Episodes
Tuesday Mar 26, 2019
Robert Alter - The Art of Bible Translation
Tuesday Mar 26, 2019
Tuesday Mar 26, 2019
Episode: Dru Johnson and Matt Lynch talk to Robert Alter about his new Princeton University Press book The Art of Bible Translation and his newly released translation of the Hebrew Bible into English. Robert explains how the translation came about and how The Art of Bible Translation acts as a methodological introduction to his translation of the Hebrew Bible.
Guest: Dr. Robert Alter is the “Class of 1937 Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature” at the University of California, Berkeley. Most all of our listeners will know him as one of the chief architects of the literary approach to the Hebrew Bible, with over two dozen books written and now a full translation of the Hebrew Bible into English released this year by Nortons Publishing. Alter might be our first guest to have an entire New York Times article dedicated to him and his work.
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Tuesday Mar 12, 2019
Jeff McSwain - Simul Sanctification
Tuesday Mar 12, 2019
Tuesday Mar 12, 2019
Episode: Chris Tilling chats with Jeff McSwain about his new book Simul Sanctification: Barth's Hidden Vision for Human Transformation (Wipf & Stock, 2018).
Guest: Jeff McSwain is Founder and Director of Ministry formation at Reality Ministries, a community-based non-profit that offers a variety of opportunities for individuals with developmental disabilities to work, play, learn and grow together.
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Monday Mar 04, 2019
Jon Levenson - Resurrection and the Restoration of Israel
Monday Mar 04, 2019
Monday Mar 04, 2019
Episode: Jon Levenson's Resurrection and the Restoration of Israel (Yale, 2006) is one of the books I (Matt) most recommend to my students and colleagues. It models biblical scholarship that is exegetically adept, holds the big picture, understands the history of interpretation, and is genuinely creative and convincing. Dru and I had the privilege of sitting down with Jon Levenson--a favorite on the show--to talk through this topic of vital importance to Jews and Christians.
Guest: Jon Levenson is Albert A. List Professor of Jewish Studies at Harvard Divinity School. He’s well known in the world of Biblical studies, but just in case you’re not familiar or have been living under a rock, he’s the author of numerous influential works, including Sinai and Zion, Creation and the Persistence of Evil, The Death and Resurrection of the Beloved Son, The Love of God and others. Read him!
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