During the recent annual meetings for biblical studies scholars held in San Antonio, Dr. Heiser interviewed a number of scholars about their recent work. In Part 2 of those interviews, we meet Dr. Andy Naselli (New Testament professor at Bethlehem College and...
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What is Exegesis Anyway?
Words like "exegesis" and "exegetical" are thrown around by biblical scholars all the time. Those not in the guild or who haven't taken courses in biblical languages or hermeneutics might wonder what the terminology means. If that's you, I recommend reading this post...
Naked Bible Podcast 029: Prophecy and Apocalyptic Genre
In this episode, we're going to talk about two genres: prophecy and apocalyptic. The reason for doubling up will become apparent as we proceed, but basically we need to talk about these two genres because most modern Bible students don't realize there are clear...
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 028: The Comedic Genre and the New Testament
This episode of the Naked Bible podcast features Dr. Heiser's interview with his friend Dr. Sam Lamerson about the use of the comedic genre in the New Testament. Dr. Lamerson is Professor of New Testament at Knox Theological Seminary in Fort Lauderdale, FL. He has a...
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 027: What is a Proverb?
In the last podcast episode we continued our series on studying the Bible in light of its various types of literature its literary genres. We looked at parables and offered some guidelines for interpreting them. In this episode, we're going to briefly look at...
Naked Bible Episode 026: Advice for Interpreting Parables
In the last podcast episode I continued the series on studying the Bible in light of its various types of literature its literary genres. I looked at an example related to the New Testament how the literary features of Greco-Roman phantom tales and post-mortem...
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 025: Greco-Roman Genres of Ghost Stories and Post-Mortem Apparitions and the Gospels
I've blogged before about recent articles about these Greco-Roman genres. In this episode of the podcast I look at two familiar episodes in the life of Jesus: the incident where he walks on the water and his disciples think they are seeing a ghost, and his appearances...
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 024: The Bible’s Literary Context: Historical Annals
In the last podcast episode we continued our series on studying the Bible in a way that amounts to more than reading by taking a look at the legal genre in Old Testament books. This time I focus on another genre military annals. I think the best way of illustrating...
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 023: Legal Genre
In the last episode of our series on studying the Bible, we transitioned to an important area of study: learning to read the Bible in terms of the various types of literature found in its pages. Our first example concerned reading narrative, where I...
Study Your Bible; Don’t Read it to Forget It: Naked Bible Podcast Series
That's the theme of the podcast series I started several weeks ago. Most people either simply read the Bible like a cereal box, with no intent to analyze it, or like a textbook, which is sure to kill off curiosity. I began the series talking about how critical it is...
Another Bart-Sequitur
Well, Bart Ehrman is at it again. Not content with his all-or-nothing illogic concerning the transmission of the text (and so the concepts) of the New Testament, professor Ehrman is once again coming to a Barnes and Noble near you (and maybe a Fantasy Channel ... er,...
Biblical History, Biblical Fiction
I thought I'd post two items that I have my ancient Israel class read each year. Both are from V. Philips Long's important book, The Art of Biblical History. The first is the book's introduction, which uses a painting and its interpretation as an analogy to the...