Bob tells the backstory of meeting Gidon Ariel of Root Source on the walls of Jerusalem, and how that meeting led to the development of The Echoes Bible. LISTEN NOW on Apple Podcast! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/when-an-orthodox-jew-and-evangelical-christian/id1758806969?i=1000796094100 WATCH NOW on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8iLYc0f18g New Episode: When an Orthodox Jew and Evangelical Christian Build Together What happens when an Orthodox Jew and an e

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Bob was interviewed by Samuel Wearp of Ten From The Nations. Together they jump into Leviticus and Romans and explore the echoes. The video covers: Paul's calling in Romans Ch. 1 echoing the call of Moses in Leviticus Ch. 1. Paul's view on the future of the Jewish people in Romans Ch. 11 echoing rules for the priesthood Leviticus Ch. 21. Paul's decision to write the book together with four other Jews and Gentiles in Romans Ch. 16 echoing the tithe in Leviticus Ch. 27. WATCH

In November 2025 The Echoes Bible Foundation published three volumes: The Echoes Bible Leviticus & Romans (Volume III) The Echoes Bible Numbers & 1 Corinthians (Volume IV) The Echoes Bible Deuteronomy & 2 Corinthians (Volume V) All three "Series 2025" versions were produced for feedback from a variety of readers. By March 2026, work had begun on a new 2027 series. While the new revamped series kept to the same size, layout and page count, a number of improvements were made: E

The paperback, hardcover, KINDLE, PDF and EPUB versions of The Echoes Bible Genesis & Matthew are now available on Amazon. Various formats and free companion resources may be found on our BOOKS page. The story behind this and other volumes is told in the Blog Post How did The Echoes Bible Happen. With the first three 2025 Series volumes being announced in 2025, Volumes III, IV and V, and currently being updated to the 2027 Series format, the only leaves Volume II unannounced.

The Reunion Roadmap's Al McCarn interviews Bob O'Dell about what the Echoes Bible has to say about Paul's most famous passages about Israel, Romans 9 to 11. Their piece introduction reads as follows: Even a casual reader of the New Testament notices that the writers refer to passages from the Old Testament, or Tanakh. That means Paul and his contemporaries were aware of what Moses and the Prophets wrote, but did they have a deeper purpose and pattern in their writing that goe

In November 2025 The Echoes Bible Foundation published three volumes: The Echoes Bible Leviticus & Romans (Volume III) The Echoes Bible Numbers & 1 Corinthians (Volume IV) The Echoes Bible Deuteronomy & 2 Corinthians (Volume V) All three "Series 2025" versions were produced for feedback from a variety of readers. By March 2026, work had begun on a new 2027 series. While the new revamped series kept to the same size, layout and page count, a number of improvements were m

This article concludes the four-part story of the Echoes Bible. For the most enjoyment, make you have read How did The Echoes Bible HAPPEN, The Challenge, and Want to take a Guess? before continuing. On a summer morning in 2020, I sat in my backyard and breathed a long sigh of relief. Just a few weeks earlier, I had sent the final manuscript of Five Years with Orthodox Jews off to layout, and it felt wonderful to finally be finished. God had challenged me to add more persona

Sitting in that hotel lobby in the Old City of Jerusalem, John David Pitcher continued telling me his story about how he had not only discovered a connection between 2 Timothy & Numbers, but had also found the very same pattern linking 1 Timothy & Deuteronomy. David said, “I stopped and thanked God again for the grace to discover that there is a connection between 1st Timothy & Deuteronomy. Only this time, after I finished my prayer of thanks, I added a question to the end of

Was the pattern discovered by David Pitcher truly meaningful, or had he simply stumbled upon some odd coincidence? With that lingering question in his mind, he walked through the doors of his Bible classroom the following week and took his seat. He opened his Greek New Testament to the book of 2 Timothy, his Septuagint to the book of Numbers, and pulled out his notes to review them once more. “What are you doing, David?” a voice asked from one row back. David turned and saw a

First of a four-part series explaining how did the Echoes Bible come about.