# Creative Work and Sustaining Work, with Baruch Kvasnika: Genesis 2:1-3 and Exodus 20:8-11 Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/exegetically-speaking-336484/creative-work-and-sustaining-work-with-baruch-kvasnika-genesis-2-1-3-and-exodus-20-8-11 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/exegetically-speaking-336484/creative-work-and-sustaining-work-with-baruch-kvasnika-genesis-2-1-3-and-exodus-20-8-11.md Podcast: [Exegetically Speaking](https://stenobird.com/podcast/exegetically-speaking-336484) Published: 2025-12-15T16:55:00+00:00 Episode link: https://exegeticallyspeaking.libsyn.com/creative-work-and-sustaining-work-with-baruch-kvasnika-genesis-21-3-and-exodus-208-11 Audio file: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/exegeticallyspeaking/ES7_15_final_Kvasnika.mp3?dest-id=826937 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/exegetically-speaking-336484/episodes/creative-work-and-sustaining-work-with-baruch-kvasnika-genesis-2-1-3-and-exodus-20-8-11 Duration seconds: 707 ## Resource What sort of work do the Scriptures forbid on the Sabbath? What sort of work is allowed? Attention to the Hebrew words used in connection with the Sabbath and in other contexts sheds some light on these questions. Dr. Baruch Kvasnika is President of Jerusalem Seminary , which equips believers to understand their faith in and through the land of the Bible. His dissertation at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem was, " The Language of Practice: Hebraic Walking and Way Metaphors in First Century Greek Related to Conduct ." Check out related programs at Wheaton College: B.A. in Classical Languages (Greek, Latin, Hebrew): https://bit.ly/4resSVR M.A. in Biblical Exegesis: https://bit.ly/4atV2VG ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/exegetically-speaking-336484/episodes/creative-work-and-sustaining-work-with-baruch-kvasnika-genesis-2-1-3-and-exodus-20-8-11/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/exegetically-speaking-336484/creative-work-and-sustaining-work-with-baruch-kvasnika-genesis-2-1-3-and-exodus-20-8-11.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.