Two Takes on the Test at Mount Sinai –– Feat. Carmen Imes

Did Israel pass or fail God’s test at Mount Sinai? And what did Yahweh mean when he made Israel a “nation of priests”? In this episode, Tim and Jon talk with long-time friend and Hebrew Bible scholar Dr. Carmen Imes. Tim and Carmen share differing interpretive perspectives of the Exodus story, reminding us that the Bible is meant to be meditated upon and studied within a community.

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Timestamps 

• Part one (00:00-18:45)
• Part two (18:45-30:30)
• Part three (30:30-40:45)
• Part four (40:45-1:01:20)

Referenced Resources

• Bearing God's Name: Why Sinai Still Matters, Carmen Joy Imes
• Baker Commentary on the Old Testament
• To Climb or Not To Climb? Israel's Ascent in Exodus 19:12–13 (SBL 2012), Michael Kibbe
• The Pentateuch as Narrative: A Biblical-Theological Commentary, John H. Sailhamer
• Abraham's Silence: The Binding of Isaac, the Suffering of Job, and How to Talk Back to God, J. Richard Middleton
• Carmen Joy Imes, “The Lost World of the Exodus: Functional Ontology and the Creation of a Nation,” For Us, but Not to Us: Essays on Creation, Covenant, and Context in Honor of John H. Walton, edited by Miglio, Reeder, Walton, and Way
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Show Music 

• “Defender (Instrumental)” by TENTS
• “Levitate,” “Nostalgia,” and “Nice and Easy” by Junior State

Show produced by Cooper Peltz. Edited by Dan Gummel and Zach McKinley. Show notes by Lindsey Ponder. Podcast annotations for the BibleProject app by Hannah Woo and Ashlyn Heise.

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