1802: 10 Things You Should Know About the Bible - Dan McClellan Part 2

Mormon Stories Podcast

Dr. John Dehlin

Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 23 August 2023

⏱️ 311 minutes

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Summary

Dan McClellan is back to offer insights into common views of the Bible, including Evangelical and Latter-day Saint perspectives. He suggests that Latter-day Saints should be open to the Bible's potential inaccuracies and dives into the intricate topic of authorship, revealing that many individuals contributed to the texts over a thousand years.

McClellan challenges literal interpretations of biblical figures like Moses and Adam based on available data, but doesn’t stop there! He also explores gender roles, slavery, and polygamy in biblical contexts, revealing how ancient societies influenced these aspects. End-time prophecies, the concept of Hell, and their development are also examined.

McClellan advocates for a nuanced approach to the Bible, emphasizing the importance of understanding its genre and historical context. The interview encourages critical engagement with this ancient and complex text.

Dan McClellan

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Mormon stories podcast. I'm your host, John Delin. It's August 14th
0:05.6	2023 and for part two of my interview with Bible scholar Dan McClellan. Hey Dan. Hey, John. How you doing? Good for part two today
0:14.8	We're going to be talking about 10 things that everybody should know about the Holy Bible
0:20.3	Again for those who didn't catch part one
0:23.6	You will really I think get a lot more out of this episode if you go back and watch Dan's story
0:28.8	But even if you haven't
0:30.7	Dan is one of the most popular Bible scholars in the world right now in my opinion
0:36.2	Dan you may laugh at that you may disagree
0:39.0	But if you just count views and notoriety and exposure
0:44.0	I would say and I said this in last episode
0:46.8	Democlellan in my opinion rivals Bart Irman for just
0:51.7	Reach an impact thanks largely in part to his amazing tiktok channel that has what six seven hundred thousand
0:59.4	Subscribers at this point little over six hundred thousand. Yeah. Yeah, but most importantly
1:05.2	I believe Democlellan is a really important and thoughtful and knowledgeable scholar of the Bible and in part one of my series with
1:14.5	Democlellan we talked about his Mormon story
1:17.6	And now in part two we're going to be talking about
1:20.6	10 things everybody should know about the Bible and I'm hoping this is not just for Mormons and ex-Mormons and progressive Mormons
1:26.7	But for the general world. Yeah, before we dive in for those who missed part one
1:32.0	Can you just talk a little bit about your Bible related CV so that people know
1:37.3	You know, you do have a little bit of education a background in this regard. Yeah, so I did I did my
1:43.8	Bachelor's degree at Brigham Young University and Ancient Near Eastern studies my goal was to go on to graduate school
1:49.4	Get a PhD and something related to the Bible
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