World of the Bible Podcast, a Tyndale House Production

In this episode Dr Andrew Ollerton is joined by Dr Daniel Block to look at Old Testament law and instruction. This episode’s text is Deuteronomy Chapter 27 and the instruction to set up the stones on Mount Ebal, as Daniel demonstrates how even after 50 years of study the biblical text might still have surprises for us.

Dr Daniel Block is Gunther Knoedler Professor Emeritus of Old Testament, Wheaton College. His scholarly work focuses on the books of Deuteronomy, Judges, Ruth, and Ezekiel. Dr Block studied for his DPhil at Liverpool University. He has written numerous scholarly articles and reference works and served as a senior translator for the New Living Translation. His books include The Gods of the Nations: Studies in Ancient Near Eastern Theology and The Gospel according to Moses: Theological and Ethical Reflections on the Book of Deuteronomy.

Reading list:
Covenant: The Framework of God’s Plan for Redemption (Baker Academic, 2021)
Daniel I. Block, "'What Do These Stones Mean?' The Riddle Of Deuteronomy 27," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 56.1 (March 2013): 17-41

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In this episode Dr Andrew Ollerton is joined by Dr Ros Clarke to talk about how we read poetry and allegory in the Old Testament. We focus in on Chapter 5 of the Song of Songs as Ros helps us to unpack some of the richness and beauty of Old Testament poetry. 

Please note that this episode does include discussion of sexual violence. 

Reading list:
Forty Women: Unseen women of the Bible from Eden to Easter (IVP,  2021)
Introduction to Poetry by Billy Collins 

Dr Ros Clarke is a Christian teacher, speaker and writer. Since 2017 she has been employed as the Associate Director of Church Society where her responsibilities include editing Crossway, their quarterly magazine, and producing their weekly podcast. Prior to that she worked for the Diocese of Lichfield as the first Online Pastor in the Church of England. She holds theology degrees from Oak Hill College and Highland Theological College. Her PhD thesis was on canonical interpretations of the Song of Songs, and she is particularly passionate about helping Christians to read and understand the Old Testament.

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In this second series Dr Andrew Ollerton meets with academics and researchers from the Tyndale House network to discuss how they approach the Old Testament and wrestle with its trickier passages. Each episode focuses in on a different text from the Old Testament, as we explore the reading processes and practices that researchers bring to their own Bible reading.

In this episode Dr Andrew Ollerton is joined by Dr Peter J Williams to look at strangeness and stories in the Old Testament, and to ask: how do we take it seriously? Andrew and Peter discuss talking animals, miraculous events, the bizarre breeding program we find in Genesis 30 and how we might become confident readers of the Old Testament, even in its stranger parts.

Please note that this episode does include a very brief discussion of sexual violence.

Dr Peter J Williams is Principal of Tyndale House and a member of the Faculty of Divinity in the University of Cambridge. He received his MA, MPhil and PhD, in the study of ancient languages related to the Bible from Cambridge University. He’s currently Chair of the International Greek New Testament Project and a Member of the Translation Committee of the English Standard Version of the Bible. He is the author of Can We Trust the Gospels? and The Surprising Genius of Jesus, both published by Crossway.

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This episode is one of a number of standalone episodes we will be doing where we will interview readers, staff and visiting scholars at Tyndale House as well as scholars who we have links with. We will hear about the research they are doing and its relevance for the wider Church.

In this episode, Tony Watkins, Fellow for Public Engagement at Tyndale House, sits down with Peter Williams, Principal of Tyndale House to hear about how Peter got into biblical scholarship, his role within Tyndale House, and the vision and mission for the wider organisation.

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In this final episode Dr Peter J Williams, Dr Dirk Jongkind and Dr Chee-Chiew Lee join us again for a final roundtable discussion with Dr Andrew Ollerton to discuss together how they each read the gospels and how academic scholarship can raise confidence in the gospel accounts.

We’d love to hear your thoughts on the series so please do get in touch either on Twitter or email us [email protected]

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In this episode Dr Andrew Ollerton and Dr Chee-Chiew Lee delve further into her research into persecution and what it means to take risks in the Gospel of John.

Dr Chee-Chiew Lee is Associate Professor in New Testament and Senior Director of Programme Development and Advanced Studies at Singapore Bible College. Her PhD in biblical theology is from Wheaton College, Illinois. 

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In this episode Dr Andrew Ollerton speaks to Dr Chee-Chiew Lee about the experience of reading the four different Gospel perspectives.

Dr Chee-Chiew Lee is Associate Professor in New Testament and Senior Director of Programme Development and Advanced Studies at Singapore Bible College. Her PhD in biblical theology is from Wheaton College, Illinois.

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In this episode Dr Andrew Ollerton and Dr Dirk Jongkind ask whether we can have confidence to trust the Gospel manuscripts and how the Gospel accounts have been passed on to the present day.

Dr Dirk Jongkind is probably best-known as editor of the Tyndale House Greek New Testament. His PhD is from the University of Cambridge and is now a Fellow of St Edmund’s College and a Member of the Faculty of Divinity. At Tyndale House Dirk does research in the transmission of the text of the New Testament.

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In this episode Dr Andrew Ollerton speaks to Dr Dirk Jongkind about the process through which the Gospels were preserved and came to be written down.

Dr Dirk Jongkind is probably best-known as editor of the Tyndale House Greek New Testament. His PhD is from the University of Cambridge and is now a Fellow of St Edmund’s College and a Member of the Faculty of Divinity. At Tyndale House, Dirk does research in the transmission of the text of the New Testament. 

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In this episode Dr Andrew Ollerton and Dr Peter J Williams continue their discussion of the credibility of the four Gospels. Who were the Gospel authors and can we trust their testimonies?

Dr Peter J Williams is Principal of Tyndale House. He received his PhD in the study of ancient languages related to the Bible from Cambridge University. His 2018 book, Can We Trust the Gospels?, examines evidence from non-Christian sources to assess the trustworthiness of the four biblical accounts of Jesus’s earthly life.

This episode is a re-release from the Trusting the Bible podcast which was a collaboration between Tyndale House, Cambridge @Tyndale_House and the Bible Society @biblesociety in 2020.

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