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Dr. S. Joshua Swamidass is a professor at Washington University, founder of the platform Peaceful Science, and author of a new book, The Genealogical Adam and Eve. We are excited to feature him in our first guest interview.
In this episode, Patrick asks Dr. Swamidass about his faith, his research, and how he reconciles the two. They discuss a wide range of topics, including Genesis, genetics, evolution, AI, and aliens. Patrick asks questions for scientists and non-scientists, for skeptics and believers. Listen to their conversation as they navigate how Christianity and science work together.
Be sure to check out Dr. Swamidass's book The Genealogical Adam and Eve. You can also read more of his writing through his platform Peaceful Science.
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As modern people, we can’t help but bring modern question to Genesis. But in doing so, we ask it questions it was never designed to answer. If we want to get the most out of Genesis, we must ask better questions… the questions it wants us to ask.
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RESOURCES:
Want more on reading Genesis 1-2 in light of its ancient genre?
The Lost World of Genesis 1: https://www.amazon.com/Lost-World-Genesis-One-Cosmology/dp/0830837043
Here are some of our favorite, accessible commentaries on Genesis:
Jack Collins on how to read Genesis well: https://www.amazon.com/Reading-Genesis-Well-Navigating-History/dp/0310598575
Bruce Waltke: https://www.amazon.com/Genesis-Commentary-Bruce-K-Waltke/dp/0310224586
John Walton: https://www.amazon.com/NIV-Application-Commentary-Genesis/dp/0310206170
This is not for public consumption. Good job uncovering it, Sherlock.
Today we FINALLY start reading the actual Torah. There’s no better place to start than Genesis, and in this episode we give a sweeping overview of the entire book. Understanding the whole of Genesis, helps you to interpret the various parts.
Like the podcast? Bible Field Guide also combines images and short essays on Instagram to help people visualize and internalize the historical, cultural, literary, and theological world of the Bible. Check out our Instagram account for our latest posts, or go to our website to learn more.
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RESOURCES:
Here are some of our favorite, accessible commentaries on Genesis:
Bruce Waltke: https://www.amazon.com/Genesis-Commentary-Bruce-K-Waltke/dp/0310224586
John Walton: https://www.amazon.com/NIV-Application-Commentary-Genesis/dp/0310206170
It's easy to think that knowing the places of the Torah is little more than a geography listen. It is far more. In this episode, Patrick looks at how different settings work in the Torah, setting up our expectations and functioning as characters and archetypes.
Like the podcast? Bible Field Guide also combines images and short essays on Instagram to help people visualize and internalize the historical, cultural, literary, and theological world of the Bible. Check out our Instagram account for our latest posts, or go to our website to learn more. We are still VERY early, so there isn’t much to look at, but we’ve got exciting things planned for 2019-2020… so stay tuned.
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Here are some of our favorite, accessible introductions to the Torah:
From Paradise to Promised Land by T.D. Alexander.
https://www.amazon.com/Paradise-Promised-Land-Introduction-Pentateuch/dp/0801039983
Exploring the Old Testament: A Guide to the Pentateuch by Gordon Wenham.
https://www.amazon.com/Exploring-Old-Testament-Guide-Pentateuch/dp/083085309X/
What’s the actually timeline of events recorded in the Torah? It’s easy to lose your place in this story, so this episode is dedicated to giving an overarching chronology of events in the Torah and how they correspond to different books.
Like the podcast? Bible Field Guide also combines images and short essays on Instagram to help people visualize and internalize the historical, cultural, literary, and theological world of the Bible. Check out our Instagram account for our latest posts, or go to our website to learn more. We are still VERY early, so there isn’t much to look at, but we’ve got exciting things planned for 2019-2020… so stay tuned.
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RESOURCES:
Want more on the history of Israel?
A Biblical History of Israel by Provan, Long, & Longman. https://www.amazon.com/Biblical-History-Israel-Iain-Provan/dp/0664220908
Here are some of our favorite, accessible introductions to the Torah:
From Paradise to Promised Land by T.D. Alexander.
https://www.amazon.com/Paradise-Promised-Land-Introduction-Pentateuch/dp/0801039983
Exploring the Old Testament: A Guide to the Pentateuch by Gordon Wenham.
https://www.amazon.com/Exploring-Old-Testament-Guide-Pentateuch/dp/083085309X/
In this episode Patrick explores what kind of book it is by contrasting it to a modern book series like Harry Potter. We will see how our greatest difficulty grappling with its wild array of genres, telling one massive story, designed to shape a society.
Like the podcast? Bible Field Guide also combines images and short essays on Instagram to help people visualize and internalize the historical, cultural, literary, and theological world of the Bible. Check out our Instagram account for our latest posts, or go to our website to learn more. We are still VERY early, so there isn’t much to look at, but we’ve got exciting things planed for 2019-2020… so stay tuned.
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Reading on the Torah? Check these out.
From Paradise to Promised Land by T.D. Alexander. https://www.amazon.com/Paradise-Promised-Land-Introduction-Pentateuch/dp/0801039983
Exploring the Old Testament: A Guide to the Pentateuch Pentateuch by Gordon Wenham. https://www.amazon.com/Exploring-Old-Testament-Guide-Pentateuch/dp/083085309X/
Knowing the author of a book or article changes how you read it. Whether you trust it. What you think it means. In this episode Patrick dives into one of the most challenging questions in modern biblical scholarship: who wrote the Torah? Was it Moses? Was it someone(s) else? When was it written?
Like the podcast? Bible Field Guide also combines images and short essays on Instagram to help people visualize and internalize the historical, cultural, literary, and theological world of the Bible. Check out our Instagram account for our latest posts, or go to our website to learn more. We are still VERY early, so there isn’t much to look at, but we’ve got exciting things planed for 2019-2020… so stay tuned.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/biblefieldguide/
Website: http://www.biblefieldguides.com
Reading on the Torah? Check these out.
From Paradise to Promised Land by T.D. Alexander. https://www.amazon.com/Paradise-Promised-Land-Introduction-Pentateuch/dp/0801039983
Exploring the Old Testament: A Guide to the Pentateuch Pentateuch by Gordon Wenham. https://www.amazon.com/Exploring-Old-Testament-Guide-Pentateuch/dp/083085309X/
In this episode Patrick explores the theme beating at the heart of the Torah: God’s mission to unite heaven and earth. We will explore how the Torah begins on a mountain garden where God dwells with humanity, and then traces his mission to recreate that reality through covenants in a world corrupted by human sin.
Like the podcast? Bible Field Guide also combines images and short essays on Instagram to help people visualize and internalize the historical, cultural, literary, and theological world of the Bible. Check out our Instagram account for our latest posts, or go to our website to learn more. We are still VERY early, so there isn’t much to look at, but we’ve got exciting things planed for 2019-2020… so stay tuned.
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Website: http://www.biblefieldguides.com
RESOURCES:
On the theme of God’s mission to unite heaven and earth:
T. D. Alexander’s City of God. https://www.crossway.org/books/?series=Short%20Studies%20in%20Biblical%20Theology
G. K. Beale’s God Dwells Among Us.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00QKKJ9BA/
Here are some of my favorite, accessible introductions to the Torah:
From Paradise to Promised Land by T.D. Alexander.
https://www.amazon.com/Paradise-Promised-Land-Introduction-Pentateuch/dp/0801039983
Exploring the Old Testament: A Guide to the Pentateuch by Gordon Wenham.
https://www.amazon.com/Exploring-Old-Testament-Guide-Pentateuch/dp/083085309X/
In this episode Patrick introduces our FIRST series through the FIRST books of the Bible: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy – or as Jesus called it, “The Torah.” Unfortunately most of these books are neglected today. So let’s ask WHY we forget The Torah and WHY it is relevant today.
Like the podcast? Bible Field Guide also combines images and short essays on Instagram to help people visualize and internalize the historical, cultural, literary, and theological world of the Bible. Check out our Instagram account for our latest posts, or go to our website to learn more. We are still VERY early, so there isn’t much to look at, but we’ve got exciting things planed for 2019-2020… so stay tuned.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/biblefieldguide/
Website: http://www.biblefieldguides.com
RESOURCES:
Here are some of my favorite, accessible introductions to the Torah:
From Paradise to Promised Land by T.D. Alexander. https://www.amazon.com/Paradise-Promised-Land-Introduction-Pentateuch/dp/0801039983
Exploring the Old Testament: A Guide to the Pentateuch by Gordon Wenham. https://www.amazon.com/Exploring-Old-Testament-Guide-Pentateuch/dp/083085309X/
In this episode Patrick will look at the overarching story which Jesus made central to his whole mission: the kingdom of God. Today the Kingdom of God feels fuzzy. Is it in my heart? Is it the place I go when I do? Is it some great act in the future? Or is it something present through social action? Understanding the story helps yo answer these questions (and more).
Like the podcast? Bible Field Guide also combines images and short essays on Instagram to help people visualize and internalize the historical, cultural, literary, and theological world of the Bible. Check out our Instagram account for our latest posts, or go to our website to learn more. We are still VERY early, so there isn’t much to look at, but we’ve got exciting things planed for 2019-2020… so stay tuned.
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Website: http://www.biblefieldguides.com
RESOURCES:
Exploring the Bible’s theological themes is the endeavor of a lifetime. If you want to start, pick up one of these short studies in Biblical theology.
Other accessible recommendations:
On the theme of Kingdom: Nicholas Perrin’s The Kingdom of God. https://www.amazon.com/Kingdom-God-Biblical-Theology-Life/dp/0310499852
Also, Patrick Schriener: The Kingdom of God and the Glory of the Cross. https://www.amazon.com/Kingdom-Glory-Studies-Biblical-Theology/dp/1433558238
On the Kingdom theme in the gospels: N.T. Wright’s How God Became King. https://www.amazon.com/How-God-Became-King-Forgotten/dp/0061730602
In this episode Patrick explores why understanding history in the Bible will transform meaningless names, places and events, into meaning-filled language.
Like the podcast? Bible Field Guide also combines images and short essays on Instagram to help people visualize and internalize the historical, cultural, literary, and theological world of the Bible. Check out our Instagram account for our latest posts, or go to our website to learn more. We are still VERY early, so there isn’t much to look at, but we’ve got exciting things planed for 2019-2020… so stay tuned.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/biblefieldguide/
Website: http://www.biblefieldguides.com
RESOURCES:
If you want to learn more about the historical world of the Bible, check out:
A Biblical History of Israel by Provan, Long, & Longman. https://www.amazon.com/Biblical-History-Israel-Second/dp/0664239137
Simply Jesus by N.T. Wright. https://www.amazon.com/Simply-Jesus-Vision-What-Matters/dp/0062084399
Backgrounds of Early Christianity by Everett Ferguson . https://www.amazon.com/Backgrounds-Early-Christianity-Everett-Ferguson/dp/0802822215
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In this episode Patrick explores why understanding the culture behind the Bible makes it come alive…. and keeps us from misunderstanding what’s happening in its pages.
Like the podcast? Bible Field Guide also combines images and short essays on Instagram to help people visualize and internalize the historical, cultural, literary, and theological world of the Bible. Check out our Instagram account for our latest posts, or go to our website to learn more. We are still VERY early, so there isn’t much to look at, but we’ve got exciting things planed for 2019-2020… so stay tuned.
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Website: http://www.biblefieldguides.com
RESOURCES:
If you want to learn more about the cultural world of the Bible, check out:
Life in Biblical Israel by King & Stager: https://www.amazon.com/Life-Biblical-Israel-Library-Ancient/dp/0664221483
Backgrounds of Early Christianity by Everett Ferguson . https://www.amazon.com/Backgrounds-Early-Christianity-Everett-Ferguson/dp/0802822215
Crossway ESV Atlas by Currid & Barrett: https://www.amazon.com/Crossway-Bible-Atlas-John-Currid/dp/1433501929
The New Testament and the People of God by N.T. Wright: https://www.amazon.com/New-Testament-People-God/dp/0800626818
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In this episode Patrick shares the story of Bible Field Guide’s genesis (pun intended), and how we hope this project will help everyday people navigate and enjoy the rich literary landscapes of the Bible.
Bible Field Guide isn’t just a podcast. We combine images and short essays to help people visualize and internalize the historical, cultural, literary, and theological world of the Bible. Check out our Instagram account for our latest posts, or go to our website to learn more. We are still VERY early, so there isn’t much to look at, but we’ve got exciting things planned for 2019-2020… so stay tuned.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/biblefieldguide/
Website: http://www.biblefieldguides.com
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