Episode 49: Christian Slavery with Candida Moss

Data Over Dogma

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Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 11 March 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Did Paul use slave labor to help him write his epistles? Would we even have a Bible without the work of enslaved people? This week, we welcome New Testament scholar Candida Moss, whose new book, God's Ghostwriters: Enslaved Christians and the Making of the Bible comes out later this month. In this book, Dr. Moss explores the widespread use of highly skilled enslaved people, not only as scribes or human dictation machines, but likely in much more creative capacities. Was your favorite passage of the Bible actually written or edited by an enslaved person? You can pre-order the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Gods-Ghostwriters-Enslaved-Christians-Making-ebook/dp/B0C9ZP7FB8 For early access to an ad-free version of Data Over Dogma, exclusive content, and an opportunity to support our work, please consider becoming a monthly patron at: https://www.patreon.com/DataOverDogma Follow us on the various social media places: https://www.facebook.com/DataOverDogmaPod https://www.twitter.com/data_over_dogma Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	My name is Greg Jackson. I'm a PhD holding historian, a professor, and the
0:04.9	creator of history that doesn't suck. A podcast that makes legit
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0:20.0	With more than 100 episodes, you can already binge listen your way from 1776 to the early 20th century.
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0:28.0	I don't think anyone is well served by pretending that Christianity isn't
0:37.0	implicated in the history of slavery. There are texts within the New Testament that can be used, hopefully should be used, for
0:46.2	liberatory goals.
0:48.2	But the fact of the matter is if you read the Bible as happened during abolitionists debates the pro-slavery group have it and you
0:56.7	have to work really really hard and ignore a lot of evidence to say that it's an anti-slavery
1:02.3	tax.
1:03.0	Hey everybody, I'm Dan McClellan.
1:07.0	And I'm Dan Beecher.
1:10.0	And you are listening to the Data Over Dogma Podcast, where we increase public access to the academic study of the Bible and religion and combat the spread of misinformation.
1:20.0	About the same, how are things Dan Beecher oh man things are great there's fun things afoot I'm
1:28.1	actually really looking forward to our interview today we've got some some interesting stuff to talk about today.
1:34.6	Me too and you you just returned from your annual pilgrimage. I don't know if you do it
1:42.1	every year but you went to Mardi Gras.
1:45.0	This is actually my first time going.
1:47.0	First time.
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