[Bible] Episode 237: Sam Boyd - What the Tower of Babel Is Really About

The Bible For Normal People

The Bible for Normal People

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 20 March 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Sam Boyd joins Pete and Jared to uncover the misconceptions which are often read into the Tower of Babel story and get to the heart of the political and cultural implications of the narrative. Show Notes → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Bible for normal people the only God ordained podcast on the internet.
0:04.9	I'm Pete Ends.
0:05.9	And I'm Jared Bias.
0:10.5	Welcome everyone to this episode of the podcast.
0:12.5	Our topic today is what the power of Babel is really about.
0:16.0	Really, really.
0:17.0	And our guest is Sam Boyd.
0:18.2	Yes, Sam Boyd.
0:19.2	He's the assistant professor of religious studies and Jewish studies specializing in the Bible
0:24.1	and its ancient New History and context.
0:26.1	And he teaches at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
0:29.9	And a full disclosure, Sam and I, we go way back.
0:32.6	He's a friend of mine.
0:33.6	And you know, without exaggeration, I had a lot of brilliant students at Westminster.
0:40.0	So you being one of them, Jared.
0:41.6	Thank you.
0:42.6	Thank you.
0:43.6	Probably in the top two or three or four students.
0:46.8	Sam was.
0:47.8	Sam was not me.
0:48.8	Yeah.
0:49.8	I remember he was, he was there around.
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