr. Randy Flores, SVD (SSL Biblicum in Rome; and PhD Ateneo de Manila University)

Episode 6 of the Bible Study of the Pentateuch is on the Book of Numbers. Topics: 1) The Tabernacle Narrative (MISHKAN): From Exodus 25 to the whole book of Leviticus until Numbers 10; 2) the different names of the Book of Numbers; 3) the literary structure and content of the book.

Language: Taglish (a mixture of English and Tagalog).

In this episode, Fr. Randy Flores, SVD (SSL Biblicum, Rome; PhD Ateneo de Manila), explains the system of sacrifice in the book of Leviticus.

Language: Tagalog and English

Episode 4 is on the Book of Leviticus (Part I). The presenter, SVD priest Fr. Randy Flores, discusses the literary structure of the book and provides important points to understand the legal texts therein.

In this episode on the second book of the Bible, I discuss its literary structure while underlining divine sovereignty as an important theme that can bind together the different parts of the Exodus narratives.

Language: Tagalog and English

Episode 2 briefly presents the structure and genre of the Book of Genesis, the functions of "toledoth" or genealogies, and the historical circumstances out of which the book had emerged. As an example, it discusses the Flood Story in Genesis chapters 6 - 9. Language: Tagalog and English.

The first session discusses the meaning of the name "Pentateuch" or "Torah," its literary genre, the five divisions, documentary hypothesis, canonization, and the Pentateuch's connection with the rest of the Old Testament canon. 

Bibliography: 

Gordon J. Wenham,  Exploring the Old Testament: The Pentateuch (SPCK, 2003). 

Jean-Louis Ska, Introduction to Reading the Pentateuch (Eisenbrauns, 2006).  

Language: Tagalog - English

In this episode, I give an overview of the so-called wisdom books of the Old Testament: Proverbs, Job, Ecclesiastes, Sirach, and Wisdom of Solomon. This is an essential introduction to the other coming episodes in which the books mentioned will be discussed individually.