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The Apocalyptic Gospel Podcast Season 3
The Apocalyptic Gospel Podcast explores the Gospel as a first-century Jew would have understood it. A conversation about the Gospel, the Kingdom of God, or the Day of the Lord in the first century would have evoked a body of ideas not immediately present with a simple word study of these terms. In this weekly podcast, Bill, John, and Josh mine the Torah, Biblical Prophets, and Second Temple writings for the origin and development of these ideas as we help give context to this first-century Jewish message and encourage disciples of Jesus to boldly proclaim it and patiently wait for the God of Israel to fulfill his covenantal promises.
The aim of our shows this season is to show you the way 2nd Temple Jews interpreted the Tanakh. Among all the options, the apocalyptic hermeneutic is the most reasonable deduction and is the presumed hermeneutic of Jesus and the apostles.
Our podcast’s intro music is an excerpt of The Promise and the Oath by Luke Wood, and our artwork was drawn by Tyson Ranes.
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Introduction to the Tanakh
In this episode we introduce the themes for season 3 of our show. The Tanakh (a Hebrew acronym for...
Reading the Tanakh without Supersessionism
In this episode we look particularly at the issue of supersessionism, the idea that Israel and the...
Christian Anti-Judaism and the Tanakh: An Interview with Matthew Thiessen
In this episode, we interview Dr. Matthew Thiessen, associate professor Religious Studies at...
The Creation of the Heavens and the Earth
In this episode we begin our discussion on Genesis and the Torah, highlighting some of the primary...
Creation and the Redemptive Narrative
In this episode we discuss creation as a paradigm for redemption. We looked at Genesis and the...
Genesis – Sin, Rebellion, and the Coming Judgment
In this episode we discuss the rebellion narratives found in early Genesis. In Eden’s garden in...
Genesis – Abraham, Election, and the Redemptive Narrative
In this episode we discuss the election of Abraham and its development in Second Temple Literature...
Understanding the Torah: An Interview with Rabbi Joshua Berman
In this episode we interview Rabbi Joshua Berman, professor of Tanakh at Bar-Ilan University in...
Genesis – Abraham, Faith, and Eternal Life
In this episode we discuss how Jews in the Second Temple period framed Abraham within the...
Q&A #5 with Bill, John, and Josh
Bill, John, and Josh tackle your questions in this fifth Q&A episode. Topics include realized...
The Patriarchs and the Apocalyptic Narrative
In this episode we look at Isaac, Jacob, and his twelve sons and how Second Temple Jews read and...
The Apocalyptic Moses – The Deliverer
In this episode we discuss the important figure of Moses, who takes on a unique authority in Second...
The Apocalyptic Moses and Mount Sinai
In this episode we discuss how Second Temple Jews understood Moses and Mount Sinai. The giving of...
Leviticus and the “Apocalypticizing” of the Sacrifice, Priesthood, and the Calendar
In this episode we look at how Second Temple Jews, Jesus, and the apostles understand and project...
Numbers and Apocalyptic Typology
In this episode we look at several themes in the book of Numbers that are pushed forward...
A Survey of Deuteronomy: The Covenant, the Law, and the Land
In this episode, we give a brief overview of the book of Deuteronomy. We discuss some of the major...
Deuteronomy and the Covenantal Cycle
In this episode we look more deeply at Deuteronomy and highlight how the Covenant and the Law are...
Joshua, Judges, Apocalypticism, and Martyrdom
In this episode we discuss the books of Joshua and Judges and how they are understood in...
I & II Samuel and the Anticipation of David’s Glorious Throne
In this episode we discuss 1 and 2 Samuel, and particularly the Davidic covenant in 2 Samuel 7, with...
I & II Kings, the Solomonic Ideal, and the Kingdom of God
In this episode we give a brief overview of 1 and 2 Kings and focus on the unfolding and later...
Q&A #6 with Bill, John, and Josh
Bill, John, and Josh tackle your questions in this sixth Q&A episode. Topics include enjoying...
Isaiah, Theophany, and the Day of the Lord
In this episode we discuss how Isaiah is understood and pushed forward by later apocalyptic writers,...
Isaiah, Redemption, and the New Creation
In this episode we look at the theme of redemption and restoration in the Book of Isaiah. The...
Isaiah, Messianism, and the Servant Songs
In this episode we discuss messianism in the book of Isaiah. In light of the day of the Lord and the...
Jeremiah, the Covenantal Cycle, and the Baruch Tradition
In this episode we discuss the book of Jeremiah and the playing out of the covenantal cycle as...
Heavenly Visions and Eschatological Revelation in the Book of Ezekiel
In this episode we discuss the book of Ezekiel and its later interpretation in apocalyptic...
Q&A #7 with Bill, John, and Josh
Bill, John, and Josh tackle your questions in this seventh Q&A episode. Topics include...
Hosea, Joel, and Amos: Idolatry, Injustice, and the Day of the Lord
In this episode we begin our discussion of the Minor Prophets with the books of Hosea, Joel, and...
The Pre-Exilic Prophets and the Projection of the Covenant
In this episode we discuss the minor prophetic books of Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, and...
Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi: Covenant Faithfulness and the Hope of Israel
In this episode we finish our discussion of the Minor Prophets with Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi....
Q&A #8 with Bill, John, and Josh
Bill, John, and Josh tackle your questions in this eighth Q&A episode. Topics include the...
Introduction to the Ketuvim and the Wisdom Literature
In this episode we begin our discussion of the Ketuvim with the Wisdom tradition in the Tanakh....
The Eschatological Metanarrative of the Psalms: Interview with David Mitchell, Part 1
In this episode we interview David Mitchell, Biblical scholar and pastoral musician. We explore some...
The Eschatological Metanarrative of the Psalms: Interview with David Mitchell, Part 2
In this episode we continue our interview with David Mitchell, Biblical scholar and pastoral...
The Five Scrolls and Jewish Apocalypticism
In this episode, we discuss the Five Scrolls: Song of Solomon, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, and...
The Book of Daniel and Jewish Apocalyptic Eschatology
In this episode, we discuss the book of Daniel and its influence on later Jewish apocalyptic...
Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles: Priests and Kings at the End of the Age
In this final episode of the season, we discuss Ezra-Nehemiah, and 1-2 Chronicles and their later...
Q&A #9 with Bill, John, and Josh
Bill, John, and Josh tackle your questions in this ninth Q&A episode. We discuss revival, the...