Have you ever wondered what a Leviathan or Behemoth is? Is there a place for chaos in God's kingdom? We'll look at some Ancient Near Eastern mythology to compare with what the God of the Bible does with chaos.

Some resources:

The Ancients podcast about Set

An article about Set/Seth

Chaos Monster article

Biblical Cosmos book

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The empires and cultures in the ancient near east had a significant impact on the world of the Bible, and on the Israelites themselves. Yahweh, the God of the Bible, is distinct from the gods of these cultures and we won't know how he's different unless we know how the other gods and their legacies were characterized. Join me in looking at creation myths from Babylon, Sumeria and Egypt, and what it can all tell us about God and the Bible.

Some good resources:

The Enuma Elish, an article

The Atrahasis Epic

The Ancients podcast

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I thought I could just take some flights and run around the country without problems, and also thought starting another language on my break was an easy side quest. I was wrong on both counts.

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Welcome back to season 4 (and year 4) of the podcast! We're just going to catch up on my classes and what I'm learning, and what's next.

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If you've ever wanted an inside look on the nitty gritty of translation, check this one out! Make sure to listen to the last episode where we read the whole book that I'm talking about here.

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Part of making biblical Hebrew more accessible and easier to learn (especially for Bible translators) is making more easy reading materials to learn it. You don't pick up Shakespeare to learn English, and starting in the Old Testament to learn biblical Hebrew is pretty hard. It can be very discouraging and it's part of why (one part!) only 1% of people who learn biblical Hebrew in seminary or college actually go on to use it. It's tough. And we need all the resources to make it easier. So my summer project was to translate a book into biblical Hebrew, to experiment with translation, but also to help provide resources for people to learn Hebrew. Listen in as I and a few friends read you the book. Credits go to Annie, for excellent picture descriptions, Erin, for reading the first half of the book, and Rachel (the other one) for joining me two nights later to finish it. She was our missing person on the first part, so we got everyone included in the end. Just like the bunny.

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John's last book and the Bible's last book is an apocalypse, a revelation by God through Jesus. But how does it relate to other apocalyptic literature and how does that inform our reading of it?

The Bible Project's Revelation Video, Part 1

The Bible Project's Revelation Video, Part 2

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I'm back at it with my (Ryan's) ESV Study Bible to the rescue... Rescuing me from getting cranky at Paul for other people's misinterpretations of him.

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