Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by Elle Grover Fricks to ask the question the Rabbis have asked over the centuries: Why did God choose Abraham?<a target="_blank" href="https://bemadiscipleship.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/BEMA+008+Buried+in+a+Genealogy.pdf">Buried in a Genealogy Presentation (PDF)</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_of_Hammurabi" target="_blank">Code of Hammurabi — Wikipedia</a><a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/2eln1NZ">The Epic of Eden by Sandra L. Richter</a><a href="https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/sarah-midrash-and-aggadah" target="_blank">“Sarah: Midrash and Aggadah” by Tamar Kadari — Jewish Women’s Archive</a><a href="https://www.bemadiscipleship.com/208" target="_blank">[Legacy] Follow-up 1: BEMA 208: Midrash — Iscah, Sarai, and Birth Orders</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmX1jws4j0k" target="_blank">[Legacy] Follow-up 2: BEMA FAQ: Abram, Sarai & Iscah — Marty Solomon, YouTube</a>

<h3>Study Tools</h3>
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<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJEcgALhVf4" target="_blank">Discussion Video for BEMA 8</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bit.ly/41voaIw" target="_blank">The Companion for BEMA 8</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bemadiscipleship.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/thecompanion/notes.pdf" target="_blank">Take Your Own Notes</a></li>
<li><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRseuoubBS-tGkXxO2glKNF6dJnjs8ml24ZKT2_xvRIkDpKguIl5bPuezwFQg0Zic6JprxgCVhxmj_u/pub" target="_blank">Transcript for BEMA 8</a></li>
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<h3>Legacy Episode Content</h3>
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<li>Episode updated 24 February 2025</a></li>
<li>Original audio from <a href="https://bemadiscipleship.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/s1v16/BEMA+8.mp3" target="_blank">10 November 2016</a></li>
<li><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTaRofdkeUYp7hCNcXIXmbvpHJTfZVVfZqbmx4ZjLiJOPe0pNYc2K6FMxer_bkw0Ec2MqPZICljGTXK/pub" target="_blank">Transcript for BEMA 8</a> of 10 November 2016</li>
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BEMA Discipleship

The BEMA Podcast is a walk-through of the context of the Bible and the Text itself, as well as surrounding history. We deconstruct our common readings of the Bible and attempt to reconstruct them through the lens of historical context. The main body of work is contained in Seasons 1–5, and we encourage you to start with episode 0 (or even -1) and continue in order through episode 204. Beyond that, we explore new topics, revisit old topics, and dive deeper into practical ways of living out the things we have learned together. BEMA Discipleship is a ministry of Impact Campus Ministries.

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