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Do you have a hard time fitting the world of the Bible into the history of the world? Want to know more about what was going on in the world at the time of the Old and New Testaments? Find out what ancient written language has to do with Moses and what exactly won't pass away even if heaven and earth do? (Hint, it's not necessarily the written Bible) (have you ever thought about the fact that the written Bible... is a part of earth?)
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Welcome to the first episode of season 2! We're intro'ing the main topic of this season: the history and nature of the Bible! Come learn about how we got the Bible, who decided it that way, what it is made up of and lots, lots more.
Hear me ramble about books!
A list of the books I mention in this episode:
Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes - Kenneth Bailey
Brief Insights on Mastering Bible Study - Michael Heiser
(and Brief Insights on Mastering Bible Doctrine, and Mastering the Bible)
The Unseen Realm - Michael Heiser
Iran: Open Hearts in a Closed Land - Mark Bradley
Jesus: Incarnation of the Word - David Mitchell
The Dead Sea Scrolls Today - James VanderKam
Textual Criticism of the Bible - Paul Wegner
How We Got the Bible - Neil Lightfoot
How (Not) to Read the Bible - Dan Kimball
Ok, so we know about English now. What are the other alphabets and writing systems in the world and how do they work?
One of the resources used for this episode:
The Writing Revolution – Amalia Gnanadesikan
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No Seriously, why with all the nonsense?? More about the written English language, a short history of English and maybe some reasons to hate written English a little bit less. Maybe.
Some of the resources used for this episode:
The Writing Revolution – Amalia Gnanadesikan
“List of English words with dual French and Anglo-Saxon variations” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_with_dual_French_and_Anglo-Saxon_variations
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This is the first of our tiny summer linguistics series, all about written language.
Where did our English alphabet come from? Wasn't there something about the Phoenicians? Why do we have so many different kinds of spellings? Who is responsible for that trash.
One of the resources used for this episode:
The Writing Revolution – Amalia Gnanadesikan
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Do we know where any of the nations or peoples are from Genesis 10 and Ezekiel 38? What DO we know about these chapters?
Some resources used for this episode:
Zondervan Atlas of the Bible
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We need a prereq episode for next week's episode! What's the difference between culture and ethnicity? Is it important to know any of this for studying the Bible? (Spoiler, yes)
Some resources used for this episode:
Stephen Dempster – Dominion and Dynasty
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Are biblical and modern Hebrew the same? And how does Yiddish fit into the picture?
A resource used for this episode:
Das R, Wexler P, Pirooznia M and Elhaik E (2017) The Origins of Ashkenaz, Ashkenazic Jews, and Yiddish. Front. Genet. 8:87. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2017.00087
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