Carol Newsom – The Spirit Within Me

OnScript

Judaism, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 666 Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2021

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Carol Newsom returns to OnScript to discuss her wide-ranging interests in anthropology, cognitive science, early Judaism, and the Old Testament. The discussion focuses on her recent research on developing conceptions of the person, including self and moral agency, in ancient Israel and early Judaism. We also go off script to discuss recent books of interest, the inferiority complex in academia, and much more. Our conversation relates to her recent book The Spirit Within Me (Yale University Press). The post Carol Newsom – The Spirit Within Me first appeared on OnScript.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Onscript podcast, your home for world-class conversations on scripture and theology,
0:08.0	where you get to meet some of the best in the field.
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0:19.6	Hello, everyone.
0:20.7	Welcome back to the OnScript podcast.
0:22.6	I'm Matt Lidge coming to you from Regent College in Vancouver.
0:26.2	Thanks so much for tuning in.
0:28.1	In this episode, we have Carol Newsom, who is a professor of mine at Emory University when I was
0:35.2	doing my doctoral studies.
0:37.1	And is someone who's writing, I constantly
0:40.2	find engaging. And I think she has such an infectious curiosity. You'll pick that up in this
0:46.0	interview. You know, she's retired now, semi-retired, but has not lost her passion for the study of the Old Testament and early Judaism.
0:58.1	I think you'll really appreciate that.
1:00.0	I so enjoy this interview, and I hope you will too.
1:03.7	Thanks for listening.
1:07.8	Welcome, everyone.
1:09.1	Our guest today is Dr. Carol Newsome back for a second time.
1:13.6	Carol is Charles Howard Candler Professor Emerita of Old Testament at Candler School of Theology.
1:20.6	She's written quite a few books, including Job, a contest of moral imaginations,
1:25.6	the Old Testament Library commentary on Daniel, and the book
1:29.6	we're discussing today called The Spirit Within Me, Self and Agency in Ancient Israel
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