Episode: Fighting statues? Mystery cults? Roman religion was strange. Yet in many ways Christianity was even stranger. Nijay Gupta’s Strange Religion explores how Christianity was oddly attractive to Romans. If […]The post Nijay K. Gupta – Str

Brent Strawn – Honest to God Preaching

10 days ago 1h

Episode: Strawn argues that keeping secrets makes us sick, and the Old Testament offers a way to speak honestly about the BIG things like sin, suffering, and violence. Guest: Brent Strawn […]The post Brent Strawn – Honest to God Preaching fir

Final Best Archaeological Finds of 2023 (pt 3)

22 days ago 1h 4m

Episode:In final part of our three-part series (finally!), Chris and Kyle discuss the year’s top ten archaeological discoveries and stories related to the Bible, including in this one, a weird […]The post Final Best Archaeological Finds of 202

Garrick Allen – Words Are Not Enough

24 days ago 52m 49s

Episode: In this episode, Dru Johnson talks with Garrick Allen about how paratexts (i.e., all the things around and between the biblical texts) have shaped our notions of canon, Gospel, and our reading practices of the […]The post Garrick Alle

Garrick Allen – Words Are Not Enough

29 days ago 44m 2s

Episode: In this episode, Dru Johnson talks with Garrick Allen about how paratexts (i.e., all the things around and between the biblical texts) have shaped our notions of canon, Gospel, and […]The post Garrick Allen – Words Are Not Enough firs

Ervine Sheblazm – Abraham’s Bosom, Paul, and the Decline of Postmodernism

Apr 2nd, 2024 39m 21s

Episode: Back for the 7th time, Prof. Dr. Ervine Sheblazm is here to speak the hard truth about tuff questions. What happens when culture fails to address its own insidious […]The post Ervine Sheblazm – Abraham’s Bosom, Paul, and the Decline o

N. T. Wright and Michael Bird – Jesus and the Powers

Mar 18th, 2024 1h 2m

Episode: Beginning with Jesus’s kingship, Tom Wright and Michael Bird speak about the potentials and perils of contemporary politics. Discover a Christian vision for government not as an overbearing nanny […]The post N. T. Wright and Michael B

David Tombs – The Crucifixion of Jesus: Torture, Sexual Abuse, and the Scandal of the Cross

Mar 6th, 2024 1h 19m

Episode (Trigger Warning): David Tombs lays out his case for the crucifixion of Jesus as a form of state-sponsored sexual violence and considers the theological and pastoral implications of his […]The post David Tombs – The Crucifixion of Jesu

Nathan MacDonald – The Tabernacle and Priestly Power

Feb 13th, 2024 52m 57s

Episode: Nathan MacDonald argues that four versions of the Tabernacle can be traced through ancient versions of the Old Testament. This episode explores those versions, the significance of Aaron’s garments, priestly […]The post Nathan MacDonal

Best Archaeological Finds of 2023 (pt 1)

Feb 2nd, 2024 48m 59s

Episode: In this three-part series – Chris and Kyle discuss the year’s top ten archaeological discoveries and stories related to the Bible. Part 1 discusses the most important finds related […]The post Best Archaeological Finds of 2023 (pt 1)

Sandra Glahn – Nobody’s Mother (Live Event!)

Jan 9th, 2024 43m 36s

Episode: Recorded live in San Antonio at the Little Rhein Prost Haus with Sandra Glahn, Dru and Erin discuss the cult of Artemis in Ephesus and the way it transforms our […]The post Sandra Glahn – Nobody’s Mother (Live Event!) first appeared o

Jason Staples – The Idea of Israel in Second Temple Judaism

Dec 30th, 2023 52m 44s

Episode: Lynn Cohick speaks with Jason Staples about concepts of Israel, Judaism, and Jewishness that emerged in the Second Temple period, and their implications for understanding the early Judaism. Staples […]The post Jason Staples – The Idea

Carmen Imes – Being God’s Image

Dec 12th, 2023 46m 26s

Episode: Matt speaks with Carmen about her latest book Being God’s Image, why “being” (not necessarily “bearing”) matters to this subject, what we often misunderstand about the Image of God, and […]The post Carmen Imes – Being God’s Image firs

Kristine Garroway – Growing Up in Ancient Israel

Nov 27th, 2023 51m 52s

Episode: What do we know about children in ancient Israel, about who they were, the lives they led, and the people in their lives? Kristine Garroway is at the forefront of […]The post Kristine Garroway – Growing Up in Ancient Israel first appe

Jenny Matheny – The Violence of Judges and Ruth’s Response

Nov 10th, 2023 48m 28s

Episode: What happens if you read Ruth and Judges together? What might Ruth say to the violence against women in Judges? Jenny Matheny discusses these questions and more (like how not […]The post Jenny Matheny – The Violence of Judges and Ruth

Lisa Powell – The Disabled God

Oct 26th, 2023 57m 5s

Episode: Lisa Powell discusses the Trinity and eschatological body through the lens of disability. The episode discusses insights from her book The Disabled God Revisited (T&T Clark). Guest: Lisa Powell is Professor […]The post Lisa Powell – T

Erin Raffety – From Inclusion to Justice

Oct 11th, 2023 1h 12m

Episode: In this episode, co-host Amy Hughes speaks with Erin Raffety about her ethnographic and practical theological research into what it looks like for congregations to move away from an “inclusion” model for people with […]The post Erin R

Matthew Novenson – Paul, Then and Now

Sep 28th, 2023 1h 3m

Episode: Erin sits down with Matthew Novenson for a lively conversation on the weirdness of Paul, theological and historical approaches, first-century Judaism, and a range of other topics covered in […]The post Matthew Novenson – Paul, Then an

Wolf Gruner – Jewish Resistance in Hitler’s Germany

Sep 18th, 2023 52m 56s

Episode: Gruner’s work explores the lives of ordinary Jewish people who lived in Nazi Germany and resisted persecution. From defacing Nazi symbols to bold defiance Gruner explores the complex and fraught […]The post Wolf Gruner – Jewish Resist

Matt Lynch – Flood and Fury (on Old Testament Violence)

Sep 6th, 2023 1h 5m

Episode: Chris Tilling talks with Matt Lynch about Old Testament violence. They take a deep dive into … the flood story in Genesis then traverse the Promised Land to consider the […]The post Matt Lynch – Flood and Fury (on Old Testament Violen

Stanley Porter and Bryan Dyer – Origins of New Testament Christology

Aug 7th, 2023 52m 30s

Episode: Who is this man? Questions about Jesus are fascinating and perennial. Stanley Porter and Bryan Dyer team up to explore how the New Testament deployed diverse traditions–Jesus as passover […]The post Stanley Porter and Bryan Dyer – Ori

Ted Smith – The End of Theological Education

Jul 19th, 2023 1h 1m

Episode: “We’re in the midst of an unraveling”. So argues Ted Smith about the shift in the ways that people relate and the end of theological education as it’s typically conceived. […]The post Ted Smith – The End of Theological Education first

Brandon Smith – The Trinity in the Book of Revelation

Jul 7th, 2023 51m 12s

Episode: Revelation is a mysterious book, shrouded in symbol and rich in Old Testament allusions. What does it mean for our present and future? And more importantly, what does it […]The post Brandon Smith – The Trinity in the Book of Revelatio

Kyle Keimer – Hezekiah Prepares for War

Jun 20th, 2023 54m 17s

Episode: Biblical World co-host Kyle Keimer discusses his research on King Hezekiah’s preparations for the Assyrian attack in 701 BCE. How do archaeologists determine the nature and extent of Hezekiah’s defensive […]The post Kyle Keimer – Heze

Glenn Butner – Jesus the Refugee

Jun 13th, 2023 1h

Episode: Is it anachronistic to call Jesus a refugee? Does the story of Jesus’ family fleeing persecution carry modern political relevance? Would the holy family receive protection in modern society? Listen […]The post Glenn Butner – Jesus the