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The Bible is Poetry

Toby Lam 1 Episodes Oct 7, 2026

This podcast explores why so much of the Bible is written as poetry, arguing that its beauty is more than decorative and actually reveals truths about God. The host looks at Hebrew poetic structures and the connections between seemingly separate passages, showing how they point to the Messiah. Each episode encourages listeners to see Scripture as a carefully crafted masterpiece. It is hosted by Toby Lam and available via Substack.

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Ep. 2 – Do Chiasms and Wordplay Survive Translation? Oct 7, 2026 1755 As a child, Toby was a gamer kid who struggled through English class. Somehow that same kid, now an adult, spent a year and a half obsessed with cracking open the Hebrew Bible to study it, and a few years after that, found himself speaking modern Hebrew with native speakers who couldn’t quite believe it.In this episode, we get into what actually pulled him that far in: chiasms, wordplay, and the s

Ep. 1 - A Beauty Even Bible-Lovers Miss Sep 4, 2026 2576 Most of us read the Bible like it’s prose. But a third of it, and half the Old Testament, was written as poetry, and something changes once you start noticing.In this first episode, we get into the origin story behind BiblePoetry. We talk about what actually counts as “poetic” in Hebrew scripture. And we dig into a beautiful rhyme in Psalm 23 that has sat quietly hidden in all English translations

The Bible is Poetry

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