<p>William Jones compared the Old Testament to Hinduism and Persian poetry. He questioned whether Indian philosophy informed Moses and asserted the theological unity of Hebrew poetry with Persian poetry and other hymns to God.</p>

William Jones compared the Old Testament to Hinduism and Persian poetry. He questioned whether Indian philosophy informed Moses and asserted the theological unity of Hebrew poetry with Persian poetry and other hymns to God.

Sir William Jones

This podcast brings Old Testament scholarship from the ivory towers of academia into the common language of every podcast listener. I break down the technical conversations and methods of analyzing the Old Testament so that everyone can be involved in the academic conversations about what the Old Testament is, where it came from, and what its message is. Each episode I look at the life and academic contributions of one modern Old Testament scholar to understand how their ideas developed and show their impact on our understanding of the Old Testament.

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Sir William Jones

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