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 projects from Dr. Cyndi Parker at Narrative of Place Find out how you can get this and many other courses ...
Mar 05, 2021•25 min•Season 1Ep. 24
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...
Feb 26, 2021•27 min•Season 1Ep. 23
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 courses with one small monthly subscription at: https://israelbiblecenter.com Stay connected with IBC o...
Feb 19, 2021•21 min•Season 1Ep. 22
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.com Stay connected with IBC on Facebook @IsraelBibleCenter or Twitter @ IsraelStudy...
Feb 12, 2021•23 min•Season 1Ep. 21
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, start HERE . Dr. Eli Lizorkin-Eyzenberg's book about the Samaritan Woman is found HERE . Find out how...
Feb 05, 2021•33 min•Season 1Ep. 20
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, Part 1 Explore the provocative IBC Round Table Talks HERE . Find out how you can get this and many ...
Jan 29, 2021•23 min•Season 1Ep. 19
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 Insights into Scripture, Part 1 If you want to start your journey to learn the Hebrew language, start HERE...
Jan 22, 2021•34 min•Season 1Ep. 18
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...
Jan 15, 2021•23 min•Season 1Ep. 17
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 or Twitter @ IsraelStudy...
Jan 08, 2021•23 min•Season 1Ep. 16
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 the people of how to trust God. Click HERE to enroll in the course Listening to the Land of the Bib...
Jan 01, 2021•30 min•Season 1Ep. 15
An outtake from our pre-recording is available at the end of the episode. Enroll in The Jewish Gospel of Matthew Explore Listening to the Land of the Bible Part 2: https://israelbiblecenter.com/courses/listening-to-the-land-of-the-bible-ii 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...
Dec 18, 2020•25 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Do we adequately know the background of the Jewishness of the Gospel of Matthew? Dr. Schaser helps us understand the extra biblical literary sources that illuminate how Jesus is portrayed in the gospel; from festivals to the Sermon on the Mount. Enroll in The Jewish Gospel of Matthew 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...
Dec 11, 2020•24 min•Season 1Ep. 14
It is December and Christians are entering the Advent season as a time to remember the birth of Jesus. This is the perfect time to think about the Jewishness of the gospels. We focus this week on Matthew 1–4 which are filled with fascinating details. Enroll in The Jewish Gospel of Matthew Explore Listening to the Land of the Bible Part 2: https://israelbiblecenter.com/courses/listening-to-the-land-of-the-bible-ii Find out how you can get this and many other courses with one small monthly subscri...
Dec 04, 2020•29 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Pinchas Shir talks about the Essenes in this episode, but if you want more details, enroll in our course The Shadow of the Essenes in the New Testament . We spend this episode talking about why the Essenes refused to worship at the Temple in Jerusalem and why they seem to disassociate themselves from the rest of society. In contrast, the Zealots were ready to pick up their swords to fight Rome. Enroll in The Jewish Christ: First Century Diversity Find out how you can get this and many other cour...
Nov 27, 2020•34 min•Season 1Ep. 12
We start with the Hasidim and discuss how the Pharisees emerged from this group. While the Sadducees were Temple-focused, the Pharisees were purity-in-life focused. They were an of-the-people-for-the-people kind of group scattered throughout the diaspora. Pinchas Shir helps us understand how the Pharisees used Scripture and why they seem to be arguing with Jesus all the time. Enroll in The Jewish Christ: First Century Diversity Find out how you can get this and many other courses with one small ...
Nov 20, 2020•24 min•Season 1Ep. 11
What was Judaism like in the Second Temple period? It was diverse. Very diverse. This week Pinchas Shir tells us about where that diversity came from and why we only talk about four of the more than ten divisions of Judaism from that time. We end up focusing on the Temple-oriented Sadducees who had positions of power and of political connection. But do we have their own writings? Enroll in The Jewish Christ: First Century Diversity To engage the Intertestamental History and how it impacts the wa...
Nov 13, 2020•27 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Why are there so many copies of Psalms in the Dead Sea Scrolls? What roll did the psalms play in Second Temple Judaism? Dr. Schaser takes us through how the Psalms were used by different Second Temple Jewish groups. We also have time at the end of the episode to explore what modern readers miss when we do not understand what Jesus is doing when he quotes one line from a psalm. Take for instance Psalm 22. What does it mean when Jesus quotes the first line of Psalm 22 from the cross? Enroll in The...
Nov 06, 2020•28 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Enroll in The Hebrew Psalms at: https://israelbiblecenter.com/courses/psalms-hebrew-introduction/ 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...
Oct 31, 2020•23 min•Season 1Ep. 8
What is the purpose of the collected pieces of poetry in Psalms? How do we know they were to be sung? Dr. Nicholas Schaser gives us a sneak peek into his course at Israel Bible Center about the Hebrew Psalms. This week we discuss how the psalms are different from the writings of the poetry of the prophets. And what is Hebrew poetry, anyway? What about the superscripts above the psalms? Enroll in The Hebrew Psalms at: https://israelbiblecenter.com/courses/psalms-hebrew-introduction/ Find out how ...
Oct 23, 2020•25 min•Season 1Ep. 7
The role of the prophet is not to predict what is to come, but to speak into their present moment, so how does Revelation fit into the prophetic category? We also discuss how the author uses imagery to connect the dots between the ideas of a suffering Messiah and a victorious Messiah. How do Christians and Jews view concepts of "A new heaven and a new earth," and how do those ideas influence the way we live life in the here-and-now? We conclude the Revelation series with a Big Concept idea about...
Oct 16, 2020•33 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Have you been fascinated by the Book of Revelation, but felt that something must be missing in modern interpretations of this anti-Roman, Jewish document? In this week's episode, we explore what books like Enoch or Baruch or what geography and the Torah have to do with interpreting the book of Revelation. Enroll for the course " Revelation in a Jewish Context " at: https://israelbiblecenter.com/courses/revelation-jewish-context-i-orientation/ Find out how you can get this and many other courses ...
Oct 09, 2020•26 min•Season 1Ep. 5
What is apocalyptic literature and how does it change the way we read Revelation? What were the cultural developments that birthed the apocalyptic genre, and is that genre a Greco-Roman or Jewish style of literature? This week we talk about the overall context of Revelation and why pop culture has given us the wrong impression about the end of times. Enroll for the course "Revelation in a Jewish Context" at: https://israelbiblecenter.com/courses/revelation-jewish-context-i-orientation/ Find out ...
Oct 02, 2020•25 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Quantum Physics puts the mystery back into nature, and Dr. Gruber helps us understand how it can help us grapple with the mystery of God's name and character. God's name used to be spoken out loud but great care is taken now to avoid pronouncing the name. Dr. Gruber explains how our views towards the name (Yod Hey Vav Hey) has changed throughout time. Take Dr. Gruber's course online at Israel Bible Center at https://israelbiblecenter.com/courses/name-of-god/ Find out how you can get this and man...
Sep 24, 2020•37 min•Season 1Ep. 3
The personal name of God is different from all of his descriptive titles. Dr. Gruber clarifies the Hebrew word "elohim" used to talk about the spiritual world. Are we too distant from the original Hebrew text to understand the significance of the personal name of God? Take Dr. Gruber's course online at Israel Bible Center at https://israelbiblecenter.com/courses/name-of-god/ Find out how you can get this and many other courses with one small monthly subscription: https://israelbiblecenter.com St...
Sep 18, 2020•32 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Join me each week as I sit down with other Israel Bible Center faculty to talk about how understanding the rich history, culture, and context of the Bible gives us a richer understanding of God. Join the conversation! Courses and Round Table Discussions available at: https://israelbiblecenter.com Israel Bible Center Facebook: IsraelBibleCenter Israel Bible Center Twitter @IsraelStudy Follow Dr. Cyndi Parker on Twitter @CyndiParkerPhD...
Sep 08, 2020•3 min•Season 1Ep. 1
