The Bible For Normal People

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Episode 151: 2020 - Let's Not and Say We Did Dec 14, 2020

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2020— What a year. We’re wrapping up the year and the fourth season of the podcast with a look back onto what we learned from this season and from the year as a whole.

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Episode 150: Christopher Rollston - Where Does Hebrew Come From? Dec 07, 2020

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This episode features linguist and professor Christopher Rollston who helps us understand the importance of studying languages when it comes to dating and understanding the Bible. We talk about other ancient Near Eastern languages, biblical manuscripts, inscriptions, and more!

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Episode 149: Dan Koch - The End Times & American Christian Culture Nov 30, 2020

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Many of us have encountered a type of Christianity that preaches an impending rapture and a call to repent of our sins as soon as possible. But where did that interpretation of Christianity come from? On this episode we ask psychology doctoral student Dan Koch what he’s learned from studying the movement and the history behind it.

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Episode 148: Pete Enns - Adam, Evangelicalism, & the Metanarrative of Evolution Nov 23, 2020

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How has theology developed alongside the findings of science? On this episode, Pete is sharing his reflections on what quantum physics and the theory of evolution tell us about the Bible and how we should interpret it light of scientific findings.

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Episode 147: Benjamin D. Sommer - Does God Have a Body? Nov 16, 2020

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Benjamin D. Sommer is back on the podcast telling us all about his work on a biblical understanding of God’s body. He takes us through the history of thought on God’s body, the material God’s body is made out of, what God looks like, and how the Trinity actually has a lot of continuity with texts of the Hebrew Bible.

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Episode 146: Jared Byas - Rediscovering Jonah - Part 3 Nov 09, 2020

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Jared has been breaking down Jonah for us on his solo episodes this year and this is his last segment! He delves into what the over all message of Jonah is, what questions it leaves us with, and what it teaches us about the questions of ancient Israelites.

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Episode 145: Emilie Townes - The Wisdom of Hope Nov 02, 2020

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We invited Emilie Townes on the podcast to talk about womanist ethics but our conversation morphed into so much more. We touched on the role of the Bible in ethics, the relevance of the Bible in our lives today, and why it is important to chose hope.

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Episode 144: Austen Hartke - The Bible & the Lives of Transgender Christians (REISSUE) Oct 26, 2020

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In this reissued episode, Pete and Jared sit down with Austen Hartke to discuss what the Bible has to say about transgender people. They get into unexamined Bible passages, mysterious Hebrew words, and how to make your church a welcoming space for people with gender identities outside of the binary.

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Episode 143: Martha Himmelfarb - Second Temple Judaism & Apocalyptic Literature Oct 19, 2020

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Getting into the Halloween spirit? Don’t miss this spooky episode talking about all things apocalypse in Second Temple Judaism! Our guest Martha Himmelfarb is an expert on the subject and she tells us all about the key features of apocalyptic literature, some theories on its popularity, and shares about some apocalyptic literature that didn’t make it into the Bible.

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Episode 142: Jared Byas - Rediscovering Jonah - Part 2 Oct 12, 2020

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This episode is the second installment of Jared’s deep dive (no pun intended) into the book of Jonah. In this episode, Jared gives us a taste of how rich this book is in metaphors and how a fuller understanding of the ancient Near East brings out the context of this book.

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