The Exodus Way Q+R (E14) — What birth imagery do we find in Exodus? Are there hyperlinks elsewhere in the Bible that connect to Pharaoh’s hardened heart? And is the circumcision story with Zipporah and Moses’ son connected to Passover? In this episode, Tim and Jon respond to your questions from our Exodus Way series. Thank you to our audience for your thoughtful contributions to this episode!
Timestamps:
Intro (0:00-2:27)
Do the seven women in Exodus mirror the seven women in Genesis? (2:27-11:31)
What birth imagery can we pull out of the exodus story? (11:31-24:27)
Are there hyperlinks elsewhere in the Bible that connect to Pharaoh’s hardened heart? (24:27-34:37)
Is the circumcision story with Zipporah and Moses’ son connected to Passover? (34:37-38:54)
How are the Passover and Yom Kippur lambs connected? (38:54-58:57)
Is there any connection between God’s Spirit descending on Jesus like a dove at his baptism and the dove Noah sent out of the ark? (58:50-1:07:28)
Referenced Resources:
- Find our special interview episode with BibleProject Fellow Tamara Knudson: “The Seven Women Who Rescued Moses—and Israel”
- Recovering Paul's Mother Tongue: Language and Theology in Galatians by Susan Grove Eastman
- In response to the question about God hardening Pharaoh's heart, Tim references our series on the Exodus Scroll, specifically episode 2, “Yahweh and the Exodus.” We also addressed this topic in the “Exodus 1-18 Q+R.”
Tim mentions Hebrew Bible scholars Richard Whitekettle, Jacob Milgrom, and Jonathan Klawans, though not any specific works by them.
Jon mentions a previous episode where we discussed Zipporah and Moses’ son, “Did God Try To Kill Moses?”
- Lamb of the Free: Recovering the Varied Sacrificial Understandings of Jesus's Death by Andrew Remington Rillera
- You can view annotations for this episode—plus our entire library of videos, podcasts, articles, and classes—in the BibleProject app, available for Android and iOS.
Show Music:
- BibleProject theme song by TENTS
Show Credits:
Production of today’s episode is by Lindsey Ponder, producer, and Cooper Peltz, managing producer. Tyler Bailey is our supervising engineer, who edited today’s episode and also provided the sound design and mix. JB Witty does our show notes, and Hannah Woo provides the annotations for our app. Our host and creative director is Jon Collins, and our lead scholar is Tim Mackie.