Matthew Novenson: Multiplicity at the Birth of Christianity

Homebrewed Christianity

Dr. Tripp Fuller | Theologian, Philosopher, Minister

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.6 • 613 Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2022

⏱️ 128 minutes

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My buddy and the New Testament scholar Matt Novenson is back on the podcast to tackle a bunch of Bible questions and topics from the Jesus De/Constructed group. It was a tour de force of the early Christian movements. In the conversation we discuss things like… the major social /cultural context of Jesus Rome’s relationship to Israel the role of the Temple in Jewish life and how its destruction changed things the historical Jesus and the many Gospels he inspired what is Apocalyptic Judaism, the Kingdom of God, and Jesus’ own message Did Jesus and his earliest followers think the world was going to end? Paul and his role in early Christianity how the discoveries of the last century have reshaped our understanding of NT times the Resurrection of Jesus and the historian Dr. Matthew Novenson is Senior Lecturer in New Testament and Christian Origins at the University of Edinburgh, where he is also director of the Centre for the Study of Christian Origins. Check out his previous podcast visit “ Messiah, Lord, Logos, & Other Titles” and his books: The Grammar of Messianism: An Ancient Jewish Political Idiom and Its Users Christ Among the Messiahs: Christ Language in Paul and Messiah Language in Ancient Judaism Paul, Then and Now THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED BY Louisville Seminary is a progressive theological school located in the fun and friendly city of Louisville, Kentucky. They offer the following programs: Master of Divinity, Master of Arts in Religion, Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy, the Doctor of Ministry, and dual degree options in partnership with the University of Louisville in law, business, and social work. All master’s level students who are enrolled at least half time are guaranteed a minimum of a 100% tuition scholarship. Louisville Seminary hosts various virtual and in-person visit opportunities. If you’re interested in the MDiv or MAR for this coming fall, there is still time to apply. The deadline is June 1. To learn more, to schedule a visit, or to apply, visit www.LPTS.edu. For Homebrewed Christianity listeners, if you apply to a master’s program by June 1, your application fee will be waived. Simply email the code “Homebrewed Podcast” to admissions@lpts.edu. Don’t forget to join Tripp & Diana this Lent for an open online class – Jesus De/constructed! Details here. Follow the podcast, drop a review, or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Oh, yeah, what is up theology nerds? This is Tripp. And guess what? Matthew Novenson, senior lecturer, New Testament, and Christian Origins at the University of Edinburgh, is back on the podcast. That's right.
0:21.3	I went over to his office because we're both currently here in Edinburgh, and we hung out,
0:26.6	and he answered a whole host of questions.
0:30.4	All the kind of Bible nerdy history around Jesus and the development of the early church
0:35.9	kind of questions.
0:37.3	These questions were sent in by members of our current homebrewd reading group,
0:43.2	Jesus Deconstructed.com.
0:45.5	Yes, they had all these Bible questions, and Diana Butler Bass and I are like,
0:49.5	whoa, whoa, whoa, you're a church historian.
0:52.9	I'm a theologian.
0:54.1	Like, what do we do? And I said, I think I
0:56.7	walk across the hall here at the University of Edinburgh and talk to some of my Bible nerd friends.
1:01.6	And this is what happened. We discussed a major social, cultural context around Jesus,
1:07.0	about Rome's relationship to Israel, Judaism, the role of the temple, how new text, new archaeological discoveries have changed the history that we see in the canon, Jesus' relationship to the Gospels and the non-canonical Gospels. What's up with the kingdom of God, the end of the world? Talked. Did Jesus think the world was going to end? If so, what do we do about it? Did the early church think it was going to end? I don't know. Tell me about it. What about Jesus' disciples, their relationship with Paul?
1:30.4	The diversity of Christians before there was a quote, Christianity. And there were a lot of big
1:35.3	questions. Like, I don't know. The resurrection. Anyway, we have a lot of fun tackling those topics
1:41.2	and more. Matthew Nobenson, quite a wonderful communicator and a scholar.
1:47.1	And also this May, he has a brand new book coming out, Paul, then and now,
1:51.7	which he gives a little bit of a little bit of taste for towards the end of this conversation.
1:57.4	Anyway, it was a complete blast.
1:59.0	If you want to get more things like this, then you should come join the class.
2:04.0	Jesus Deconstructed.com.
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