[Bible] Episode 238: Josh James - Psalms Isn't What You Think It Is

The Bible For Normal People

The Bible for Normal People

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.7 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Jared are joined by Josh James to embark on an adventure through the Book of Psalms, unpacking the biblical scholarship surrounding this beloved, strange, ancient collection of poetry we so often take at face value—missing the true diversity in authorship and message. 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 Enns.
0:05.8	And I'm Jared Byatt.
0:09.0	Welcome, welcome everyone to this episode of the podcast.
0:11.8	Before we get started, you've heard us yacking about this on our last few episodes,
0:16.1	but this is the last call for our March class called Why God Died.
0:20.8	How Atonement Theories Try to Explain Salvation.
0:24.1	Yeah, and it's taught by our good friend and nerd-in-resident, Jennifer Garcia-Bassha.
0:29.3	It is live for one night, just a couple of days on March 28th from 8 to 9 30 PM Eastern time.
0:36.2	And as always, with all of our classes, it's pay what you can.
0:40.5	Until the class ends.
0:41.7	Yes, until the class ends.
0:42.8	Then it's $25.
0:43.7	Then it's $10,000.
0:44.8	So go ahead and go sign up at thebiblefornormalpeople.com front slash atonement.
0:52.7	Today we're talking about Psalms isn't what you think it is with our friend Joshua James.
0:57.6	No, Josh is an affiliate assistant professor of Old Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary.
1:02.1	He's also a pastor.
1:03.6	And the author of Psalms for Normal People, which is the newest book and hour line up.
1:09.2	That's right.
1:09.7	And it is about to come out.
1:11.3	So we're just going to plug it here for just a minute.
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