N.T. Wright: Surprised by Scripture

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🗓️ 13 December 2019

⏱️ 87 minutes

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N.T. Wright, one of the world’s leading New Testament scholars, discusses his book SURPRISED BY SCRIPTURE: ENGAGING CONTEMPORARY ISSUES. This lecture took place in New York City in July 2011.

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0:00.0	Good evening and welcome to Socrates in the city.
0:04.5	My name is Eric Mataxis, and I'm thrilled to see so many of you here tonight.
0:09.5	It is a Monday in July.
0:12.9	I don't know why so many of you are here.
0:15.5	I know it has nothing to do with the speaker, but I'm glad to see you.
0:20.7	How many of you were here two weeks ago for the Dick Cavett event?
0:25.1	Would you raise your hands if you were here for the cat?
0:26.8	Oh, look at this.
0:28.5	Very nice, very nice.
0:31.5	If you were there, you will know that Dick Cavett did several things never before done
0:37.2	at a Socrates in the city event.
0:40.1	I won't tell you what they are now, but we're going to have that video posted very soon,
0:44.4	or you can buy the CDs, which are available here tonight.
0:48.2	One of the things involves bloodshed.
0:52.2	That's literally true.
0:57.0	And if you were there, you know what I'm talking about. And he's being arraigned. Not Cavett, but the man who shot him.
1:03.0	The other thing that he did, which has never been done before at a Socte's and City event, involves Jack Benny's
1:12.8	vocabulary.
1:15.4	Yeah, knowing laugh from two people who are paying attention.
1:17.6	Great.
1:18.2	And also Fred Astaire's vocabulary.
1:20.0	But if you listen to the CD, you'll know what I'm talking about.
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