NT Pod 118: Can we trust Luke's Portrait of Paul in Acts?

NT Pod 118 discusses the portrait of Paul in Acts of the Apostles. It is 13 minutes long.

NT Pod 118: Can we trust Luke's Portrait of Paul in Acts? (mp3)

Video Version here.   

Key texts: Acts 14.4, 14; Gal. 1.1; 1 Cor. 9.1-2; 2 Cor. 11.5; 1 Cor 15.3-10; Acts 24.17; 1 Cor. 16.1-4; 2 Cor. 9.1-5; Rom. 15.26-27

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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

Video version here.

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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 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.

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NT Pod 45: What did Paul think about the Future of Israel?

NT Pod 45 asks "What was Paul's view of the Future of Israel?" It is just under 13 minutes long.



NT Pod 45: What did Paul think about the future of Israel? (mp3)
NT Pod 45: What did Paul think about the future of Israel? (mp3) (Alternative location)

Key texts: Romans 9-11

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NT Pod 44: What did Paul know about Jesus?

NT Pod 44 asks "What did Paul know about Jesus?" It is thirteen and a half minutes long.



NT Pod 44: What did Paul know about Jesus? (mp3)
NT Pod 44: What did Paul know about Jesus? (mp3) (Alternative location)

Key texts: 1 Cor. 7.10-11, 1 Cor. 9.3-6, 1 Cor. 9.14, 1 Cor. 11.23-26, 1 Cor. 15.5, 1 Thess. 4.15-17.

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NT Pod 43: Were Paul's Ethics Distinctively Christian?

NT Pod 43 asks "Were Paul's Ethics Distinctively Christian?" It is eleven minutes long.



NT Pod 43: "Were Paul's Ethics Distinctively Christian?" (mp3)
NT Pod 43: "Were Paul's Ethics Distinctively Christian? (mp3) (Alternative location)

Key texts: 1 Cor. 6.10-11; 1 Thess. 4.2-5; 1 Cor. 7.25-26, 29; 1 Thess. 3.13; 1 Cor. 10.23-24; Rom. 14.19; 1 Thess. 1.6; 1 Cor. 11.1; 1 Cor. 13; Rom. 13.9-10; Gal. 5.13-14; Gal. 5.22-26; 1 Cor. 6.15-26; Rom. 6.3, 12.

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NT Pod 42: Did Paul think that Jesus was the Pre-existent Son of God?

NT Pod 42 asks "Did Paul think that Jesus was the Pre-existent Son of God?". It is ten and a half minutes long.



NT Pod 42: Did Paul think that Jesus was the Pre-existent Son of God? (mp3)
NT Pod 42: Did Paul think that Jesus was the Pre-existent Son of God (mp3) (Alternative location)

Key texts: Phil. 2.5-11, 1 Cor. 8.6

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NT Pod 41: Was Paul the Founder of Christianity?

NT Pod 41 asks "Was Paul the Founder of Christianity?" It is nine and a half minutes long.



NT Pod 41: Was Paul the Founder of Christianity? (mp3)
NT Pod 41: Was Paul the Founder of Christianity? (mp3) (Alternative location)

Key texts: Romans 15.19, Galatians 1.11-12, Galatians 1.18-19, Galatians 2.1-10, Galatians 2.11-14, 1 Corinthians 15.1-5, Acts 11.26.

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NT Pod 17: Paul's Conversion on the Damascus Road

NT Pod 17 is about Paul's conversion on the road to Damascus. Was it really "on the Damascus Road"? Does Paul himself say this? And is it right to call it a "conversion"? Or should it be described as a "call"?

It is twelve minutes long. Feel free to leave your comments below.



NT Pod Episode 17: Paul's Conversion on the Damascus Road (mp3)

Key texts: Acts 9.1-19; Acts 22.1-23; Acts 26.12-23; Luke 10.25-37; Luke 24.13-34; Acts 8.26-40; Galatians 1.11-20; 1 Corinthians 15.8-11.

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NT Pod 14: Paul as "Apostle": The Controversy

Episode 14 of the NT Pod discusses early controversies over whether or not Paul should be described as "apostle".

It is twelve minutes long. Feel free to leave your comments below.



NT Pod Episode 14: Paul as Apostle: The Controversy (mp3)

Key texts: 1 Cor. 9:1-2; 1 Cor. 15:1-11; Gal. 1:1; 1 Cor. 1:1; 2 Cor. 1:1; Rom. 11:13; 2 Cor. 12:12; Acts 1:21-26; Acts 9; Acts 14:4 and 14.

Brief Programme Notes (NT Blog)

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NT Pod 12: Junia: the First Woman Apostle?

Episode 12 of the NT Pod discusses Junia: the First Woman Apostle?

It is just over eight minutes long. Feel free to leave your comments below.



NT Pod Episode 12: Junia: the First Woman Apostle? (mp3)

Key texts: Romans 16:7.

Programme Notes (NT Blog); additional note (NT Blog)

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NT Pod 10: Did the Apostle Paul have a sense of humour?

Episode 10 of the NT Pod asks "Did the Apostle Paul have a sense of humour?".

It is ten and a half minutes long. Feel free to leave your comments below.



NT Pod Episode 10: Did Paul have a sense of humour? (mp3)

Programme Notes.

Key texts: Galatians 5:12, 1 Corinthians 12:15-26, 2 Corinthians 12:11-13

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NT Pod 6: Resurrection and After-life in Paul

Episode 6 of the NT Pod discusses Paul's view of Resurrection and the After-life. Are there contradictions between his earlier and later views? Did his mind change?

It is nine and a half minutes long. Feel free to leave your comments below.



NT Pod Episode 6: Resurrection and the After-life in Paul (mp3)

Key texts: 1 Thess. 4:13-18; 1 Cor. 15:50-54; Phil. 1.21-26.

Programme Notes on the NT Blog.

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NT Pod 4: Does 1 Cor. 11.15 refer to a "testicle"?

The fourth episode of the NT Pod discusses Troy Martin's intriguing translation of 1 Corinthians 11.15 as "For her hair is given to her instead of a testicle".

It is six and a half minutes long. Feel free to leave your comments below.



NT Pod Episode 4: Does 1 Cor. 11.15 refer to a "testicle"? (mp3)

The podcast provides a summary of a talk I recently gave in Rome, at the SBL International Meeting, for which I provided a hand-out (PDF), which may be useful to some -- it summarizes the argument and gives the background texts.

Key texts: 1 Corinthians 11.1-16

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NT Pod 2: Paul the letter speaker

The second episode of the NT Pod explores how Paul wrote his letters -- by dictating to a scribe.

It is just under seven minutes long. Feel free to leave your comments below.



NT Pod Episode 2: Paul the letter speaker (mp3)

Key texts: Romans 16:22, Galatians 6:11.

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