Context Matters

Slavery, the Blues, and Biblical Law

Episode Summary

Dr. Mark Glanville sits at his piano and talks with us about what the history of Jazz and the Blues has to do with biblical law. He teaches us how to listen for "the Blues Moan and the Gospel Shout" and translates that sound into a perspective on hope in the Bible.

Episode Notes

Dr. Glanville was a professional Jazz musician who later specialized in biblical studies. Dr. Glanville teaches us how to hear the foundational characteristics in Blues music and then shares with us what the history of the Blues. Join us for a great conversation and a personalized concert! AND if you want to join Mark Glanville for weekly Jazz and Vespers, you can see him live on Facebook each Sunday night HERE.

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Mark Glanville's books:

Adopting the Stranger as Kindred in Deuteronomy (SBL, 2018)

Freed to be God’s Family: The Book of Exodus (Lexham, 2021)

Refuge Reimagined: Biblical Kinship in Global Politics (IVP, 2021)

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