Friday, April 17, 2020

NT Pod 92: Live Episode


NT Pod 92 Live: this is an edited recording of NT Pod Live (April 16 2020); it is 53 minutes long.


NT Pod 92: Live Episode (mp3)


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Featuring calls from Alicia Costello, CJ Schmidt, Michael Strickland, Hugo Mendez, Jacob Sparks, and Jose Corea, and chat questions from Kelly Victor, Fiona Thompson, Krista Fauria, Carl Tapps and Andrew Doole.

The topics covered were (in order):

  • Matthean Priority & Marcan Priority
  • John’s knowledge of the Synoptics
  • Acts 15 and Galatians 2
  • Patristic evidence for Matthean Priority
  • Eddie Izzard
  • Resurrection accounts: differences between Paul and Mark
  • The Q hypothesis: how many of my students are persuaded by it?
  • TV drama and documentary: Jesus: His Life (History), The Passion (BBC, HBO)
  • Women & gender in early Christianity; Mary Magdalene
  • The walking, talking cross in the Gospel of Peter.

People mentioned: Ian Mills, Laura Robinson, Douglas Campbell, Ed Sanders, Mark Matson, Barbara Shellard, Alan Garrow, Morton Smith, Ken Olson, Frank Deasy, Nigel Stafford-Clark.


Thanks to Ram2000, "Me and You", for the opening theme, released under a Creative Commons agreement.

Tuesday, April 7, 2020

NT Pod 91: Stories of Jesus' Resurrection (Extended Ep.)


NT Pod 91, "Stories of Jesus' Resurrection", is an extended episode of the podcast; it is 49 minutes long.


NT Pod 91: Stories of Jesus' Resurrection (mp3)


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Lecture Handout here (PDF)

The lecture featured in this episode was originally part of a series of ten lectures entitled "Who Was Jesus?" delivered at St. Olaf College, Minnesota, in July 2016. I am grateful to the Biblical Archaeology Society for permission to rebroadcast it here.

A video version of this lecture is available on BAS's YouTube Channel.

Here are some further related links:

BAS LIbrary Videos

BAS Library: two further video lectures from Mark Goodacre

Key Texts:

1 Corinthians 15, Mark 16, Matthew 28, Luke 24, John 20-21

Coming Soon: NT Pod 92 will be the first ever live episode of the podcast. Join me for NT Pod Live on TalkShoe on Thursday April 16 2020, 2pm EDT.


Thanks to Ram2000, "Me and You", for the opening theme, released under a Creative Commons agreement.