Latest Biblical languages Podcast Episodes
Language Tools, Learning Trends, and the New THGNT-ESV Parallel Bible
Tool Talk - November 16, 2020 02:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsAfter Crossway partnered with Tyndale House to produce a new Greek New Testament, it was only a matter of time before a THGNT-ESV parallel Bible was produced. How can students of the Scriptures benefit from these tools? How can seminaries and Bible colleges train students to use tools like thes...
Visual Outline Charts of the New Testament | Scott Bashoor
Tool Talk - June 25, 2020 02:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsCan the importance of context be visualized? A unique and innovative resource, Visual Charts of the New Testament (SCS Press, 2020) introduces, surveys, and outlines every book of the NT in single-page charts, breaking them into discourse units and smaller sub-sections. In this episode of To...
Interpreting Scripture Like It's Inspired | Matthew Barrett
Tool Talk - March 22, 2020 20:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsThe Gospels don't have a 'lower' Christology than Paul, so why has this claim gained ground? To answer this question, Matthew Barrett considers the nature of Scripture, the definition of biblical theology, and the role of systematics in exegesis. Barrett has taken on these challenges in Cano...
The Task of a Biblical Scholar | Andreas Köstenberger
Tool Talk - January 07, 2020 04:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsWhat does a biblical scholar do? Andreas Köstenberger's answer is simple, but he has applied it in his own career in a variety of ways. Dr. Köstenberger serves as Research Professor of NT and Biblical Theology at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Director of the Center for Biblical Stud...
How Does the New Testament Use the Old Testament?
Tool Talk - November 19, 2019 06:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsChristians have one Bible with two testaments, and the New Testament authors frequently refer back to the Old Testament Scriptures. But they don't only point to prophecies that have been fulfilled or directly quote OT passages. In this episode, joined by co-host Taylor DiRoberto, Travis gives an...
Paul and Plato? Two Errors with Pagan Parallels
Tool Talk - October 20, 2019 05:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsWhat has Athens to do with Jerusalem? What does philosophy have to do with the New Testament? In Acts 17, Paul answered, "Plenty!" In this episode of Tool Talk, Travis chats with Joseph Dodson about two common errors when it comes to studying extrabiblical parallels to Scripture, especially in G...
Paul and Plato? Two Errors with Pagan Parallels | Joseph Dodson
Tool Talk - October 20, 2019 05:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsWhat has Athens to do with Jerusalem? What does philosophy have to do with the New Testament? In Acts 17, Paul answered, "Plenty!" In this episode of Tool Talk, Travis chats with Joseph Dodson about two common errors when it comes to studying extrabiblical parallels to Scripture, especially in G...
Meeting God in the Bible: Devotions and Academics | John Linebarger
Tool Talk - October 02, 2019 02:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsHow is so-called "devotional" reading of the Bible different from so-called "academic" reading of the Bible? Why must the serious student of Scripture make time for both? How can the methodical and inquisitive reader make Scripture reading a time of worship? In this episode of Tool Talk, Travis ...
More than Citation: Matthew's Use of the OT | Patrick Schreiner
Tool Talk - September 03, 2019 02:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsMatthew’s use of the Old Testament portrays Jesus as the ultimate fulfillment of the Old Testament story. But Matthew doesn’t do this with just citations and quotations of specific OT texts. In this episode of Tool Talk, Travis chats with Patrick Schreiner (Assistant Professor of NT Language and...
Jonah as Literature | Sam Bierig
Tool Talk - July 31, 2019 00:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsWhat does the book of Jonah want readers to think and do? Beyond the history and apologetics involved, many readers are unaware of the important literary cues in Jonah. Sam Bierig, Dean of Spurgeon College at Midwestern Seminary, has been studying, writing, and preaching Jonah and wants Christia...
Dispensational Hermeneutics | Cory Marsh
Tool Talk - July 10, 2019 01:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsDispensationalism: It's not just about the end times; it's also about exegesis. As Cory Marsh, Associate Professor of New Testament at the College at Southern California Seminary, points out, it's largely about hermeneutics. In this episode of Tool Talk, Travis chats with Cory about the exegetic...
Intertextuality: What and When? | Brian Koning
Tool Talk - June 02, 2019 23:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsThroughout Scripture, one author will recall the words or themes of an earlier author, whether through a quotation, allusion, or echo. How do exegetes identify these cases of intertextuality? What is their importance? On this episode of Tool Talk, Travis talks with Brian Koning, an adjunct profe...
A Life of Missionary Scholarship | Todd Scacewater
Tool Talk - May 13, 2019 20:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsIt is more and more feasible for a lifelong missionary to contribute substantially to scholarship. David Clark is one such missionary scholar, leveraging his decades of Bible translation work to provide helpful insights to the fields of biblical studies and corpus linguistics. On this episode, T...
Bible Translation and Linguistics: Formal vs. Functional? | Todd Scacewater
Tool Talk - April 08, 2019 04:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsIt’s easy to simply refer to varying philosophies of Bible translation as either “formal” or “functional,” but are these valid categories? What are the values and setbacks of these different translations of Scripture? How does contemporary linguistics help us think through this? On this episode ...
The State of Bible Reading (and Reader's Bibles) | Glenn Pauuw
Tool Talk - March 25, 2019 04:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsThe advent of English “reader’s Bibles” and audio Bibles is upon us. What should we make of it? With poor statistics on Bible literacy in the West, how can pastors and church members encourage more and better Bible reading in their churches and small groups? On this episode, Travis chats with Gl...
Faith & Scholarship: A Conversation with Peter J. Williams
Tool Talk - March 11, 2019 04:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings“I’ve sought to devote my life to being a believing biblical scholar” – Peter J. Williams (PhD, Cambridge University). Dr. Williams leads one of the leading institutions for biblical studies in the world as the Principal of Tyndale House Cambridge, yet he’s recently authored a book for laypeople...
Limited Lexicons: Our Flawed Friends and Their Future
Tool Talk - February 25, 2019 05:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsHave you ever stopped to consider whether your lexicon of choice was trustworthy? The erudite exegete might recognize the limitations of lexicons, but what are we supposed to do with them? In his groundbreaking "A History of New Testament Lexicography," John A. L. Lee (Macquarie University) gent...
How to Read the Revelation Rightly | Jason Kees
Tool Talk - February 04, 2019 05:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsThe Revelation of Jesus to John and… you? If you’ve ever wondered how to read the Revelation, then you should consider who was meant to read it. This conversation with Jason Kees discusses his work identifying the ideal reader of the Apocalypse of John and the merits of a “canonical” approach to...
Pursuing a PhD in the Pastorate | Jason Kees
Tool Talk - January 21, 2019 05:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsWhy should a pastor consider doctoral studies? How in the world can you find the time? Why would a pastor teach seminary and Bible college students? What does an average week look like? Is there such a thing? Whether you’re a pastor considering PhD studies, a seminarian looking to the future, or...
A New Take on Jude: The Zealot Hypothesis | Herbert W. Bateman IV
Tool Talk - January 07, 2019 05:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsJude famously called his readers to “contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints.” But against whom are they to contend? Who are these “ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into sensuality and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ”? Herb Bateman, NT scho...
Learning Biblical Hebrew: Reading for Comprehension | Karl Kutz and Rebekah Josberger
Tool Talk - December 10, 2018 02:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsHow can students of Biblical Hebrew keep what they’ve learned for a lifetime? By getting into the text more quickly and understanding the language more deeply. That’s how the authors of Learning Biblical Hebrew: Reading for Comprehension: An Introductory Grammar (Lexham Press) have been teaching...
The Theological Exegesis of Jonathan Edwards | Owen Strachan
Tool Talk - November 25, 2018 21:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsJonathan Edwards, one of America’s greatest thinkers, was not only a theologian and philosopher but a preacher. So how did Edwards exegete the Scriptures? Can a puritanical devotee of the historical-grammatical method approve Edwards’s Puritan preaching? Owen Strachan, author of the brand new Ed...
Reading the Septuagint | Greg Lanier and Will Ross
Tool Talk - November 18, 2018 22:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsWhat’s the Septuagint and why should you read it? Maybe you have no idea, or maybe you think you’ve heard it all, but there are few people better equipped to answer those questions than Greg Lanier and Will Ross of Reformed Theological Seminary. Lanier and Ross have worked with Hendrickson Publi...
Biblical Greek Made Simple: A New Grammar | Danny Zacharias
Tool Talk - November 12, 2018 01:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsYear after year, students take Greek, pass Greek, and forget Greek. Maybe you were one of those students. Maybe you're the one teaching them. How can we make the most of the tools available to us in Bible software, the most of our students' time, and actually teach them to comprehend the basics?...
Preaching and Teaching the Gospel(s) | Todd Chipman
Tool Talk - October 14, 2018 04:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsThe Gospels are more than a weigh-station on the way to the cross. How can we preach, teach, and read the fourfold Gospel for all they’re worth? To answer this question, Travis interviews Todd Chipman, Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Pastor ...
How Did the Patristics Interpret Scripture? | Matt Emerson
Tool Talk - September 24, 2018 04:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsCan church history and exegesis live together in harmony? How did the early church fathers interpret the Bible? What can we learn from them without sacrificing sound exegetical methods? Matt Emerson provides a helpful primer and some interesting examples. Emerson is the Dickenson Associate Profes...
If Scripture is Inerrant, then Scholarship is Necessary | Dan Brown
Tool Talk - July 12, 2018 04:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsCommentators aren't infallible, even when their assertions are footnoted. That seems obvious, but it's easy to blindly accept scholarly consensus. Dan Brown, convinced of the harmony of Scripture, went on a journey that began with a mission trip to Thessaloniki, Greece, and ended with a PhD in Ne...
Why Your Exegesis Needs Discourse Analysis | Todd Scacewater
Tool Talk - June 04, 2018 04:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsYou probably know just how important grammar and syntax are to interpreting Scripture, but what about paragraphs, chapters, and sections? If you’ve studied discourse analysis, you know just how important it is to understanding the author’s intended meaning of any passage. If you haven’t, you’re o...
Sarcasm in Paul's Letters? Never. | David Dickenson
Tool Talk - April 30, 2018 04:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsEver wished there was a sarcasm font? If it's hard to tell when someone is being sarcastic or ironic in your native tongue, how much more Koine Greek! Travis sat down with David Dickenson, Adjunct Professor and PhD Candidate in New Testament at Midwestern Seminary, to talk about Paul's use of iro...
Believing the Bible About the Supernatural | Michael Heiser
Tool Talk - April 08, 2018 04:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsPsalm 82:1 says, "God has taken his place in the divine council; in the midst of the gods he holds judgment." Who are these gods? Why do so many interpreters gloss over this and other elements of the supernatural in the Scriptures? Travis asks Michael Heiser, expert in Ancient Near Eastern studie...
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