Episode 58: Bill Schniedewind - When and Why the Bible Was Written

The Bible For Normal People

The Bible for Normal People

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.7 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2018

⏱️ 53 minutes

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In this episode, Jared & Pete talk to William M. Schniedewind, professor of Near Eastern Languages & Cultures at UCLA. They discuss the challenges of accurately capturing the oral tradition of the Hebrew scriptures and what we can learn from looking at the history and context of how it was written. Show Notes → 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.
0:05.3	Serious talk about the sacred book. I'm Pete Ends.
0:08.2	And I'm Jared Byas.
0:10.2	Welcome to this episode of the Bible for Normal People.
0:13.3	Before we get started, we want to just share something exciting we've been cooking up because, you know,
0:17.9	sometimes we want to just take a deeper dive on some of these things.
0:20.7	So Pete, why don't you tell us a little bit about it?
0:22.8	Right, well, this fall, in September, we are launching a live course, a four-week live course on
0:28.6	what is God-like, which is sort of a big question that people of faith are asking really all the time.
0:34.2	Now, of course, to be say, well, let's go to the Bible and find out.
0:36.6	Well, that's just it. The Bible is diverse. It's ambiguous. It's very ancient. It's a bit messy.
0:42.3	But we're going to look at some passages in the Bible that really help us understand something of what God is like.
0:47.6	So if this sounds interesting to you, it's something that you...
0:50.5	It should. Yeah, if you're listening to this podcast and that doesn't sound interesting,
0:55.6	you're wired to getting crossed.
0:57.0	Exactly. For sure.
0:57.8	Yes. Yeah.
0:58.4	But just go to the BibleFrenormalPeople.com front-slash course, and you can get more information about it, learn...
1:04.8	Don't take our word for it.
1:06.1	Learn more about it. Read up on it.
1:07.9	Right.
1:08.4	And if it is interesting and you want to sign up, then do.
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