How can geography guide us through the Bible? Dr. Cyndi Parker, director at Resurrection Philadelphia, offers a unique perspective shaped by years of living in Jerusalem and leading immersive educational trips to Israel.

Cyndi Parker holds a Ph.D. in Theological and Religious Studies from the University of Gloucestershire and teaches in churches and universities around the world. She is the creator of Narrative of Place, the host of the Context Matters podcast, and the Director of Education and Conversation at Resurrection Philadelphia. At the core of many of her projects is the desire to help people learn to read the Land of the Bible. Cyndi lived in Jerusalem for five years, and she continues to develop innovative educational trips to Israel, seeking to inspire students of all ages through experiential education. Her research interests include biblical views of Place, Biblical History and Geography, and the correlation between Theology and Ecology. 

• Dr. Parker’s Website: https://www.narrativeofplace.com/new-page-2 

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cyndi-parker-ph-d-2372b573/ 

• Podcast: Context Matters 

• Author of Books: https://www.narrativeofplace.com/books 

• Encountering Jesus in the Real World of the Gospels 

• Women of the Bible: Old Testament Bible Study 

• Women of the Bible: New Testament 

  
  

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In this episode of Unscrolled, host Matthias Walther talks with Museum of the Bible’s curator of early modern Bibles and religious culture, Wesley Viner, who is the lead curator of our current C. S. Lewis and the Myth That Became Fact exhibit on the Impact of the Bible floor. Join us as Matthias and Wesley talk about Lewis’s journey to faith and why his works still stand the test of time almost 75 years later.  

 Guest bio:  Wesley Viner, Early Modern Bibles and Religious Culture Curator at Museum of the Bible 

Myth that Became Fact - https://www.museumoftheBible.org/exhibits/cs-lewisThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - https://www.museumofthebible.org/events/lww-onstageLewis & Tolkien - https://www.museumofthebible.org/events/lewis-and-tolkien

Guest bio: 

• Rabbi Dr. Meir Y. Soloveichik is one of America's preeminent Jewish thinkers, educators, and religious leaders. He is the senior rabbi of Congregation Shearith Israel in New York City, the oldest Jewish congregation in the United States. 

Show Notes:  

• https://meirsoloveichik.com/ 

• https://www.shearithisrael.org/ 

• “The Gifts of the Jews” by Thomas Cahill, https://www.amazon.com/Gifts-Jews-Changed-Everyone-History/dp/0385482493 

• “Jerusalem: The Biography” by Simon Sebag Montefiore, https://www.amazon.com/Jerusalem-Biography-Simon-Sebag-Montefiore/dp/0307280500 

• “Call Me Back with Dan Senor,” podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/call-me-back-with-dan-senor/id1539292794 

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Bobby Gruenewald is the founder and CEO of YouVersion, one of the largest Bible apps in the world, and serves as the Innovative pastor at Life.Church in Oklahoma.  

• https://www.youversion.com 

• https://www.life.church 

Carlos Whittaker is an author, speaker, podcaster, and storyteller “bringing hope to humans all over the world by cultivating spaces where people are free to engage in genuine dialogue.” 

• https://www.carloswhittaker.com/ 

• https://www.carloswhittaker.com/reconnected 

• https://www.instagram.com/loswhit 

Guest bio:

• Philip Yancey is a Christian, American author who has written 36 books, selling over 15 million copies. Philip Yancey grew up in a strict, fundamentalist church in the South, where he viewed God as a punishing figure and witnessed contradictions in teachings of love and grace. After his father died of polio despite fervent prayers, Yancey wrestled with faith, finding solace and new perspectives in books like “To Kill a Mockingbird” and C. S. Lewis’s works. He felt betrayed by the church’s racism and dogma, eventually discarding his beliefs and later rediscovering a faith marked by beauty and goodness. As a writer, he pursued answers to deep spiritual questions in bestsellers like “Disappointment with God,” and “What’s So Amazing aAbout Grace?,” often drawing from his own journey and guiding readers with similar struggles. His memoir, “Where the Light Fell,” recounts this personal evolution, while his life’s work aims to connect with those who feel marginalized by traditional religion.  

Show Notes:  

• https://philipyancey.com/ 

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• In 2016, Associate Curator Herschel Hepler came across an image online of a small prayer book that would change what we know about the history of Jewish books and Jewish heritage in Afghanistan. After years of research, this small book turned out to be the oldest Hebrew prayer book known today, dating back to AD 700, which once traveled the Silk Roads and was preserved in the Bamiyan Valley in Afghanistan.  

  
  

In this episode, Osnat Gad, a Jewish jewelry designer who can trace her family heritage back to Afghanistan, and Hepler share how significant this find is and how it changed everything we knew about that region. 

• Guest Bio:

  • Osnat Gad, Jewelry Designer and Owner of OGI Ltd 
  • Herschel Hepler, Associate Curator of Hebrew manuscripts at Museum of the Bible 

• https://www.jtsa.edu 

• https://www.jtsa.edu/news/the-worlds-oldest-jewish-book-on-display-at-the-jewish-theological-seminary/ 

• “No Good Men Among the Living: America, the Taliban, and the War through Afghan Eyes” By Anand Gopal 

• https://www.museumoftheBible.org/exhibits/alq  

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• Dr. David Jeremiah is the founder and host of Turning Point ministries, senior pastor of Shadow Mountain Community Church, and author of many books and Bible studies. 

Shane and Shane were two musically gifted solo artists who just happened to share the same name when they first met in college and started creating music together. Now, 28 albums later, the pair have no plans to slow down. Over the last 20 years, this duo has been part of Billboard's Top Christian Albums chart six times, with songs like “Psalms II,” “Clean,” and “Bring Your Nothing.” Join us as we discuss songwriting, worship, and the Bible with Shane & Shane, hosted by Museum of the Bible CEO Dr. Carlos Campo and Unscrolled host Matthias Walther.  

Guest bio: 

• Shane Bernard and Shane Everett combined to form the worship group “Shane & Shane”  

  
  

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In 2004, a high-security prison 20 minutes southwest of Nazareth, set out to expand, but their plans changed when they came across one of the greatest archaeological finds since the Dead Sea Scrolls. Dr. Bobby Duke, Museum of the Bible’s chief curatorial officer, shares with Unscrolled host Matthias Walther how the Megiddo Mosaic was discovered and excavated, the fascinating stories of the characters involved, and what its inscriptions tell us about early Christian worship spaces and the early Christian church from 1,800 years ago. The mosaic is exclusively on display at Museum of the Bible in DC.

Guest bio:

• Dr. Robert “Bobby” Duke, Chief Curatorial Officer at Museum of the Bible

Israel Antiquities Authority - https://www.iaa.org.il

The Megiddo Mosiac - https://www.museumofthebible.org/exhibits/megiddo

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