Dr. John Walton, Job, Lecture 19, "Covenant with his eyes" (Job 31:1)

Biblical eLearning (http://biblicalelearning.org) presents (audio is also available on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3J1VPzd1WWVUt3gRQhoV5b?si=8d31535b05db42f1): Dr. John Walton (Ph.D. Hebrew Union College) has taught for many years at Wheaton College after twenty years on the faculty of Moody Bible Institute. He has published major commentaries on Genesis and Job in the NIVAC series. His Old Testament textbook, A Survey of the Old Testament, is used in colleges across the country. He has also shaped the thinking of Christians in the area of ancient Near Eastern backgrounds in his IVP Background Commentary and the Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary and more recently his books: Lost World of Scripture (IVP), Genesis 1 as Ancient Cosmology (Eisenbrauns), Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old Testament (Baker) and many others. Go to https://biblicalelearning.org for full transcripts and audios of these presentations in English, Spanish, and many other languages. There are also AI generated study guides and dialogic Podcast audio summaries there as well. I invite you to click on the "CC" [Closed Captioning] to turn on/off the Closed Captioning option. Outline: 00:25 Introduction 1:19 Covenant 1:48 Etbinen, not lust but "seeking" or "inquiring" 3:41 Betulah: Virgin and/or woman under the protection of her father 5:20 Mah what? 5:46 Psalm 37:10's Contribution 7:51 Harem and Status the Point not Lust 9:25 Importance of a Close Reading of the Hebrew Text 9:57 End Dr. Walton's teaching in audio format is now available on Spotify Podcasting [Biblical eLearning - Ted Hildebrandt]: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2XtzJQOHqlsCl8GJyv5aWp?si=17101177dc784dc6