Following the Fire

47: Data > Dogma: A conversation with biblical scholar Dan McClellan

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Bible nerds unite! Nathan & Steve got to have a wonderful conversation with TikTok-famous Bible scholar Dan McClellan. Topics include the cognitive science of religion, the problem with univocality, the development of inerrancy, and… does God look like a cow?

  • Dan’s TikTok account
  • Dan’s dissertation: “The Cognitive Science of Religion and the Conceptualization of Deity in the Hebrew Bible”
  • Identity Politics
  • Data > Dogma Merch
  • What is dogma?
  • Book: “People’s History of the United States” by Howard Zinn
  • The Documentary Hypothesis
  • “Univocality”
  • Marcion
  • Psalm 137
  • The Reformation
  • The Enlightenment
  • Logical Positivism
  • Pete Enns
  • Book: “The Bible Tells Me So” by Pete Enns
  • Book: “How the Bible Works” by Pete Enns
  • Book: “The Bible With Sources Revealed” by Richard Friedman

  • Earliest written parts of the Bible:

    • Deuteronomy 32
    • Deuteronomy 33
    • Judges 5
    • Psalm 68
    • Exodus 15
    • Genesis 49

    • Links to all of Dan’s stuff

      • Special Guest: Dan McClellan.

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