Jaco Gericke – A Philosophical Theology of the Old Testament

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Judaism, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 8 July 2020

⏱️ 72 minutes

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How should we read the Old Testament? Is there only one valid interpretation or a plurality of interpretations? If the latter, then how do we maintain intellectual humility and find valid methods for addressing the texts of Scripture? For a first-ever joint episode with the Center for Hebraic Thought, Dru talks to Dr. Jaco Gericke of North-West University, South Africa about his journey to philosophical theology, and some of his current research, particularly his recent book, A Philosophical Theology of the Old Testament: A historical, experimental, comparative and analytic perspective. Along the way, they discuss atheism, the necessity of bringing a philosophical perspective to biblical studies, developing reliable methods for reading Scripture, and even some terrible jokes. The post Jaco Gericke – A Philosophical Theology of the Old Testament first appeared on OnScript.

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1:12.6	And I hope you enjoy today's episode as well.
1:25.2	Welcome to OnScript and the Center for Hebraic Thought joint podcast.
1:28.8	This is the first time we've done a joint podcast, but it's on a a special topic and it's with a colleague and a friend of mine yaku geriki or jeriki with a solve it once
1:35.9	and for all everybody asked me how to pronounce your name and i say i can't i don't think i do it right
1:40.2	so how do you pronounce it um i would say both are right because the original German is Gerica.
1:48.2	And the Afrika people say, that is more from the Dutch and other backgrounds.
1:55.5	So you can say Gerica or everybody from America says Gerica.
1:59.5	And they say Yakuaku but you can just
2:02.1	say Jaco it's really okay because it's not from Jake.
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