NT Pod 117: How could Paul have been a Pharisee?

NT Pod 117 asks "How could Paul have been a Pharisee?" It is just under 13 minutes long.

NT Pod 117: How could Paul have been a Pharisee? (mp3)

 Paul describes himself as a Pharisee in Philippians 3.5, and this is echoed in Acts of the Apostles. What does this mean for Paul's biography, and how does it help us to rethink some of our prejudices about Pharisees and Pharisaism?

 Key texts: Phil. 4.3-6, Matt. 23, Luke 7.36-50, Luke 16.14, Acts 5.34, Acts 22.3, Acts 23.6, Acts 26.5

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NT Pod 116: Was Paul Converted on the Damascus Road?

NT Pod 116 asks, "Was Paul converted on the Damascus Road?" It is 14 minutes and 41 seconds long.

NT Pod 116: Was Paul Converted on the Damascus Road? (audio only; mp3)

The video version is here (YouTube). 

Key texts (in the order in which they appear): 1 Cor. 15.1-10; Gal. 1.15-16; Acts 9.1-23; Gal. 1.1; 1 Cor. 9.1-2; Gal. 1.16b-17; Luke 2.1-40; Luke 10.25-37; Luke 15.11-32; Luke 9.51--19.44; Luke 24.13-35; Acts 9.1-23; Acts 22.6-16; Acts 26.12-18.

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NT Pod 115: The Hypothesis of the Gospels

NT Pod 115 is a conversation with Ian Mills about his new book The Hypothesis of the Gospels: Narrative Traditions in Hellenistic Reading Culture (Fortress, 2025). 

NT Pod 115: The Hypothesis of the Gospels (mp3)

The video version is here (YouTube)

We refer to the following books, articles and podcasts in this show: 

Ian Mills, The Hypothesis of the Gospels [Amazon; note: this is an affiliate link; Fortress Press link]

NT Review Podcast (co-hosted by Ian Mills) [Apple] [Spotify]

Loveday Alexander, The Preface to Luke's Gospel (SNTSMS 78, Cambridge University Press, 2005)  [Amazon; note: this is an affiliate link]

Francis Watson, An Apostolic Gospel: The "Epistula Apostolorum" in Literary Context (Cambridge University Press, 2022) [Amazon; note: this is an affiliate link]

Annette Yoshiko Reed, “EUAGGELION: Orality, Textuality, and the Christian Truth in Irenaeus’ Adversus Haereses”,” Vigiliae Christianae 56, no. 1 (2002): 11–46

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