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August 10, 2021

What Christians—and Everyone Else—Can Learn from the Jewish Way of Studying the Bible

A rabbi and a pastor-turned-professor walk into a podcast . . .

In a continuation of a previous conversation, Rabbi Ari Lamm discusses some salient features of the traditional Jewish way of understanding Scripture with the Protestant scholar Dru Johnson. Among other topics, Lamm explains how the notion that the Hebrew Bible is accompanied by a parallel “Oral Torah” cultivates a more authentic understanding of the text, and what it’s like to read the New Testament as an Orthodox Jew. (Audio, 45 minutes.)

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