This post is a continuation of Parts 1, 2, and 3 by Dr. Ronn Johnson. Dr. Johnson recommends listening to some of the Leviticus podcasts at one point, and that’s good advice (see the episodes on Lev 4 and 5). For those who might remember the series on Leviticus,...
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What is the Bible’s Big Story? Part 3
Part 3 of a series by Dr. Ronn Johnson My thanks to many of you who have emailed me about Parts 1 and 2. Some have expressed concern about going down the road of challenging historic Christianity on this issue of the Big Story of the Bible. I agree that this should...
Mike at Grace Church Bellingham: Thinking Like an Israelite Week 3: OT Sacrifices
Here are the slides for tonight's session. This one will be livestreamed from the Grace Church Bellingham Facebook page, not my Facebook page. Wk3-Sacrificial System
Mike at Grace Church Bellingham: Thinking Like an Israelite: Week 2: Sacred Space
Here are the slides for this second talk. I will post a link to the livestream / video once we have that. Wk2-Sacred Space and Sacrifice-Heiser-GCB
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 157: Ezekiel 40-48: Temple, Part 2
This episode continues our discussion of Ezekiel’s temple vision. Whereas Part 1 noted the problems a literalistic approach produces for both coherent interpretation and consistency in biblical theology, this episode looks at positive indications in the text that...
Naked Bible 73: Leviticus 10
Leviticus 10 describes the deaths of the priests Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, for offering “strange fire”. The nature of their transgression and other admonitions from God to the priesthood are discussed in this episode. Transcript 73 Leviticus 10
Naked Bible 63: Introducing Leviticus
Introducing Leviticus Leviticus is a fascinating but neglected book. In this episode Dr. Heiser introduces the flow of the book and important concepts that will reoccur throughout the book: sacred space, holiness, and ritual impurity vs. moral impurity. Transcript 63...
Sacrifice, Defilement, Purity, Impurity
I’m currently reading an excellent book by Jonathan Klawans entitled, Impurity and Sin in Ancient Judaism . Klawans makes a simple, yet profound observation — that ritual impurity and the defilement brought about by sin are not the same in OT law and...