With All Your Mind

We got some really good questions in here!  You guys are serious thinkers.  I'm a little intimidated.
 
Note:  When I mention that "Yahweh" is not said in Greek, I'm mostly talking about how the word Yahweh is not transliterated into Greek, neither in the Greek New Testament nor in the Septuagint.  Instead, Greek writers wrote "Theos" (the Greek word for God/god) or "Kurios" (the Greek word for Lord).  The name Yahweh was not spoken much at all by anyone since it was not culturally acceptable to say God's name out loud.
 
Some resources for this episode:
A Bible Project video about the son of man
Bible Project podcast – God’s Firstborn Son – Firstborn E8, Published February 20, 2023
Some free info about Kurdistan, since I mentioned it
And specifically, Iraqi Kurdistan
 
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Yo dawg, I heard you like blessings, so I blessed the bless you blessings.
 
But seriously, what is Christianese, and why do we use it?  Should we?
 
A few articles that I mention:
Bluey's Beautiful Conservatism
(If that link doesn't work, just search for "Bluey's Beautiful Conservatism"
Focus on the Family Article
 
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We can make so many assumptions about the Bible and confuse it with good ideas and stories from the past that sometimes it's hard to tell the difference between a biblical concept, and just a decent idea.  Tune in for the Bible version of fact or fiction: was it or was it not in the Bible?
 
Some resources for this episode:
The Book of Virtues, William Bennett. Dirty Jim, by Jane Taylor.
Cleanliness is next to godliness wiki
One of Aesop's Fables
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Ok, so maybe you don't care to talk about what a PhD student is doing with an ancient papyrus that you've never heard of before!  But you probably should care about what's going on with Mark 16, why the New King James Bible is more old-fashioned than I thought (no judgment though!) and why footnotes matter.
 
Sources used for this episode:
NIV Archaeological Study Bible, Zondervan, 2005
ESV Study Bible, Crossway, 2008  (oops, I thought it was 2018)
Textual Criticism of the Bible – Paul Wegner
Spectrum of Bible Translations (with source texts!)
That article about the Amorite Language
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Once upon a time... there was a manuscript called Papyrus 66.  Come play detective with me, and figure out how a NT researcher used a Greek manuscript of John to support her theory that the Martha in the Bible never existed.  You'll see how we can use and appreciate textual criticism, without needing to accept or support theories that use it.
 
Some of the resources used for this episode:
The Initial Article my Friend Sent Me
An Interview with the Papyrus 66 Researcher
Papyrus 66
John 10:42-11:6 in Papyrus 66
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No, don't be scared!  This is an important topic if you want to be informed about current events and apologetics.  The world of academia has provided a lot of insight into the Bible and really helped to form the Bible as we know it today.  One of the tools used to determine whether a manuscript is a fraud, the real deal, or a piece of ancient junk, is textual criticism.  Find out more, including why the church has a hard time talking about textual criticism at all.
 
Some of the resources used for this episode:
Those opening stats
Textual Criticism of the Bible - Paul Wegner
Early Scribal Emendation, a study Bible note in the NIV Archaeological Study Bible, page 448 
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There are so many English Bibles, it's hard to keep track of them all!  That's why there's something called the spectrum of English Bible translation.  Learn the different philosophies of Bible translation, what the differences are between them and what translation you should read (spoiler, there's no good answer on that one).
 
Some of the resources used for this episode:
A Big List of Bibles and some key facts
A nice graph of the spectrum of Bible translations
The reading levels of various Bibles
The Most Popular Bibles
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Sin, transgression and iniquity don't sound like fun things to talk about, but give this episode a try if you really want to know why we really need those words in the Bible and why they're a great translation choice.  
 
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When you think about how Bible translation is done, do you imagine old-school missionaries deep in the jungle, typing away on a typewriter, or young people, talking to professionals on Zoom?  Both apply!  Find out when and why.
 
Some links if you want to learn more about Bible translation:
The Joshua Project
Country Map on Joshua Project
The Ethnologue
 
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Chesed is one of the most important words in the whole Bible, but it doesn't get much press.  But that is in part because we use so many other words to reflect it... Grace, love, kindness, mercy, and more!  Find out why it's confusing, and how we can better understand it.
 
Some of the resources used for this episode:
The Naked Bible podcast Episode 350 (Transcript) https://nakedbiblepodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/NB-350-Transcript.pdf
TLOT (Theological Lexicon of the OT)
HALOT (Hebrew Aramaic Lexicon of the OT)
NIV Archaeological Study Bible – p 946 - Sheol, Hades, the Abyss and Tartarus: Images of Hell
Theology of Hesed in the Old Testament
African Insights into Hebrew Lexicography: The Case of חסד – Reinier de Blois, pres. at SBL, Nov 2022
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