[Bible] Episode 262: Pete Enns & Jared Byas - Pete & Jared Aren’t Trying to Ruin Christmas (This Time)

The Bible For Normal People

The Bible for Normal People

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.7 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Join us for the final episode of The Bible for Normal People Season 7 as Pete and Jared end the year on an easy note by tackling the cultural, historical, and societal context of the birth of Jesus as found in the Bible. Show Notes → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Bible for normal people, the only God-ordained
0:03.4	podcast on the internet. I'm Pete Ens. And I'm Jared Bias.
0:07.0	Well, welcome everyone to this episode of the podcast. Today we're going to take on
0:15.2	some challenges, some factors as we enter the holiday season. And really it's we
0:20.5	want to think about some of these things that scholars think about and this
0:26.5	can be sensitive and I think it's important that we take some time we
0:30.5	unpack some of particularly this idea of the Virgin Birth.
0:35.0	What does the Bible have to say about it?
0:37.0	But primarily, how do scholars wrestle with this?
0:40.0	What are the factors that have this coming up again and again for scholars?
0:44.5	Books have been written about it, which maybe at the end will drop a few of those resources.
0:49.1	But we want to kind of take some time to set up what are the factors here.
0:54.0	What does the Bible have to say about it?
0:56.0	What context are we looking at when we're talking about the Virgin Birth?
1:00.0	And, you know, what are some conclusions? What are some, how can we comment on what it is that we're doing even in this podcast that may be reflective of what scholars do?
1:09.0	Let's jump into the episode.
1:11.0	There's no part of the Bible that can responsibly escape an engagement of history and that includes
1:18.4	Jesus.
1:19.4	Matthew's birth story is essentially midrashik. It's telling the story in a creative way that will
1:27.4	signal very clearly to the people we're dealing with somebody who is very, very special.
1:32.8	That's not a problem to be overcome.
1:34.6	That's something that has to be
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