New Testament Review

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**New Testament Review**

Reviewing influential works of New Testament scholarship.

Latest Episodes:

22. Adolf von Harnack, Marcion: The Gospel of the Alien God Jul 09, 2019

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Who was Marcion? How was the New Testament created? A critical discussion of Harnack's little book on Marcion.

21. Paula Fredriksen, “Judaism, the Circumcision of Gentiles, and Apocalyptic Hope” Jun 10, 2019

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What did Jews expect of Gentiles? Was there a Jewish mission? Who were Paul's opponents in Galatia? A discussion of Paula Fredriksen's article and an introduction to "Paul within Judaism."

Joel Marcus' Retirement Lecture, "Thoughts on the Parting of the Ways" May 04, 2019

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How did the earliest Jesus followers understand their relationship to wider Judaism? Joel Marcus delivers his retirement lecture at Duke Divinity School on the "Parting of the Ways" between Judaism and Christianity.

20. John Burgon, The Last Twelve Verses of Mark Apr 21, 2019

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How does the Gospel of Mark end? There's more than one answer! A discussion of Burgon's The Last Twelve Verses of Mark for our Easter episode.

19. GEM de Ste Croix, ”Why were Early Christians Persecuted?” Apr 03, 2019

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Why were the Early Christians persecuted? A discussion of GEM de Ste Croix's work by the same name.

18. FG Downing, "Towards the Rehabilitation of Q" Mar 19, 2019

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Does Luke's use of Matthew require an implausible composition procedure? A discussion of Downing's influential argument for the two source theory.

17. Loveday Alexander, The Preface to Luke's Gospel Feb 21, 2019

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Is the Gospel of Luke history? Who is Theophilus? A discussion of Loveday Alexander's The Preface to Luke's Gospel.

16. Wayne A Meeks, The First Urban Christians Jan 16, 2019

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Were early Christians poor? How did economics influence early Christianity? A discussion of Wayne A Meeks' The First Urban Christians

15. Raymond Brown, The Birth of the Messiah (Part 1) Dec 24, 2018

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What is the point of genealogies in the gospels? Are there differences? Why? A special Christmas-themed discussion of a chapter from Raymond Brown's The Birth of the Messiah.

14. Margaret M Mitchell, "Paul's Letters to Corinth" Dec 14, 2018

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How many letters did Paul write to Corinth? How many of them are in the New Testament? How did Paul offend the Corinthian church? A discussion of Margaret M Mitchell's "The Interpretive Intertwining of Literary and Historical Reconstruction."

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