SCOUT· 37%47m·2026-08-24·Faith[Bible] Episode 335: Phillip Lasater - The Self & Personal Agency in the Hebrew Bible
In this week’s episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Jared talk with Phillip Lasater about how ancient Israelite and Jewish writers understood the self, personal agency, emotion, and human flourishing in ways that can be very different from modern assumptions. They explore how concepts like fear, the heart,…
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“Hey, Pete and Jared, has your team ever reached out to John Walton at Wheaton College? He's written excellent books about understanding the ancient context of the Hebrew Bible. He is to the Old Testament what NT Wright is to the New. I thin…”
“I will say that you guys did the best you could at trying to bring clarity to this, but I personally still had a hard time following this concept. Still enjoyed it though as always.”
“Can you do an episode on Hildegard…Carl Jung apparently even studied some things of hers….also could you discuss how Christian mysticism and gnosticism are not the same thing…”
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