[Bible] Episode 245: Elizabeth Schrader Polczer - Resurrecting Mary the Tower

The Bible For Normal People

The Bible for Normal People

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 15 May 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Everything you thought you knew about Mary Magdalene is questioned in this episode of The Bible for Normal People, in which Elizabeth Schrader Polczer joins Pete and Jared to discuss textual criticism, the meaning of Magdalene, and why John 11 might not be as straightforward as we think. 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.
0:04.8	I'm Pete Ends.
0:05.8	And I'm Jared Bias.
0:10.7	Welcome everyone.
0:11.4	On today's episode, we're talking about resurrecting Mary the Tower with Elizabeth Schrader Polzer.
0:18.2	Yeah, and Elizabeth is an assistant professor of New Testament at Villanova University,
0:22.4	and she's really big on something called Tessual Courtesan.
0:24.8	Stay tuned.
0:25.6	That's what we're talking about, not to mention Mary, formerly known as Magdalene.
0:30.0	Right.
0:31.0	And also just the gospel, John.
0:32.2	So let's get into this episode.
0:33.8	It's a lot of fun.
0:35.4	We've always had multiplicity.
0:37.5	We've had Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
0:39.2	And I'm saying you can drill down even further and embrace textual variants.
0:44.9	You can look at the same story in different manuscripts of the same gospel and embrace
0:50.7	the multiple stories there.
0:51.9	And there's something about that higher perspective on the multiplicity that gives us insight
0:57.1	into the nature of the gospel.
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