1.20 Numbers II: Out of the Wilderness

Deuteronomy is the last book of the Torah, the Pentateuch, the books holiest to Jews. To many Jewish scholars, the Torah is where study of the bible stops. I discuss how Deuteronomy was modeled on Assyrian vassal treaties. 

In the last half of Deuteronomy, Moses lays out laws on family matters. I compare these to the Mesopotamian law codes. He sets out a splendid set of curses on those would disobey, modeled on Assyrian curses. Polytheism sneaks through a few times. 

In each new episode, my host Megan Lewis and I will discuss just about everything you can imagine about the New Testament and the early years of Christianity. Issues connected with the historical Jesus The mysterious book of Revelation The non-canonical gospels Early Christian gr ...  Show more

​A summary of the Holy Scriptures of the Old Testament and the New Testament. Length: 2hrs 18mins.​​FOR LINKS to all our podcasts, visit the ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN TEACHING PODCAST DIRECTORY at the links below. You can also search ‘Orthodox Christian Teaching’ in the Apple Podcasts o ...  Show more

Welcome to the official start of the Bible in a Year Podcast! We'll begin reading the Bible in the episode "Day 1: In the Beginning", but before we dig into scripture, Jeff Cavins joins Fr. Mike Schmitz to lay out the context for the Early World period (Genesis 1-11). They discus ...  Show more

For the 219th episode of 'The Bible in a Year,' Pastor Kevin Cain & Rev. Dr. David Spence discuss the prophecy of the end of Israel. Additionally, the two discuss another vision Ezekiel receives from God, idolatry in the temple, and God's judgement & departure from the temple. Jo ...  Show more