New Books Network Podcast

Biblical Studies September 26, 2023

Roman Self-Representation and the Lukan Kingdom of God

Michael Kochenash

Hosted by Rob Heaton

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Michael Kochenash published his revised dissertation from Claremont School of Theology as Roman Self-Representation and the Lukan Kingdom of God (Lexington Books/Fortress Academic) in 2020. A student of Dennis R …

Biblical Studies September 16, 2023

A Theology of Justice in Exodus

Nathan Bills

Hosted by Michael Morales

What does the LORD's deliverance of Israel out of Egypt to worship and serve him have to do with justice? Quite a lot, it turns out. Join us as we …

Asian Review of Books September 14, 2023

Ancient Persia and the Book of Esther

Achaemenid Court Culture in the Hebrew Bible

Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

Hosted by Nicholas Gordon

The Book of Esther, one of the historical books in the Torah and the Old Testament, is known as a story of community, discrimination, and human ingenuity. It’s core to …

Indian Religions August 31, 2023

Texts, Traditions, and Sacredness

Cultural Translation in Kristapurana

Annie Rachel Royson

Hosted by Raj Balkaran

Annie Rachel Royson's book Texts, Traditions, and Sacredness: Cultural Translation in Kristapurana (Routledge, 2023) presents a critical reading of Kristapurāṇa, the first South Asian retelling of the Bible. In 1579 …

Biblical Studies August 30, 2023

John Cassian and the Creation of Monastic Subjectivity

Joshua Schachterle

Hosted by Rob Heaton

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In John Cassian and the Creation of Monastic Subjectivity (Equinox Books, 2023), a revision of his 2019 dissertation, Joshua Schachterle evaluates the Institutes and Conferences of John Cassian with a …

Literary Studies August 24, 2023

Noah's Arkive

Jeffrey J. Cohen and Julian Yates

Hosted by John Yargo

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At a moment when the world has tipped over into irreversible violence and corruption, a divinity contacts a righteous man. The man is directed to build a giant ship and …

Biblical Studies August 8, 2023

The Future Restoration of Israel

A Response to Supersessionism

Stanley E. Porter and Alan E. Kurschner

Hosted by Michael Morales

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In The Future Restoration of Israel: A Response to Supersessionism (Pickwick, 2023)., a wide range of scholars write on the question of the promises of God to Israel. These essays put forward …

Biblical Studies August 2, 2023

Jesus

A Life in Class Conflict

James Crossley and Robert J. Myles

Hosted by Rob Heaton

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Alongside their collective acumen in traditional historical-critical and social-scientific approaches to the New Testament, James Crossley and Robert J. Myles bring a worthwhile dose of historical materialist criticism to historical …

Biblical Studies August 2, 2023

Sarcasm in Paul's Letters

Matthew Pawlak

Hosted by David Kunsman

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In this recent monograph Sarcasm in Paul's Letters (Cambridge University Press 2023, Matthew Pawlak offers the first treatment of sarcasm in New Testament studies. He provides an extensive analysis of …

Biblical Studies July 31, 2023

Paul and the Rhetoric of Resurrection

1 Corinthians 15 as Insinuatio

Timothy J. Christian

Hosted by Michael Morales

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Have you ever wondered why Paul leaves the resurrection discussion in 1 Corinthians 15 for the end of the letter? Have you pondered how 1 Corinthians 15 functions as the …

Biblical Studies July 30, 2023

Luke the Chronicler

The Narrative Arc of Samuel-Kings and Chronicles in Luke-Acts

Mark Giacobbe

Hosted by Michael Morales

Did the author of the two-part narrative of Luke-Acts have a literary and historical paradigm in mind? Mark Giacobbe says, yes, that in certain key respects, Luke-Acts, using literary mimesis, was …

Biblical Studies July 29, 2023

The Origins of Judaism

An Archaeological-Historical Reappraisal

Yonatan Adler

Hosted by Rob Heaton

In The Origins of Judaism: An Archaeological-Historical Reappraisal (Yale University Press, 2022), Yonatan Adler pursues the societal adoption of recognizable Jewish practices by Judeans in antiquity with the ultimate aim …

Jewish Studies July 22, 2023

Ecclesiastes and the Search for Meaning

Erica Brown

Hosted by Michael Morales

Ecclesiastes has long been viewed as the great existential work of the Hebrew Bible, containing the famous cry "Vanity of vanities, all is vanity." As part of a search for …

Jewish Studies July 8, 2023

The Closed Book

How the Rabbis Taught the Jews (Not) to Read the Bible

Rebecca Scharbach Wollenberg

Hosted by Miranda Melcher

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Early Judaism is often described as the religion of the book par excellence—a movement built around the study of the Bible and steeped in a culture of sacred bookishness that …

Biblical Studies July 3, 2023

The Magi

Who They Were, How They've Been Remembered, and Why They Still Fascinate

Eric Vanden Eykel

Hosted by Rob Heaton

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The Magi: Who They Were, How They’ve Been Remembered, and Why They Still Fascinate (Fortress Press, 2022) is Eric Vanden Eykel’s second monograph overall and his first geared at a …

Biblical Studies July 2, 2023

Wisdom for Faithful Reading

Principles and Practices for Old Testament Interpretation

John H. Walton

Hosted by Jackson Reinhardt

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The church has too often lost its way in reading the Old Testament for lack of sound principles of interpretation. When careless habits get us off track, we can lose …

Biblical Studies June 30, 2023

Job: Evangelical Biblical Theology Commentary

Barry G. Webb

Hosted by Michael Morales

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The Book of Job confronts the troubling issues that life throws at us as we try to live in trusting obedience to God. How do we live in relation to God …

Jewish Studies June 26, 2023

Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah

Lights in the Valley

Yaakov Beasley

Hosted by Michael Morales

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What do we do when God is silent? This question was asked by the ancient Jewish people during their darkest era, the seventh century BCE. Assyrian armies had ransacked, looted, and …

Biblical Studies June 25, 2023

The Apostle and the Empire

Paul's Implicit and Explicit Criticism of Rome

Christoph Heilig

Hosted by Rob Heaton

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Was Paul silent on the affairs and injustices of the Roman Empire? Or have his letters just been misread? In The Apostle and the Empire: Paul’s Implicit and Explicit Criticism …

Biblical Studies June 24, 2023

Purifying the Consciousness in Hebrews

Cult, Defilement, and the Perpetual Heavenly Blood of Jesus

Joshua D. A. Bloor

Hosted by Michael Morales

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In the Letter to the Hebrews, the “consciousness of sin” is a present problem for the recipients as a stain that causes dread, timidity, and restricted access, and it is …