Tyndale House Podcast

Oct 24 2024 28 ep. 31 mins 85
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Tyndale House, Cambridge, brings you insights from high-level Bible research to help you understand the Bible more and explore reasons why it can be trusted. 

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S4E3 Why do we have genealogies in the Bible?

Oct 24 2024 36 mins  
In this episode, Tony asks Caleb and James why we have genealogies in the Bible and how we should make sense of them. They work through some specific examples in the book of 1 Chronicles and explore how the Old Testament is unique in ancient literature in the way it lays out genealogies and gives us a clear account of the people of Israel from Adam through to the exile.Edited by Ty

S4E2: How Were Divine Names Used in the Ancient World?

Oct 17 2024 35 mins  
In this episode, George Heath-Whyte and James Bejon chat with Tony about the use of divine names in the ancient world and in the Bible. What did the Babylonians call their gods?What did the names of the Babylonian gods mean?Why did the Israelites go from calling God 'El-Shaddai' to 'Yahweh'?How did the worship of Yahweh in the Old Testament compare to idol worship in the ancient wo

S4E1: Difficult questions surrounding the book of Daniel

Oct 10 2024 39 mins  
In this episode, George Heath-Whyte and James Bejon chat with Tony about a range of difficult questions surrounding the book of Daniel: What is the significance of Daniel and his friends having their names changed in Daniel 1? What do their new Babylonian names mean? Why is there no mention of Belshazzar as king of Babylon in the official records? Who was Darius the Mede?Hear answe

Interview 5: David Tsumura, Professor Emeritus at Japan Bible Seminary

Oct 03 2024 30 mins  
In this episode Tony sits down with David Tsumura, who is a professor emeritus in Old Testament studies at Japan Bible Seminary. David is a familiar face at Tyndale House having visited several times over nearly 40 years. He lived on site for two years from 1986 while working on a Tyndale House research project on Genesis 1–11. In this interview he shares how he went from studyin

Interview 4: Christopher Ash on the Psalms, Part 2

Sep 26 2024 28 mins  
In this episode, Tony continues his conversation with writer-in-residence, Christopher Ash, on his new four-volume commentary on the Psalms. They discuss how Christ would have prayed the Psalms during his earthly life, the structure of the 5 books of the Psalms, and how we approach different genres of psalms such as imprecatory psalms. This is part 2 of the interview and you can ca

Interview 4: Christopher Ash on the Psalms, Part 1

Sep 19 2024 27 mins  
In this episode, Tony interviews our writer-in-residence, Christopher Ash, on his new 4 volume commentary on the Psalms. Christopher shares how he came to write the commentary, the importance of the psalms, and why he thinks that the Psalms are inseparable from Christ. This is part 1 of the interview and part 2 will be released next week. The Commentary is available to order now: T

Interview 3: Ahreum Kim on the cultural context of 1 John

Sep 12 2024 25 mins  
In this episode Tony Watkins sits down with biblical scholar, Ahreum Kim, who has been a reader at Tyndale House on and off since 2019 when she came here during her MPhil. She has since completed her PhD which focused on the letter of 1 John and the Greco-Roman context it was written in. She and Tony discuss her PhD, why it’s so important to understand the context of New Testamen

S3E7 Ancient Names – Why did kings in the Old Testament change their names?

Jul 11 2024 28 mins  
In this episode, Tony, James, and Caleb continue discussing name changes in the Bible, but this time with a focus on throne names. They look first at how kings in the ancient world often changed their name when they became king, before then focusing on Old Testament kings and the significance of their throne names.Edited by Tyndale House Music – Acoustic Happy Background used wit

S3E6: What's the significance of name changes in the Bible?

Jul 04 2024 31 mins  
Please note: This episode contains a mention of birth trauma within the biblical narrativeIn this episode, Tony, James, and Caleb discuss name changes in the patriarchal narratives. They look at how common it was for names to be changed in the ancient world, as well as the significance of the name changes within the biblical narrative. Edited by Tyndale House Music – Acoustic Hap

S3E5 Who are the kings mentioned in Genesis 14?

Jun 27 2024 42 mins  
In this episode, Tony sits down with James and Caleb again to look at the names of the foreign kings mentioned in Genesis 14 and to see how they fit in with what we know of those places from extra-biblical sources. At 10:44 Caleb says Southeastern Iran but he meant Southwestern Iran.At 19:06 Tony meant Genesis 9 but he meant Genesis 11.Edited by Tyndale House Music – Acoustic Hap