Q&A: The Bible

In this episode, Jason A. Staples, Ph.D., a historian of early Judaism and Christianity, returns to answer 12 questions Erik poses about the Bible. Here are a few of the questions addressed in this episode:

• What do the different names of God mean in the Old Testament?

• What is the difference between the mind, heart, and soul?

• Jesus comes across as cautious in Matthew, Mark, and Luke and with guns blazing in the Gospel of John. Why?

• What do you wish your students understood better about the Bible?

• Is the Bible holy?

Show Notes

• Jason A. Staples, Ph.D. website – https://www.jasonstaples.com/

• Jason’s upcoming book to be published by Cambridge University Press – The Idea of Israel in Second Temple Judaism: A New Theory of People, Exile, and Israelite Identity

• Sign up for Jason’s newsletter

• Something Awry in the Temple? The rending of the temple veil and early Jewish sources that report unusual phenomena in the temple around AD 30 by Robert L. Plummer

• Erik’s Thoughts Per Book of the Bible

• Podcast Episode: the Bible

• Podcast Episode: Proverbs

• Get Book Ideas

• Books of Titans Website

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