This Is the Old Testament Week 1 with Dr. Danny Hays
She Reads Truth Podcast
She Reads Truth
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🗓️ 25 May 2026
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
We are kicking off Week 1 of This Is the Old Testament! Amanda and Raechel are joined by professor, Dr. Danny Hays to discuss the first five books of the Bible. As we begin our seven-week survey of the Old Testament, we are reminded how the entire story of Scripture is framed in these first books, beginning with the reality that God alone is the Creator, and we are His creatures.
Open your Bibles with us this week! This episode corresponds to Week 1 of She Reads Truth’s This Is the Old Testament reading plan. You can read with the She Reads Truth community on our site, in our app, or with our This Is the Old Testament printed or digital Daily Reading Guide.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the She Reads Truth podcast. She reads Truth creates beautiful, accessible |
| 0:06.5 | Bible reading plans and resources to help you get into God's Word every day. Each week here on the |
| 0:12.6 | podcast, we talk about what we're going to read together as a community this week. I'm your host, |
| 0:17.0 | Amanda Bible Williams. And I'm your other host, Rachel Myers. And guys, let's start a new |
| 0:22.0 | reading plan. We just wrapped up three really great reading plans that Beattitudes, the Book of James, |
| 0:28.1 | and Morning and Dancing, and they were kind of like rapid fire. And now we're going to slow down. |
| 0:33.1 | For the next seven weeks, we are going to study a series called This is the Old Testament. I cannot |
| 0:38.0 | wait to get into this with you. Y'all, it is just like this huge biblical literacy win. And |
| 0:43.2 | for those of you who know Shear reads Truth, you know that matters to us so much. So we can't |
| 0:47.8 | wait for you to take this journey with us. For week one, we are joined by Dr. Danny Hayes. He has |
| 0:53.3 | been a professor of biblical studies at |
| 0:55.8 | Washita Baptist University for 30 years. He is recently retired, but still writing. In fact, |
| 1:01.4 | one of the books that he wrote is called The Pentateuch. So perfect guest for the first five |
| 1:06.2 | books of the Bible, which we'll be discussing this week. Y'all, this series is going to be |
| 1:10.3 | so great for the girl who has never encountered |
| 1:14.1 | scripture and really doesn't know where to start, this is a really good place to start. |
| 1:18.3 | And then for those of you who, like Amanda and I have been in the Word of God for decades, |
| 1:23.0 | this is such a good refresher, reframer, and I have loved just the journey of quizzing myself and |
| 1:29.8 | making sure I have these details right. It's a great series. Let's get into week one right now. |
| 1:37.3 | Dr. Hayes, welcome back to the She Reads Truth podcast. We are so happy to have you here for this |
| 1:43.0 | episode. Well, I'm excited to be back. I sure |
| 1:45.4 | appreciate the work you all are doing, getting people to read their Bibles and study their |
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