The Bible does not need to be rewritten, but it needs to be reread. In this podcast, Dr. Parker shares a behind the scenes look at some of Israel Bible Center's most popular online courses. Each week faculty members sit down to discuss the ancient literature, history, culture, customs, and theology that will uncover rich new ways to understand the Bible.
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Dr. Taylor Gray is an associate faculty member and the professor of a recently released course at IBC called Divine Imagery in the Biblical World. This week we discuss what we can learn from iconography from the ancient world, and how these pieces of art may enhance the way we read the Bible. What changes to our picture of cherubim and seraphim? There are also challenges including the pottery with pictures and writing that refer to YHWH and his Asherah. What was going on in ancient Israelite society?
Enroll in the class Divine Imagery in the Biblical World HERE (https://israelbiblecenter.com/courses/divine-imagery-in-the-biblical-word/)
View Othmar Keel's influential book Symbolism of the Biblical World (https://www.amazon.com/Symbolism-Biblical-World-Ancient-Iconography/dp/1575064855/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=v6BXk&content-id=amzn1.sym.ed85217c-14c9-4aa0-b248-e47393e2ce12&pf_rd_p=ed85217c-14c9-4aa0-b248-e47393e2ce12&pf_rd_r=139-9974303-5155906&pd_rd_wg=0KHtI&pd_rd_r=204c3a96-cf00-4814-b953-15c184f1d28f&ref_=aufs_ap_sc_dsk)
Explore a catalogue of ancient art through this German website (https://bodo.unifr.ch/bodo/erweitert)
Find out how you can get this and many other courses with one small monthly subscription at: https://israelbiblecenter.com (https://israelbiblecenter.com/?via=0fb3d98&utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=0fb3d98)
Stay connected with IBC on Facebook @IsraelBibleCenter (https://www.facebook.com/IsraelBibleCenter) or Twitter @IsraelStudy (https://twitter.com/IsraelStudy)
25 Aug 2023
Images of the Divine World
Dr. Taylor Gray is an associate faculty member at Israel Bible Center. He recently released a new course called Divine Imagery in the Biblical World. We sit down with Dr. Gray to talk about the study of iconography, its growth over the last few decades, and its ability to give modern readers a glimpse into how ancient people perceived the world.
Enroll in the class Divine Imagery in the Biblical World HERE (https://israelbiblecenter.com/courses/divine-imagery-in-the-biblical-word/)
View Othmar Keel's influential book Symbolism of the Biblical World (https://www.amazon.com/Symbolism-Biblical-World-Ancient-Iconography/dp/1575064855/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=v6BXk&content-id=amzn1.sym.ed85217c-14c9-4aa0-b248-e47393e2ce12&pf_rd_p=ed85217c-14c9-4aa0-b248-e47393e2ce12&pf_rd_r=139-9974303-5155906&pd_rd_wg=0KHtI&pd_rd_r=204c3a96-cf00-4814-b953-15c184f1d28f&ref_=aufs_ap_sc_dsk)
Explore a catalogue of ancient art through this German website (https://bodo.unifr.ch/bodo/erweitert)
Find out how you can get this and many other courses with one small monthly subscription at: https://israelbiblecenter.com (https://israelbiblecenter.com/?via=0fb3d98&utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=0fb3d98)
Stay connected with IBC on Facebook @IsraelBibleCenter (https://www.facebook.com/IsraelBibleCenter) or Twitter @IsraelStudy (https://twitter.com/IsraelStudy)
18 Aug 2023
Fluidity of the Divine
Part 2 of the conversation between Dr. Benjamin Sommer and Dr. Yeshaya Gruber explores the idea of if the Israelites thought of God had fluidity like the polytheists thought their gods had. Perhaps different authors had differing views? What do we gain by exploring the ancient views of the body or form of the Divine?
Watch the whole Round Table Talk with Dr. Sommer called God's Bodies in the Bible (https://israelbiblecenter.com/roundtable-talks/the-bodies-of-god/)
Explore the book The Bodies of God and the World of Ancient Israel (https://www.amazon.com/Bodies-God-World-Ancient-Israel/dp/1107422264).
Take Dr. Gruber's class Kabbalah and the Bible, Part 1 (https://israelbiblecenter.com/courses/kabbalah-and-the-bible-i/)
Find out how you can get this and many other courses with one small monthly subscription at: https://israelbiblecenter.com (https://israelbiblecenter.com/?via=0fb3d98&utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=0fb3d98)
Stay connected with IBC on Facebook @IsraelBibleCenter (https://www.facebook.com/IsraelBibleCenter) or Twitter @IsraelStudy (https://twitter.com/IsraelStudy)
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