The Wonderful Story of Esther (with Devon Phillips, James Bejon, and Steven Wedgeworth)

March 25, 2021 ~ Alastair Roberts ~ 1 Comment

Steven Wedgeworth is currently preaching through the book of Esther and invited me, Devon Phillips, and James Bejon to join him for a discussion of the book, hosted on my podcast.

Within this conversation we reference several treatments of the book. Here are a few:

Steven Wedgeworth
Sermons on Esther

Devon Phillips
A Meditation on Purim
Twitter thread on Esther

James Bejon
Esther and Agag
Esther: A Literary Analysis
Esther: Mechanics and Messianics

Alastair Roberts
Unraveling the Mysteries of the Book of Esther

Videos
AlephBeta Purim videos (especially those with Rabbi David Fohrman)
Bible Project: Esther Overview

Articles
Sandra Teplinsky, ‘Purim 2016 and Easter Week: Prophetic Parallels’
James Jordan, Biblical Horizons newsletter series on Esther (November 2009 to June 2013)

Audio
James Jordan, Witness or Perish
James Jordan, Themes in Esther

Commentaries
Rabbi David Fohrman, The Queen You Thought You Knew
Jon Levenson, Esther [Old Testament Library]
Adele Berlin, Esther [JPS Bible Commentary]
Yoram Hazony, God and Politics in Esther
Michael V. Fox, Character and Ideology in the Book of Esther
Anthony Tomasino, Esther [Evangelical Exegetical Commentary]

Responsible Intertextual Reading (with James Bejon)

February 22, 2021February 22, 2021 ~ Alastair Roberts ~ 1 Comment

James Bejon joins me for a discussion of our principles and practices when attempting intertextual reading of Scripture, particularly focusing upon the different accounts of the death of Judas in Matthew 27 and Acts 1. James tweeted on this recently.

Theopolis Podcast: Genealogies of Judah in 1 Chronicles (The Genealogies of Scripture)

February 27, 2020February 27, 2020 ~ Alastair Roberts ~ Leave a comment

Peter Leithart, James Bejon, and I continue to explore the genealogies of the Bible. This time we look at the genealogies of Judah in 1 Chronicles 2—5.

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Theopolis Podcast: The Genealogy from Adam to Esau in 1 Chronicles (The Genealogies of Scripture)

February 20, 2020 ~ Alastair Roberts ~ Leave a comment

Peter Leithart, James Bejon, and I continue to explore the genealogies of the Bible. This time we look at the first part of the genealogies of 1 Chronicles.

February 10th: Genesis 40 and Matthew 1:1-17

February 10, 2020February 9, 2020 ~ Alastair Roberts ~ Leave a comment

Theopolis Podcast: The Descendants of Noah (The Genealogies of Scripture)

January 31, 2020 ~ Alastair Roberts ~ Leave a comment

Peter Leithart, James Bejon, and I continue our new series on the genealogies of the Bible, looking at the genealogies of Noah’s descendants in Genesis 10 and 11.