The Bible as Literature: An Interview with Justin Jackson
The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast
Hillsdale College
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🗓️ 1 January 2025
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
In this special episode of the Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah Regan sits down with Dr. Justin Jackson, chairman and professor of English at Hillsdale College, for an in-depth conversation about the online courses The Genesis Story, The David Story, and The Exodus Story.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi there, it's Bill Gray from Hillsdale College. Before you skip ahead, can I ask you a question |
| 0:04.7 | or two? If you could teach 50 million Americans one thing, what would it be? Would you teach our |
| 0:10.7 | great American story that this nation is unique, founded on self-government and individual liberty? |
| 0:17.0 | Maybe you would teach the truth about free enterprise, how hard work and opportunity allow anyone to rise. |
| 0:23.3 | Or would you teach the gospel and the Christian faith that helps us live good and meaningful lives? |
| 0:29.5 | At Hillsdale College, we're doing exactly that, teaching the best that's been thought and said. |
| 0:35.7 | Through our free online courses, K-12 programs, Imprimus, |
| 0:39.4 | podcasts, and more, we reach and teach millions every year with the principles of liberty that make |
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| 1:03.5 | That's give to 71844. Thank you for standing with us. Now, back to the show. |
| 1:19.8 | Music Thank you for standing with us. Now, back to the show. Welcome to the Hill. |
| 1:24.3 | And we have a special treat for you today. |
| 1:26.9 | Jeremiah sat down recently with |
| 1:29.0 | Justin Jackson. He's a professor of literature here at the college, professor of English, |
| 1:34.7 | actually, and he has taught three of our online courses that you are probably familiar with. |
| 1:41.5 | They are the Genesis story, the Exodus story, and the David story. And we thought |
| 1:47.7 | that it would be a great idea for Jeremiah to sit down with Dr. Jackson and take some questions |
| 1:53.6 | live from people that were watching the live stream, but also from people that have out and have sent out questions because they've |
| 2:03.3 | taken the course and they were curious about things that Dr. Jackson said, and we wanted to |
| 2:07.2 | delve a little deeper into that. So we had a great discussion between the two, and let's turn |
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