Bible Scholarship Podcast

Jordan Ryan of Wheaton College discusses the role of the synagogue in Second Temple-era Jewish life, drawing on recent archaeological evidence, and uses this information to interpret several biblical texts, including Jesus' disputes with synagogue leaders in the Gospel of Luke. Lecture delivered at SBL/AAR in San Antonio in Fall 2016.

Bas van Os of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam argues that scholars have too narrow a set of criteria for judging the probable date of Jesus' life. Lecture delivered at SBL/AAR in San Antonio in Fall 2016. Here's a link to download a PDF of the handout for this lecture. Or see it below:  

Brant Pitre of Notre Dame gives a lecture on the dating of the Last Supper in the Gospel of John. While John has long been interpreted as having a different dating scheme for the Last Supper and the Crucifixion, Pitre argues that this is a misinterpretation. Pitre's latest book, Jesus and the Last Supper, delves into this and other related questions at greater length, and is mentioned in the lecture. Lecture delivered at SBL/AAR in San Antonio in Fall 2016. Here is a PDF of the handout for this lecture. You can also view it below:

A lecture on the political theology of the New Testament by NT Wright. Delivered in 2015 at St. Paul's Cathedral in London. Source. 

New Testament scholar and Anglican bishop NT Wright describes the origins of Christian theology in the works of St. Paul. Lecture delivered at the Lanier Theological Library Chapel in Houston, Texas, in 2014. Source.

Lecture from New Testament scholar NT Wright on the historical reality of Jesus' resurrection. Delivered at the Roanoke College Center for Religion. Source.

An interview with New Testament scholar NT Wright about his views of Paul. Covers material from Wright's books, Paul and the Faithfulness of God and The Paul Debate. Source (Westminster Theological Centre).

A lecture on themes of descent from Abraham and inheritance of the Holy Land in the New Testament, from Wheaton College New Testament professor Gary Burge. Delivered at the Christ at the Checkpoint conference in Israel-Palestine.

A lecture on the origins and development of the text of the Hebrew Bible by professor Emmanuel Tov. 

In 1986, a 2,000-year-old boat was discovered in Israel on the banks of the Sea of Galilee. The vessel is representative of the large fishing boats common on the ancient lake, and the type of boat used in the Gospels by the disciples of Jesus. It is also the type of boat used by the Jews in the brutal nautical Battle of Migdal in AD 67 against a makeshift Roman fleet. The lecture describes the adventure of the boat's discovery and excavation, and delves into the revealing research about the vessel and its milieu. Original video here.