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I'm Pete Ends. And I'm Jared Bias.

Today we're asking this question, does God have a body with Ben Summer?

Yeah, Ben is, first of all, fun fact, we went to the same high school four years apart or something

which I only found out about recently but that's pretty cool. So anyway, but Ben is a professor

in the Department of Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages at the Jewish Theological Seminary in

of America, which is in New York City. And he's written a bunch of books and he's a smart guy

in this great episode. And we've had him before. He's one of a few people, select few people.

He was worthy. He was worthy. We deemed him worthy. It is a quite a vetting process.

We brought him back into the Holy of Holy. And you'll see why. I mean, you'll see why. He's brilliant.

Yeah, he's brilliant. And he's got so much to say about stuff and he's thought about stuff and he's

just weafed things together. And it's like, oh my gosh, I've never read the Bible before.

All right. All right. Here we go.

I think that God's body is different from our body because God's body is made of something

incredibly bright, something a little bit like fire, but much, much brighter and much more

powerful. They don't have a word for it in Hebrew. So when they want to talk about it, they'll usually

say it was like a consuming fire.

Well, welcome back to the podcast, Ben. It's great to have you. It's great to be here again.

You are. This is a rarefied era, isn't it? Yeah, that's a repeat guest.

It's a very rare honor. Well, thanks very much, Sheridan Peter. It's great to be back.

Well, okay, I'm glad you appreciate this, Ben, because this is a big moment in your life, I think.

Am I starting this podcast? Yes, you're starting it. Go ahead. I just want Ben to appreciate

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