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Welcome everybody to this episode of the podcast but before we get going this is the most probably the most exciting news you're going to hear in a very long time.

A six week video series is coming out on the evolution of Adam yes I wrote that book you did this is now a six week video series on a book that I wrote.

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normal people dot com front slash evolution video okay on to our episode for today yes what is that our topic is what did the crucifixion

do and our guest is Jennifer Bessoff Jennifer is assistant professor of New Testament and Christian ministry and as you'll see as

she's talking I love this combination of both of these her scholarly side on the New Testament but also very pastoral side and that is at

Campbell University and she mentions a guy named Renasar and that has to do with the book she's coming out with next year called

scapegoats the gospel through the eyes of victims but just for everyone who's been asking this question for a long time this is

probably one of the questions we get asked the most what do we do with the atonement what did Jesus's crucifixion actually do so

here's your episode yeah where we talk about some of this complexity and it's a question that I'm speaking from personal experience

I this is existentially meaningful to me because I like I remember years ago I think I mentioned this in the

episode but years ago I just started thinking about it's like I have no idea and part of the issue not the problem but part of

the issue is that the New Testament self uses different metaphors for trying to get at it and I think that's a good way

of putting it there trying to get at it and that's sometimes called a kaleidoscopic view taking all the colors and shapes into account

and not sort of privileging one over others and as a result you have various views various metaphors and that alone is

something just worth holding on to and saying okay this is interesting it's a different way of thinking then here's

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