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Feb 2025
45m 39s

An Exodus-Shaped Reality

BibleProject Podcast
About this episode

The Exodus Way E1 — Most followers of Jesus are familiar with three foundational biblical stories: the story of Jesus in the gospels, the creation story in Genesis, and the Exodus story. These narratives are referred to throughout the whole Bible, but the Exodus story is the most referenced story. Why is this narrative in Exodus so important? In this episode, Jon and Tim start a new series on the narrative theme of Exodus, what we’re calling the “Exodus Way,” showing how this story shapes the Bible’s whole view of reality.

CHAPTERS

  1. What Is the Exodus, and Why Is It Important? (2:25-17:09)
  2. The Most Referenced Story in the Bible 17:09-29:27
  3. The Template of the Exodus (29:27-45:49)

OFFICIAL EPISODE TRANSCRIPT

View this episode’s official transcript.

REFERENCED RESOURCES

  • Echoes of Exodus: Tracing a Biblical Motif by Bryan D. Estelle
  • You can view annotations for this episode—plus our entire library of videos, podcasts, articles, and classes—in the BibleProject app, available for Android and iOS.
  • Check out Tim’s extensive collection of recommended books here.

SHOW MUSIC

  • “Lax Incense” by Mama Aiuto & Daphné
  • “Treecko Is a Cool Starter” by Sleepy Fish & Coa
  • BibleProject theme song by TENTS

SHOW CREDITS

Production of today’s episode is by Lindsey Ponder, producer, and Cooper Peltz, managing producer. Tyler Bailey is our supervising engineer. Frank Garza and Aaron Olsen edited today’s episode. Aaron Olsen and Tyler Bailey provided the sound design and mix. JB Witty does our show notes, and Hannah Woo provides the annotations for our app. Our host and creative director is Jon Collins, and our lead scholar is Tim Mackie. 

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