102. So Who Wrote the Bible? — A Conversation with Terryl Givens

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🗓️ 5 February 2022

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

As we have collectively turned our attention to the study of the Hebrew Bible, what is known to most Christians as the Old Testament, we at Faith Matters turn our attention to a perennial question: Who actually wrote these books?

We plan to have at least a few conversations in the coming year on how to engage the Hebrew Bible. To kick it off, we invited Terryl Givens to our studio to help us frame some of the big-picture issues, for example:

Who wrote the Bible?

How should we read it?

What theological and ethical dilemmas does it force us to confront?

How is it relevant today?

As you might expect, it was a candid and fascinating conversation. We hope you’ll leave this conversation asking better and deeper questions as you engage the books of the Hebrew Bible.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, this is Patrick Mason.
0:03.6	Last year's Restore Gathering was one of the highlights of my year, and this year's
0:07.4	gathering is going to be even bigger and better.
0:10.2	In addition to the fantastic lineup of speakers, there will be amazing art, and we promise
0:14.8	the music will be better than your word choir.
0:17.6	So come join us at Restore on October 13th and 14th at the Mountain America Expo Center
0:22.0	in Sandy, Utah.
0:23.6	For tickets, go to faithmatters.org slash restore, and see you there.
0:28.9	Hey everybody, this is Tim Chavez from Faith Matters.
0:31.5	Recently, there's been quite a bit of conversation among the Faith Matters team about our own
0:35.0	study as we plough through the Old Testament this year.
0:37.6	Obviously, this is a book that can be at its best, uplifting and inspiring, and at its
0:41.9	worst, troubling, or even faith-shaking.
0:44.7	Sometimes it presents a view of God that is aligned with the loving parental God that
0:47.8	we talk about at church, and at times a darker, anger your God seems to take over.
0:52.6	One thing that we can say about it with certainty, though, is that it's a book more than capable
0:56.0	of starting a conversation.
0:57.8	So today we're doing that, and we're asking, what's going on here?
1:01.1	What is the Bible and where did it come from?
1:03.3	What are the different genres that it presents to us, and how can we approach each in healthy
1:07.0	ways?
1:08.0	And is there anything particularly special about the King James version?
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