34th session. 10-22-23. PARADIGM SHIFT FROM SATAN-JUDICIAL TO LOGOS-EDUCATIONAL

NOTE ON THE 10-22-23 CLASS
The main topic of the class was the Biblical representation of Satan, but the second topic was fundamentals of reading the Bible. I presented the first four fundamentals near the start. After the discussion of Satan, from 1:06:15 to the end, we discussed strategies for reading the Bible in two specific cases: Hosea 4:5-6 and the book of Job as a whole. For anyone who intends to read the Tanakh, the “Old (not a) Testament,” this was some of the most important material that has been presented so far in class, and I think you might have a hard time finding the perspectives presented here at other sources. At the next class I will probably build on my initial comments on the book of Job.

CORRECTIONS TO MY STATEMENTS AT THE 10-22-23 CLASS
LAST EDITED 2-25-24
>> At 27:02 to 27:13, “I do think we’re at a level of depth that you’re not going to find in Bible classes” I meant to say “in many Bible classes.”
>> At 27:52 to 27:53, “it probably will be easier for them” should have been “it probably will be easier for us.”
>> At 28:53 to 29:15 and again at 45:03 to 45:21 I said that Satan shows up in the Tanakh only in Job and Zechariah. In fact Satan shows up one other time in the Tanakh. At 1 Chronicles 21:1 Satan tempts David to take a census of Israel.
>> At 34:15 to 34:17 where I said “all his family is dead,” what I meant to say is “all his children are dead.”
>> At 39:40, “something that Colin Tipping makes” should have been “a point that Colin Tipping makes.”
>> At 51:36 to 51:42, “You have to look at the context; there’s no way you can tell by the context” was meant to be “You have to look at the context; there’s no way you can tell except by the context.”
>> At 58:24 to 58:27, the 20th chapter of Revelation is third to last, not second to last.
>> At 58:44 to 58:46 “we live among God” should have been “we live in the awareness of the presence of God.”
>> At 1:05:44, “close to the lecture period” was meant to be “close to the end of the lecture period.”
>> At 1:47:25 to 1:47:38, with regards to the Persian period, it was from 539 to 332 BCE – from the sixth century to the fourth century BCE, not fifth to third centuries BCE.