Episode 151 Christ Among the Messiahs with Matthew Novenson

For many years some scholars have regarded the word “Christ” as just another name for Jesus in the earliest writings of the New Testament, namely, the letters of Paul. But Matthew makes a cogent case that the word “Christ” in Paul means “Messiah.”

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Episode 150 The Pseudepigrapha, Part 2 with Dan Gurtner

The Pseudepigrapha are a complicated set of texts which are often classified together, although they are very different. The term “Pseudepigrapha” means “falsely-written.” That is, written in the name of another.

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Episode 149 The Pseudepigrapha, Part 1 with Dan Gurtner

The Pseudepigrapha are a complicated set of texts which are often classified together, although they are very different. The term “Pseudepigrapha” means “falsely-written.” That is, written in the name of another.

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Episode 148 Including the Stranger with David Firth

"Including the Stranger" examines the books known as the former prophets and asks the big questions these prophets are discussing: Who are the people of God?

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