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2.60: Is There Baby Eating in the Bible?

In episode 6 of season 2, Prof. Kathryn Schifferdecker and Katie Langston talk with Prof. Richard Nysse about the question, Why is there baby eating in the Bible?

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This wide-ranging episode moves beyond the passage in 2 Kings 6:24-33 to explore bigger questions such as, Why does God allow terrible things to happen in the world? What is God doing about evil in the world?

Biblical books and passages mentioned

  • Genesis 6-9
  • Psalm 80:3
  • 2 Kings 6
  • Lamentations
  • John 1:2
  • John 1:14

Topics and themes mentioned

  • Cannibalism
  • Siege of Jerusalem in 587 BCE
  • Punishment
  • Orphans
  • Evil and suffering

Biblical and theological concepts mentioned

  • Flood Stories in Genesis
  • Daughter Zion
  • Divine Abandonment
  • Divine Vindication
  • Prayer of Lament
  • Violence in the Old Testament
  • Sacrament

Songs mentioned

  • Time in Babylon by Emmylou Harris
  • Anthem by Leonard Cohen

Today's Episode Hosted By

Kathryn Schifferdecker

Kathryn Schifferdecker

Katie Langston

Katie Langston

Joined by

Richard Nysse

Richard Nysse

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Kathryn M. Schifferdecker

Kathryn M. Schifferdecker

Kathryn M Schifferdecker came to Luther Seminary as an assistant professor of Old Testament in 2006. Ordained in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in 2001, Schifferdecker was associate pastor for five years at Trinity Lutheran Church, Arkdale, Wisc., before coming to Luther. Schifferdecker is a frequent contributor to workingpreacher.org, Word & World and the author of Out of the Whirlwind: Creation Theology in the Book of Job (Harvard University Press, 2008). She is currently writing a commentary on the book of Esther.

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Katie Langston

Katie Langston

Katie Langston is a doubter by nature and a believer by grace. She grew up Mormon in a small Utah town and still isn't sure she fits in anywhere sophisticated enough to have a Target. She's the author of Sealed: An Unexpected Journey into the Heart of Grace, an acclaimed spiritual memoir about her conversion to orthodox Christianity. Katie works as the director of digital strategy for Luther Seminary's innovation team, where she oversees digital projects aimed at cultivating vibrant Christian spirituality in a post-modern, post-Christian cultural context.

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