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NT Pod 127 asks about Junia in Romans 16.7. It is about 21 minutes long.

NT Pod 127: Was Junia the first woman apostle? (mp3)
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Key text: Romans 16.7. I will add the rest soon. 
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NT Pod 126 asks "What is going on in Romans 7?" It is about 24 and a half minutes long. 

NT Pod 126: What is going on in Romans 7? (mp3)
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Key texts: Romans 7, Philippians 3.4-6, Galatians 5.16-18, Genesis 2-3. 

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NT Pod 125 asks, "Is Participation in Christ at the Heart of Paul's Theology?" It is just over 21 minutes long.

NT Pod 125: Is Participation in Christ at the Heart of Paul's Theology? (mp3)

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Key texts (in the order in which they are discussed): 1 Cor. 12 and 14; Rom. 12.4-8; Rom. 6.7; 1 Cor. 6.15-17; 1 Cor. 10.17; Rom. 6.3-4. 
This video discusses E. P. Sanders, Paul and Palestinian Judaism (Minneapolis: Fortress, 1977); Amazon affiliate link: https://amzn.to/4z5WJna.

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NT Pod 124 asks, "How did Paul understand the death of Jesus?" It is just under 18 minutes long.

NT Pod 124: How did Paul understand Jesus's death? (mp3)

Key texts (in episode order): Rom. 3.24-25, 1 Thess. 1.9-10, Lev. 16, 1 Cor. 5.7, 1 Cor. 11.23-26, Gal. 3.13, Deut. 21, Phil. 2.5-11, Col. 2.15, 1 Cor. 15.3, Isa. 53. 

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NT Pod 123 asks, "Did Paul think that Jesus was God?" It is just under 23 minutes long.

NT Pod 123: Did Paul think that Jesus was God? (mp3)
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Key texts (in the order in which they are discussed): Romans 9.5, Colossians 1.15-20, Philippians 2.5-11, 1 Corinthians 8.4-6, Deuteronomy 6.4-6. 

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NT Pod 122 asks "How did Paul die?" It is eleven minutes and 40 seconds long. 

NT Pod 122: How did Paul die? (audio, mp3)
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Key texts (in the order that they are mentioned): Acts 21-28; Acts 7; Acts 20.17-38; 2 Tim. 4.6-7; 2 Tim. 1.17; Martyrdom of Paul; 1 Clement 5.5-6; Phil. 1.15-19; Acts 21.27; Acts 24.19; Acts 20.30

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NT Pod 121 asks "Why did Paul write the epistle to the Romans?" It is 17 minutes long.

NT Pod 121: Why did Paul write the epistle to the Romans?  (mp3)
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Key texts (in the order in which they are cited in the podcast): Rom. 15.23-24, 2 Cor. 3.1-4, Rom. 16, Rom. 14-15, Rom. 15.26, Rom. 15.30-32, Rom. 15.15-16.

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NT Pod 120 asks "Why did Paul write letters?" It is 12 minutes long.

NT Pod 120: Why did Paul write letters? (mp3)
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Key texts: 2 Cor. 11.28, 2 Cor. 13.7, 1 Thess. 3.5-8, 2 Cor. 10.9-11, 2 Cor. 13.9-10, Gal. 4.19-20

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NT Pod 119 looks at a famous issue in Pauline chronology. There are five visits to Jerusalem in Acts, but only three in Paul. How do we explain this?
NT Pod 119: How often did Paul go to Jerusalem? (audio version, mp3)
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Key texts: Acts 9, Acts 11.25-30, Acts 15, Acts 18.22, Acts 21-26; Galatians 1.15-20, Galatians 2, Rom. 15.25-32. 

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NT Pod 118 discusses the portrait of Paul in Acts of the Apostles. It is 13 minutes long.

NT Pod 118: Can we trust Luke's Portrait of Paul in Acts? (mp3)
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Key texts: Acts 14.4, 14; Gal. 1.1; 1 Cor. 9.1-2; 2 Cor. 11.5; 1 Cor 15.3-10; Acts 24.17; 1 Cor. 16.1-4; 2 Cor. 9.1-5; Rom. 15.26-27

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NT Pod 117 asks "How could Paul have been a Pharisee?" It is just under 13 minutes long.

NT Pod 117: How could Paul have been a Pharisee? (mp3)
 Paul describes himself as a Pharisee in Philippians 3.5, and this is echoed in Acts of the Apostles. What does this mean for Paul's biography, and how does it help us to rethink some of our prejudices about Pharisees and Pharisaism?
 Key texts: Phil. 4.3-6, Matt. 23, Luke 7.36-50, Luke 16.14, Acts 5.34, Acts 22.3, Acts 23.6, Acts 26.5

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NT Pod 116 asks, "Was Paul converted on the Damascus Road?" It is 14 minutes and 41 seconds long.

NT Pod 116: Was Paul Converted on the Damascus Road? (audio only; mp3)
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Key texts (in the order in which they appear): 1 Cor. 15.1-10; Gal. 1.15-16; Acts 9.1-23; Gal. 1.1; 1 Cor. 9.1-2; Gal. 1.16b-17; Luke 2.1-40; Luke 10.25-37; Luke 15.11-32; Luke 9.51--19.44; Luke 24.13-35; Acts 9.1-23; Acts 22.6-16; Acts 26.12-18.

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NT Pod 115 is a conversation with Ian Mills about his new book The Hypothesis of the Gospels: Narrative Traditions in Hellenistic Reading Culture (Fortress, 2025). 

NT Pod 115: The Hypothesis of the Gospels (mp3)

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We refer to the following books, articles and podcasts in this show: 

Ian Mills, The Hypothesis of the Gospels [Amazon; note: this is an affiliate link; Fortress Press link]
NT Review Podcast (co-hosted by Ian Mills) [Apple] [Spotify]
Loveday Alexander, The Preface to Luke's Gospel (SNTSMS 78, Cambridge University Press, 2005)  [Amazon; note: this is an affiliate link]
Francis Watson, An Apostolic Gospel: The "Epistula Apostolorum" in Literary Context (Cambridge University Press, 2022) [Amazon; note: this is an affiliate link]
Annette Yoshiko Reed, “EUAGGELION: Orality, Textuality, and the Christian Truth in Irenaeus’ Adversus Haereses”,” Vigiliae Christianae 56, no. 1 (2002): 11–46--

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NT Pod 114 asks, "Is Luke a Historian?" It is just over 14 minutes long.

NT Pod 114: Is Luke a Historian? (mp3)

Key texts: Luke 1.1-4, 1.5, 2.1-2, 3.1-2, 4.16-30, 5.1-11, 7.36-50.
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NT Pod 113 asks whether John's Gospel has a "Messianic Secret" like the one in Mark. It is just under 13 minutes long.

NT Pod 113: Does John have a Messianic Secret? (mp3)

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NT Pod 112 discusses Redaction Criticism of the Gospels. It is 16 minutes long.

NT Pod 112: What is Redaction Criticism? (mp3)

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NT Pod 111 attempts to answer the question, "Did John know the Synoptic Gospels?" It is just under 12 minutes long. 

NT Pod 111: Did John Know the Synoptic Gospels? (mp3)
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This podcast references my new book. Details here:

The Fourth Synoptic Gospel (Amazon)

The Fourth Synoptic Gospel (Eerdmans)

Key texts: TBC.

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NT Pod 110 is a conversation between me and James Barker. It is just under an hour long.

NT Pod 110: Writing, Re-writing, and Knowledge: John and the Synoptics (mp3)

In this podcast, we discuss our books, out now from Eerdmans:
James Barker, Writing and Rewriting the Gospels: John and the Synoptics (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2025) [Buy from Eerdmans; buy at Amazon]
Mark Goodacre, The Fourth Synoptic Gospel: John's Knowledge of the Synoptics (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2025) [Buy from Eerdmans; buy at Amazon]
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In NT Pod 109, Mark goes to the movies! This is a review of The Last Supper (2025), and it is almost 29 minutes long.

NT Pod 109: The Last Supper (mp3)

Key texts: Feeding of the Five Thousand (Matt. 14.13-21 // Mark 6.31-44 // Mark 6.31-44 // Luke 9.10-17 // John 6.1-15); Gospel Passion and Resurrection Narratives (Matthew 21-28; Mark 11-16; Luke 19-24; John 13-21).

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NT Pod 108 continues the series on Bible translation (see also NT Pod 104: The Synoptic Translation Problem, NT Pod 105: What is Translation Inertia?, and NT Pod 107: Why Do We Translate New Testament Names the Way We Do?) and discusses the different ways we translate Jesus's name depending on whether we are looking at the Old Testament or the New: 

NT Pod 108: The Jesus / Joshua Problem (mp3)

Key texts (in the order in which they appear):
Col. 4.11Matt. 27.16-17Luke 3.29Acts 7.45Heb. 4.8-10

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NT Pod 107 continues the series on Bible translation (see also NT Pod 104: The Synoptic Translation Problem and NT Pod 105: What is Translation Inertia?), focusing on the phenomenon of translating exactly the same name one way if it is an Old Testament character and another way if it is a New Testament character. The examples discussed are Jacob and James, and Judas and Jude: 

NT Pod 107: Why Do We Translate New Testament Names the Way We Do? (mp3)

Key texts (in order of mention in the episode):
1 Cor. 1.12, 3.22, 9.5, 15.5Gal. 1.18, 2.7, 2.9, 11, 14John 1.41-2Luke 6.16Acts 1.13Jude 1Mark 6.3 // Matt. 13.55Matt. 1.2-17

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In NT Pod 106, I am in conversation with Dr Hugo Méndez, Associate Professor in Ancient Mediterranean Religions at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Our primary focus is on John's Gospel, and the "Johannine Community", but we also discuss Dr Méndez's new online course, with Bart Ehrman’s Biblical Studies Academy, The New Testament: Exploring the Christian Bible: 

NT Pod 106: In Conversation with Hugo Méndez (mp3)

Here are links to material discussed in the podcast:

The New Testament: Exploring the Christian Bible, with Hugo Méndez [Link temporarily disabled]This is an online course at Bart Ehrman's Biblical Studies Academy. Note: As an affiliate for Bart Ehrman Courses, the NT Pod may earn a commission (at no additional cost to you) if you sign up for this course.
Hugo Méndez's HomepageDetails of Dr Méndez's research, publications, and activities
Hugo Méndez, "Did the Johannine Community Exist", JSNT 42 (2020): 350–374Online reproduction of an important article discussed in this podcast 
Bart Ehrman and Hugo Méndez, The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings (Eighth Edition; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023)
James Barker, Writing and Rewriting the Gospels: John and the Synoptics (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2025)
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NT Pod 105, "What is Translation Inertia?" discusses a problem in English translations of the Gospels. The sheer familiarity of famous translations, often dating back to the King James Version of 1611, can prevent us from translating the Bible into accurate contemporary English. There are many examples of this, but this podcast begins with "There is therefore now no condemnation . . ." and "For God so loved the world . . .," and goes on to focus on the terms "stumbling block" and "disciples."
NT Pod 105: What is Translation Inertia? (mp3)
Key texts (in the order in which they appear in the episode):
John 3.16Romans 8.1Isaiah 40.1Matt. 2.17Matt. 16.231 Cor. 1.23Matt. 9.14 // Mark 2.18 // Luke 5.30Matt. 14.12 // Mark 6.29Matt. 11.2 // Luke 7.18Matt. 22.16Luke 11.1Matt. 10.24-25 // Luke 6.40Matt. 28.19

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