The Letter of Jude E3 — After the letter’s opening appeal, Jude (or Judah) begins warning corrupt members of a Jewish messianic church community who cast off restraint and live openly immoral lives. He does so with an ancient rhetorical technique found in both the Hebrew Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls. Jude shares three stories of rebellion in the Hebrew Bible: the spies fearful of the promised land in Numbers 13-14, the “sons of God” in Genesis 6, and the inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah in Genesis 19. Then he draws comparisons to the corrupt church members, promising they’ll receive the same judgment. Why does Jude write this way about the moral crisis in a church? What is he trying to communicate? In this episode, Jon and Tim explore verses 5-8, unpacking the dense biblical references and what they would have meant to Jude and his audience.

FULL SHOW NOTES

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CHAPTERS

1. A Jewish Rhetorical Technique (0:00-18:10)
2. Rebellion of the Spies, Sons of God, and Sodom and Gomorrah (18:10-36:41)
3. Concluding Thoughts on the First Triad (36:41-51:54)

OFFICIAL EPISODE TRANSCRIPT

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BIBLEPROJECT JUDE TRANSLATION

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REFERENCED RESOURCES

• The Dead Sea Scrolls (Pesharim)
• Check out Tim’s extensive collection of recommended books.

SHOW MUSIC

• “Fellowship” by Lofi Sunday, Cassidy Godwin
• “Peace With You ft. Oly.Lo” by Lofi Sunday
• 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, who also edited today’s episode and provided the sound design and mix. JB Witty writes the show notes. Our host and creative director is Jon Collins, and our lead scholar is Tim Mackie. Powered and distributed by Simplecast.

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The Letter of Jude E2 — In the introduction to his letter, Jude (or Judah) shares that he had hoped to write about the community’s “shared rescue” of salvation in Jesus. But urgent problems in the church forced him to send a warning instead. He calls his readers to “contend for the faith once for all handed down,” describing this faith as made up of trust in the story of Jesus and loyalty to Jesus’ way of life. But what is the threat Jude wants them to guard against, and how does he describe it? In this episode, Jon and Tim break down the introduction to the letter of Jude, revealing a multitude of Hebrew Bible hyperlinks and a method of reading Scripture as unified meditation literature.

CHAPTERS

1. Loved, Kept, and Called (0:00-13:20)
2. Contend for the Faith (13:20-21:50)
3. The Irreverent Ones (21:50-36:43)
4. The Literary Design of the Letter (36:43-44:41)

FULL SHOW NOTES

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OFFICIAL EPISODE TRANSCRIPT

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BIBLEPROJECT JUDE TRANSLATION

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REFERENCED RESOURCES

• Jude and the Relatives of Jesus in the Early Church by Richard Bauckham
• Check out Tim’s extensive collection of recommended books.

SHOW MUSIC

• “Faithful ft. Marc Vanparla” by Lofi Sunday
• “City Sunset ft. Marc Vanparla” by Lofi Sunday
• “family dinner” by Lofi Sunday, Cassidy Godwin
• 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, who also edited today’s episode and provided the sound design and mix. JB Witty writes the show notes. Our host and creative director is Jon Collins, and our lead scholar is Tim Mackie. Powered and distributed by Simplecast.

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The Letter of Jude E1 — Jude is one of the shortest writings in the New Testament. It comes from one of Jesus’ own brothers (or cousins, or stepbrothers, depending on the tradition). Written in the early years of the Jesus movement, the letter addresses a Jewish community in Jerusalem or Galilee, made up of disciples who likely grew up with Jesus and knew his family. Jude (or Judah in Hebrew or Judas in Greek) is deeply rooted in the Hebrew Bible. His writing shows these roots through consistent biblical language and tons of hyperlinks. But who was Jude, and what do we know about his family and ancestors? In this episode, Jon and Tim introduce the background of this short letter and the larger world surrounding its author.

FULL SHOW NOTES

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CHAPTERS

1. Jude’s Identity and the Brothers of Jesus (0:00–8:29)
2. Jesus’ Brothers in the Gospels and Early Church (8:29–24:01)
3. James, Jude, and Their Descendants (24:01–44:15)

OFFICIAL EPISODE TRANSCRIPT

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BIBLEPROJECT JUDE TRANSLATION

View our full translation of the Letter of Jude.

REFERENCED RESOURCES

• Panarion by Epiphanius of Salamis
• The Perpetual Virginity of Blessed Mary: Against Helvidius by Jerome
• Proto-Gospel of James
• Commentary on Matthew by Origen
• Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus
• The Church History by Eusebius of Caesarea
• Check out Tim’s extensive collection of recommended books here.

SHOW MUSIC

• “afternoon reads.” by Lofi Sunday, PAINT WITH SOUND.
• “date night” by Lofi Sunday, Cassidy Godwin
• 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, who also edited today’s episode and provided the sound design and mix. JB Witty writes the show notes. Our host and creative director is Jon Collins, and our lead scholar is Tim Mackie. Powered and distributed by Simplecast.

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