Dr. Naomi Wolf Reads The Geneva Bible

“Naomi Wolf dives into the Geneva Bible’s Leviticus 25, unpacking the meaning of the Year of Jubilee — a sacred time when debts are released, land is restored, and even the lambs rest from labor.”Outspoken with Dr Naomi Wolf is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit naomiwolf.substack.com/subscribe

“Naomi Wolf explores the symbolism of sanctifying oil and bread in Leviticus, before turning to the weighty subject of how Scripture addresses the serious crime of blasphemy in chapter 24.”Please Support Our Sponsors:The Wellness Company:https://dailyclouthealth.comOutspoken with Dr Naomi Wolf is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit naomiwolf.substack.com/subscribe

“Dr. Naomi Wolf reads from the Geneva Bible, exploring Leviticus 23 where YHWH lays out His festivals and celebrations. More than laws and sacrifices, these passages reveal God’s appointed times of joy, meaning, and fellowship with His people.”Please Support Our Sponsors:The Wellness Company:https://dailyclouthealth.comOutspoken with Dr Naomi Wolf is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit naomiwolf.substack.com/subscribe

“A priest’s role, as explained by YHWH, is to stand as a mediator between God and His people, offering sacrifices, teaching His law, and preserving holiness in the community.”Please Support Our Sponsors:The Wellness Company:https://dailyclouthealth.comOutspoken with Dr Naomi Wolf is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit naomiwolf.substack.com/subscribe

“YHWH clearly defines the boundaries of purity and impurity, setting the standard for how His people are to live in holiness.”To support our work and the show, click here: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=H66YAR8RY38YJOutspoken with Dr Naomi Wolf is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit naomiwolf.substack.com/subscribe

“YHWH sets some ground rules for purity: don’t sacrifice your children by burning them in fire as an offering to Moloch; don’t commit incest or bestiality; don’t commit adultery; distinguish between clean and unclean animals, and do not consult spiritualists or fortunetellers. Guardrails set for humanity.”To support our work and the show, click here: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=H66YAR8RY38YJOutspoken with Dr Naomi Wolf is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit naomiwolf.substack.com/subscribe

“In the 1560 Geneva Bible and the Hebrew original, Leviticus 19 is a key chapter that provides a crescendo for all of the guidelines and warnings that YHWH has provided the people to this point.It’s a dramatic climax, and it explains from God’s point of view the essential reason His children should embrace a monotheistic view of the world and stop worshiping their own egos—the ‘works of [their] hands!’A dramatic climax to the action of Leviticus.”To support our work and the show, click here: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=H66YAR8RY38YJOutspoken with Dr Naomi Wolf is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit naomiwolf.substack.com/subscribe

“YHWH’s instructions to Moses and Aaron cover licit and illicit sexual behavior. In this chapter, the difficult sentence appears that has been interpreted to forbid male same-sex sexual intimacy. YHWH warns that sexual practices He forbids, including bestiality and incest, cause negative consequences for the communities that participate in them.”To support our work and the show, click here: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=H66YAR8RY38YJOutspoken with Dr Naomi Wolf is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit naomiwolf.substack.com/subscribe

“YHWH here expands on His view of how His children should deal with blood. He describes the substance as sacred—the source of life—but also, if mishandled, as defiling. The origins of kashrut—dietary purity—derive from this chapter, among others. YHWH thus reminds His children that they are not animals or pagans, who eat anything killed in any manner, but that He wishes them to have a thoughtful and civilized relationship to the animals they kill and eat, and to their own bodies.”To support our work and the show, click here: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=H66YAR8RY38YJOutspoken with Dr Naomi Wolf is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit naomiwolf.substack.com/subscribe

“The first Yom Kippur is spelled out by the Creator. In this chapter, YHWH expands on the idea that it is not only individuals who can become ‘impure’ via transgressions, but entire communities. The Creator explains how, once a year, the priest and the community can atone to YHWH via sacrifice and repentance, and even send a live goat into the wilderness as a way to place ‘iniquities’ onto the animal. We discuss how this ritual could show vestiges of other idolatrous religions’ practices, including the identification of the wilderness with demons.”Outspoken with Dr Naomi Wolf is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit naomiwolf.substack.com/subscribe