A Hebraic Inkling on Pints with Jack

Hi All,

I'm happy to let everyone know that my interview with David Bates from Pints with Jack on Paul Brazier's book "A Hebraic Inkling" is now online.

Thank you to David for once again being such a gracious host and sparking a wonderful discussion. Also continued thanks to the entire team over at Pints with Jack for the great content they consistently put out.

As you can imagine, there's a lot more to be said about Brazier's fascinating work than can fit in a one hour podcast and so I'll plan to write a little more about it over the next few months. 

But in the meantime, please do go over and check out the great C. S. Lewis content they have at Pints with Jack!

Wishing everyone health and happiness for the coming year. May God inscribe us all in the book of life.

Yaakov

Back to Pints with Jack

It's been just about a year since I announced that I was invited as a guest on the podcast Pints with Jack (the interview aired in April and can be listened to here). Apparently, it wasn't bad as I'm happy report that I was invited back,  

For those not familiar, Pints with Jack is a wonderful resource for all things related to C.S. Lewis. Its centerpiece is the podcast hosted by David Bates, Matt Bush, and Andrew Lazo. Every podcast season is dedicated to a different book of Lewis and the hosts do an amazing job exploring and analyzing these works. 

This year the podcast is dedicated to Out of the Silent Planet which is the first of Lewis' Space Trilogy. This is an important book in the development of Lewis' writing in general but particularly for Narnia. Perhaps shockingly many reviewers of Out of the Silent Planet did not realize its theological undertones! This caused Lewis to remark, "any amount of theology can now be smuggled into people’s minds under cover of romance without their knowing it" (note that Lewis uses the classic definition of the term romance).    

Besides the central book of every season, the Pints with Jack podcast hosts review a volume of The Chronicles of Narnia, have dedicated mini-themes related to Lewis, and host a plethora of guests. 

I'm looking forward to discussing with David a new book by theologian P. H. Brazier called, "A Hebraic Inkling" subtitled, "C. S. Lewis on Judaism and the Jews." I must admit that I was not aware of this book until David invited me to talk with him about it and I found its existence somewhat surprising. While there are mentions of Jews and Judaism in Lewis' works, and of course, Lewis eventually married a Christian convert from Judaism, I really didn't think there was much to say on the subject. 

Well, turns out I was wrong, because Brazier has plenty to say. 

So, I don't want to give anything away at this point, but please tune in and we'll probably expand on everything here after the podcast comes out (scheduled once again for April).