[Bible] Episode 301: Walter Brueggemann - Resurrecting the Bible in the Mainline Church (REISSUE)

The Bible For Normal People

The Bible for Normal People

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.7 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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In this reissue episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Jared sit down with the late Walter Brueggemann to reflect on how the Bible can be reclaimed in the mainline church after generations of historical criticism. He challenges both liberal and evangelical tendencies to reduce Scripture to rigid certainties, instead offering a vision of the Bible as a dynamic, imaginative script meant to be performed. With insights on authority, contradiction, justice, and the role of the church, Brueggemann invites us to take the Bible seriously—without taking it literally. This is a reissue of The Bible for Normal People Episode 4 from April 2017 in loving memory of our dear friend Walter (1933-2025). Show Notes → https://thebiblefornormalpeople.com/episode-301-walter-brueggemann-resurrecting-the-bible-in-the-mainline-church-reissue/ Watch this episode on YouTube → https://youtu.be/nKt3oqEnwwk 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.
0:05.0	I'm Pete N's.
0:05.7	And I'm Jared Baez.
0:10.4	All right, everybody, it's that time of year again.
0:15.5	Yeah, baseball season.
0:16.8	Go Yankees.
0:17.8	Yeah?
0:18.4	Okay, fine.
0:18.9	It's time for another year of summer school.
0:20.6	And we have some awesome classes. We're resurrecting It's time for another year of summer school. And we have some awesome classes.
0:22.0	We're resurrecting the Hall Pass for another year, which gets you access to all three
0:25.5	classes, and it's a great way to support the work we do.
0:28.1	Our June class is who the—wrote the Bible, taught by the one and only Aaron Higashi.
0:33.3	Ever wondered who really wrote the Bible? Aaron's going to take a closer look at who may have written the Pentateuch, the historical books,
0:39.0	and some of the most well-known prophets, plus a few thoughts on the New Testament, too, of course.
0:43.2	We're not going to leave the New Testament out.
0:44.8	But you can expect big words like anachronisms, archaeology, ideology, but don't worry.
0:49.7	We're going to explain them.
0:50.7	This is the Bible for normal people after all. And if you're ready to think about biblical authorship with a little more nuance and a lot more insight, this class is for you. The live
0:59.2	class in Q&A are happening on Thursday, June 26th from 8 to 9.30 p.m. Eastern Time, followed by
1:05.0	an exclusive extra Q&A session just for the members of the Society of Normal People. To learn more and sign up or to purchase a hall pass, head to the Bible for normalpeople.com
1:15.8	front slash summer school 25.
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