Ep. 181 - Benjamin Laird ”The New Testament” pt. 2

The Deconstructionists

John Williamson

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.4 • 823 Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Guest/Bio:This week we welcome back Dr. Benjamin Laird for the second part of our conversation! Dr. Laird serves as Associate Professor of Biblical Studies. He teaches a variety of courses in New Testament and Greek. He’s previously served in various capacities in the church including pastorates in Virginia and Scotland. His doctoral research examined the formation and circulation of the Pauline letter collection in early Christianity.In part 2 of our conversation we talk all about the books of the New Testament, their formation, and who wrote them.Guest (Selected) Works:40 Questions About the Apostle Paul; Creating the Canon: Composition, Controversy, and the Authority of the New Testament; The Pauline Corpus in Early Christianity: Its Formation, Publication, and Circulation; Five Views on the New Testament Canon.Guest Links:X: @BPLAIRD1Special Theme Music:Forrest ClayX: @clay_kInstagram: @forrestclaymusicYouTube: www.youtube.com/claykmusicEnjoy the music?Songs used on this episode were from the Recover EPYou can find Clay’s music on iTunes, Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube, or anywhere good music can be found!This episode of The Deconstructionists Podcast was edited, mixed, and produced by John WilliamsonStay on top of all the latest at www.thedeconstructionists.com Go there to check out our blog, snag a pint glass, or follow us on social media! We now have a brand new webstore with faster shipping, new products, new designs, and international shipping!Join our Patreon family here: www.patreon.com/deconstructionstsWebsite by Ryan BattlesAll photos by Jared HevronLogos & Designs are all created by Joseph Ernst, Chad Flannigan, Colin Rigsby, and Jason TurnerSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-deconstructionists/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	Deconstructed these walls and I found a bed.
0:12.1	Welcome to the Deconstructionist podcast. I'm your host, John Williamson, and welcome to part two of my interview with Dr. Benjamin Laird, where we discussed his brand new book, creating the canon,
0:22.4	composition, controversy, and the authority of the New Testament.
0:26.3	As always, if you've enjoyed the music that you've heard on the podcast, is from our good friend,
0:30.7	the talented Clay Kirchamower, who, terrible gambler, but very talented musician,
0:35.5	who releases music under the name Forrest Clay. You can find the
0:39.6	songs that you've heard here, as well as others, anywhere you find your music. Getting back to Dr. Laird,
0:45.5	he received his PhD from the University of Aberdeen and is the Associate Professor of Biblical Studies
0:50.7	at the John W. Rawling School of Divinity at Liberty University. He's written a number
0:55.4	of books on the New Testament, including 40 questions about the Apostle Paul and five views on the
1:01.0	New Testament canon. So without further ado, here is part two with Benjamin Freakin Laird.
1:06.8	I'll go feed the sick and poor and try to help the world to recover.
1:21.3	That's really interesting.
1:22.6	And one of the things that you bring up in the book, too, that I thought was fascinating.
1:26.4	And it sort of kind of helps
1:29.6	solve the mystery of some of the instances where you have disciples or apostles, for example,
1:35.3	who were sort of known as being illiterate. And so how did they write, you know, this work? And you
1:41.7	talk about the role of secretaries and and uh even perhaps um schools who sort of
1:49.2	followed a particular apostle and their kind of school of thought so what role did that play
1:54.6	in terms of the actual writing down of some of these accounts?
1:59.3	Secretaries played a very important role. I would just kind of preface that by stating that we don't need secretaries to kind of
2:04.4	make this all possible and kind of save the reputation of the canon, right?
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