Nov 1, 2023
An interview with Dr. Susan M. (Elli) Elliott
In answer to a listener’s question about how attitudes toward
singleness evolved in Christianity, Dr. Elliott draws on her
knowledge of family legislation that Caesar Augustus inflicted on
the Romans well before Jesus’s ministry. Followers of Jesus often
followed the...
Jul 5, 2023
An interview with Dr. Jason BeDuhn.
Dr. Jason BeDuhn, an expert on Manichaeism, takes us into the ancient world where Mani was a leader of early Jesus followers in the East, before the fourth century Council of Nicea. He paints an intriguing picture of Mani’s interpretation of Jesus’s teachings and how Christianity...
Aug 6, 2020
Paul’s letter to his Roman colleague, Philemon, delicately balances Roman expectations for enslaved people, their masters, and the new egalitarian ideas in the Christ communities. Learning the lifestyle of ancient Rome in families and households, listeners are invited to imagine what Onesimus, Paul’s enslaved...
Apr 2, 2020
In this episode, Professor Arthur Dewey explains why Christians felt so differently about Jesus’s crucifixion long after the event than his immediate followers did. Jesus had taught the presence of God and how to live that, but the shock of his death caused re-thinking and re-evaluating of this shame-inducing...
Apr 2, 2020
In this episode, Professor Arthur Dewey explains why Christians felt so differently about Jesus’s crucifixion long after the event than his immediate followers did. Jesus had taught the presence of God and how to live that, but the shock of his death caused re-thinking and re-evaluating of this shame-inducing...