I am an Associate Professor of Old Testament at Biola University. This channel features playlists of lectures, interviews, sermons and chapel messages I've given. It's also the home of my own weekly video podcast: Torah Tuesday. I hope this content helps you understand the Scriptures more deeply and fosters a greater commitment to knowing and following Christ.
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I am a garbage truck driver and have just discovered your channel and I am enjoying the nuggets of information you are sharing.
Thanks for the important work you do! Glad you're enjoying the channel.
Also seems that The previous major scene between God and Moses is unresolved. God agrees to have Aaron be his mouth piece and maybe yells at Moses for being so reluctant to obey God’s commands?! Then in that place of not fully being obedient, he doesn’t circumcise his sons?? Seems possibly very rebellious to me.
Good point! The issue of Aaron's involvement and Moses' reluctance will come up again in chapter 6 (twice!). It's an ongoing issue for Moses.
Are there any connections to Gen 22 as well? It’s his son his only son. And God instructs Abraham to go kill him. Seems like there could be strong connections there
Moses has two sons at this point, but I do think the language of "firstborn son" could echo Genesis 22. Both incidents involve a dangerous encounter with God in which death is averted. Both involve obedience to God's command. Good work!
Very nice recommendation with that Bible!
Thanks for watching!
Trees as you know Doctor Imes are sacred and are places of connections between heaven and earth. Thinking out loud, my question would be why does the author throw that reference there to the 70 palm trees. 70 seems to refer always to the nations. Maybe I have let Dr. Heiser influence me too much, but it makes me wonder if the author threw that in to point to Israel’s future destiny to be a light to the nations. This is kind of like a mini test to see whether like Adam and Eve failed to trust him, if the Israelites would do the same. It definitely seems to be hinting back to Eden, or maybe I am reading too much into it.
Thanks for your thought! You're right that 70 sometimes alludes to the nations (Genesis 10). In Exodus, the book begins with 70 descendants of Jacob, so it's also possible that this is indicating God provided for each clan of Israel.
Thanks for the interesting Exodus study. Very interesting to hear how participating in writing notes for the women's Bible has persuaded you of the merits of such a publication. As a man who happily participates on a preaching rota that includes women and whose wife is an elder I'd have agreed with your earlier self that everyone could surely use the same study Bible. I've long suspected that many women's Christian resources and conferences are to give space for women with teaching gifts to use those gifts without teaching men, which they would see as illegitimate. Perhaps I need to think again.
Thanks for your comments, Derek! I think you're right that many women's resources are developed to give space for women with teaching gifts. In this case, the study Bible pushed me to consider which parts of the biblical text would be difficult for women to swallow, and therefore deserved more attention and care. I learned so much from the exercise!
I pre-ordered it and I love the women’s Bible ❣️🙏
So glad to hear that!
Since you mention femininity within the Christian ranks, I leave you an interview with Beth Allison Barr, the video is in English and Spanish, but I recommend you activate the English subtitles: kzread.info/dash/bejne/mn-MmLB7p6aTfqw.htmlsi=fw-v9dP9hrIHcw7M
I’m getting that Bible. Thanks for sharing
I hope it's a blessing to you!
i really love it thanks madam could you do me a favor please i would be glad if you could give me a hebrew word that does not make sense exclusively in the bible, yet it becomes clear with resort to the ugaritic texts the reason is i am argueing with people who cannot accept that the bible is sometimes derived from the ugaritic texts.
I would not say that the Bible is derived from Ugaritic texts, but I would say that the translation of some Hebrew words has become more certain with the help of Ugaritic texts. I don't have any examples off the top of my head, but I know Ugaritic has been especially helpful in poetry, with more poetic or archaic words that only appear once or twice in the Hebrew Bible.
@@CarmenJoyImesPhD thanks madam i wish you could give me a few example
When we stand before God and the Lamb, then we will know who the scribes of the Torah were and maybe we will laugh, or maybe not, maybe we will communicate with them, or maybe not. Meanwhile now it is not important to know.
I agree!
Incorrect! In verse 12, Adam confirmed that he was still "with" her; not "against" her. Adam is NOT blaming the woman; he's merely stating a fact. (PS: Verse 13, the woman isn't blaming the snake either. She is claiming to be a victim though) THIS: Adam chose to be "with" the woman (verse 12), after listening to her instead of God (verse 17), and he was not deceived (1 Timothy 2:14), and she was deceived (verse 13)
That's another possible way of understanding the narrative. It's full of interpretive potential -- so many unanswered questions! Over the past 3000 years so many rich reflections have been offered.
That I've seen your book... Including the one on God's image... And I understand you have an iteration in the works... Here are thoughts that may be of help to you. - God didn't give the snake a trial. He asked the man to explain himself. He asked the woman to explain himself. He didn't ask the snake to explain himself. - The man and woman had fear after eating of that tree. Hiding was the response considered appropriate. - Given that God is light, and in him there's no darkness, were they driven out per say? Or is it they can't go their own way, and also be in the light? - In Christ Jesus, is it actually possible to have Genesis 2:24-25? Or is it that we are "good" despite living in Genesis 3:16-19? (And also knowing that when He returns, there would be no more marriage. Mark 12:25) - Note that men and women have fundamentally different paths. For example, no one really says that husbands should "submit to wives", nor does anyone say women are head of households. - Is it really bad that women desire her man to rule over her? And given we know that she is susceptible to being deceived... And her descendants too... Why won't she benefit from subjecting her desires to her man's? (And looking at history, does she ever NOT want a man that's stronger, taller, more resources, more status, more educated...) - A man and woman in God's image is NOT the same as man and woman representing God's glory. 1 Corinthians 11:7-9 - Neither Abraham, nor David, nor Jesus, within their roles, could have been female. - God gave the man a name. The man gave his "helper corresponding to him" two names; "Woman" and (then also) "Eve" - The circular definition of woman is "Adult human female". A biblical definition of female is "A man originating from man, not created directly from earth, with same bone and flesh, to be helper corresponding to man, to be together as one flesh with the man, that they are good (by God's definition)" - Is there a more invaluable way to be a "helper corresponding to" than to bear children BEFORE her man (and herself) returns to dust? - If this invaluable work wasn't done, could we ever have a shoot from the root of David? This work is both bread and seed. - (Statistically, a notable majority of men never have kids. A notable majority of women do have kids.) - I am not convinced Genesis 3:15 in any way refers to or alludes to Christ; Christ was a thing from Genesis 12. God chose Abraham (and Isaac, and Jacob). (I also find the Aramaic Targums aligns with this thinking too) - If men don't work, there's no bread. And man has to overcome things that "cause great discomfort and creatively grows into more/new ways to cause great discomfort" to discourage his toiling of the ground for bread (i.e. Thorns). And given man finds a ground to toil, he needs to deal with that which "steals the nutrition" to produce his bread (i.e. Weeds). And it's certain that any success will demand work that requires "one's brow to sweat". And when men stop working they "surely die". - However, there's fantastic news everyone enjoys: "At last! flesh of my flesh, and bones of my bones... to become one flesh" is an euphemism for "At last! fun bags with cushioned creamy beef tenderloins for my salami!! Let's make a sandwich!!!" 😁 - Jokes aside I see nothing negative in Genesis 3:16-19 (apart from being apart from God's good design). There's nothing wrong with men dying for their wives, neither is there anything wrong with a wives submitting to their husband's desire. Is that not love and respect? A man and woman working together, despite the "sorrowful toil", to be fruitful, to multiply, to fill the earth, to have dominion over the earth, albeit as fallen God's image bearers. Yes. God loves his image bearers, so much that he sent his unique son... To be as the husband for his church...
Zipporah's father is related to Abraham through his son (Midian) with his 3rd wife, Keturah. Zipporah was a Midianite. She in all likelihood, knew the law. Moses should have known and obeyed the covenant of circumcision since he was also a descendant of Abraham. As the head of household he should have had his son circumcised. He hadn't. The punishment was death. God is no respecter of persons...even if He has just commisioned you. Read: Genesis 25:1-2 LSB [1] Now Abraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah. [2] And she bore to him Zimran and Jokshan and Medan and Midian and Ishbak and Shuah. ...and... Genesis 17:10-12, 14 LSB [10] This is My covenant, which you shall keep, between Me and you and your seed after you: every male among you shall be circumcised. [11] And you shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin, and it shall be the sign of the covenant between Me and you. [12] And every male among you who is eight days old shall be circumcised throughout your generations, one who is born in the house or one who is bought with money from any foreigner, who is not of your seed. [14] But an uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that person shall be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”
So excited to find your channel. Starting from the beginning!
Welcome aboard!
Carmen, do you have any interest in translating any second testament (aka new testament) from its original language? I would love to hear someone speak on that, regarding John 1,:1 to 4. Or do you know any scholars who has? Tia
I happen to have had a class on Exegesis of John in seminary and we translated select chapters. Here's my translation of 1:1-4: "In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was what God was. He was with God in the beginning. All things came into being through him, and without him not a single thing came into being. What came into being in him was life, and that life was the light of humanity. " Karen Jobes has a John commentary that's worth reading. Craig Keener's is outstanding as well.
It's so cool to be taught such a simple, beautiful truth! Thank you! ❤
Tim Mackey teaches and affirms what you are saying in his Introduction to the Hebrew Bible course!
Nice!
Yes. We need the idea that the Bible had editors to be not-scandalous to believers. At least, I feel that burden for people in my church, especially the younger generation. I fear that when we claim things for scripture that isn't claimed by scripture, we end up creating new dogmas that are too easily rejected. And then the people that reject those dogmas feel as if they must reject Jesus himself.
Exactly!
Love this! We need the actual history and writing of the Bible to be less shocking to the people in the pew. And for centuries we have sugarcoated the actual historical data of how the Bible was written. The Bible had editors of which formed the Tanak into the beautiful interconnected literary structure that it is. Thanks for this 🔔
Thanks, Jason!
(Trent A) This is so fantastic!!! I'm reading through Exodus right now. It's so amazing being able to visualize the Bible!!!
So glad you enjoyed this!
No Acheological evidence of the Exodus or Hebrew slavery in Egypt. Even Israeli Archeologists agree on this!
The appearance of the 'Apiru' (Hebrews?) are mentioned in Egyptian records since Tuthmosis III & Papyri (Leiden 348; Harris I). They worked in the Wadi Hammamat (Ramses IV); during reign of Ramses II the Apiru were brick-makers & some are mentioned in the Faiyum area of Egypt. It is not surprising that Egyptian records would not mention the escape of slaves, although "Israel" is mentioned in a stele (fifth year of reign of Merneptah). See Nicolas Grimal, History of Ancient Egypt (Blackwell, 1994), pp. 258-59.
The biblical text accords beautifully with what we know of life in ancient Egypt, including labor practices, building practices, government administration, vocabulary, flora and fauna, and more. I would not expect the Egyptians to commemorate a massive embarrassment or defeat in their records.
Thanks, Charles, for this great comment as well.
I love these videos- thank you so much for all you do! Regarding the bitterness turning into honey- I can’t help but see a connection to Ezekiel 3 and Revelation. In Ez. 3 his test was to eat the scroll (made from a tree) and speak to the house of Israel. While he went in bitterness and in the heat of his spirit, he ate the scroll and the words were as sweet as honey. But the house of Israel did not listen and they suffered the covenantal curses from Leviticus as a consequence (famine, beasts, blood, pestilence) which echos much of the language from the diseases of Egypt. John is also told to eat a scroll in Revelation 10- which makes his stomach bitter but tastes like honey. But the world, which did not obey the commandments of God, experiences tribulation which again echos the language of the covenantal curses and diseases of Israel. Do you think these are all connected- pointing back to this original lesson God taught them in the wilderness?
Yes, I'm sure these later texts are echoing Exodus. Thanks for your comment!
שלום Top video, thank you. I was wondering if the word for receptacle appears in any contemporary Jewish text which might give a steer to what the container actually was. Just a thought. Thanks for your continued work. It is appreciated 👍
Thanks for watching! Modern uses of ancient Hebrew are interesting, but not very helpful in terms of figuring out the original meaning of a word. Far better to see if a neighboring culture of ancient Israel has a cousin (cognate) word that we know more about. I'm not a comparative linguist, but that's the path I'd try if I was!
I wonder if this manna event is only a one time thing, never repeated, even in the most extreme famine, or there is more to it like a "prophetic prototype" of something to come as the divine revelation continues?
According to Joshua, they ate manna for a whole year until they came into the promised land.
Excellent nuggets!
Thank you!
With the nature of authorship being so different in antiquity, it's a surprise to me that Christians make such big deals about it. Tradition sometimes causes us to stumble.
Indeed it does!
We are using Seminary Now for Bearing Gods Name and have found it very worthwhile. It is providing a great adjuvant to the book.
So glad to hear that!
"Humble dependence on God's provision" ❤
Thanks for watching, Chris!
Great note on dabash not being "honey" like we normally imagine!
Thanks for watching and sharing!
Great explanation of the origins of the Pentateuch while affirming the antiquity of many of its grand traditions and focusing on the final text as we have it.
Thanks, Charles!
Very informative, as always 😊 Thank you Carmen!😊
Thanks for watching!
I think Tim Mackie's take on this is a good one. The TANAKH had editors that added these editorial comments and also linked book to book, or scroll. This of course is lost in English translations as we have a different order of books. But his explanation would keep to what has been understood through Millenia by the Jews that these books were primarily authored and also coalated by Moses. Interesting though, and good to bring up, it's the old familiarity concept, we stop actively looking at what we read when we are so familiar with the content. 😊
This was my first Torah Tuesday! I loved it. Very insightful. Guess I’ll just jump in and start following along. Looks like these have been going on for sometime!
Welcome aboard! We're a nerdy bunch. :)
really ❤❤❤ this thanks
So glad to hear that!
Thank you for enlightenment with new info and Seminary Now offer. Madam I need the link for the Exodus diving deep course that you're teaching. Please send me the link to register. Thanks and God bless
Here's a link to the Biblical Training course I filmed on Exodus: www.biblicaltraining.org/learn/institute/exodus-imes
Muchas gracias, llegue a sus videos por esta conferencia en español y me gustaria qe hubiuese mas material en Español acerca de la hermosa Torah kzread.info/dash/bejne/rIiYmpuefZDRhLA.html&pp=ygUSYXJtZW4gSm95IEltZXMgdGFk
Gracias!
Do you have an Exodus commentary (commentaries) that you recommend? NICOT doesn't have Exodus 😢
My friends Charlie Trimm and Chloe Sun are coauthoring the NICOT Exodus. Watch for it in a few years. I love Christopher Wright's Exodus commentary for Zondervan's Story of God series. I also love Terence Fretheim's for Interpretation.
The ancient mythological gods proved superiority, fighting with the sea. Jesus calmed the stormy sea with a word. You can't make this stuff up!
Right?! It's such fun.
Quality study on OT texts. By the way, which software do you use to edit? I mean the push and pull of text from the sides and auto-resizing of video?
I actually don't know! My student TA does that part. I'll ask him.
Thanks @@CarmenJoyImesPhD
@@BalakumarS Hi! George the editor here. I use Adobe Premiere Pro to edit these videos, but I am sure it could be done with more basic (and freeish) software like Filmora. I am just using basic motion and scale automations :)
I've been reading Bearing God's Name during breaks at work and it seems like I've taken a mini trip and had a visit with you.😊
How lovely! Glad to hang out with you!
I believe the math shows that Shem was Melchizedek. What are your thoughts?
We don't have any evidence that Melchizedek was a Hebrew. He does not appear in any genealogies. He appears to be a Canaanite, worshipping "God Most High." I'm not sure why we would conclude that he is Shem. Can you explain your thinking?
When made clothes for Adam and Eve, could this be seen as the first animal sacrifice?
I think that's a fair theological conclusion.
Dr. Carmen, great lesson today. Quick question, you appear to have a most interesting library. I’m sure a lot of people would love to know what’s in it. Please do an episode where you go shelf by shelf showing us your various and sundry books! They look fascinating. Thank you so much! ❤
So many people have asked this! Eventually, maybe I will. :)
I'm so excited about your Exodus class. I love Biblical Training , I use it a lot. it's such a blessing to the laity. I've signed up for your class .Thank you so much.
Glad to hear this, John! Hope you enjoy the class.
Can you tell me what the Hebrew word for "sweet" is in the text?
Sure. The word is mahoq (מתק). It's a verb meaning "to make sweet." If you want to see Hebrew words for yourself, you can go to netbible.org and hover over the English word in the text and it will highlight it for you in Hebrew.
@@CarmenJoyImesPhD Thank you, Carmen! Shalom!
It's interesting how manna and manoq sound similar
Question... is this translation accurate?: "The Hebrew word for "consecrate" means "to fill" or "fill the hand". In the Old Testament, God instructed his people to consecrate themselves and the things they used to worship him. The ceremony of consecration was intended to physically demonstrate that the priesthood would "fill" themselves with the work God had set aside for them Leviticus 8:25-28: Aaron's consecration to receive the position of high priest filled his empty hands
You're thinking of the word "ordination," not consecration. The ordination ceremony involved "filling the hands" of those who were being set apart and was called the "filling." To consecrate was to "make holy," based on the word for holy.
@@CarmenJoyImesPhD Thank you so much!
Are you thinking the church today should follow the Sabbath commandment in a literal or 'by the letter of the law' manner? So, as a congregation no work on Saturday, no going to the grocery store for Saturday's modern manna, no office or yard work, no farm animals work, etc, etc? Or is it the 'spirit' of the thing for us? That is, set aside regular dedicated time for God. For study, prayer, fellowship, what have you. Though not day specific. Of course there may be a 'spirit of the thing' behind all commandments. Anyway, your thoughts. (I made this comment yesterday but don't see it. So if it shows up elsewhere just ignore as operator error.)
Hi Billy, I don't think there is a one-size-fits-all for sabbath keeping. What is one person's labor is another person's rest (e.g. gardening). One principle that is somewhat helpful is to cease doing what we normally do so that this day feels different. Another is to cease from income-generating work, and--to whatever degree possible--work that is merely mundane (cooking, cleaning, laundry, house maintenance, etc.). Our approach has been to keep things very simple food-wise so that we're not absorbed in kitchen work. Other families might find cooking together to be relaxing or relational, compared to the rest of the week. As for which day to celebrate it, I don't have a strong feeling about whether it should be Saturday or Sunday (I practice Sabbath on Sunday in honor of Christ's resurrection, but others feel strongly about keeping the original day).
Colossians 2:16 (NLT): 16 So don’t let anyone condemn you for what you eat or drink, or for not celebrating certain holy days or new moon ceremonies or Sabbaths. Dr. Imes, I understand you to be saying, even though it is not a command, we should learn the lesson that God taught the Israelites by requiring rest without the penalty of death when they did not obey the sabbath initially. It's not a command, you will not die, but your body will be less healthy (decay like mana) if we ignore God's provision of rest. I just signed up for the Biblical Training course on Exodus (feed me till I want no more). 😊😊😊😊❤😊 😊😊😊😊😅😅😊😊 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
I find myself in between two extremes among those who might watch this video. Some would put high stakes on law observance, prescribing exactly how and when the Sabbath must be observed. To them I would want to say, "Look at how Jesus kept the Sabbath--with an expansive generosity to the needs of others, rather than legalism." On the other extreme are those who think all the Old Testament laws are done away with in Christ. To them I would say, "Look, this is a command. Christ said he did not come to abolish the law, but to fulfill it. We, too, should make it our aim to live faithfully to God's commands."
@@CarmenJoyImesPhD I have lived in both camps (though I wouldn’t consider myself a part of either). And having listened to recent episodes of The Bible Project podcast (sorry, specific references elude me at the moment); how does one determine which laws are cultural and social (therefore “ephemeral” for lack of a better term), and which ones a we should adhere to today. My sense is that there are textual cues. But I didn’t study biblical languages…
Very timely word for me.
Glad to hear that!
Dr Imes... Thank you so much again for another excellent exegetical analysis,.but the last 4 min on the Sabbath was especially well done,.. I'm a Sabbath keeper... You crystallized the essence of Sabbath. Thank you again.
So glad you enjoyed this!