Judaism
Episode 22: Sin in Jewish and Christian Scripture
Join Tzvi Novick and guest professor Gary Anderson to discuss the historical meaning behind Scriptural metaphors for sin.
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Episode 20: War and Peace
Can violence as it is portrayed in the Bible and the Qur’an be reconciled with a scriptural longing for peace?
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Episode 19: Ritual
Both the Bible and the Qur’an teach believers how to worship God, how to seek forgiveness for sins, and how to advance spiritually. What are the rituals of the Bible and the...
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Episode 18: Noah
What do scriptural depictions of the prophet Noah and the worldwide flood reveal about God’s relationship with humanity?
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Episode 17b: Tzvi Novick on the Gospel of John
Join our hosts Gabriel Reynolds and Tzvi Novick in this bonus episode as they explore the Gospel of John from a Jewish perspective. Does the content of the text provide insight...
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Episode 13: Abraham
This week, our hosts discuss one of the most critical, and potentially divisive, figures in their religious traditions: Abraham. How do Jews, Muslims, and Christians view this...
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Episode 11: Religious Pluralism
Under the conditions of globalization, more religious people than ever find themselves in close contact with members of other religious traditions. Our hosts convene in this...
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Episode 10: The Jewishness of the New Testament
This episode we welcome a distinguished New Testament scholar, Amy Jill Levine, who is the world expert on the Jewishness of the New Testament. She engages questions like, Why are...
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Episode 8: Sickness and Healing
In light of the global Coronavirus pandemic, this month’s episode of Minding Scripture reflects on sickness, healing, and isolation in the Bible and in the Qur’an. What...
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Episode 7: Bible Criticism
This month, Minding Scripture, which brings together the life the mind and the life of faith, asks guest speaker Nathan Eubank and one of our hosts, Tzvi Novick, how...
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Episode 6: Afterlife
Life after death is a central concept in all three Abrahamic religions. What happens to a person after death? How do Judaism, Christianity, and Islam envision heaven and hell? And...
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Episode 5: Moses
Moses serves as a model to the prophet Muhammad in the Qur’an, represents the tribe of Israel in the Hebrew Bible and prefigures Jesus in the New Testament. With no external,...
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