My Mysterious Bible

Episode 22 Balaam and the talking Donkey

The significance of Balaam and the talking Donkey.
 
Resources used:
Victor Harold Matthews, Mark W. Chavalas, and John H. Walton, The IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament, electronic ed. (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2000), Nu 22:22–30.
 
Dennis Cole, Numbers, vol. 3B, The New American Commentary (Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2000), 389–391.
 
Gordon J. Wenham, Numbers: An Introduction and Commentary, vol. 4, Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1981), 191.
 
NET Bible notes on Numbers 22
 
BALAAM AND HIS TALKING DONKEY BY FRED BLUMENTHAL. JEWISH BIBLE QUARTERLY Vol. 34, No. 2,2006
 
Extra information:
 
What was Balaam's real error - Dr Michael Heiser
 
https://bibleproject.com/explore/video/numbers/?utm_source=web_social_share&medium=shared_video
 

Episode 21 Elohim, I don't think that means what you think it means part 2

We dive into what Elohim does and does not mean when not used to refer to the God of the Bible.

Episode 20 Elohim, I do not think that means what you think it means part 1.

Introduction to the term elohim.

Episode 19 Foreknowledge does not equal predestination.

God's foreknowledge does not equate to predestination.
 
Resources used: The Unseen Realm by Michael S. Heiser.

Episode 18 Are there really unicorns in the bible?

Why are there unicorns in the King James Version of the Bible?
 
Resources used:
Lexam Bible Dictionary. 
Bringing back the Aurochs
 

Episode 17 Elisha makes an Iron Axe head float on water.

It's a strange miracle when Elija makes an iron axe head float on a river.
 
Resources used: 
A Commentary, Critical, Experimental, and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments: Joshua–Esther, vol. II
Robert Jamieson, A Commentary, Critical, Experimental, and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments: Joshua–Esther, vol. II (London; Glasgow: William Collins, Sons, & Company, Limited, n.d.), 385.
Paul R. House, 1, 2 Kings, vol. 8, The New American Commentary (Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1995), 275.
Victor Harold Matthews, Mark W. Chavalas, and John H. Walton, The IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament, electronic ed. (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2000), 2 Ki 6:5–6.
MAGIC IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST WITHSPECIAL REFERENCE TO ANCIENT ISRAELBY GWENDOLENE CAREN LlEDEMAN

Episode 16 Why couldn’t the Israelites cook a baby goat in it’s mothers milk?

This perplexing commandment is given three times in the Torah, so it must be significant.
 
Resources used:
Faithlife Study bible,
The IVP Bible Background Commentary of the Old Testament,
Manners & Customs of the Bible,
You Shall Not Boil a Kid in Its Mother’s Milk: Beyond Exodus 23:19.” Jewish Bible Quarterly,
Biblical Interpretation. 2012, Vol. 20 Issue 1/2, p35-72.
 

Episode 15. The Relationship of the Goat for Azazel with the pigs possessed by Legion with Special Guest Geoff Johnson.

Geoff Johnson lays out the connection between The Goat for Azazel and the pigs that were possessed and ran off the cliff by Legion. Check out his youtube channel.  
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdvkfyXOITbYxcRHPGJFQVA

Episode 14 The Goat for Azazel on the Day of Atonement.

Why is a goat bearing the sin of Israel sent out into the wilderness to Azazel on the Day of Atonement? Who or what is Azazel? You can find the answers to these questions and more in this week's episode.
 
Resources used: 
The Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the bible.
 
“Azazel,” in The Lexham Bible Dictionary, ed. John D. Barry et al. (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2016).
 
https://drmsh.com/day-atonement-leviticus-16-goat-azazel/
 
https://www.logos.com/grow/theres-devil-details-day-atonement/
 
 

Episode 13 Why did Jesus walk on water?

What is the story behind Jesus walking on water? Find out here.
 
Resources used:
Lexam Bible Dictionary
Enuma Elish https://sacred-texts.com/ane/enuma.htm
“I dare you not to bore me with the Bible” by Michael S. Heiser