After Ralph's study on the argued contradictions in the Bible, Tiziana decided to invite her professor, Dr. Eric Smith to come on the show and discuss the topic. Dr. Smith is an Associate Professor of Early Christian Text and Tradition at Iliff School of Theology in Denver Colorado. Originally from right here in North Carolina, he received his bachelors from Mars Hill University, and his Masters of Theological Studies from Vanderbilt University, and Ph.D from Iliff and the University of Denver. His research and teaching center on a constellation of interests in the world of late antiquity, including identity formation, material culture and materialist approaches to religion, and both ancient and modern interpretations of biblical texts. We make some corrections to the previous episode and go further what scholarship calls the disputed and undisputed Pauline texts, etc. It's a fascinating and challenging conversation!

If you'd like to learn more about Dr. Smith, or pick up one of his books, especially his book "Paul the Progressive?", please click on the link to his website: https://www.ericcsmith.com/ or visit his blog titled A Lover's Quarrel at: https://ericcsmith.substack.com/

Below are the links to the two books suggested by Dr. smith:

If God Still Breathes, Why Can't I? by Angela Parker- https://www.eerdmans.com/9780802879264/if-god-still-breathes-why-cant-i/

God's Ghostwriters: Enslaved Christians and the Making of the Bible by Candida Moss- https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/candida-moss/gods-ghostwriters/9780316564694/?lens=little-brown

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