Discussions on Biblical Scholarship and Academic Theology with the best in the field.
Episodes
Wednesday Feb 22, 2023
Wednesday Feb 22, 2023
Patrick speaks to New Testament Specialist Christoph Heilig of the Protestant Theological Faculty of LMU Munich about his recent book The Apostle and the Empire; Paul’s Implicit and Explicit Criticism of Rome. Topics of discussion include the difference between koine and modern Greek, the temptation to make Paul in our own image and how Romans 13 sits with an anti-imperial interpretation of Paul.
Link to the book and article discussed in the episode:
https://www.eerdmans.com/Products/8223/the-apostle-and-the-empire.aspx
https://eerdword.com/the-apostle-and-the-empire/
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Thursday Jan 26, 2023
Thursday Jan 26, 2023
Patrick speaks with Professor Helen Rhee of Westmont College about her new book which explores how early Christians thought about health and sickness and also the cultural influences on their understandings. Topics of conversation include retributive sickness, Galen's influence on Christianity and Helen's own extraordinary encounter with the miraculous.
Link to the book discussed in the episode:
https://www.eerdmans.com/Products/7684/illness-pain-and-health-care-in-early-christianity.aspx
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Wednesday Dec 28, 2022
Wednesday Dec 28, 2022
Patrick speaks with Professor Paul Copan of Palm Beach Atlantic University about his new book which explores the question of divinely-sanctioned violence in the Old Testament and whether the Old Testament portrayal of God is consistent with that of the New Testament. Topics of conversation include philosophy disciplines, the 'textual vs actual God' distinction and the hardening of Pharoah's heart.
Link to the book discussed in the episode:
http://bakerpublishinggroup.com/books/is-god-a-vindictive-bully/408700
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Friday Nov 25, 2022
Friday Nov 25, 2022
Patrick speaks to Wheaton College Professor Amy Peeler about her new book which wrestles with the difficult questions surrounding gender and the bible's portrayal of God and explores a unique answer centering on the heart of Christian theology, the incarnation. Topics of discussion include childhood aspirations, God as father and what pronouns one should use for God.
Link to the book discussed in the episode:
https://www.eerdmans.com/Products/7909/women-and-the-gender-of-god.aspx
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Monday Oct 17, 2022
Monday Oct 17, 2022
Patrick Speaks with Chee-Chiew Lee of Singapore Bible College in regards her recent book which explores how the New Testament authors wrestled with and made sense of their own experience of persecution. Topics of discussion include honour-shame cultures, theodicy and contemporary unjust treatment of Christians.
Link to the book discussed in the episode:
https://ivpbooks.com/when-christians-face-persecution
Link to another podcast Chee-Chiew participated in (For Mandarin Speakers):
https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/1907180.rss
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Friday Sep 30, 2022
Friday Sep 30, 2022
Patrick speaks with Biola University Professor Darian Lockett about his contribution to the upcoming volume, 5 views on the New Testament Canon, published by Kregal Publications. Topics of discussion include Marcion, the inspiration and authority of scripture and whether Darian could hold a conversation in Koine Greek with one of the NT authors.
Link to the book discussed in the episode:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/five-views-on-the-new-testament-canon-benjamin-p-laird/1140542820
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Thursday Aug 11, 2022
Thursday Aug 11, 2022
Patrick speaks with Campbell University Professor Jennifer Garcia Bashaw about her new book Scapegoats; The Gospel Through the Eyes of Victims. They discuss a variety of topics including American politics, the fascinating theories of René Girard and the atonement.
Link to the book discussed in the episode:
https://www.fortresspress.com/store/product/9781506469379/Scapegoats
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Tuesday Jun 28, 2022
Tuesday Jun 28, 2022
Patrick speaks to scholar and co-editor of the recently released Cambridge Companion to Biblical Wisdom Literature, Suzanna Millar (University of Edinburgh). Topics of conversation include Israeli wildlife, similarities between Greek philosophy and biblical wisdom and the awesomeness of the book of Job.
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Thursday May 26, 2022
Thursday May 26, 2022
Patrick speaks to Regis College Professor Jonathan Bernier about the question of when the New Testament was written, a question which Jonathan explores in his new book and for which he has an atypical answer... Topics of discussion include whether Luke used Josephus, the authorship of 1st Peter and the reliability of tradition.
Link to the book discussed in the episode:
http://bakerpublishinggroup.com/books/rethinking-the-dates-of-the-new-testament/399261
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Friday Apr 29, 2022
Friday Apr 29, 2022
!CONTENT WARNING! The following podcast episode contains references to sexual misconduct which some listeners may find distressing.
Patrick speaks with Dr. Caryn Reeder of Westmont College about the fascinating story in John 4 in which Jesus dialogues with a samaritan woman. Is the purpose of the story to present her as a wretched sinner? Perhaps not, and perhaps such interpretations are more indicative of problematic attitudes towards gender and sexuality in the church, attitudes that can and have had tragic consequences.
Link to the book discussed in the episode: https://www.logos.com/product/210747/the-samaritan-womans-story-reconsidering-john-4-after-churchtoo
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