Episodes

6 days ago
6 days ago
Hear me ramble about books! A list of the books I mention in this episode: Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes - Kenneth Bailey Brief Insights on Mastering Bible Study - Michael Heiser (and Brief Insights on Mastering Bible Doctrine, and Mastering the Bible) The Unseen Realm - Michael Heiser Iran: Open Hearts in a Closed Land - Mark Bradley Jesus: Incarnation of the Word - David Mitchell The Dead Sea Scrolls Today - James VanderKam Textual Criticism of the Bible - Paul Wegner How We Got the Bible - Neil Lightfoot How (Not) to Read the Bible - Dan Kimball

Sunday Jul 24, 2022
Sunday Jul 24, 2022
Ok, so we know about English now. What are the other alphabets and writing systems in the world and how do they work? One of the resources used for this episode: The Writing Revolution – Amalia Gnanadesikan Contact me at: withallyourmindpodcast@gmail.com

Sunday Jul 10, 2022
Sunday Jul 10, 2022
No Seriously, why with all the nonsense?? More about the written English language, a short history of English and maybe some reasons to hate written English a little bit less. Maybe. Some of the resources used for this episode: The Writing Revolution – Amalia Gnanadesikan “List of English words with dual French and Anglo-Saxon variations” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_with_dual_French_and_Anglo-Saxon_variations Contact me at: withallyourmindpodcast@gmail.com

Sunday Jun 26, 2022
Sunday Jun 26, 2022
This is the first of our tiny summer linguistics series, all about written language. Where did our English alphabet come from? Wasn't there something about the Phoenicians? Why do we have so many different kinds of spellings? Who is responsible for that trash. One of the resources used for this episode: The Writing Revolution – Amalia Gnanadesikan Contact me at: withallyourmindpodcast@gmail.com

Sunday May 01, 2022
Sunday May 01, 2022
Guess what time it is... Contact me at: withallyourmindpodcast@gmail.com

Sunday Apr 24, 2022
Sunday Apr 24, 2022
Do we know where any of the nations or peoples are from Genesis 10 and Ezekiel 38? What DO we know about these chapters? Some resources used for this episode: Zondervan Atlas of the BibleThe Lexham Bible DictionaryThe Baker Encyclopedia of the BibleMichael Heiser – The Unseen Realm Contact me at: withallyourmindpodcast@gmail.com

Sunday Apr 17, 2022
Sunday Apr 17, 2022
We need a prereq episode for next week's episode! What's the difference between culture and ethnicity? Is it important to know any of this for studying the Bible? (Spoiler, yes) Some resources used for this episode: Stephen Dempster – Dominion and DynastyIs it Kyiv or Kiev? And why the pronunciation changed – Alina DizikThe Encyclopedia BritannicaRyan Grimm’s way-over-the-top research into how-people-got-bad-info on this stuff Contact me at: withallyourmindpodcast@gmail.com

Sunday Apr 10, 2022
Sunday Apr 10, 2022
Are biblical and modern Hebrew the same? And how does Yiddish fit into the picture? A resource used for this episode: Das R, Wexler P, Pirooznia M and Elhaik E (2017) The Origins of Ashkenaz, Ashkenazic Jews, and Yiddish. Front. Genet. 8:87. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2017.00087 Contact me at: withallyourmindpodcast@gmail.com

Sunday Apr 03, 2022
Sunday Apr 03, 2022
And how does that make you feel? Some resources I used for this episode: What Does ‘Abba’ Really Mean? - Logos BlogThe Revisionary Potential of “Abba! Father!” in the Letters of Paul - Sigve TonstadLexham Theological Dictionary Contact me at: withallyourmindpodcast@gmail.com

Sunday Mar 27, 2022
Sunday Mar 27, 2022
What does gospel mean, and what language is that? What should evangelism be? Some resources I used for this episode: The Theological Dictionary of the New TestamentThe Lexham Theological Wordbook Contact me at: withallyourmindpodcast@gmail.com

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So many things. Simple and filled with truth. Pretty foreign and difficult to fully understand. Sometimes you just need a little more info to really understand a concept, or context of a word, passage, book, or idea. This podcast is just to add to your arsenal of tools to help you understand the Bible.