{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"A Light to the Nations - Scripture Analysis Podcast","title":"The Known God.","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/14425a6f\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":488,"description":"Acts 17:22-31.\nThe Apostle Paul, in Athens, takes the opportunity to preach in the Areopagus. One man, Dionysius, is among those who hear and join him. Athens is named after the goddess Athena. Its name is grammatically plural (detectable in the final “s” - “Athens”), reflecting the many statues and temples erected to the goddess in the city. This was common in the ancient world. Anyone visiting Athens would immediately know to whom the city pertained. Such convention sheds light on an otherwise puzzling fact: in the Bible, “God” in Hebrew (“Elohim”) is grammatically plural. Why is that so? And how is the God that Paul preached unlike the other deities, known and unknown, that were worshipped in the ancient world?\nThis is Episode 88 of A Light to the Nations, a production of the Ephesus School Network.\nNotes:\nGenesis 1:1\nאֱלֹהִ֑ים (Elohim)\n“Sing A New Song” composed and performed by Raphael Shaheen. ","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/7Vk5vu8cm_Niapzr44KO0uZZki9wgzQJF_R3KBP-yFA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xMjg3/NGM4MjExMWIxMmI1/NjU2ZDkxNjZiMjc1/YmVjZS5qcGVn.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}