In this episode, Francie Cornes continues her conversation with Tony Watkins and Peter Williams about the book of Jonah. Jonah is an unusual prophetic book because it is mostly narrative and has a very small amount of text where Jonah is actually proclaiming God’s word. In this second episode, Tony and Peter share insights into the theological themes we can see in chapters 2—4. In the first episode they looked at chapter 1 which you can catch up with here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1161728/episodes/17330544 

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Tony Watkins: https://tyndalehouse.com/about/staff/...

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Francie Cornes: https://tyndalehouse.com/about/staff/...

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In this episode, Francie Cornes asks Tony Watkins and Peter Williams about the book of Jonah. Jonah is an unusual prophetic book because it is mostly narrative and has a very small amount of text where Jonah is actually proclaiming God’s word. In this episode, Tony and Peter share some insights into chapter 1, and in the following episode they will look at chapters 2–4. 

Find out more about the host and guests here: 
Tony Watkins: https://tyndalehouse.com/about/staff/tony-watkins/

Peter Williams: https://tyndalehouse.com/about/staff/peter-j-williams/

Francie Cornes: https://tyndalehouse.com/about/staff/francie-cornes/

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As we return to our series on ‘How do we read the Prophets?’, Francie Cornes asks Tony Watkins and Peter Williams about the book of Amos. Tony and Peter share insights into the historical context and structure of the book, as well as talking about what it meant for its original hearers and for us reading it today.

Find out more about the host and guests here: 
Tony Watkins: https://tyndalehouse.com/about/staff/tony-watkins/

Peter Williams: https://tyndalehouse.com/about/staff/peter-j-williams/

Francie Cornes: https://tyndalehouse.com/about/staff/francie-cornes/

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This is part two of Peter Williams's interview with Dr Tom C. Schmidt about his new book, 'Josephus and Jesus: New Evidence for the One they Call Christ'. In this second episode they discuss whether Josephus could have known people who were present at Jesus's trial. 

In the first episode, they tackled the question of whether Josephus's writing about Jesus was edited by Christians to sound more like the biblical account, or whether it could in fact have been written by Josephus (you can catch up on the previous episode wherever you get your podcasts from or watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pn1P0krloq0). 

 Tom's book has been published online for free: https://academic.oup.com/book/60034 It will also be available in print from 3rd June 2025. 

You can find out more on Tom's website at josephusandjesus.com/

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Peter Williams interviews Dr Tom C. Schmidt about his new book, 'Josephus and Jesus: New Evidence for the One they Call Christ'. In this episode they tackle the question of whether Josephus's writing about Jesus was edited by Christians to sound more like the biblical account, or whether it could in fact have been written by Josephus. In next week's episode they will discuss whether Josephus could have known people who were present at Jesus's trial.
 
Tom's book has been published online for free: https://academic.oup.com/book/60034
It will also be available in print from 3rd June 2025.

You can find out more on Tom's website at josephusandjesus.com/

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In the second half of this two-part episode, Tony Watkins and Peter Williams dig into the text of Micah chapter 6 to see what it is actually saying and what it means for us today.

Find out more about the host and guests here: 
Tony Watkins: https://tyndalehouse.com/about/staff/tony-watkins/

Peter Williams: https://tyndalehouse.com/about/staff/peter-j-williams/

Francie Cornes: https://tyndalehouse.com/about/staff/francie-cornes/

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In the first half of this two-part episode, Tony Watkins and Peter Williams begin walking us through the book of Micah, showing how to apply their top tips for reading prophetic books in the Bible.

Find out more about the host and guests here: 
Tony Watkins: https://tyndalehouse.com/about/staff/tony-watkins/

Peter Williams: https://tyndalehouse.com/about/staff/peter-j-williams/

Francie Cornes: https://tyndalehouse.com/about/staff/francie-cornes/

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In this episode, Tony Watkins and Francie Cornes explore what the theological foundations of the prophets were by looking at four key themes the prophets draw on in their writings: Exodus/Covenant, Creation/Fall, God’s dwelling place, and Wisdom.

Book mentioned by Tony: W. Brown, 'Ethos of the Cosmos: The Genesis of Moral Imagination in the Bible', (William B Eerdmans Publishing Co, 1999).

Find out more about the host and guest here: 
Tony Watkins: https://tyndalehouse.com/about/staff/tony-watkins/
Francie Cornes: https://tyndalehouse.com/about/staff/francie-cornes/

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In this series Tony Watkins, Fellow for Public Engagement at Tyndale House, will be sharing how we can make sense of the books of the prophets, and providing helpful tips for how to read them for ourselves. In this first episode, Tony Watkins and Francie Cornes discuss why we often find the prophetic books more difficult to read than other parts of the Bible, as well as who the prophets actually were and what their role was.

Tony has put together a timeline of Old Testament history so you can visually see where the prophets came in Israel's history. Click here to view it: https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/old-testament-timelines/13583150 

Find out more about the host and guest here: 
Tony Watkins: https://tyndalehouse.com/about/staff/tony-watkins/
Francie Cornes: https://tyndalehouse.com/about/staff/francie-cornes/

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In this episode, Dr Peter J. Williams, Principal of Tyndale House, walks us through the history of Tyndale House. Starting with the initial conversations about creating an institution for evangelical biblical scholarship that took place in the late 1930s, through to the new library building project starting in 2025. 

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