Articles by BibleProject

This is episode two of our Justice series. Tim and Jon discuss the twin ideas of Justice and Righteousness in the Bible.

What did the Hebrews believe justice looked like? And what was the biblical vision for a “just society?”

Tim and Jon discuss how understanding the unique ways plot and narrative are used by the Hebrew authors to write Bible stories can impact how we read the Bible.

This is part two of our discussion on the Christian Ideal. Tim, Jon and their colleague Paul Pastor continue their discussion on redefining and reimagining holiness.

What is the Christian Ideal? That’s exactly what we ask.

In thie sixth episode of this series, Tim and Jon continue discussing the story of Cain and Abel in the Bible and why its a good example of Jewish Meditation Literature. The Cain and Abel story is famous for its lack of detail, mysteriousness and brevity.

Many of us have wondered something like this and sometimes walk away from the Bible confused. We don’t know why a character did what they did, or what they looked like, or even what the “moral of the story” is.

Jon and Tim discuss the different literary styles used in the Bible.

Tim and Jon discuss the big three of literary styles employed in the Bible: Narrative, Poetry, & Prose-Discourse.

A jam packed episode where Tim and Jon discuss the ancient Hebrew practice of reading the Bible aloud, the sociology of both creating environments and being created by environments in Christianity, and the different kind of power between stories and facts.