Exegetically Speaking

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Exegetically Speaking episodes

July 08, 2019 In Pain You Shall Bring Forth Children
Rabbi Steven Bob offers insight into a challenging statement from Genesis 3:16: “in pain you shall bring forth children.” A careful look at the term in Hebrew translated as “pain” may be better understood as “sorrow” in this passage.
10 min
June 21, 2019 Confronting the False Image
Dr. Ron Haydon, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Old Testament at Wheaton College, looks Daniel 3, where Nebuchadnezzar demands the worship of a golden idol. Dr. Haydon draws some insights from Aramaic to unpack several important theological nuances in Daniel 3.
8 min
June 17, 2019 Why Literal Translations Aren't the Best
Dr. Douglas Moo, Kenneth T. Wessner Professor of New Testament at Wheaton College, challenges whether literal, word for word translations are always the best. Drawing upon his experience on the NIV translation committee, he illustrates his concern in Luke 22:31-32, showing the value of translating for sense rather than word-for-word.
9 min
June 07, 2019 Men of Valor
Dr. Aubrey Buster, Assistant Professor in Old Testament, ponders how a Hebrew expression can have different meanings in different books and contexts. She uses an example where “man of valor” can describe the notorious Jephthah in Judges and also the upright Boaz in the book of Ruth.
7 min
May 31, 2019 Getting Into the Kitchen
Dr. Philip G. Ryken, President of Wheaton College, reflects upon when it might be valuable for a minister to invite listeners into the “kitchen” of original language study when preaching. He does so via illustration from Galatians 5.
9 min
May 24, 2019 From Text to Scripture
Dr. Chris Vlachos, Visiting Assistant Professor of New Testament at Wheaton College, joins in a conversation with Dr. David Capes about the value of different versions of the Greek New Testament for scholars, students, and pastors.
7 min
May 17, 2019 The Right Kind of Boasting
Dr. Josh Moody, Senior Pastor at College Church (Wheaton, IL), considers what we should and should not boast in according to the book of Romans.
8 min
May 10, 2019 Trying to Sing the Oldest Song
Dr. Michelle Knight, Assistant Professor of Old Testament and Semitic Languages at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, considers how knowledge of Semitic languages can help in understanding one of the Bible’s most ancient poems—Deborah’s song in Judges 5.
8 min
May 03, 2019 Digging Deeper with Words
Sometimes an English Bible translation is unable to convey repetition and wordplay at work in the original languages. In this podcast, Dr. Daniel Carroll Rodas, Blanchard Professor of Old Testament at Wheaton College Graduate School, offers insight into how word repetition and wordplay function in Biblical Hebrew.
7 min
April 29, 2019 Cultural Translation
Dr. Daniel Master, Professor of Archaeology at Wheaton College, reflects on how knowledge of ancient cultures benefits exegesis and translation. He also speaks about his exciting new venture of leading the excavations at Tel Shimron and invites listeners to join the dig this summer!
8 min

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"Exegetically Speaking" is a weekly podcast of the friends and faculty of Wheaton College, IL and The Lanier Theological Library. Hosted by Dr. David Capes, it features language experts who discuss the importance of learning the biblical languages—Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek—and show how reading the Bible in the original languages "pays off." Each podcast lasts between seven and eleven minutes and covers a different topic for those who want to read the Bible for all it is worth. Click on the ⓘ symbol below for each episode to read the description.