This is an extra, extended episode of the NT Pod. It is the second of three extended episodes on the Synoptic Problem, edited recordings of my classes on the topic for an Introduction to the New Testament class at Duke University (February 2010).

This episode is 50 minutes long.

NT Pod Extended Episode 2: The Synoptic Problem 2 (mp3)

NT Pod Extended Episode 2: The Synoptic Problem 2 (mp3) (Alternative location)

The regular NT Pod related to this topic is NT Pod 24: Was Mark the first Gospel?

If you would like to follow along the extended podcast with the class handout, you can download it here:

Lecture Handout: Marcan Priority (PDF)

Thanks to Ram2000, Me and You, for the opening theme, released under a Creative Commons agreement.

This is an extra, extended episode of the NT Pod. It is 40 minutes long. It is the first of three extended episodes on the Synoptic Problem, edited recordings of my classes on the topic for an Introduction to the New Testament class at Duke University:

NT Pod Extended Episode 1: The Synoptic Problem 1 (mp3)

NT Pod Extended Episode 1: The Synoptic Problem 1 (mp3) (Alternative location)

If you would like to follow along with the handout for the class, you can download a copy here:

Synoptic Problem 1 Handout (PDF)

Thanks to Ram2000, Me and You, for the opening theme, released under a Creative Commons agreement.

NT Pod episode 23 is the first of the four back-to-back episodes on the Synoptic Problem. This one introduces the problem and begins to survey the data.

It is twelve minutes long. Feel free to leave your comments below.

NT Pod Episode 23: What is the Synoptic Problem (mp3)

Note: there is an extra, extended episode of the NT Pod available on this topic, an edited recording of a class lecture on the topic. It is forty minutes long, and it is found here:

NT Pod Extended Episode 1: The Synoptic Problem 1

Thanks to Ram2000, Me and You, for the opening theme, released under a Creative Commons agreement.

Episode 22 of the NT Pod discusses the issue of The Anonymity of the Gospels, exploring some of the issues that surround the relative lack of "authorial representation" in the canonical Gospels, in contrast with some second century Gospels.

It is eleven minutes long. Feel free to leave your comments below.

NT Pod Episode 22: The Anonymity of the Gospels (mp3)

Key texts: Matthew 9.9; Luke 1.1-4, John 19.35, John 21.24; Gospel of Thomas Incipit; Protevangelium of James 25.1; Gospel of Peter 15.60; Apocryphon of James.

Thanks to Ram2000, Me and You, for the opening theme, released under a Creative Commons agreement.

The latest episode of the NT Pod is all about what is involved in a historical approach to the New Testament.

It is just over ten minutes long. Feel free to leave your comments below.

NT Pod Episode 21: A Historical Approach to the New Testament (mp3)

Thanks to Ram2000, Me and You, for the opening theme, released under a Creative Commons agreement.

Episode 20 of the NT Pod asks When Was Jesus Born?

It is eleven and a half minutes long. Feel free to leave your comments below.

NT Pod Episode 20: When Was Jesus Born? (mp3)

Key texts: Matthew 2:1; Matthew 2:19; Matthew 2:22; Luke 2:1-2; Luke 3.1-2; Luke 3:23.

Thanks to Ram2000, Me and You, for the opening theme, released under a Creative Commons agreement.

Episode 19 of the NT Pod asks "Was Jesus Born in Bethlehem?"

It is a little over ten minutes long. Feel free to leave your comments below.

NT Pod Episode 19: Was Jesus Born in Bethlehem? (mp3)

Programme Notes (NT Blog)

Key texts: Matthew 2:1-12; Luke 2:1-20; John 7:40-43; Micah 5:2

Thanks to Ram2000, Me and You, for the opening theme, released under a Creative Commons agreement.

Episode 18 of the NT Pod asks "Was Jesus Really a Carpenter?"

It is eleven minutes long. Feel free to leave your comments below.

NT Pod Episode 18: Was Jesus a Carpenter? (mp3)

Key texts: Mark 6.3; Matthew 13.55; Infancy Gospel of Thomas 11/13; Justin Martyr, Dialogue 88.

Thanks to Ram2000, Me and You, for the opening theme, released under a Creative Commons agreement.

NT Pod 17 is about Paul's conversion on the road to Damascus. Was it really "on the Damascus Road"? Does Paul himself say this? And is it right to call it a "conversion"? Or should it be described as a "call"?

It is twelve minutes long. Feel free to leave your comments below.

NT Pod Episode 17: Paul's Conversion on the Damascus Road (mp3)

Key texts: Acts 9.1-19; Acts 22.1-23; Acts 26.12-23; Luke 10.25-37; Luke 24.13-34; Acts 8.26-40; Galatians 1.11-20; 1 Corinthians 15.8-11.

Thanks to Ram2000, Me and You, for the opening theme, released under a Creative Commons agreement.

Episode 16 of the NT Pod discusses the length of Jesus' public ministry.

It is 11 or so minutes long. Feel free to leave your comments below.

NT Pod Episode 16: Did Jesus' Ministry Last Three Years? (mp3)

Key texts: Luke 3:1-2; Mark 6:39; John 2:13; John 6:4; John 11:55; John 12:1.

Thanks to Ram2000, Me and You, for the opening theme, released under a Creative Commons agreement.