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Episode 16: Making Sense of the Incense Altar with Hananel Shapira
26 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hananel Shapira, a PhD student at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, discusses his research on the priestly literature and his article on the incense...
Episode 15: The Where and When of Joshua 10 and 11 with Ya'akov Dolgopolsky-Geva
12 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jared talks to Ya’akov Dolgopolsky-Geva about his article from the Journal of Biblical Literature “Where (and When) Did the Autho...
Episode 14: Gospel Media with Nicholas A Elder
29 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this conversation, Nicholas Elder discusses his book Gospel Media: Reading, Writing, and Circulating Jesus Traditions, which covers the complexity ...
Episode 13: The Hebrew Bible as Literature with Tod Linafelt
15 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Jared talks to Tod Linafelt about his book The Hebrew Bible as Literature: A Very Short Introduction from Oxford University Press. Boo...
Episode 12: Ben Witherington III - Apocalyptic Literature Explained
01 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this conversation, Dr. Ben Witherington discusses his background as a professor of New Testament and his extensive experience in teaching and writi...
Episode 11: Brent A Strawn - Divine Doppelgängers III
24 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this conversation, Brent A. Strawn discusses the significance of Yahweh's lookalikes in the ancient world and the challenges of differentiating Yah...
Episode 10: Jon D Levenson - Divine Doppelgängers II
15 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jared talks to Jon D Levenson about his essay “Is There a Counterpart in the Hebrew Bible to New Testament Anti-Semitism” from th...
Episode 9: Collin Cornell - Divine Doppelgängers I
01 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Jared talks to Collin Cornell about his chapter in Divine Doppelgängers: YHWH’s Ancient Look-Alikes, which he edited. The title of ...
Episode 8: Daniel Rodriguez - Hospitality in Biblical Translation
23 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this special Thanksgiving episode, Jared talks with Daniel Rodriguez about his article “Reframing Hospitality: Cognition, Social Binding, and Mim...
AARSBL 2023
21 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, Jared talks about his experience at the 2023 American Academy of Religion and Society of Biblical Literature combined annual meeting....
Episode 7: Alexiana Fry - Trauma as Biblical Hermeneutic
13 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, Jared talks with Alexiana Fry about her book Trauma Talks in the Hebrew Bible: Speech Act Theory and Trauma Hermeneutics. Alexiana re...
Episode 6: Chris Tilling - Perspectives on the Apostle Paul
01 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Jared Talks to Chris Tilling about the book Beyond Old and New Perspectives on Paul: Reflections on the Work of Douglas Campbell. Bo...
Episode 5: Heather Macumber - Monsters in Revelation
27 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this special Halloween episode, Jared talks with Heather Macumber about here book Recovering the Monstrous in Revelation, which is part of the seri...
Episode 4: Jodi Magness - Toilets and Toilet Humor in Antiquity
01 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this Episode Jared talks to Jodi Magness about her article “Toilets and Toilet Humor in the Story of Eglon’s Murder by Ehud” from the March 2...
Episode 3: Stanley Hauerwas - Story-Formed Communities for Humans and Rabbits
01 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Jared talks to Stanley Hauerwas about his essay “A Story-Formed Community: Notes on Watership Down” from The Hauerwas Reader. Prof...
Episode 2: Rabbi Michael E Harvey - Creation in Genesis 1
01 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jared talks with Rabbi Michael E Harvey about his 3 March 2023 Twitter thread discussing the authorship and meaning of Genesis 1. Rabbi Harvey is the ...
Episode 1: Sophia RC Johnson - Kingship and Covenant
12 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sophia RC Johnson is a PhD Candidate in Hebrew Bible at Cambridge University. We begin by discussing the thesis of her article in the December 2022 is...