Tag: Jesus
Biblical Reading and Reflections: July 23rd (Nehemiah 1 & John 1:29-51)
Biblical Reading and Reflections: July 22nd (Ezra 10 & John 1:1-28)
May 1st: James 4 and John 1:43-51
The Wonderful Story of Esther (with Devon Phillips, James Bejon, and Steven Wedgeworth)
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)
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.
October 28th: Acts 6:1—7:16 and John 14:15-31
October 17th: 2 Kings 8 and 1 John 5
October 11th: 2 Kings 2 and Jude
‘Jesus and the Forces of Death’ with Dr Matthew Thiessen
This week on Mere Fidelity, Derek, Matt, and I are joined by Dr Matthew Thiessen to discuss his superb new book, Jesus and the Forces of Death.
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