Adversaria Videos and Podcasts
Scripture, Theology, Liturgy, and Culture
Today I discuss a couple of the strangest episodes in the story of Genesis: Rachel’s request for some of Leah’s mandrakes and Jacob’s taking of Laban’s flocks using—among other things—poplar rods.
Continue reading “The Family of Abraham: Part 20—Mandrakes and Poplar Rods”
One of my supporters has very kindly transcribed this video, the fifth of my series for the twelve days of Christmas. I don’t have time to transcribe my videos myself, so anyone willing to volunteer to transcribe one video every week or fortnight would be greatly appreciated! The transcript is very lightly edited at a few points for the purpose of comprehension.
Continue reading “Transcript for the Fifth Day of Christmas: Rachel, Desolate and Restored”
Over the Christmas period, I am posting videos exploring biblical echoes and symmetries in the stories of the nativity in the gospels. In this eleventh video I discuss the angels’ appearance to the shepherds. I have more to say about these themes in my book, Echoes of Exodus.
Continue reading “The Eleventh Day of Christmas: Angels and Shepherds”
Over the Christmas period, I am posting videos exploring biblical echoes and symmetries in the stories of the nativity in the gospels. In this fifth video, I reveal the character of Rachel lying behind the narrative of Matthew 2. For more on the character of Rachel in Matthew 2, see this video.
Continue reading “The Fifth Day of Christmas: Rachel, Desolate and Restored”
