Israel Bible Podcast

What does it mean to listen as the land speaks? Dr. Parker gives specific examples of how understanding the land will help us all listen to the secrets it has to tell. And why is it important to know how the land influences the way people lived? Do we know a Jesus who lived in the First Century or do we know a Jesus who comes from huge European cathedrals? Why should we know the international poli...

What does it mean to listen as the land speaks? Dr. Parker gives specific examples of how understanding the land will help us all listen to the secrets it has to tell. And why is it important to know how the land influences the way people lived? Do we know a Jesus who lived inthe First Century or do we know a Jesus who comes from huge European cathedrals? Why should we know international politics...

Dr. Eli Lizorkin-Eyzenberg is the Professor of Ancient Cultures at Israel Bible Center. Use this link to register for Dr. Lizorkin-Eyzenberg's course The Jewish Gospel of John . Sign up for Israel Bible Center’s certificate program in Jewish Context and Culture you will have access to IBC’s extensive collection of courses, roundtable talks, and hot topic seminars! Stay connected with IBC on Facebo...

Dr. Eli Lizorkin-Eyzenberg is the Professor of Ancient Cultures at Israel Bible Center. This week we explore how John's gospel is different from the other gospels with particular attention on the Samaritans. Is it possible that the Samaritans are not just portrayed in a positive light in John, but that the author crafted his message to be engaging to them? And how is that connected to Ezekiel's wr...

The Hot Topics Conferences happen when a few of our faculty join each other online to discuss a wide range of topics that are directly relevant to you now. Don't worry if you have missed them, because a large collection of them are available to you under the Roundtable Talks tab on the Israel Bible Center website. Click HERE to look through the wealth of conversations you have access to as an IBC...

IBC's Roundtable Talks are hosted by Dr. Yeshaya Gruber. They provide an opportunity to connect with leading writers and scholars around the world. The full conversation with Dr. Amy-Jill Levine and Dr. Marc Zvi Brettler covers issues such as "The Jewishness of the New Testament," "The Roll of Context in Interpretation," "Religious and Scholarly Approach," and "The Son of Man and Jewish-Christian...

IBC's Roundtable Talks are hosted by Dr. Yeshaya Gruber. They provide an opportunity to connect with leading writers and scholars around the world. The full conversation with Dr. Amy-Jill Levine and Dr. Marc Zvi Brettler covers issues such as "The Jewishness of the New Testament," "The Roll of Context in Interpretation," "Religious and Scholarly Approach," and "The Son of Man and Jewish-Christian...

IBC's Roundtable Talks are hosted by Dr. Yeshaya Gruber. They provide an opportunity to connect with leading writers and scholars around the world. The full conversation with Dr. Amy-Jill Levine and Dr. Marc Zvi Brettler covers issues such as "The Jewishness of the New Testament," "The Roll of Context in Interpretation," "Religious and Scholarly Approach," and "The Son of Man and Jewish-Christian...

Israel Bible Center offers a wide variety of Roundtable Talks with world-renowned scholars. This week we highlight one talk about the culture and religious environment in which early Christ-following movement developed. How did the Jewish world interacted with and was a part of the larger Roman world and culture? How did views of late antiquity regarding gods and ethnicity among other topics shape...

Some people read Galatians as an anti-Jewish letter, but the key to understanding Paul's message is rooted in the Galatian context. Galatian gentile believers wanted to be circumcised to become Jews. They felt that would give them something that they otherwise did not have, but Paul tried to dissuade them. Register for Professor Shir's course: Jewish Apostle Paul II: Gospel and Torah in the Roman...

Paul's letters to Rome and to Galatia were written for two different communities who had different ideas about how gentiles belonged to the Jewish church. Geography mattered, but so did the social context. This week we focus primarily on Rome and how the antagonism towards the Jews influenced what Paul taught the Roman church. Register for Professor Shir's course: Jewish Apostle Paul II: Gospel an...

How is the message about a God who made covenants with a particular people in a particular land move into the gentile world? This was a perplexing issue for the early church, and the early Jewish leaders used the book of Leviticus to help solve the problem. The Apostle Paul was actively involved in sharing the gospel with the gentile world, and to understand his theology we need to understand the...

Come with us on a journey through Joseph's story, which is actually about tall of Jacob's sons. Who else has a transformed character, and who will be written out of the story? Register for Dr. Lizorkin-Eyzenberg's course The Story of Our Hebrew Fathers: Joseph's Story . Explore the themes of Creation that run throughout Genesis and discover the Patriarchs as Second Adam figures in the course on Ja...

Come with us on a journey through Joseph's story and grapple with the question if Joseph's story is  actually about Joseph. Maybe the narrative addresses the transformation in several of Jacob's sons. And what roles do Tamar and Asenath play? Register for Dr. Lizorkin-Eyzenberg's course The Story of Our Hebrew Fathers: Joseph's Story . You can find more projects from Dr. Cyndi Parker at Narrative...

This week we discuss the course The Stories of Jewish Christ: Among the Rabbis with professor Pinchas Shir. On the table is a discussion about the Jerusalem and Babylonian Talmuds and the difference between Midrash and Halacha. We also discuss what teaching techniques Jesus had that were similar to other rabbis and what happens to the role of Rabbi once the Jerusalem temple was destroyed. Dive dee...

This week we discuss the course The Stories of Jewish Christ: Among the Rabbis with professor Pinchas Shir. How does Jesus earn the title rabbi? What does that mean about the responsibility of the students? What are the early rabbinic sources that help us understand Jesus' role? Dive deeper into the material by registering for The Stories of Jewish Christ: Among the Rabbis   You can find more proj...

To enroll in Dr. Schaser's course click HERE . Find out how you can get this and many other courses with one small monthly subscription at: https://israelbiblecenter.com Stay connected with IBC on Facebook @IsraelBibleCenter or Twitter @ IsraelStudy

In his course, Dr. Schaser discusses all the women who are portrayed in the Bible as prophets, ministers, judges, military leaders, bread winners, disciples, apostles, evangelists, and teachers of men and women. Today we focus on a judge and military leader, along with a feisty warrior in her own right. To enroll in Dr. Schaser's course click HERE . Find out how you can get this and many other cou...

This week we begin the process of untangling our cultural assumptions about women from the biblical design for women. To learn more from Dr. Schaser and to discuss more Biblical examples, enroll in his course HERE . Read more about Carol Meyer's view of Israelite Patriarchy HERE . Find out how you can get this and many other courses with one small monthly subscription at: https://israelbiblecenter...

Why was there animosity between the Samaritans and the Jews? Was the Samaritan woman shamed in her community? Why did the people of her village listen to her? We have so many preconceived ideas about this narrative that it is time to think about it in a new light. Register HERE for the audio course The Jewish Gospel of John Part 1 . If you want to start your journey to learn the Hebrew language, s...

This is the second part of the conversation regarding the amazing nuggets found in the course Jewish Insights into Scripture Part 1. When you sign up you need to be ready to have the traditional interpretations of familiar passages discussed and often challenged to the core. Reference for the article about if John son of Zebadee was a Levite: Click here Register for Jewish Insights into Scripture,...

Jewish Insights into Scripture Part 1 is filled with amazing nuggets that help you read familiar stories in a new light. When you sign up, you need to be ready to have the traditional interpretations of familiar passages discussed and often challenged to the core. In this episode we discuss two of the many insights from the course. Read Rabbi Sacks book Not in God's Name Register for Jewish Insigh...

Click HERE to enroll in the course Listening to the Land of the Bible Part 1 . Explore the amazing Round Table Talks HERE . Order Dr. Cyndi Parker's book on Amazon on HERE . Find out how you can get this and many other courses with one small monthly subscription at: https://israelbiblecenter.com Stay connected with IBC on Facebook @IsraelBibleCenter or Twitter @ IsraelStudy

Click HERE to see the Babylonian Map of the World Connect to Biblical Background: www.bibback.com Click HERE to enroll in the course Listening to the Land of the Bible Part 1 . Explore the amazing Round Table Talks HERE . Find out how you can get this and many other courses with one small monthly subscription at: https://israelbiblecenter.com Stay connected with IBC on Facebook @IsraelBibleCenter...

What does it mean to listen as the land speaks? Dr. Parker gives specific examples of how understanding the land will help us all listen to the secrets it has to tell. We also hear about how knowing the land changes the way we understand who God is and what he wants from his people. Dr. Parker explains how the land of inheritance is a vulnerable place to live and how the land becomes an example to...