Rav Joe's 929 Tanakh Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

Text here: https://www.sefaria.org/Proverbs.6?lang=bi

Sam Lebens discusses the fascinating idea of the seductress as a metaphor for the Torah herself seducing her readers into incorrect interpretations!

Text here: https://www.sefaria.org/Proverbs.5?lang=bi

Melding the poetry of David HaMelech to the musical poetry of the modern day Text here: www.sefaria.org/Psalms.69

A terrifying plague (of locusts), economic collapse and the demand for a spiritual response. Sound timely? Delighted to welcome Ariel Koschitzky, a long time follower but first time presenter for this group who provides an excellent introduction to the themes and structure of the sefer, probes the question of when Yoel lived, and powerfully explores the themes of the chapter - that every significant moment requires a spiritual response. I found particularly interesting, the insight that in contrast to Hoshea where sins are everywhere, in the case of Yoel no mention is made of Israel's guilt - but that does not mean that the moment lacks religious meaning. Text here: https://www.sefaria.org/Joel.1

The final chapter of Hoshea, and one of the most famous chapters in the Tanakh on the topic of teshuva (so much so that it is even the haftara of Shabbat Shuva, the Shabbat inbetween Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur). Text here: https://www.sefaria.org/Hosea.14

Audio follows on the loyalty of Yaakov, the disloyalty of Israel and the imagery of clouds in Tanakh. Text here: https://www.sefaria.org/Hosea.13

In ch.11 God's anger and resentment towards Israel is overwhelmed by his tenderness for them, while in ch.12 Hoshea turns his attention to the stories of Yaakov Avinu -an almost unique chapter for a navi to provide an interpretation to the stories of the Avot. Text can be found here: https://www.sefaria.org/Hosea.11

Calev Ben Dor uses our chapter as a glimpse into the geopolitical difficulties that the northern kingdom finds itself in. Samaria’s monarchy is vanishing Like foam upon water.

Text for this chapter can be found here:

https://www.sefaria.org/Hosea.10

In my audio I attempt to explain why this chapter is illustrative of what makes nevi'im acharonim - the prophets of Hoshea's epoch - so unique compared to those who came before them. Text here: https://www.sefaria.org/Hosea.9

More metaphors of Israel aberrant politics: reaping the whirlwind and like a lonely desert ass. Text here: https://www.sefaria.org/Hosea.8