Category: Genesis

This week, Fr. Paul reminds us of the harlotry of the children of Jacob who used the covenant of circumcision–a covenant of brotherhood–to kill their brothers. (Episode 223)

This week, Fr. Paul reminds us that the term person is the translation of persona which is mask in Latin which is the translation of prosopon in Greek, which also means mask, in both cases, the mask worn by actors in the theater. (Episode222)

This week, Fr. Paul highlights the importance of Joseph’s story: he and his kin were Hebrews and shepherds in the epitome of civilization, the land of the pharaohs and the pyramids, where, as a Hebrew slave, Joseph wound up saving Egypt from famine. (Episode 221)

This week, Fr. Paul explains that the story of Jacob is in the story of his children, noting, in his words, “the silliness” of individualism. (Episode 220)

In this week’s episode, Fr. Paul reminds us that the hope in Scripture is not for us but for the following generations. (Episode 219)

This week Fr. Paul explains what theology does not want to accept: that God is one and he is the judge. He is neither good nor bad; he is the just judge. (Episode 218)

With a bit of common knowledge and an uncommon familiarity with the original text of the Bible, Fr. Paul reminds us why scholarship isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Could someone pass the almonds? (Episode 217)

This week, Fr. Paul notes that the story of Jacob and his sons in the Bible continued through the story of the scriptural Jacob or Israel. (Episode 216)

This week Fr. Paul explains how the names Shechem and Bethel function against the will of God. (Episode 215)

This week, Fr. Paul reminds us that the scriptural God is a judge who decides to behave as a loving father, but is not essentially “father”. (Episode 213)