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Bob O'Dell discusses the connections between the New Testament and the Torah through the lens of midrash.

Is the New Testament a midrash on the Torah? Bob O’Dell suggests that’s one way to look at it. That’s an observation that has grown out of his work with The Echoes Bible, which uncovers the connections of New Testament writings with the works of Moses. As Bob explains, since Jewish scholars have been midrashing – discussing, theorizing, and postulating – on the Torah for centuries, it stands to reason that the Jewish writers of the New Testament would have done the same. That’s a thread that ...

People in this episode

Guest: Bob O'Dell

Topics covered

• New Testament
• Torah
• midrash
• Jewish scholarship
• Bible connections

Keywords

• midrash
• New Testament
• Torah
• Bob O'Dell
• The Echoes Bible
• Jewish scholarship
• Moses

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Echoes Bible, New Testament, Torah

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