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The Religious Treehouse

The Religious Treehouse

Auteur(s): Matthew Day and Jodie Alderette
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 Welcome to the Religious Treehouse! Remember when you were a kid and would have deep conversations in a treehouse-like setting? That’s what we’re trying to recreate here! Hosts, Jodie Alderette and Matthew Day, attempt to discuss the important topics surrounding religion in a fun, exciting, and academic fashion. With Matthew’s specialty in Hebrew Bible, expect lots of Hebrew Bible episodes, but we hope to present a wide variety of Religions and Religious Practices, too. This isn’t your average Bible Study!Matthew Day and Jodie Alderette Spiritualité
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  • #40 Parable of the Mustard Seed

    #40 Parable of the Mustard Seed
    Aug 10 2025

    This week Jodie and Matthew delve into the New Testament to discuss Jesus’ parable of the mustard seed. It’s a short parable that is only a couple verses long in each of the synoptic gospels, but much like a mustard seed, it packs a punch. However, it’s brevity can make it difficult to interpret, so Jodie and Matthew set off to explore the variety of ways it has been interpreted, for better or for worse.

    Works Referenced and Recommended Readings:

    Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi by Amy Jill Levine

    Howes, L. (2019). The Q Parables of the Mustard Seed and Leaven: Half-Baked and Garden-Variety Metaphors? Neotestamentica 53(2), 339-374.

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    48 min
  • #39 You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah (2023): A TRT Movie Review

    #39 You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah (2023): A TRT Movie Review
    Aug 3 2025

    You Are So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah is a lot of things: a coming-of-age movie, an Adam Sandler movie, and a deeply Jewish movie, to name a few. This week, Jodie and Matthew talk about how this movie explores and presents modern religious Judaism in a way that is fun and representative of how B’nai Mitzvah ceremonies have come to be celebrated. Listen or watch, and let us know your thoughts! If you have had a B’nai Mitzvah, we would love to hear what your theme was and how you feel this movie represents them!

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    41 min
  • #38 Texts of Terror: Part 4 (Jephthah’s Daughter)

    #38 Texts of Terror: Part 4 (Jephthah’s Daughter)
    Jul 27 2025

    In our last episode of our 4-part series going through Phyllis Trible’s Texts of Terror, Jodie and Matthew discuss the story of Jephthah’s daughter, as found in Judges 11 in the Bible. Looking literally at the unit, Jephthah irrationally sacrifices his daughter as a burnt offering, presenting yet another tragic story for women in a biblical story. Listen along and tell us what you think!

    Works Referenced and Recommended Readings:

    Texts of Terror: Literary-Feminist Readings of Biblical Narratives by Phyllis Trible (1984)

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    47 min
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