Episode 59: The End(s) of Monotheism W/ David Burnett

Data Over Dogma

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Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 20 May 2024

⏱️ 68 minutes

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They said they were going to do it, and doggonit, it got did! This week David Burnett makes his triumphal return to Data Over Dogma to discuss the recent academic conference on monotheism that he, Dan McClellan and others organized at Brown University. And if that sounds boring or dry to you, hold onto your butt, because—fire in the hole!—they were dropping bombs! The whole goal of this conference was to challenge any notion that the people of ancient southwest Asia (meaning the people who wrote the Bible) were monotheists in any meaningful way. Christian and Jewish people today may only believe in a single God, but the same probably couldn't be said for the people who wrote their scriptures. David and Dan will report on papers from some heavy-hitter scholars that discuss this incendiary topic, and honestly they might just blow your mind. Unless you're a regular Data Over Dogma listener. Then, they might just be super interesting. For early access to an ad-free version of every episode 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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0:35.0	There's some ambiguity there.
0:37.0	Is Paul saying, oh yeah, these things that people call gods, but we know there's only one god.
0:44.3	Is Paul saying that?
0:45.7	Or is Paul saying, yeah, there are these gods all over the place,
0:49.2	but as far as we're concerned, only one god matters to us.
0:52.8	That is what he's saying.
0:58.0	Hey everybody, I'm Dan McClellan.
1:00.0	And I'm Dan Beecher.
1:01.0	And you are listening to the Data Over Dogma Podcast
1:04.1	where we increase public access
1:05.7	to the academic study of the Bible and religion
1:08.8	and combat the spread of misinformation
1:11.1	about the same.
1:11.8	How are things, Dan? Things are going great. I'm having a good time. I did not get to travel this last weekend, however, and apparently, you guys did.
1:22.9	and I'm saying you guys because there's not just you here with us.
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