Biblical Studies

Biblical Studies

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Interviews with scholars of the Bible about their new books.

Colin R. McCulloch, "Sanctified by the Spirit: John Owen, Habits of Grace, and Biblical Counseling" (Reformation Heritage Books, 2024)

June 19, 2026

Sanctified by the Spirit

Colin R. McCulloch

In Sanctified by the Spirit: John Owen, Habits of Grace, and Biblical Counseling (Reformation Heritage Books, 2024) Dr. Colin McCulloch examines how a…

Stephen Spector, "God and the First Families: Parenting, Trauma, and Healing in the Book of Genesis" (Jewish Publication Society, 2026)

June 12, 2026

God and the First Families

Stephen Spector
Hosted by Marc Katz

What if the book of Genesis is not only the story of humanity’s first family, but also the story of God learning how to parent? In this episode, Rabbi…

Christopher D. Stanley, "A Ram for Mars" (NFB Publishing, 2026)

June 9, 2026

A Ram for Mars, A Slave's Story Book 3

Christopher D Stanley

What would you do if you were pressured to support a rebellion that you believed was misguided and doomed to failure? What if the safety of your f…

An-Ting Yi, "From Erasmus to Maius: The History of Codex Vaticanus in New Testament Textual Scholarship" (de Gruyter, 2024)

May 21, 2026

From Erasmus to Maius

An-Ting Yi
Hosted by Amisah Bakuri

Codex Vaticanus is often regarded as a pillar of New Testament scholarship, ancient, authoritative, and decisive. In From Erasmus to Maius: The Histor…

Thomas A. Robinson, "Revisiting the God-fearer Thesis in the Development of Early Christianity" (T&T Clark, 2025)

May 12, 2026

Revisiting the God-fearer Thesis in the Development of Early Christianity

Thomas A. Robinson

Revisiting the God-fearer Thesis in the Development of Early Christianity (T&T Clark, 2025) examines in depth the theory, evidence, and trail of schol…

Justin Michael Reed, "The Injustice of Noah's Curse" (Oxford UP, 2025)

May 10, 2026

The Injustice of Noah's Curse

Justin Michael Reed
Hosted by Michael Morales

In Genesis 9, Noah plants a vineyard, and eventually becomes drunk and uncovered in his tent. Then we are told that Ham sees the nakedness of his fath…

Kim Haines-Eitzen, "The Gospel of John: A Biography" (Princeton UP, 2026)

May 6, 2026

The Gospel of John

Kim Haines-Eitzen

The contentious life and times of the most widely cited book of the New Testament. Written some two thousand years ago, the Gospel of John is the only…

Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz, "Rambam Mishne Torah, Volume 1" (Koren Publishers, 2026)

May 3, 2026

Rambam Mishne Torah, Volume 1

Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz
Hosted by Michael Morales

The Rambam, Maimonides, was one of the intellectual giants of world history. His greatest and most ambitious work was the Mishne Torah. And now the St…

Eric McDonnell, "The Formation of Psalms 1–3 and the Arrangement of the Hebrew Psalter" (Mohr Siebeck, 2026)

May 3, 2026

The Formation of Psalms 1–3 and the Arrangement of the Hebrew Psalter

Eric McDonnell
Hosted by Michael Morales

The shape and shaping of the Psalter continues to be one of the more fascinating areas of biblical research. In his recent monograph on Psalm 1-3, Eri…

Josh Franklin, "Where Are You?: Finding Yourself in the Bible" (Wipf & Stock, 2026)

April 26, 2026

Where Are You?

Josh Franklin
Hosted by Marc Katz

Where are you—spiritually, emotionally, and morally? In this episode, Rabbi Marc Katz sits down with Rabbi Josh Franklin to discuss his book Where Are…

Joanna Kline, "Narrative Analogy in the David Story" (Mohr Siebeck, 2024)

April 11, 2026

Narrative Analogy in the David Story

Joanna G. Kline
Hosted by Michael Morales

Have you ever heard echoes of the Genesis patriarchs in the story of David? If so, you're not alone! Join us as we speak with Joanna Kline about her …

The Gospel According to Josephus, Part 2

April 8, 2026

The Gospel According to Josephus, Part 2

Hosted by Ryan Shinkel

In this fifth episode of Season 5, I interview Professor Thomas C. Schmidt, a historian who focuses on the New Testament, Patristics, and Eastern Chr…

Leland Brown, "The First Pastors: Early Christianity’s Vision for Ministry" (Gorgias Press, 2026)

April 5, 2026

The First Pastors

Leland Brown

Most accounts of Christian leadership in the first two centuries focus on the diversity of leadership structures and the various cultural influences t…

S5E4 The Gospel According to Josephus: A Conversation with Thomas C. Schmidt, Part 1

April 1, 2026

The Gospel According to Josephus, Part 1

Thomas C. Schmidt
Hosted by Ryan Shinkel

In this fourth episode of Season 5, I interview Professor Thomas C. Schmidt, a historian who focuses on the New Testament, Patristics, and Eastern Chr…

Christopher Wright Mitchell, "The Song of Songs - Concordia Commentary" (Concordia Publishing, 2001)

March 29, 2026

The Song of Songs

Christopher Wright Mitchell
Hosted by Michael Morales

What is the Song of Songs about? Christopher Mitchell, in his Concordia Commentary, explains it as Solomon's most beautiful poem, containing a profoun…

S. D. Ellison, "Hope for a New David in the Psalter's Narrative Impulse: Reading the Psalms as Utopian Literature" (Fortress Academic, 2025)

March 25, 2026

Hope for a New David in the Psalter's Narrative Impulse

S. D. Ellison
Hosted by Michael Morales

Does the Psalter have a unified theme or message? Davy Ellison says, “Yes!” In his new book Hope for a New David in the Psalter's Narrative Impulse: R…

Daniel McClellan, "The Bible Says So: What We Get Right (and Wrong) About Scripture’s Most Controversial Issues" (St. Martin's Essentials, 2025)

March 18, 2026

The Bible Says So

Daniel McClellan
Hosted by Zalman Newfield

The Bible is arguably the world’s most influential book, but do we really know what it says? Every day across social media and in homes, businesses, a…

Beth A. Berkowitz, "What Animals Teach us About Families: Kinship and Species in the Bible and Rabbinic Literature" (U California Press, 2026)

February 16, 2026

What Animals Teach Us about Families

Beth A. Berkowitz
Hosted by Michael Motia

Reading the Bible and rabbinic literature to reimagine the bonds between animals. Moving beyond debates about the ethics of animal consumption to focu…

Barry G. Webb, "Job: Evangelical Biblical Theology Commentary" (Lexham Academic, 2023)

January 10, 2026

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 Go…

Erica Brown, "Ecclesiastes and the Search for Meaning" (Maggid, 2023)

January 6, 2026

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…