Exploring My Strange Bible

Ecclesiastes E1 — In the book of Ecclesiastes, the teacher shows how most of our daily time and energy is spent on meaningless things. The core metaphor he uses to make this point is smoke or vapor, which in Hebrew is the word hevel. So why is such a bleak book in the Bible?  Tim unpacks Ecclesiastes’ introduction, its authorship, and how the book as a whole seeks to motivate humility, integrity, and enjoyment of the simple things in life. Tim gave this message at Door of Hope Church in Portland, Ore., on January 6, 2013.

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“Nob Hill (Instrumental)” by Drexler

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Production of today's episode is by Lindsey Ponder, producer, and Cooper Peltz, managing producer. Aaron Olsen edited and remastered today's episode. JB Witty does our show notes. 

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Making of the Bible E3 — The manuscript history of the New Testament is very different from that of the Old Testament. The number of manuscripts, the amount of time they cover, the history of manuscript discoveries—it’s all very complex and fascinating! Then there is the separate history of how the New Testament has been translated and regarded by the Church over the centuries. In this third and final lecture of the series, Tim explores this manuscript and its translation history, as well as the process and dynamics of how these books were collected into an official canon of Scripture. Tim gave these lectures in February 2012 at Blackhawk Church in Madison, Wisconsin.
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Novum Testamentum Omne (often called “The Majority Text”). Edited by Desiderius Erasmus.
Tim references a quote from biblical scholar Frederick Constantine von Tischendorf. Some of this scholar’s key works include Codex Sinaiticus: The Discovery of the World’s Oldest Bible, Novum Testamentum Graece, The Sinai and Comparative New Testament, and When Were Our Gospels Written?
Tim also references a quote from biblical scholar Samuel Prideaux Tregelles. Some of his works include Canon Muratorian: The Earliest Catalogue of the Books of the New Testament and the three-volume Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures.
Novum Testamentum Graece (also known as the “Nestle–Aland New Testament”). Edited by Eberhard Nestle and Kurt Aland.
The Canon of the New Testament: Its Origin, Development, and Significance by Bruce M. Metzger.
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SHOW MUSIC
“Nob Hill (Instrumental)” by Drexler
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Production of today’s episode is by Lindsey Ponder, producer, and Cooper Peltz, managing producer. Aaron Olsen edited and remastered today’s episode. JB Witty writes our show notes. 

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Making of the Bible E2 — In this series of lectures, we’re building the foundation for understanding where the Bible came from. When looking at Scripture through this lens, we discover that the texts themselves offer clues about how they came into existence and why they were written. Rather than casting doubt on the Bible, this work actually helps us gain a deeper sense of what the Bible is and what we’re supposed to do with it. In this second lecture of a three-part series, Tim explores the manuscript history of the Old Testament, as well as the composition and writing of the books of the New Testament. Tim gave these lectures in February 2012 at Blackhawk Church in Madison, Wisconsin.
REFERENCED RESOURCES
Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia, edited by Karl Elliger, Willhelm Rudollph, Otto Eissfeldt, and Adrian Schenker.
Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony by Richard Bauckham.
Check out Tim’s extensive collection of recommended books.
SHOW MUSIC
“Nob Hill (Instrumental)” by Drexler
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Making of the Bible E1 — Many people who view the Bible as God’s word believe it must have come into existence with little or no human agency. But this idea is foreign to the biblical authors and to Scripture’s very traceable history. It was not written in secret! The authors of these texts were, of course, human. However, they also claimed God was speaking to his people through these human words. In this first lecture of a three-part series, Tim explores the making of the books of the Old Testament and what we can know from the Bible itself about how it came into existence. Tim gave this series of lectures in February 2012 at Blackhawk Church in Madison, Wisconsin.
REFERENCED RESOURCES
Check out Tim’s extensive collection of recommended books.
SHOW MUSIC
“Nob Hill (Instrumental)” by Drexler
SHOW CREDITS
Production of today’s episode is by Lindsey Ponder, producer, and Cooper Peltz, managing producer. Aaron Olsen edited and remastered today’s episode. JB Witty writes our show notes. 

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Torah Crash Course E3 — The books of Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy tell the story about God’s covenant with Israel at Mount Sinai—and make up two-thirds of the entire Torah! God gives Israel 613 laws, interspersed with stories that offer commentary on them. Tragically, the Israelites demonstrate their inability to truly love and obey God and follow the laws. This unresolved tension creates a future hope announced by Moses himself: God will one day transform the people’s hearts and minds so they can be loving and faithful covenant partners. In this message, Tim explores Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy, showing how they develop the storyline that Jesus fulfilled. Tim taught this series in the early 2010s at Door of Hope Church in Portland, Oregon.
REFERENCED RESOURCES
Check out Tim’s extensive collection of recommended books.
SHOW MUSIC
“Nob Hill (Instrumental)” by Drexler
SHOW CREDITS
Production of today’s episode is by Lindsey Ponder, producer, and Cooper Peltz, managing producer. Aaron Olsen edited and remastered today’s episode. JB Witty writes our show notes. Powered and distributed by Simplecast.

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