In this episode, Dr. Sam Negus uses the biblical accounts of the construction and dedication of the Tabernacle and the Temple, looking at the Scriptures themselves and at the religious “worldview” of Israel and Judah's ancient near-eastern neighbors, as a case study in how to read the Bible with the eyes and ears of its original hearers.

Although God is transcendent, unchanging, and eternal, He reveals Himself to mankind in time through human institutions, human language, and human culture, and without this understanding, we may struggle to hear all the resonances of God’s self-revelation.