How To Read The Bible with Dr. Scott Hahn

The Catholic Talk Show

Ryan Scheel, Ryan DellaCrosse, and Fr. Richard Pagano

Religion & Spirituality, Religion, Christianity

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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In this episode of The Catholic Talk Show, Ryan & Ryan are joined by Dr. Scott Hahn to discuss how read scripture, how it helped him convert, and how it leads to The Catholic faith. Episode 328: In this episode, we will discuss: • How reading scripture Dr. Hahn's inspired his conversion • Bible reading methods include pious, historical criticism, and covenantal. • How Tradition helps fully develop Scripture’s meaning. • How the Old and New Testaments together reveal the full Gospel. • How Daily Scripture reading deepens faith and spiritual growth. • How the St. Paul Center teaches Scripture and biblical studies 00:00 Dr. Scott Hahn's Journey to Catholicism 05:34 Understanding Scripture: Different Approaches 11:22 The Role of Tradition in Scripture Interpretation 18:04 The Synthesis of Old and New Testament 23:54 Daily Engagement with Scripture 31:19 The Importance of Personal Relationship with God 37:38 The Church as a Living Tradition 43:12 The St. Paul Center and Its Mission Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.3	Hey, everybody, welcome back to another episode of the Catholic talk show. Today we have an episode
0:34.7	where we're going to be talking to Dr. Scott Hahn about his conversion
0:38.9	to the Catholic Church and Scripture.
0:41.5	That's right.
0:42.1	We're going to look at how Scripture played an integral role in making Dr. Scott Hahn one of the
0:45.8	most influential biblical scholars of the last half century.
0:48.7	We're going to explore the different senses and different ways to interpret Scripture and how
0:52.4	the Gospel of Matthew, in particular,
1:19.4	played an important role. All right, Dr. Hahn, welcome back to the Catholic Talk Show.
1:22.5	I believe this is the second time we've had you on the show.
1:28.7	And the first time, I don't think we got into some of your personal conversion story, which is very inspiring.
1:34.7	And so I'm really excited we're going to be able to delve into that a little bit and the senses of scripture that help us to, you know, engage with God's word in a more filling way.
1:42.0	It's great to be with you again.
1:43.5	Thanks for the invitation.
1:45.3	Looking forward to the conversation.
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