SPECIAL: Discussion - Atonement and Sacrifice

This special episode features a discussion about sacrifice and atonement, featuring Spencer Owen, Phil Bray, Troy Yurchak, and Joshua Sherman. This discussion is a response to the recent Bible Project episodes on Atonement and Burnt Offerings, as part of their overview of the Leviticus scroll. Here, we hope to bring additional context to the discussion, that can help people approach the Atonement, especially.

For those that haven't listened to the Bible Project episodes yet, we'd like to recommend listening to this discussion, then listening to their episode on Burnt Offerings first, then their episode on Atonement.

https://bibleproject.com/podcast/what-did-burnt-offerings-really-mean/
https://bibleproject.com/podcast/what-atonement/

Additional Resources

For more helpful resources on Sacrifices and Atonement, we'd recommend checking out the following books and podcasts. Each of them comes at this question from a slightly different point-of-view. For those that really want to dig into the topic, and be prepared to discuss it in detail, it can be very helpful to understand multiple points of view, to both inform our own view, and to enable more effective engagement with those that hold a different view.

Websites/Blogs
- Mako Nagasawa on ontological substitution
http://nagasawafamily.org/article-penal-substitution-vs-ontological-substitution-historical-comparison.pdf
Mako Nagasawa's main website
https://www.anastasiscenter.org/
Fr. Stephen Freeman on therapeutic substitutionary atonement https://blogs.ancientfaith.com/glory2godforallthings/2013/04/19/therapeutic-substitutionary-atonement/

Books
- Jacob Milgrom, "Leviticus" (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001I460LK/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i1 )
- L. Michael Morales, "Who Shall Ascend the Mountain of the Lord" (https://www.amazon.com/Who-Shall-Ascend-Mountain-Lord/dp/0830826386/ref=sr_1_1 )
- Matthew Thiessen, "Jesus and the Forces of Death" (https://www.amazon.com/Jesus-Forces-Death-Matthew-Thiessen/dp/1540964876/ref=sr_1_1 )
- Fr. Jeremy Davis, "Welcoming Gifts" (https://store.ancientfaith.com/welcoming-gifts-sacrifice-in-the-bible-and-christian-life )
- NT Wright: The Day the Revolution Began (https://www.amazon.com/Day-Revolution-Began-Reconsidering-Crucifixion-ebook/dp/B01ARKFWSC/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0 )

Podcasts
- Fr. Jeremy Davis, "Sacrifice in the Bile and Christian Life" (https://www.ancientfaith.com/specials/sacrifice_in_the_bible_and_christian_life )
- The Lord of Spirits podcast - episodes on sacrifice and atonement https://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/lordofspirits/eating_with_the_gods https://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/lordofspirits/the_sacrifices_of_righteousness https://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/lordofspirits/the_priest_shall_make_atonement
- Michael Heiser's Leviticus series [episodes 63-84]: (https://nakedbiblepodcast.com/podcast/naked-bible-63-introducing-leviticus/)
- Almost Heretical podcast, episodes 75-90 (https://almostheretical.com/episodes?offset=1573224589178 )