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Have you ever wondered what Jesus looked like? Or maybe why the Bible rarely tells us what a person what thinking? Characters in Bible stories are described and portrayed very differently compared to characters in modern stories.In this episode Tim and Jon discuss character design in the Bible.The guys start out (0-In the second part of the episode (The second way is the names of characters. In Hebrew literature, a character’s name represents the very essence of their being and shows their role in the story. Saul means “The one who was asked for” because Israel asked him to be king. The two sons of Naomi in the book of Ruth, their names are Mahlon and Chilion mean “one who is sick” and “to die”. Their only role in the story is to die and set up the plot conflict.In the third part of the episode, (In the fourth part of the episode (More Bible Project resources are here on the website: thebibleproject.comWatch the accompanying video to this content here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EQDGax19xkThank you to all our supporters!Show Resources:Shimon Bar-Efrat, Narrative Art in the BibleAdele Berlin, Poetics and Interpretation of Biblical NarrativeMeir Sternberg, The Poetics of Biblical Narrative: Ideological Literature and the Drama of ReadingRobert Alter, The Art of Biblical NarrativeYairah Amit, Reading Biblical NarrativeCormac McCarthy, The Road and The Border Trilogy: (1) All the Pretty Horses, (2) The Crossing, (3) Cities of the Plain.Music Credits:Defender Instrumental: Rosasharn MusicEducated Fool: Jackie Hill PerryRuby: CJBeardsFlooded Meadows: Unwritten StoriesProduced By:Dan Gummel. Jon Collins. Matthew Halbert Howen.