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Meet the Scholar: Jill Firth

Tyndale House, Cambridge Episode 71

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This week we have one of our occasional ‘Meet the Scholar’ episodes, featuring Dr Jill Firth, Lecturer in Hebrew and Old Testament at Ridley College, Melbourne, in conversation with Dr Tony Watkins. In this episode, Jill talks about her research into the presentation of David in the Psalms and the logic for the order they were compiled in.


00:00 - 01:04 - Intro

01:04 - 03:14 - Background

03:15 - 04:30 - Jill’s study of the Psalms

04:31 - 09:45 - The last Psalms

09:46 - 12:32 - The Descendant

12:33 - 15:49 - Traps, Nets and Snares

15:50 - 20:17 - Looking Forward - a call to praise

20:18 - 29:15 - Changes in Thinking over 20 years

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