We are just at the beginning of a year-long journey through the Sermon on the Mount.

The Sermon on the Mount is short, just over a hundred verses, yet it's the largest and most well-known collection of the

teachings of Jesus. I'm John Collins, this is Bible Project Podcast and with me is co-host

Michelle. Hi Michelle. Hi Michelle. Hi John., so while we modern people call this the sermon on the Mount, Jesus had his own way of

introducing it.

Here's Tim Mackie.

If you ever wanted to know what a summary of Jesus teaching is in one sentence.

Matthew gives it to us. Chapter 4 verse 17 Jesus is announcing turn around everybody

the kingdom of the skies has touchdown. Jesus is really familiar with the Hebrew scriptures

which we call the Old Testament and the Hebrew scriptures tells a story about God

working with Israel to bring about his kingdom.

And today you and Tim are going to walk us through the three parts of the Hebrew Bible

and how those three parts connect to what Jesus is teaching in the Sermon on the Mount.

Exactly, and while we do that, you're going to take a field trip

with Dan Gummel, the producer of this episode,

and one of Bible Project Scholars, Aaron Shaw,

and you're going to look at an old tourist scroll.

So while Tim and I look at how the Sermon on the Mount

relates to the Hebrew Bible, we'll hear from you

about how the Hebrew Bible is designed.

This feels like a little baby phone booth.

What am I looking at? What I have in front of me is actually

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