Did the first readers of Genesis see creation as a temple? In this episode of Exploring the Language of Scripture, Professor of Old Testament Jens Bruun Kofoed joins me to explore how ancient Israelites understood the creation account in Genesis 1–11 — and why seeing Eden as a sanctuary and humanity as God’s image-bearers transforms the way we read Scripture. We dive into temple imagery, ancient Near Eastern context, Hebrew language insights, and how the earliest audience would have heard th...
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Did the first readers of Genesis see creation as a temple? In this episode of Exploring the Language of Scripture, Professor of Old Testament Jens Bruun Kofoed joins me to explore how ancient Israelites understood the creation account in Genesis 1–11 — and why seeing Eden as a sanctuary and humanity as God’s image-bearers transforms the way we read Scripture. We dive into temple imagery, ancient Near Eastern context, Hebrew language insights, and how the earliest audience would have heard th...
Does the Law of Moses Reveal the Messiah? | Part 2 | Seth Postell
Exploring the Language of Scripture
1 hour 9 minutes
6 months ago
Does the Law of Moses Reveal the Messiah? | Part 2 | Seth Postell
In this episode of Exploring the Language of Scripture, Daniel Mikkelsen welcomes back Seth Postell—a Messianic Jew, Academic Dean at Israel College of the Bible, and biblical scholar—for a deeper exploration of how the Torah’s eschatology points forward to the Messiah. Building on their earlier conversation, they dive into the Torah’s structure, Israel’s story of exile and restoration, and how both the prophets and the New Testament read Moses with messianic expectation. Together, they uncov...
Exploring the Language of Scripture
Did the first readers of Genesis see creation as a temple? In this episode of Exploring the Language of Scripture, Professor of Old Testament Jens Bruun Kofoed joins me to explore how ancient Israelites understood the creation account in Genesis 1–11 — and why seeing Eden as a sanctuary and humanity as God’s image-bearers transforms the way we read Scripture. We dive into temple imagery, ancient Near Eastern context, Hebrew language insights, and how the earliest audience would have heard th...
