NT Pod 120: Why did Paul write letters?

NT Pod 120 asks "Why did Paul write letters?" It is 12 minutes long. NT Pod 120: Why did Paul write letters? (mp3)Video version (YouTube) is here.  Key texts: 2 Cor. 11.28, 2 Cor. 13.7, 1 Thess. 3.5-8, 2 Cor. 10.9-11, 2 Cor. 13.9-10, Gal. 4.19-20 Please feel free to leave feedback below or on my social media (right).  Thanks to Ram2000, "Me and You", for the opening theme, released under a Creative Commons agreement.

NT Pod 119 looks at a famous issue in Pauline chronology. There are five visits to Jerusalem in Acts, but only three in Paul. How do we explain this?NT Pod 119: How often did Paul go to Jerusalem? (audio version, mp3)Video version (YouTube) Key texts: Acts 9, Acts 11.25-30, Acts 15, Acts 18.22, Acts 21-26; Galatians 1.15-20, Galatians 2, Rom. 15.25-32.  Please leave your feedback below, or on our social media (see links on the right).  Thanks to Ram2000, "Me and You", for the opening theme, released under a Creative Commons agreement.

NT Pod 118 discusses the portrait of Paul in Acts of the Apostles. It is 13 minutes long. NT Pod 118: Can we trust Luke's Portrait of Paul in Acts? (mp3)Video Version here.    Key texts: Acts 14.4, 14; Gal. 1.1; 1 Cor. 9.1-2; 2 Cor. 11.5; 1 Cor 15.3-10; Acts 24.17; 1 Cor. 16.1-4; 2 Cor. 9.1-5; Rom. 15.26-27 Feel free to leave your feedback below or on social media (links to the right). Thanks to Ram2000, "Me and You", for the opening theme, released under a Creative Commons agreement.

NT Pod 117 asks "How could Paul have been a Pharisee?" It is just under 13 minutes long. NT Pod 117: How could Paul have been a Pharisee? (mp3) Paul describes himself as a Pharisee in Philippians 3.5, and this is echoed in Acts of the Apostles. What does this mean for Paul's biography, and how does it help us to rethink some of our prejudices about Pharisees and Pharisaism? Key texts: Phil. 4.3-6, Matt. 23, Luke 7.36-50, Luke 16.14, Acts 5.34, Acts 22.3, Acts 23.6, Acts 26.5 Video version here. Feel free to leave your feedback below or on social media (links to the right). Thanks to Ram2000, "Me and You", for the opening theme, released under a Creative Commons agreement.

NT Pod 116 asks, "Was Paul converted on the Damascus Road?" It is 14 minutes and 41 seconds long. NT Pod 116: Was Paul Converted on the Damascus Road? (audio only; mp3)The video version is here (YouTube).  Key texts (in the order in which they appear): 1 Cor. 15.1-10; Gal. 1.15-16; Acts 9.1-23; Gal. 1.1; 1 Cor. 9.1-2; Gal. 1.16b-17; Luke 2.1-40; Luke 10.25-37; Luke 15.11-32; Luke 9.51--19.44; Luke 24.13-35; Acts 9.1-23; Acts 22.6-16; Acts 26.12-18. Feel free to leave your feedback below or on social media platforms (see right). Thanks to Ram2000, "Me and You", for the opening theme, released under a Creative Commons agreement.

NT Pod 115 is a conversation with Ian Mills about his new book The Hypothesis of the Gospels: Narrative Traditions in Hellenistic Reading Culture (Fortress, 2025).  NT Pod 115: The Hypothesis of the Gospels (mp3) The video version is here (YouTube)We refer to the following books, articles and podcasts in this show: Ian Mills, The Hypothesis of the Gospels [Amazon; note: this is an affiliate link; Fortress Press link]NT Review Podcast (co-hosted by Ian Mills) [Apple] [Spotify]Loveday Alexander, The Preface to Luke's Gospel (SNTSMS 78, Cambridge University Press, 2005)  [Amazon; note: this is an affiliate link]Francis Watson, An Apostolic Gospel: The "Epistula Apostolorum" in Literary Context (Cambridge University Press, 2022) [Amazon; note: this is an affiliate link]Annette Yoshiko Reed, “EUAGGELION: Orality, Textuality, and the Christian Truth in Irenaeus’ Adversus Haereses”,” Vigiliae Christianae 56, no. 1 (2002): 11–46-- Feel free to leave your feedback below or on social media platforms (see right). Thanks to Ram2000, "Me and You", for the opening theme, released under a Creative Commons agreement.

NT Pod 114 asks, "Is Luke a Historian?" It is just over 14 minutes long. NT Pod 114: Is Luke a Historian? (mp3) Key texts: Luke 1.1-4, 1.5, 2.1-2, 3.1-2, 4.16-30, 5.1-11, 7.36-50.The video version is here.  Feel free to leave your feedback below or on social media platforms (see right). Thanks to Ram2000, "Me and You", for the opening theme, released under a Creative Commons agreement.

NT Pod 113 asks whether John's Gospel has a "Messianic Secret" like the one in Mark. It is just under 13 minutes long. NT Pod 113: Does John have a Messianic Secret? (mp3) You can access the video version of this podcast here.  Feel free to leave your feedback below or on my social media platforms (see right). Thanks to Ram2000, "Me and You", for the opening theme, released under a Creative Commons agreement.

NT Pod 112 discusses Redaction Criticism of the Gospels. It is 16 minutes long. NT Pod 112: What is Redaction Criticism? (mp3) You can access the video version of this podcast here.  Feel free to leave your feedback below or on my social media platforms (see right). Thanks to Ram2000, "Me and You", for the opening theme, released under a Creative Commons agreement.

NT Pod 111 attempts to answer the question, "Did John know the Synoptic Gospels?" It is just under 12 minutes long.  NT Pod 111: Did John Know the Synoptic Gospels? (mp3)There is a video version of this podcast here.  This podcast references my new book. Details here:The Fourth Synoptic Gospel (Amazon)The Fourth Synoptic Gospel (Eerdmans) Key texts: TBC. Feel leave your feedback below or on our social media (see to the right).  Thanks to Ram2000, "Me and You", for the opening theme, released under a Creative Commons agreement.