NT Pod 105, "What is Translation Inertia?" discusses a problem in English translations of the Gospels. The sheer familiarity of famous translations, often dating back to the King James Version of 1611, can prevent us from translating the Bible into accurate contemporary English. There are many examples of this, but this podcast begins with "There is therefore now no condemnation . . ." and "For God so loved the world . . .," and goes on to focus on the terms "stumbling block" and "disciples."

Key texts (in the order in which they appear in the episode):
John 3.16Romans 8.1Isaiah 40.1Matt. 2.17Matt. 16.231 Cor. 1.23Matt. 9.14 // Mark 2.18 // Luke 5.30Matt. 14.12 // Mark 6.29Matt. 11.2 // Luke 7.18Matt. 22.16Luke 11.1Matt. 10.24-25 // Luke 6.40Matt. 28.19

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NT Pod 104, "The Synoptic Translation Problem," investigates a problem in English translations of the Gospels. The translations frequently mangle the agreements and disagreements between the Synoptic Gospels, and between the Synoptics and John. This podcast attempts to show how pervasive the problem is by drawing attention to conflicting translations in the NRSVUE (the New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition), and proposing a way forward for future translations of the New Testament. 

Key texts:
(1) Matt. 27.50 // Mark 15.37 // Luke 23.46; Psalm 31.5(2) Matt. 26.51 // Mark 14.47 // Luke 22.50 // John 18.10(3) Matt. 26.6-13 // Mark 14.3-9 // Luke 7.36-50 // John 12.1-8(4) Matt. 28.10 // John 20.17

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NT Pod 103 is a conversation with Dr Elizabeth Schrader Polczer, focusing on her Duke PhD Dissertation, "’Those Who Love Me Will Keep My Word’:  Narrative Variants in New Testament Gospel Stories”, and related topics.

NT Pod 103: The Joy of Textual Variants: In Conversation with Dr Elizabeth Schrader Polczer (mp3)

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Dr Elizabeth Schrader Polczer's homepageDr Elizabeth Schrader Polczer on Twitter
“Those Who Love Me Will Keep My Word”: Narrative Variants in New Testament Gospel Stories (Duke University PhD Dissertation)
"Was Martha of Bethany Added to the Fourth Gospel in the Second Century?" (Open Access via Duke Space; Harvard Theological Review official here)
"Was Salome at the Markan Tomb? Another Ending to Mark's Gospel" (Comparative Oriental Manuscript Studies Bulletin article)
"Apocryphal within the Canonical:  Unorthodox Influence on the New Testament Textual Transmission" (forthcoming article)
Mary Magdalene as a “revealer":  translated page from the Syriac Sinaitic palimpsest

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NT Pod 102 asks, "Has Q Been Discovered?" It is 14 minutes long. 

NT Pod 102: Has Q Been Discovered? (mp3)

Key texts: P.Oxy.5575; Matt. 6.25-33; Luke 6.22-31; Luke 12.16-21; Thomas 27; Thomas 36; Thomas 63.
For more on P.Oxy.5575, see:
Candida Moss, "Scholars Publish New Papyrus with Early Sayings of Jesus" (Daily Beast) Peter Gurry, Synopsis of P.Oxy. 5575, Matt, Luke, and Thomas (Evangelical Textual Criticism Blog)Mark Goodacre, English Synopsis of P.Oxy. 5575, Matthew, Luke, and Thomas (PDF)Brent Nongbri, "The Date of the New Oxyrhynchus Sayings of Jesus P.Oxy. 87.5575", Variant Readings BlogJ. Fish, D.B. Wallace, and M. W. Holmes (eds), "P.Oxy. 5575" in Volume LXXXVII of The Oxyrhynchus Papyri (2023) [Fuller citation to follow]

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NT Pod 101 is a conversation with Matthew Page about his new book, 100 Bible Films:

NT Pod 101: 100 Bible Films with Matthew Page (mp3)

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NT Pod 100 asks "Are there New Ways through the Maze?"

NT Pod 100: Are There New Ways Through the Maze? (mp3)

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NT Pod 99 is a conversation with Prof. Jaime Clark-Soles, Professor of New Testament, Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University. It is 57 minutes long:

NT Pod 99: Women in the Bible: In Conversation with Jaime Clark-Soles (mp3) 
This podcast discusses
Jaime Clark-Soles, Women in the Bible (Interpretation; Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2020)


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NT Pod 98 is a conversation with Prof. Robyn Faith Walsh, Associate Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Miami University. It is 58 minutes long:

NT Pod 98: The Origins of Early Christian Literature Without Jesus (mp3) 
This podcast discusses
Robyn Faith Walsh, The Origins of Early Christian Literature: Contextualizing the New Testament Within Greco-Roman Literary Culture (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021)
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NT Pod 97 is a conversation with Prof. Amy-Jill Levine and Prof. Marc Brettler about their new book, The Bible With and Without Jesus. It is 46 minutes long:

NT Pod 97: The Bible With and Without Jesus (mp3) 
This podcast discusses
The Bible With and Without Jesus: How Jews and Christians Read the Same Stories Differently">Amy-Jill Levine & Marc Brettler, The Bible With and Without Jesus (New York: Harper Collins, 2020)

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NT Pod 96 is a conversation with Dagmar Winter and Chris Keith about the use of criteria in Historical Jesus research. It was recorded "live" in April 2020 and this slightly edited version is 55 minutes long:

NT Pod 96: In conversation with Dagmar Winter & Chris Keith

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