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David Beldman

Old Testament scholar and co-author of "Reading the Pentateuch as Christian Scripture"; former Academic Dean and Professor of Old Testament at Missional Training Center, Phoenix.

Oct 22, 2026

13:52
Keep moving, kids.
13:55
That's a great question.
13:57
I think for myself, we're in a particular cultural moment right now.
14:02
And it seems like a lot of people are deconstructing and they've been told things about the Bible.
14:09
And then if they go read the Bible, they think, wait, that's not what I was told about it.
14:14
So for myself and being aware of that context and kind of being in that kind of context, just thinking about what, what are the kinds of things that need explaining, right? So I'm thinking of the, um, I spent quite a bit of time, Drew, you might've read some of this stuff early on, uh, about the, the trial by ordeal of the woman who is suspected of, of adultery and that, I mean, it just screams, uh, Right.
14:49
From our cultural perspective.

35 MINS LATER

49:37
Yeah.

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