Episode on Deuteronomy 6 and 10 (Love) is Live
Join us as Dr. Jon Levenson (Harvard Divinity School) talks to us about Deuteronomy 6 and 10. We discuss a number of things including: the content, translation, and importance of the Shema in Deuteronomy 6; the relationship between obedience, ritual, and love; the elaboration on and expansion of love in Deuteronomy 10; the relationship between the love and fear of God; and the detriments of a critical approach to biblical scholarship that excludes the love of its subject matter.
Relevant Works by Jon Levenson
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* Jon Levenson, The Love of God: Divine Gift, Human Gratitude, and Mutual Faithfulness in Judaism. Princeton University Press, 2016.
This Week’s Blurbs
In this episode, Jon recommends reading these books by Erik Larson:
* The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America. Vintage Books, 2003.
* Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania. Crown Publishers, 2015.
Other Works Mentioned
* William Moran, "The Ancient Near Eastern Background of the Love of God in Deuteronomy," Catholic Biblical Quarterly 25 (1963), 77–87.
* Rita Felski, The Limits of Critique. University of Chicago Press, 2015.
Next Week
Before we break for the holidays, tune in next week for a bonus episode as Rony sits down with father-son co-authors Bill Kynes and Will Kynes to discuss their book, Wrestling with Job: Defiant Faith in the Face of Suffering (IVP Academic, 2022).Click here to meet our guides through Deuteronomy and Matthew.
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