Leviticus 2-3 Each of these two chapters covers a different offering: the grain offering (Lev 2) and the “peace offering” (Lev 3). This episode focuses on the theological messaging of prohibitions (leaven, honey) and requirements (salt) in the rituals. Transcript 65...
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Naked Bible 64: Leviticus 1
Leviticus 1 Leviticus 1 focuses on one offering, the burnt offering. Our focus this episode is how an Israelite (not a modern Christian) would have processed the ritual and its meaning. The burnt offering was not about forgiveness of sin. Rather, it was designed to...
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 ritual. They are...
Reviews of Scholarly Books in Biblical Studies, Archaeology, and Theology
I don't recall ever having blogged about the RBL site and blog (Review of Biblical Literature). Both the website and blog provide free access to book reviews on scholarly books for biblical studies, archaeology, and theology. The most recent issue showed up in my...
The Day of Atonement in Leviticus 16: A Goat for Azazel
I recently offered a distilled response to the question of what's going on in Leviticus 16, the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) chapter, which mentions (correctly) in some translations that one of the goats was "for Azazel." Azazel, the comment noted, was a demonic...
Jesus, Klingons, and DARPA
[Thanks to Cris for this link.] According to the Washington Post, the Pentagon apparently spent $100,000 for a workshop on interstellar space travel, which included a session that asked, "Did Jesus die for Klingons, too?" Taxpayers aren't thrilled, to say the least....
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 015: The Lord’s Supper in 1 Cor 11
The episode page is located here, or you can listen via iTunes or the archive. Episode 15 of the Naked Bible Podcast continues Dr. Michael Heiser’s focused exploration of the Lord’s Supper by examining 1 Corinthians 11 in light of the preceding chapters (1 Corinthians...
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 014: Lord’s Supper and 1 Corinthians 8-10, Pt.1
This episode transitions the discussion of a biblical theology of the Lord's Supper to the primary passage in the New Testament on the topic: 1 Corinthians 11. The episode focuses on the context of 1 Corinthians 8-10 for informing what Paul says about the Lord's...
Thoughts on ETS 2009
I'm still in New Orleans, where, since Wednesday, I've been attending and participating in the annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS). The next conference begins tomorrow, the annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL). Before the...