Old Testament Theology on Patreon

I have been doing some videos/podcasts on Isaiah but it wasn't energizing me or (I think) my patrons.

So I'm switching it up. For a few months I plan to look at verses in the Old Testament in a series on Old Testament theology. The revised weekly plan is:

• Monday - continue to do a video on the letters and pronunciation of a Hebrew verse of the week.
• Tuesday - for patrons only, continued work on my inductive Bible study textbook
• Wednesday - podcast on patreon covering the OT theology relevant to the verse of the week
• Thursday - for patrons only, continued work on my inductive Bible study textbook
• Friday - continue to do a video on the Hebrew grammar of the verse of the week
• Saturday - patrons only, continued work on my inductive Bible study textbook
• Sunday - Christian Sabbath :-)

For Patrons: Beginning Hebrew III

My third patron post on the alphabet is up, covering the letters he, chet, mem, nun, and tsade. In particular, I cover the letters whose final form is different from their initial or "medial" forms.

Patrons are those who donate at least $5 a month to my Patreon.com page, supporting my daily podcast commentaries on Acts, along with the daily videos on the Greek of these same passages.

For Patrons: Beginning Hebrew II

Another patron post today on the Hebrew alphabet on patreon, a great way to learn Hebrew gradually. Today covered aleph, ayin, bet, gimil, dalet, kaph, pe, and tav.

Patrons are those who donate at least $5 a month to my Patreon.com page, supporting my daily podcast commentaries on Acts, along with the daily videos on the Greek of these same passages.

For Patrons: Beginning Hebrew 1

One feature of my new series on Isaiah 40-66 is that on Saturdays I am going to be plugging away at a new book draft: Hebrew for Ministers and Scholars. What that means is that my patrons will be able to learn biblical Hebrew at a gingerly pace. After all, I'm only working on the book once a week for a Saturday post.

This will be a really easy way to learn Hebrew, especially if you also watch the two videos on the Hebrew of Isaiah during the week. Patrons are those who donate at least $5 a month to my Patreon.com page, supporting my daily podcast commentaries on Acts, along with the daily videos on the Greek of these same passages.

For Patrons: The Background of Isaiah 40-66

This week I started my second Patreon series on Isaiah 40-66 (see here for my previous series on Acts). Just this week I have:

• Looked at the Hebrew letters of Isaiah 40:1.
• Done podcast commentary on Isaiah 40:1-8 in their original OT context
• Made the patron video/podcast at the bottom of this post.
• Tomorrow I will go public with a look at the Hebrew grammar of Isaiah 40:1
• On Friday I look at Isaiah 40:1-8 again from a New Testament perspective
• Saturday for patrons I will begin to post information toward a Hebrew for ministers book.

For patrons today I made this 22 minute video on two possible settings for the writing of Isaiah 40-66: 1) a vision/prophecy of Isaiah in the eighth century BC and 2) prophetic material from the sixth century BC integrated with prophecies of Isaiah.

Patrons are those who donate at least $5 a month to my Patreon.com page, supporting my daily podcast commentaries on Acts, along with the daily videos on the Greek of these same passages.

For Patrons: The Church at Rome (end of series)

After 35 weeks and 220 videos and almost as many podcasts, I have finished going through the book of Acts in English and Greek. The end result is the equivalent of a college course in Acts, minus the reading, writing, and tests. Here is the playlist where you can watch almost all the videos in order.

The final podcast is my reconstruction of the first 50 or so years of the church at Rome. Full of educated guesses and debated possibilities. Roams through Romans, Mark, 1 Peter, and Hebrews. On Monday, I start Isaiah 40-66 and Hebrew!

Patrons are those who donate at least $5 a month to my Patreon.com page, supporting my daily podcast commentaries on Acts, along with the daily videos on the Greek of these same passages.

Adventures in Isaiah and Hebrew

1. For 35 weeks (including this week) I have slowly made my way through the book of Acts. On weekdays I have done a daily podcast commentary on a passage, trying to cover about a chapter a week. Also on weekdays, I did YouTube videos on the Greek of that passage, accumulating more than 200 videos. Together, these podcasts and commentaries amount to a college course in Acts, without the tests and papers. :-)

2. Beginning December 10, we are switching to Isaiah 40-66 and Hebrew. The schedule above was quite intense, so I'm planning on a slightly less demanding schedule. Here is the plan:

• Weekly - The goal is about 15 verses a week.
• Monday - On YouTube, I plan to go through the Hebrew letters of a key verse in the passage for the week. So you can start learning Hebrew.
• Tuesday - Patreon podcast on 7-8 verses
• Wednesday - sometimes, something more for patrons
• Thursday - On YouTube, go through another key verse in Hebrew, this time looking at the Hebrew grammar of the verse. Again, you can learn Hebrew.
• Friday - Patreon podcast on 7-8 verses
• Saturday - for patrons, work on "Hebrew for Ministers and Scholars" book

3. Patrons are those who donate at least $5 a month on Patreon. I have been making patron videos available on YouTube after about a three weeks delay. I will probably continue to do that with any Saturday videos. The book writing however is toward a book so wouldn't be available until the book came out.

For Patrons: Paul's Shipwreck and Ancient Sailing

My podcast/video for patrons this week is now available. It's a brief 11 minutes, but I did a little research on ancient sailing in relation to Paul's shipwreck.

Patrons are those who donate at least $5 a month to my Patreon.com page, supporting my daily podcast commentaries on Acts, along with the daily videos on the Greek of these same passages.

For Patrons: Herod Agrippa II

My podcast/video for patrons this week is now available. I had what I thought was a big aha moment in the middle of researching for this podcast, an interesting argument for the historicity of the basic events of Acts 21-26.

Patrons are those who donate at least $5 a month to my Patreon.com page, supporting my daily podcast commentaries on Acts, along with the daily videos on the Greek of these same passages.

For Patrons: Roman Citizenship

My podcast/video for patrons this week is now available. This is a quick look at the privileges of a Roman citizen, as well as how one might become one.

Patrons are those who donate at least $5 a month to my Patreon.com page, supporting my daily podcast commentaries on Acts, along with the daily videos on the Greek of these same passages.

For Patrons: Jewish Afterlife Traditions

My podcast/video for patrons this week is now available. Acts 23:8 has such an intriguing statement on Pharisee and Sadducee views on resurrection that I decided to give some of my old research on Jewish afterlife traditions. The four afterlife positions are: 1) no meaningful afterlife, 2) immediate reward or punishment, 3) otherworldly resurrection, 4) physical resurrection.

Patrons are those who donate at least $5 a month to my Patreon.com page, supporting my daily podcast commentaries on Acts, along with the daily videos on the Greek of these same passages.

For Patrons: Paul and the Gentiles

My podcast/video for patrons this week is now available. Given that Paul speaks of a vision he had about the Gentiles in Acts 22, I stepped back to speculate about how and when Paul's sense of himself as an apostle to the Gentiles might have developed.

Patrons are those who donate at least $5 a month to my Patreon.com page, supporting my daily podcast commentaries on Acts, along with the daily videos on the Greek of these same passages.

For Patrons: Paul and the Temple

My podcast/video for patrons this week is now available. This week looks at the few passages in Paul that seem to bear on his attitude toward the temple, a subject he really does not address in his letters in any detail. My hunch is that he had not yet connected the dots in the way that Hebrews would soon enough.

Patrons are those who donate at least $5 a month to my Patreon.com page, supporting my daily podcast commentaries on Acts, along with the daily videos on the Greek of these same passages.

For Patrons: The Church at Ephesus

My podcast/video for patrons this week is now available. This week is highly speculative, but looks at other parts of the New Testament that may intersect with Ephesus: Romans 16, Ephesians, 1 and 2 Timothy, Revelation, 1 John, and the Gospel of John.

Patrons are those who donate at least $5 a month to my Patreon.com page, supporting my daily podcast commentaries on Acts, along with the daily videos on the Greek of these same passages.

For Patrons: Paul at Ephesus

My podcast/video for patrons this week is now available. In it I mention what seems certain about Paul's time at Ephesus while also pulling together all my speculations about letters Paul might have written from Ephesus during this time.

Patrons are those who donate at least $5 a month to my Patreon.com page, supporting my daily podcast commentaries on Acts, along with the daily videos on the Greek of these same passages.

For Patrons: The Church at Thessalonica

My podcast/video for patrons this week is now available. It's a look at the Thessalonian church and the two letters of Paul to the Thessalonians.

Patrons are those who donate at least $5 a month to my Patreon.com page, supporting my daily podcast commentaries on Acts, along with the daily videos on the Greek of these same passages.

For Patrons: Stoicism and the New Testament

My podcast/video for patrons this week is now available. It's very superficial but a quick 24 minute introduction that at least might launch a person into deeper study of possible intersections between Stoicism and the New Testament.

Patrons are those who donate at least $5 a month to my Patreon.com page, supporting my daily podcast commentaries on Acts, along with the daily videos on the Greek of these same passages.

For Patrons: The Church at Philippi

My podcast/video for patrons this week is now available. This week I decided to record on everything I can find in the New Testament about the church at Philippi.

Patrons are those who donate at least $5 a month to my Patreon.com page, supporting my daily podcast commentaries on Acts, along with the daily videos on the Greek of these same passages.

For Patrons: Fitting Acts 15 (Jerusalem Council) and Galatians 2 Together

My podcast/video for patrons this week is now available. Patrons are those who donate at least $5 a month to my Patreon.com page, supporting my daily podcast commentaries on Acts, along with the daily videos on the Greek of these same passages. The patron post this week is on the question of how Acts 15 and Galatians 2 fit together.

For Patrons: Who were the Galatians?

Every week I do a special podcast/video on Patreon for those who contribute $5 a month to my ongoing podcast commentary on Acts and daily videos on the Greek. This week's post asks who the Galatians to whom Paul wrote Galatians were. Were they the "south Galatians" we meet in Acts or some "north Galatians" Paul visited on his second missionary journey. All the secrets of the universe are here. :-)