The Torah Teachers’ Round Table (various editions!) is the show where Mark Pitrone, Rob Miller, and Mark Call, each with different backgrounds and understandings, get together for an in-depth discussion of Books in the Bible which often don’t get much focus. In the “Tanakh edition,” they explore some of the histories, from Joshua and Judges through the exiles which follow them.
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Torah Teachers’ Round Table – Tanakh Edition – II Kings 5
II Kings chapter 5 is one of those stories in the history of the divided kingdoms that actually IS part of the regular haftorah cycle, because it has to do with "tzaraat", a spiritually-based plague NOT to be confused with "leprosy". Join the Torah teachers for a look...
Torah Teachers’ Round Table – Tanakh Edition – I Kings wrap into II Kings 1
This week the teachers 'wrap up' the Book of First Kings, and continue into the sequential Book (not really divided anyway in Hebrew versions) of II Kings, where, among other things, we see a bit more of the prophet EliYahu, or Elijah. And as Rob Miller summarizes the...
Torah Teachers’ Round Table – Tanakh Edition – I Kings ch 22 (concl.)
This week the teachers discuss the conclusion of I Kings chapter 22 -- the end of the story of Ahab, and the culmination of the revealing prophecies that surround it.
Torah Teachers’ Round Table – Tanakh Edition – I Kings ch 21 into 22
The Torah teachers complete the discussion of Ahab, Jezebel, and the vineyard of Naboth in I Kings chapter 21, and forge into chapter 22, where there's more talk of war -- this time with Jehoshaphat, King of Judah at the time, as well.
Torah Teachers’ Round Table – Tanakh Edition – I Kings ch 21 (part I)
This week the Torah teachers tackle what turns out to be a source of more controversy, contradiction, and disagreement than you might have thought: the story of King Ahab's admittedly prototypically-Evil wife Jezebel, and the whole story of Naboth and what he may have...
Torah Teachers’ Round Table – Tanakh Edition – I Kings ch 20 (concl)
The teachers complete the study of I Kings chapter 20, and a number of lessons for King Ahab concerning not only warfare and prophecy, but mercy and cruelty as well.