Today's episode features a special guest - renowned Australian Bible scholar, co-authored and friend of Tom's, Mike Bird. Together, they delve into their groundbreaking collaborative work, "The New Testament in its World: An introduction to the history, literature, and theology of the first Christians" which both combines and unpacks years of Tom's major study into this seminal volume.

For more books written by Tom Wright and Mike Bird

• Jesus and the Powers: Christian Political Witness in an Age of Totalitarian Terror and Dysfunctional Democracies (2024) https://shorturl.at/cwzBP

• The New Testament in its World (2019) https://shorturl.at/BGLOX

This episode originally aired on 6 Nov 2019

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