What is the genre of the first five books of the Bible? Who wrote these books? How do we trust the Biblical authority of the Pentateuch? In this episode, Anna interviews Dr. Mark Catlin, of Union University, to find out his approach to these questions and others. 

Mark Catlin grew up in Birmingham, AL, where he attended Samford University and majored in Classics. Mark has also earned a Master of Divinity and Master of Arts in Biblical Languages from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in the Boston area, as well as a PhD in Old Testament from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in North Carolina. In 2012, Mark moved to New Jersey to do campus ministry at Princeton University. In 2019, Mark left Princeton to join the faculty of Union University as Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies. He and his wife Kimberly currently reside in Memphis, TN with their four children Sam, Molly, Sara, and Andrew.

Resources Mentioned for Further Reading:

• From Paradise to Promised Land: An Introduction to the Pentateuch by T. Desmond Alexander
• Inconsistency in the Torah: Ancient Literary Convention and the Limits of Source Criticism by Joshua A. Berman
• The God Who Acts in History: The Significance of Sinai by Craig S. Bartholomew
• Genesis 1-15 (Word Biblical Commentary) by Gordon Wenham