It Means What It Means

In this Episode Jared talks to Jodi Magness about her article “Toilets and Toilet Humor in the Story of Eglon’s Murder by Ehud” from the March 2023 issue of the Journal of Biblical Literature . Professor Magness also recommended her book The Archaeology of the Holy Land: From the Destruction of Solomon’s Temple to the Muslim Conquest ; the work of archaeologist Eric H Cline ;  and Great Courses by...

In this episode Jared talks to Stanley Hauerwas about his essay “A Story-Formed Community: Notes on Watership Down ” from The Hauerwas Reader . Professor Hauerwas also recommended Richard B. Hayes' work on the Old Testament in the New Testament , his commentary on Matthew for the Brazos Commentary Series, Alasdair MacIntyre's philosophy , and Hannah's Child: A Theologian's Memoir . The book that J...

Jared talks with Rabbi Michael E Harvey about his 3 March 2023 Twitter thread discussing the authorship and meaning of Genesis 1. Rabbi Harvey is the Author of  Let's Talk: A Rabbi Speaks to Christians .

Sophia RC Johnson is a PhD Candidate in Hebrew Bible at Cambridge University. We begin by discussing the thesis of her article in the December 2022 issue of The Journal of Biblical Literature. I follow her lead and my curiosity from there. Her recommendation for listeners is Yonatan Adler's The Origins of Judaism: An Archaeological-Historical Reappraisal (https://tinyurl.com/yjr7j8dw). This episod...