Refugee Narratives: The Bible written in Exile - Episode 15

02/13/17 • 38 min

Without refugee narratives, the entire essence and logic and plot of the Bible ceases to exist. Ignore them and we lose our religion. In this episode Sam looks at how being forced out of their country impacted the Biblical authors, and really created the Bible. And he takes a glimpse at the dark husk of a Scripture we're left with if the refugee voice is ignored.

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The Bible was made up of Songs, poems, prose, letters, narratives, genealogies. . . all kinds of different media. So! If the Bible were made today, it certainly would not be a book! Amanda and her husband Jim go through the Bible and figure out how best to present a modern Bible. Revelation is a music video. Proverbs are a bunch of memes. This episode is totally delightful.

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