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Podcast: Bible is Lit
Episode: Egyptian Captivity--The Destruction and Creation of a Nation and Culture.
Description: In this episode we look at the motif of creation, decreation, destruction, and rebirth and how it applies to a nation. As we have seen, this Bible story flips the attempt to commit evil upon an entire nation on its head, and uses the circumstance to give birth to a new culture entirely.
Topics Covered:
Tie ins--the end of Genesis as a frame for beginning of Exodus
Why is genocide a theme throughout the Bible?
Representations of water
Be fruitful and multiply--the reverse of Eve's "curse".
Moses' role.
Catch up on Moses' background...