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NT Pod 44 asks "What did Paul know about Jesus?" It is thirteen and a half minutes long.

NT Pod 44: What did Paul know about Jesus? (mp3)

NT Pod 44: What did Paul know about Jesus? (mp3) (Alternative location)

Key texts: 1 Cor. 7.10-11, 1 Cor. 9.3-6, 1 Cor. 9.14, 1 Cor. 11.23-26, 1 Cor. 15.5, 1 Thess. 4.15-17.

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NT Pod 43 asks "Were Paul's Ethics Distinctively Christian?" It is eleven minutes long.

NT Pod 43: "Were Paul's Ethics Distinctively Christian?" (mp3)

NT Pod 43: "Were Paul's Ethics Distinctively Christian? (mp3) (Alternative location)

Key texts: 1 Cor. 6.10-11; 1 Thess. 4.2-5; 1 Cor. 7.25-26, 29; 1 Thess. 3.13; 1 Cor. 10.23-24; Rom. 14.19; 1 Thess. 1.6; 1 Cor. 11.1; 1 Cor. 13; Rom. 13.9-10; Gal. 5.13-14; Gal. 5.22-26; 1 Cor. 6.15-26; Rom. 6.3, 12.

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NT Pod 42 asks "Did Paul think that Jesus was the Pre-existent Son of God?". It is ten and a half minutes long.

NT Pod 42: Did Paul think that Jesus was the Pre-existent Son of God? (mp3)

NT Pod 42: Did Paul think that Jesus was the Pre-existent Son of God (mp3) (Alternative location)

Key texts: Phil. 2.5-11, 1 Cor. 8.6

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NT Pod 41 asks "Was Paul the Founder of Christianity?" It is nine and a half minutes long.

NT Pod 41: Was Paul the Founder of Christianity? (mp3)

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Key texts: Romans 15.19, Galatians 1.11-12, Galatians 1.18-19, Galatians 2.1-10, Galatians 2.11-14, 1 Corinthians 15.1-5, Acts 11.26.

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NT Pod 40 discusses an amusing agraphon that turned out to be a hoax, and the joke that preceded it. It is just under ten minutes long.

NT Pod 40: "Teeth will be provided" (mp3)

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Key texts: Matt. 24.51

References:

Ehrman, Bart D., Lost Christianities: The Battle for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew (New York: Oxford University Press, 2003): 69-70

Carlson, Stephen C., The Gospel Hoax: Morton Smith's Invention of Secret Mark (Waco, Tex: Baylor University Press, 2005): 17-19

Metzger, Bruce, "Literary Forgeries and Canonical Pseudepigrapha," JBL 91 (1972): 3-24

Coleman-Norton, Paul, "An Amusing Agraphon," CBQ 12 (1950): 439-49.

"Anecdotes", Annie Besant (ed.), Our Corner V (1885): 120.

"Under the Spreading Chesnut Tree," Everybody's Magazine XXIV (January-June 1911): 142.

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NT Pod 39 discusses Fatigue in the Synoptic Gospels, an aspect of the Synoptic Problem. It is twelve minutes long.

NT Pod 39: Fatigue in the Synoptics (mp3)

NT Pod 39: Fatigue in the Synoptics (mp3) (Alternative location)

Key texts: Matt. 8.1-4 // Mark 1.40-45; Mark 6.14-29 // Matt 14.1-12; Mark 6.30-44 // Luke 9.10-17; Mark 4.1-20 // Luke 8.4-15; Matt. 10.11-14 // Luke 9.4-5; Matt 25.14-30 // Luke 19.11-27.

For a more detailed argument, see Mark Goodacre, "Fatigue in the Synoptics", New Testament Studies 44 (1998): 45-58

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NT Pod 38 asks "Who is the Beloved Disciple in John's Gospel?".  It is the one year anniversary episode.  It is just under twelve and a half minutes long.

NT Pod 38: Who is the Beloved Disciple in John's Gospel? (mp3)

NT Pod 38: Who is the Beloved Disciple in John's Gospel? (mp3) (Alternative location)

Key texts: John 19.26-27, John 19.35, John 21.24, John 13.23-25, John 18.15-18, John 21.20-23, Luke 22.8, Acts 3.1, Acts 12.2, Gal. 2.9, John 1.35-42

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NT Pod 37 asks "What is the purpose of the Epistle to the Hebrews?" It is just over 13 minutes long. Feel free to leave your comments below or on the new NT Pod Facebook page.

NT Pod 37: What is the purpose of the Epistle to the Hebrews? (mp3)

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Key texts: Hebrews 6.1-4, Hebrews 12.1-3, Hebrews 13.22

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NT Pod 36 takes a first look at the Epistle to the Hebrews. It is just under twelve minutes long. Feel free to leave your comments below.

NT Pod 36: Epistle to the Hebrews: First Look (mp3)

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Key texts: Genesis 14.18-19, Psalm 110.4, Hebrews 1.1-4, 10.22, 12.4, 13.23, 13.24,

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The fifth of the extended episodes of the NT Pod discusses the Passion Narrative in Mark's Gospel. It is 50 minutes long and is an edited version of a class given at Duke University as part of my course on the New Testament in the Dept of Religion in March 2010.

NT Pod Extended Episode 5: Mark's Passion Narrative (mp3)

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Class Handout (PDF)

Key texts: Mark 14-16

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