The Study Podcast

In this episode, Dr. Wegner covers the land allotments in Judges, the time line and downward spiral of faith of those appointed judges.

This episode covers the first of the historical books, the book of Joshua. Dr. Wegner discusses the books historical and theological significance, highlighting key events such as the crossing of the Jordan River, the circumcision of the Israelites, and the fall of Jericho. Dr. Wegner emphasizes the role of God in these events, the military campaigns of Joshua, Joshua's consistent service to God and the importance of the Levitical cities for religious education.

Dr. Wegner walks us through the Law of Deuteronomy.

In this episode, Dr. Wegner walks us through the wilderness wanderings. Numbers is often a challenging book to read, but Dr. Wegner provides us with some logical, background information we may have not heard before that is beneficial to our study of this book.

Dr. Wegner overviews the next book that makes up the Pentateuch, Leviticus, going over what some of the laws mean and why they are included in the Bible.

Dr. Wegner and Tyler finish up the book of Exodus, covering chapters 19-40, mainly focusing on the covenant between God and His treasured possession, Israel.

This episode is Hebrew heavy. We are looking at names this week, what the Hebrew spelling of names says about a person, what it means when someone's name is changed, and we finish with looking at certain laws that are introduced in the book of Exodus.

As we begin a new season, Dr. Wegner kicks off the our continuation of studying the Pentateuch by examining Biblical evidence for the date of the Exodus.

Exploring the terrain of the Ancient Near East through maps and photos provides us with an immersive experience of the geography that can help us to better understand the culture of the Old and New Testaments and things that happened in Ancient Israel. We highly recommend watching this episode on YouTube.

Dr. Wegner walks listeners through examples of textual criticism found in the Old Testament. We recommend watching this episode on Youtube to see the examples and PowerPoint Dr. Wegner has put together.