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Have you seen the videos by The Bible Project?

May 22, 2018 4 Comments

Have you seen the Bible Project video series? I’ve been so impressed at this animated series that I just had to share. Their mission is to “show how the Bible is one unified story that leads to Jesus” and they do it very well.

What I like the most is that these brief, 3-5 minute videos are packed with Hebraic insights. The authors (Tim Mackie and Jon Collins) have done a lot of study on the ancient biblical context and it shows.

Videos often tackle broad themes that echo from Genesis to Revelation, like sacrifice or exile. Here’s an excellent one on what it means to be the “Image of God.”

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They’ve been doing a series on Hebrew words, which started with the words of the Shema. (“Love,” “heart,” “soul,” “strength”) Having written a lot about Hebrew words myself, including the words of the Shema, I appreciated the richness of this theme.

Check out their series called How to Read the Bible, which contains the video below. I was amazed at how it overlapped with my recent book, Reading the Bible with Rabbi Jesus.

The Bible Project also records a podcast where they explore topics in depth. Recently they discussed how the Greek idea of the “soul” as a disembodied ghost has overshadowed our reading of Scripture. We’ve misunderstood that New Testament writers were thinking in Hebrew categories of nephesh (life/being/person) and ruach (spirit/wind) even as they were writing in Greek. This is not an easy topic to sort out, but Mackie does it well. Listen to the podcast here.

Overall, I highly recommend the Bible Project. It’s one of the best new things out there.

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  1. Lynette says

    June 2, 2018 at 10:33 pm

    Great! I’ve seen a little bit of these but I’ll look into them more. I love that their picture of Adam and Eve doesn’t have them both as fair skinned, since that is not possible based on basic genetics. 🙂

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  2. Terri says

    February 22, 2019 at 7:30 pm

    I was delighted to see you recommend The Bible Project. I’m a small group leader at a local Coffee Break women’s Bible study. We have over 200 active members, some lifelong students of the Word and some who never opened a Bible beforehand coming to us. We discovered TBP in the last year or so and have been very impressed at how informative they are without being preachy or too complex. Thy have a wide variety of topics, and since they are short we’ve been able to use them quite a few times for our openings before splitting up into groups.

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  3. Corey Burch says

    January 23, 2024 at 9:37 pm

    Thank you so much for introducing me to the Bible Project in 2018.

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  4. Martha Elisa Matallana Rodriguez says

    January 26, 2024 at 8:58 am

    Muy interesante la propuesta , en especial para llegar a la nueva generación en tanto es una generación ” on line “

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