Podcast post

Last updated on: July 20, 2017 at 6:29 pm by Ben Spackman

Podcast post 2017-07-20T18:29:02-05:00 Ben Spackman

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Ben contemplates his words, at Petra.

I was interviewed last year for the LDS Perspectives podcast, which I recommend. Therein, I allude to a lot of different books and papers, linked below. I also cited John Widtsoe on genre, from his 1930 book In Search of Truth available online here. Widtsoe said,

“As in all good books every literary device is used in the Bible that will drive the lesson home. It contains history, poetry and allegory. These are not always distinguishable, now that the centuries have passed away since the original writing.”

Here is further reading that I alluded.

Marc Brettler, How to Read the (Jewish) Bible
- Editorial, Iraq war idea.
McKenzie, How to Read the Bible: History, Prophecy, Literature– Why Modern Readers Need to Know the Difference and What it Means for Faith
- Galaxy Quest and genre confusion ideas.
Lee, The Erosion of Biblical Certainty: Battles over Authority and Interpretation in America
VSI: Scientific Revolution
VSI: Enlightenment
Genesis: History, Fiction, or Neither
On historiography and Samuel/Chronicles, I believe Peter Enns talks about this both in his excellent Incarnation and Inspiration: Evangelicals and the Problem of the Old Testament and his other books.
- Enns spoke at BYU last year, and has been interviewed on the Maxwell Podcast twice.
The most sequential/systematic book on genres related to the Old Testament is by Kenton Sparks, Ancient Texts for the Study of the Hebrew Bible: A Guide to the Background Literature.
- Sparks other books have influenced my thinking, both
  - Sacred Word, Broken Word: Biblical Authority and the Dark Side of Scripture and
  - God’s Word in Human Words: An Evangelical Appropriation of Critical Biblical Scholarship
Misreading with Western Eyes
- “Goes without being said”
Mormons and the Bible
- A must-read by Philip Barlow on the way the Bible has been read within Mormonism.
On Leviticus, see Julie Smith’s article
On modern translations of the Bible, see
- My article in Religious Educator on why Bible translations differ and how to use them well, and get at Greek and Hebrew.
  - On getting at Greek and Hebrew, see also my posts here and here.
- If you’re looking for a new Bible, see my recommendations here and here.
Asking good questions (see below)
Julie Smith, Search, Ponder, and Pray: A Guide to the Gospels
Jim Faulconer’s books
On note-taking, see my series of posts: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.
If you’re interested in Jonah, see my post here, with several links to a podcast a did, and other posts about Jonah like The Insufficiency of the New Testament argument.

As always, you can help me pay my tuition here, or you can support my work through making your regular Amazon purchases through this Amazon link. You can also get updates by email whenever a post goes up (subscription box on the right). If you friend me on Facebook, please drop me a note telling me you’re a reader. I tend not to accept friend requests from people I’m not acquainted with.

Previous Post

July 14, 2017

Truth, Scripture, and Interpretation of Genesis: A Conference Preview

Next Post

July 30, 2017 Kenton Sparks on Genre

Browse Our Archives

Select a Category ancient languages Announcements Book of Mormon books D&C evolution Genesis Gospel Doctrine Gospel Doctrine Resources history LDS Church History New Testament Old Testament prophets science and religion scripture study Seminary teaching temple Uncategorized

Select a Month August 2019 July 2019 June 2019 March 2019 January 2019 December 2018 November 2018 October 2018 September 2018 August 2018 July 2018 June 2018 May 2018 April 2018 March 2018 February 2018 January 2018 December 2017 November 2017 October 2017 September 2017 August 2017 July 2017 June 2017 May 2017 April 2017 March 2017 February 2017 January 2017 December 2016 November 2016 October 2016 September 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 December 2015 November 2015 October 2015 September 2015 August 2015 July 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015 March 2015 February 2015 January 2015 November 2014 October 2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 April 2014 March 2014 February 2014 January 2014 January 2010 December 2009

TAKE THE

Religious Wisdom Quiz

The glory of this present house will be greater than the glory of the former house. What building is being reconstructed?

Select your answer to see how you score.

The temple The whole of Jerusalem The city wall The palace