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Apocrypha for Beginners with Dr. Brandon Hawk

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🗓️ 5 October 2023

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

What’s the deal with the Apocrypha? Resident Bible Scholar Erin Moon and Community Manager Evan Dodson explore that in this very special conversation with Dr. Brandon Hawk, author of Apocrypha for Beginners. This episode gives you a peek behind the curtain at the type of conversations we have over at The Faith Adjacent Seminary. Is Apocrypha simply Biblical fan fiction, and what do Star Wars and Deuterocanonical books have in common? You’ll have to listen to find out! 


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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to a very special episode of Faith adjacent Fellowship Hall edition.

0:16.0

I'm community manager Evan Dodson and today we're doing something a little different.

0:21.0

Back in February, over at the Faith adjacent seminary, we had the pleasure and joy to talk

0:25.8

with Dr. Brandon Hawk, professor and author of Apocrypha for Beginners. We get questions all the time

0:33.8

about all things Apocrypha and his book has become our go-to resource recommendation. We thought

0:40.3

this conversation deserved a place on the main feed where everyone could hear it. So a little bit

0:44.7

about what you're going to hear. In our fellowship halls available for members of our Patreon community,

0:49.4

the Faith adjacent seminary, I am joined with resident Bible scholar Aaron Moon to host a monthly

0:55.4

live event. Sometimes we have sacred cinnamonites, sometimes we do AUAs, and other times we are lucky enough

1:02.0

to be joined by people much smarter than ourselves. You'll also hear us reference the chat where

1:07.4

live participants are talking and offering their own perspectives. It is a magical time. So Dr. Hawk's

1:14.2

book Apocrypha for Beginners offers summaries, essential context and information of over 50 Apocrypha

1:22.6

Understanding Apocrypha can be challenging, so Apocrypha for Beginners makes it simple by

1:27.8

offering a guided experience, helping explain each piece's importance and contextualize its place

1:34.6

in history. This was a conversation long in the making and it was incredibly fun. You can find

1:41.9

links in the show notes to get Dr. Hawk's book as well as all the places you can reach out.

1:47.4

And now please enjoy this conversation with Dr. Brandon Hawk.

1:56.9

Hello everyone and welcome to a very exciting years in the making night. We are going to talk

2:06.6

about the Apocrypha tonight. I'm so excited. How long have we wanted to do this?

2:12.1

I feel like I was born wanting to do this. Well, listen, we have a very special night tonight because

2:21.6

we have a very special guest. I'm going to bring him on now. Evan, would you like to introduce him

2:28.6

as I bring him on? I'd love to. Okay. So, y'all, we have Dr. Brandon Hawk, who's joining us.

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