Naked Bible 351: The Good News of the Return of the King

The Naked Bible Podcast

Dr. Michael S. Heiser

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2020

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

In earlier episodes (322, 334) we chatted with Professor Louis Markos about how the cosmologies of The Lord of the Rings and Milton’s Paradise Lost compare and contrast with the biblical worldview described by Dr. Heiser in The Unseen Realm. In this episode we welcome Professor Michael Jahosky to discuss his book The Good News of the Return of the King: The Gospel in Middle Earth. Professor Jahosky’s thesis is that “The Lord of the Rings is a parable about what Jesus’s parables are about, which is the very story of reality itself.” Join us as we discuss mythic literature, the New Testament, and insights into how Tolkien’s masterpiece reveals his insights into the person and work of Christ. Use CONF2020 which will give those interested in purchasing a 40% discount and free media mail shipping. **This special offer is available to all of our titles for orders made through the Wipf and Stock Publishers website and will expire at the end of the year (2020).**

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0:26.3	Welcome to the Naked Bible Podcast episode 351, The Good News of the Return of the Key,
0:32.4	the layman, Tray Strickland, and he's the scholar, Dr. Michael Heizer.
0:35.8	Hey Mike, I have a feeling this is going to be one of your favorite episodes.
0:40.2	Yeah, it's one of those geek-out episodes.
0:44.0	What can I say?
0:46.0	Yeah, we're going to have Michael Jihopsky on who has written a book about Tolkien, Lord
0:52.6	of the Rings, The Good News, and just the way the book overlaps with the book content,
0:59.6	the gospel, Jesus, and Michael has read Unseen Realm in a few of my other books.
1:06.3	I'm quoted in this book and he actually does interact with the content a good bit.
1:11.4	Michael was recommended by Lewis Marcos and I think this will be fun.
1:16.9	We have a link on the NakedBibletpodcast.com website.
1:21.2	Go there, get the coupon code, and get the link so you can go get this book.
1:25.5	With that, Micah, why don't we just get into it?
1:27.9	All right, let's do that.
1:29.5	Well, we're excited to have Michael Jihopsky on with us here on the NakedBibletpodcast.com.
1:36.9	For those of you who you could probably guess, Michael was recommended in his book that
1:42.3	we're going to talk about and talk through was recommended by Lewis Marcos, which he
1:48.0	should need no introduction to the NakedBibletpodcast audience.
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