Dr. Michael Rhodes (Carey Baptist College) talks to us about Deuteronomy 14:1–16:17. We discuss:

* The logic of the food laws

* The tithe laws and justice

* The practicality and meaning of the remission of debts every seven years

* The significance of the three yearly festivals

Relevant Work by Michael RhodesThis post contains affiliate links

* Formative Feasting: Practices and Virtue Ethics in Deuteronomy's Tithe Meal and the Corinthian Lord's Supper. Peter Lang, 2022.

Other Works Mentioned in this Episode

* “Why Don’t We Sing Justice Songs in Worship?” Christianity Today. 30 Sep 2021.

* Mark Glanville, Adopting the Stranger as Kindred in Deuteronomy. SBL Press, 2018.

This Week’s Blurb

In this episode, Michael Rhodes Recommends:

* Reading the works of Susanna Clarke

* Reading Scripture with people of different cultural, ethnic, and geographical backgrounds

Next Week 

Next week, we talk to Dr. Nathan Eubank (University of Notre Dame) about Matthew 18:1–20:28.Click here to meet our guides through Deuteronomy and Matthew. 

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