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This week on the podcast we're returning to the seventh-year remission laws from last month, and the fascinating character (and book) of Koheleth from last year. We're also facing up to one of the rare "texts of terror" in the New Testament: the execution of Ananias and Sapphira.

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All three texts this week make us look long and hard at the biblical narrative, to consider different points of view on common biblical themes. As always, we're all about the story of God and God's people: how it works, and what that means for us.

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References

Murphy, Ronald E., Carm, O. (1981). Wisdom Literature: Job, Proverbs, Ruth, Canticles, Ecclesiastes, and Esther, Forms of the Old Testament Literature, Volume XIII. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.
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Pervo, Richard I. (2009). Acts: A Commentary, Hermeneia - A Critical and Historical Commentary on the Bible. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press.
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Links

episode #53: land and loyalty, featuring the Priestly version of the 'year of release' laws from the Holiness Code

episode #17: pilgrimage and belonging, including an introduction to Koheleth (both the book and the character)

Tags

Deuteronomy 15, Exodus 23, Exodus 21, Ecclesiastes 7, Ecclesiastes 6, Acts 5, FRMOTLIT18JOB, HRMNEIA65ACPER