Ep. 165 - Rabbi Brad Hirschfield ”Stories of the Old Testament: The Creation Account” pt. 1

The Deconstructionists

John Williamson

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.4 • 823 Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Guest Info/Bio:This week’s guest is the return of the amazing Rabbi Brad Hirschfield! We discuss stories from what we refer to as the Old Testament from the Christian and Jewish perspectives. This is part 1 of 2.Listed for many years in Newsweek as one of America’s “50 Most Influential Rabbis,” and recognized as one of our nation’s leading “Preachers & Teachers,” by Beliefnet.com, Fox News regular contributor, Washington Post blogger, and think tank President Brad Hirschfield is the author of You Don’t Have To Be Wrong For Me To Be Right: Finding Faith Without Fanaticism (Harmony, 2008). He also conceived and hosted two groundbreaking series for Bridges TV—American Muslim TV Network, Building Bridges: Abrahamic Perspectives on the World Today (three seasons), and American Pilgrimage. He is also the Co-founder and Executive Editor of The Wisdom Daily.An expert on religion and public life, Hirschfield offers a unique perspective on the American spiritual landscape and political and social trends to audiences nationwide. A regular on Lou Dobbs Tonight on the Fox Business Network, and The Washington Post’s Conversations: Live Q & A, he’s been a contributor on ethical issues for Tru-TV, co-hosted the weekly radio show Hirschfield and Kula and is frequently quoted in the press. A popular guest on such shows as The Dennis Miller Show, Lars Larson, and Fox News.com Live, he has appeared on CNN, PBS, MTV and NPR, among others, and was featured on PBS’s “Frontline: Faith and Doubt at Ground Zero,” and the acclaimed documentary, Freaks Like Me. A regular commentator for The Huffington Post and one of Patheos.com’s Experts, he contributes frequently to Fox News Opinion, writes a column, For God’s Sake, for the WashingtonPost.com’s “On Faith.” His blog, Windows & Doors, appears on Beliefnet.com (the net’s largest site for spirituality and inspiration), and was featured on the homepage of Digg.com.Rabbi Hirschfield is also an interfaith activist, he has inspired audiences from the Aspen Institute and the Washington National Cathedral, to the Islamic Society of North America and many leading universities and religious institutions. A featured speaker at Parliament of the World’s Religions in both Barcelona and Melbourne, he was recently invited by the Governments of the United States and the Republic of Indonesia to speak at the Jakarta Interfaith DialogueGuest (select) publications: You Don’t Have to Be Wrong For Me To Be Right: Finding Faith Without Fanaticism Guest Website/Social Media: www.clal.org Twitter: @BradHirschfield Special Theme Music by: Forrest ClayInstagram: @forrestclaymusic Twitter: @clay_kYouTube: www.youtube.com/claykmusic Songs featured on this episode were from the Recover EPYou can find Clay’s music on iTunes, Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube, or anywhere good music is found!This episode is sponsored by Hello Fresh - America’s #1 meal kit! My daughter and I swear by it and have our favorite recipes that we make together every week! Go to www.hellofresh.com/deconstruct50 for 50% off PLUS free shipping! This episode of the Deconstructionists Podcast was edited, mixed, and produced by John Williamson Stay on top of all of the latest at www.thedeconstructionists.com Go there to check out our blog, snag a t-shirt, or follow us on social mediaJoin our Patreon family here: www.patreon.com/deconstructionists Website by Ryan BattlesAll photos by Jared HevronLogos designed by Joseph Ernst & Stephen PfluigT-shirt designs by Joseph Ernst, Chad Flannigan, Colin Rigsby, and Jason Turner. Starting your own podcast? Try Riverside! https://riverside.fm/?utm_campaign=campaign_1&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=rewardful&via=john-williamsonSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-deconstructionists/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	All right. Welcome back to the deconstructionist podcast. I'm your host, John Williamson. I'm so excited to be back with a brand new season.
0:21.9	Thank you guys for being patient while I record new episodes. And I have a bunch that I'm very excited to release
0:27.4	and some that I'm still working on. I've got one tomorrow that I'm really excited about
0:31.6	that will be out fairly soon. So lots of different topics and lots of different guests,
0:37.3	as always. So this season
0:39.4	though, we start off where we kind of left off last season where I bring back my friend Rabbi Brad
0:45.8	Hershfield and very, very excited because we, you know, enjoyed our conversation so much the last time
0:52.5	that we had talked about like what are some things that we could cover that we could discuss together that might be really
0:57.9	interesting for people to hear? And so, uh, we sort of fell into this, this idea that we think is
1:03.5	great and hopefully you guys enjoy, but it's, uh, sort of looking at what we would refer to from
1:09.2	the Christian perspective as Old Testament stories,
1:11.6	things that we grew up with, and we've heard a million times through a certain lens
1:16.1	and perspective, and sort of getting the Jewish take on it. And after all, it only makes sense.
1:22.0	The Jewish people wrote the Bible. So it makes too much sense to get some of that perspective. And it's really kind of a
1:30.6	beautiful thing. And so we had a really good time with it. We will revisit this throughout the
1:34.9	season. So this is just the first couple parts. So part one will be this week. Part two will be next
1:40.4	week. And we'll have three and four later on throughout the season.
1:45.6	So we're still working on that piece, but really excited to bring this to you.
1:49.9	So before we get to it, the usual housekeeping stuff, if you go to www.
1:54.5	www.ddeconstructions.com.
1:57.1	That's got our entire back catalog that you can stream directly from the website of over 150 episodes now over the past seven plus years, which is insane to me.
2:05.5	But hey, time flies when you're having fun.
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