[Bible] Episode 274: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Nehemiah

The Bible For Normal People

The Bible for Normal People

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.7 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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What does Nehemiah have to teach us about the challenge of hermeneutics and theology today? In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete ruins the book of Nehemiah by illuminating the key concepts, overarching themes, character arcs, and sociopolitical context found in the text; plus gives some takeaways about biblical interpretation for our time and place. Show Notes → ********** This episode is sponsored by AG1. If you want to take ownership of your health, it starts with AG1. Try AG1 and get a FREE 1-year supply of Vitamin D3K2 AND 5 free AG1 Travel Packs with your first purchase at drinkAG1.com/normalpeople. That’s drinkAG1.com/normalpeople. Check it out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Bible for normal people, the only God-ordained
0:03.4	podcast on the internet. I'm Pete Ens. And I'm Jared Bias.
0:08.6	Hello everybody. Welcome to this episode of the podcast where we are digging into the book of Nehemiah.
0:16.2	We are seeing here an early example of what will become central to Judaism in the millennia to follow.
0:24.0	The creative adding to the law to address the needs of the current moment.
0:29.0	The commonly used term to describe this phenomenon is Midrash. One takeaway from Nehemiah is a reminder
0:36.0	that the Bible always has to be brought into conversation with later crimes that do not
0:41.5	reflect the circumstances of the biblical writers themselves.
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1:13.4	Now let's get right into this.
1:20.3	In Hebrew, Nehemiah is pronounced Nechamia, which means Yaa comforts.
1:27.0	Nachm is the root meaning to comfort and Yaa is the first part of the divine name yahue that's what his name is so
1:37.6	yah way comforts side issue here by the way folks in case you're interested
1:41.4	Hebrew names ending in IAH, Jeremiah, Isaiah, and many others. They are incorporating
1:49.0	that shortened form of God's name, Yaway, which in Hebrew is spelled with a yh sound, but in English we put an
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