You're listening to the Bible for Normal People, the only God ordained podcast on the internet.

I'm Pete Ends.

And I'm Jared Byas.

Hello, everyone.

Welcome to this episode of the Bible for Normal People.

Well, you know, there certainly are a lot of important things happening in our world at the moment.

And, you know, things far more important than a podcast episode.

But I want to thank you for listening.

You know, we're all carrying on as we're isolating.

And that goes for me and, you know, everybody else.

So here we are.

All right, well, let's get started.

As you know, we are committed to bringing other people's big ideas to you.

And especially bringing the best of biblical scholarship down to earth for normal people, which brings me to today's podcast.

Today's topic is a little different than others, but it's something that we've been thinking about for a while.

Now, you may have noticed that all of our guests thus far over four seasons have something in common.

They're all present voices.

Well, beginning today and wherever else I might in the months and years to come feel like it.

I'd like to switch gears and talk about voices from the past.

So, you know, biblical scholarship is at a rich history with towering figures with big ideas who have asked perceptive questions about the Bible and given answers that have, you know,

influence generations of scholars, even shaped and redirected the entire discipline.

Figures that are academic guests are very familiar with, but that many normal people have never really heard of.

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