Episode 154: Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Brettler - How Jews & Christians Read the Bible Differently

The Bible For Normal People

The Bible for Normal People

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.7 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2021

⏱️ 50 minutes

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It shouldn’t be a surprise to us now that people can read the same text and walk away with vastly different meanings. On this episode of the podcast, we’re talking with Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Brettler who share some reasons why Jews and Christians use and understand the Bible in different ways. Show Notes → 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 podcast on the internet.
0:04.8	I'm Pete Ends.
0:05.8	And I'm Jared Bias.
0:08.8	Welcome everyone to this episode of the Bible for Normal People.
0:11.8	Before we jump in, just want to mention that we have a class.
0:15.0	If you haven't heard the last few weeks, we have the book Exodus for Normal People out now.
0:20.6	We thought it would be great to do a one night class as well on Exodus, you know,
0:24.2	because we just can't get our fill of Exodus.
0:26.0	So February 25, 830 to 10 PM Eastern time.
0:30.8	It's called Beyond the Prince of Egypt.
0:32.8	How to read the book of Exodus like an adult.
0:35.2	Pete, you want to give a word about what you'll be doing?
0:37.2	Way beyond the Prince of Egypt.
0:39.2	So, yeah, the book of Exodus is intriguing, challenging, complicated, and there are just a lot of moving parts.
0:46.2	So we were going to talk about that in an hour with some Q&A afterwards and just sort of highlights
0:52.8	about what's going on in this book and what it means to read this book with adult eyes
0:58.4	and not just sort of as a story we know as children.
1:01.0	Yep.
1:01.5	So go to thebiblefornormalpeople.com front slash prints to learn more.
1:05.8	It's pay what you can.
1:07.2	So we don't want to turn anyone away again for lack of funds.
1:10.0	Pay what you can for this one night class.
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