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Elizabeth Shively's "Purification of the Body and the Reign of God in the Gospel of Mark," part 3

Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2025 9:31


We continue a series looking at Elizabeth Shively's "Purification of the Body and the Reign of God in the Gospel of Mark." To read the script for this episode, complete with citations, head over to my website - www.amateurexegete.com.

Elizabeth Shively's "Purification of the Body and the Reign of God in the Gospel of Mark," part 2

Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2025 10:07


We continue a series looking at Elizabeth Shively's "Purification of the Body and the Reign of God in the Gospel of Mark." To read the script for this episode, complete with citations, head over to my website - www.amateurexegete.com.

Elizabeth Shively's "Purification of the Body and the Reign of God in the Gospel of Mark," part 1.

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2025 10:24


We begin a series looking at Elizabeth Shively's "Purification of the Body and the Reign of God in the Gospel of Mark." To read the script for this episode, complete with citations, head over to my website - www.amateurexegete.com.

An Amateur's Toolbox – ‘The SBL Study Bible'

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2024 8:20


We are adding to the toolbox! This time it is the recently published SBL Study Bible. The full script for this episode is available at amateurexegete.com anchor.fm/biblestudyforamateurs

Crumbs from the Table, part 5

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2024 7:23


We conclude a series looking at the late Gail O'Day's piece “Surprised by Faith: Jesus and the Canaanite Woman” that appeared in the volume A Feminist Companion to Matthew (Sheffield Academic Press, 2001). The full script for this episode is available at amateurexegete.com anchor.fm/biblestudyforamateurs

Crumbs from the Table, part 4

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2024 8:53


We continue a series looking at the late Gail O'Day's piece “Surprised by Faith: Jesus and the Canaanite Woman” that appeared in the volume A Feminist Companion to Matthew (Sheffield Academic Press, 2001). The full script for this episode is available at amateurexegete.com anchor.fm/biblestudyforamateurs

Crumbs from the Table, part 3

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2024 9:07


We continue a series looking at the late Gail O'Day's piece “Surprised by Faith: Jesus and the Canaanite Woman” that appeared in the volume A Feminist Companion to Matthew (Sheffield Academic Press, 2001). The full script for this episode is available at amateurexegete.com anchor.fm/biblestudyforamateurs

Crumbs from the Table, part 2

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2024 9:25


We continue a series looking at the late Gail O'Day's piece “Surprised by Faith: Jesus and the Canaanite Woman” that appeared in the volume A Feminist Companion to Matthew (Sheffield Academic Press, 2001). The full script for this episode is available at amateurexegete.com anchor.fm/biblestudyforamateurs

Crumbs from the Table, part 1

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2024 9:06


We begin a series looking at the late Gail O'Day's piece “Surprised by Faith: Jesus and the Canaanite Woman” that appeared in the volume A Feminist Companion to Matthew (Sheffield Academic Press, 2001). The full script for this episode is available at amateurexegete.com

The End of the Letter

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2023 7:06


This is the tenth of ten episodes examining Paul's letter to Philemon.

To Free or Not To Free

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2023 7:31


This is the ninth of ten episodes examining Paul's letter to Philemon.

Runaway Slave?

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2023 7:42


This is the eighth of ten episodes examining Paul's letter to Philemon.

A Slave Named "Useful"

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2023 6:33


This is the seventh of ten episodes examining Paul's letter to Philemon.

Father and Son

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2023 7:22


This is the sixth of ten episodes examining Paul's letter to Philemon.

Slavery in Antiquity

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2023 6:49


This is the fifth of ten episodes examining Paul's letter to Philemon.

Currying Favor

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2023 6:01


This is the fourth of ten episodes examining Paul's letter to Philemon.

To Whom It Is Concerned

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2023 7:45


This is the third of ten episodes examining Paul's letter to Philemon.

Prisoner Paul and Brother Timothy

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2023 8:16


This is the second of ten episodes examining Paul's letter to Philemon.

Dear Philemon

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2023 7:29


This is the first of ten episodes examining Paul's letter to Philemon.

A Lesser-Known Simon

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2023 9:33


There are a lot of Simons in the New Testament. In this episode we look at one you may not have given much thought to. Works Cited: Adela Yarbro Collins, Mark: A Commentary, Hermeneia Commentary Series (Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2007), 222-223. "Καναναῖος," A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, third edition, revised and edited by Fredrick William Danker (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2000). Richard A. Horsley and John S. Hanson, Bandits, Prophets, and Messiahs: Popular Movements in the Time of Jesus (Minneapolis, MN: Winston Press, 1985), 216-217.

“How Art Thou Fallen from Heaven, O Lucifer”

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2023 8:39


In his notes on Isaiah 14:12 for the Scofield Reference Bible, C.I. Scofield taught that the diatribe against the king of Babylon was really a veiled reference to the demise of Satan. Let's investigate. Works Cited: R.E. Clements, Isaiah 1-39, The New Century Bible Commentary (Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1980), 142. C.I. Scofield, The Scofield Reference Bible (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996 [originally published in 1909]), 726.

The "We Passages" of Acts

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2023 8:17


In chapter 16 of the book of Acts, the narrator switches from using the third person to the first person plural. Why does he do that? Works Cited C.K. Barrett, Acts: A Shorter Commentary (London: T&T Clark, 2002), xxiv. William Sanger Campbell, The "We" Passages of the Acts of the Apostles: The Narrator as Narrative Character (Atlanta: SBL Press, 2007), 87-91. Irenaeus, Against Heresies, 3.14.1. Translation taken from The Ante-Nicene Fathers (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1957). Mikeal Parsons, Acts, Paideia Commentaries on the New Testament (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2008), 238-240.

No One Is Good but God Alone

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2023 8:38


Does Jesus's rhetorical question in Mark 10:18 suggest his divinity? Works Cited: Erik Manning, "18 Passages from Mark's Gospel That Prove That Mark Had a High Christology" (12.27.18), isjesusalive.com. Joel Marcus, Mark 8-16: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary, The Anchor Yale Bible (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2009), 721, 725-726.

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Treading Water

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2023 9:13


Does the scene in Mark 6 wherein Jesus walks to the disciples on the water signal Mark's belief in Jesus's divinity or does it point to something else? Works Cited: Michael J. Kok, "Jesus' Imperial Authority over the Sea in Mark 6:45-52," in The Future of Gospels and Acts Research, edited by Peter G. Bolt (SCD Press, 2021), 123-138. Erik Manning, "18 Passages from Mark's Gospel That Prove That Mark Had a High Christology" (12.27.18), isjesusalive.com.

Barabbas, Jesus?

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2023 9:16


In the Gospels of Mark, Luke, and John, the crowds want Pilate to release Barabbas. But in Matthew, the crowd wants them to release Jesus Barabbas. What in the world is going on there? Works Cited: Robert E. Moses, "Jesus Barabbas, a Nominal Messiah? Text and History in Matthew 27.16-17," New Testament Studies 58 (2011), pp. 43-56.

Paul the Jew, part 3

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2023 13:20


Paul is sometimes conceived of in ways that erase or minimize his Jewishness. But what if we interpreted what Paul wrote in terms of his native Judaism? Works cited: Paula Fredriksen, "What Does It Mean to See Paul 'within Judaism'?" Journal of Biblical Literature 141, no. 2 (2022), 359-380.

Paul the Jew, part 2

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2023 8:11


Paul is sometimes conceived of in ways that erase or minimize his Jewishness. But what if we interpreted what Paul wrote in terms of his native Judaism? Works cited: Paula Fredriksen, "What Does It Mean to See Paul 'within Judaism'?" Journal of Biblical Literature 141, no. 2 (2022), 359-380.

Paul the Jew, part 1

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2023 12:33


Paul is sometimes conceived of in ways that erase or minimize his Jewishness. But what if we interpreted what Paul wrote in terms of his native Judaism? Works cited: Paula Fredriksen, "What Does It Mean to See Paul 'within Judaism'?" Journal of Biblical Literature 141, no. 2 (2022), 359-380.

A New Direction for the Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2023 2:41


In what direction is the podcast headed?

Self-Designations in the Acts of the Apostles

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2022 13:48


The author of Acts uses a variety of terms to describe the earliest Jesus-following community. What is the significance of this? Works cited: Paul Trebilco, "The Significance of the Distribution of Self-designations in Acts," Novum Testamentum 54 (2012), 30-49.

A Fourth Synoptic Gospel

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2022 7:40


Typically scholars refer to Matthew, Mark, and Luke as the Synoptic Gospels. But what if there's a fourth? Works cited: Mark Goodacre, "Parallel Traditions or Parallel Gospels? John's Gospel as a Re-Imagining of Mark," in John's Transformation of Mark, edited by Eve-Marie Becker, Helen K. Bond, Carin H. Williams (London: T&T Clark, 2021), 77-89.

A Clever Way to Date the Chronicler

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2022 13:06


When was Chronicles written? Israel Finkelstein has a clever way of figuring it out.  Works cited:  Israel Finkelstein, "The Historical Reality behind the Genealogical Lists in 1 Chronicles," Journal of Biblical Literature 131, no. 1 (2012), 65-83. Nat Ritmeyer, "Ezer, Elead, and Exodus," biblicalhistoricalcontext.com (10.13.17).

Galilee or Jerusalem?

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2022 12:53


Where did the disciples first meet Jesus following the resurrection? Was it in Galilee or in Jerusalem?

The Eye of the Needle...Gate?

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2022 8:28


When Jesus speaks of the "eye of a needle" in the Gospel of Matthew, was he referring to something tangible like a gate in Jerusalem? Ziemnińska's piece - https://tinyurl.com/y7r4shkm

The Creation Combat Myth

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2022 7:36


There are many different creation stories in the Hebrew Bible. Job 26 has one you may not be familiar with.

Was Paul a Roman Citizen?

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2022 7:25


The Acts of the Apostles claims that Paul was a citizen of Rome. But was he?

Pro-Life Proof-Texting

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2022 9:11


Does the book of Jeremiah offer support to the Pro-Life movement the way they think it does?

Papias, Mark, and Slaves

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2022 8:48


When Papias speaks of Mark as Peter's "interpreter," how would a reader in the second century CE understand that?

"Without Excuse" – Is Paul Referring to Atheists in Romans 1?

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2022 10:59


Is Paul thinking of atheists in his diatribe in Romans 1? I'm not convinced.

Hey Jude - Final Thoughts!

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2022 7:56


On the epistle of Jude and its place in the Christian canon.

Hey Jude 24-25!

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2022 7:24


And now, the Benediction.

Hey Jude 20-23!

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2022 8:46


Jude offers hope for the community, as well as a guide for helping those deceived by false teaching.

Hey Jude 17-19!

Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2022 8:20


Jude attempts to keep the family together.

Hey Jude 14-16!

Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2022 6:38


Jude quotes from 1 Enoch.

Hey Jude 11-13!

Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2022 8:40


Jude turns up the megaphone.

Hey Jude 8-10!

Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2022 8:29


What a dispute over Moses's body tells Jude's audience.

Hey Jude 5-7!

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2022 7:53


Three cautionary tales.

Hey Jude 3-4!

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2022 7:23


Intruder alert! Intruder alert!

Hey Jude 1-2!

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2022 8:19


The first of ten episodes looking at the NT epistle of Jude utilizing some of the tools from my amateur toolbox mentioned in episodes 11-20.

An Amateur's Toolbox: The Oxford Bible Commentary

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2022 6:23


Caution: do not throw in anger as it is a massive tome.

An Amateur's Toolbox: Women's Bible Commentary

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2022 5:57


A commentary by women and about women but for everyone.

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