Episode 14- A New Pharaoh in Town

Pharaoh’s rhetoric does one thing and serves one purpose alone–to dehumanize God’s people.

But, through Moses, God gives us a solution for cutting through the derogatory, dehumanizing rhetoric of past and present demagogues—stop, look, and see the human being talked about.

Resources from this episode:

  1. Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg’s three-part series
    1. Jesus and the Jews: Part One
    2. Jesus and Beit Hillel (Part 2!)
    3. Wrapping up Jesus
  2. Marty Solomon on the synagogue system
    1. The Silent Years: Synagogue
    2. The Silent Years: Text!
  3. Pirkei Avot (i.e., Ethics of Our Fathers)

Intro/Outro Music by Chandler Adams (@chandelier.adams)
Cover Illustration by Ashley Mastin (ashleymastin.com @ashley.mastin)