No complaints, just my curiosity tweaked when I listened to the podcast.
Cheeers, Pb
]]>It’s episode two of The Human Bible! In this episode, we answer listener questions about unicorns and dragons, learn about the Old Testament’s sources, premiere a new segment called “Apologetics Is Never Having to Say You’re Sorry,” and ask whether or not the Bible thinks human sacrifice is A-ok!
Special thanks to Travis from Virginia, Buck Malone, and Iron Jack for the questions featured in today’s episode.
]]>It’s the first episode of The Human Bible! Join host Robert Price as he answers listeners’ questions and delves into amusing, peculiar, and puzzling issues in regular segments like “Prophetic Scorecard” and “Is That in the Bible?!”
We’ll cover everything from the Q Source (including explaining what the heck that means) to that one time God wanted to kill Moses for having a foreskin. It’s not to be missed!
]]>First, well done! This is a great show, and sorely needed. Bob Price, you rock!
I have one request, however: Could you please name each podcast with short subject titles rather than merely “Episode ###”? Something like “015 Pharisees, Scribes, and Sadducees” would be far more useful when looking through the list of episodes than “Episode 015”. This is especially true for those who listen on portable MP3 players, since they typically only show the list of titles without the longer descriptions. It’s too late for the first 15 episodes, but it would be really great if you could do this for future episodes.
Thanks
—Dan
Episode three of The Human Bible is here! Today, we get up to speed on the many names of God—can’t he just pick one already? We answer questions on plagues and virgin births, wonder where C.S. Lewis came up with some of that stuff, and read into the verse that claims Paul took over for Jesus when he wasn’t quite suffering enough—wait, what? Don’t miss it!
A special thanks to Avinash and Jim for sending in the questions answered on today’s show!
]]>I know that Price has mentioned this a few times in his Bible Geek podcast and maybe his human bible podcast, but I am unable to find the references.
I am interested in the evolution of thought within early Christianity of the second coming of Christ.
If I recall correctly, Christ said that he would come again soon, his followers said he would come in that generation and then it was then extended and extended because of continual disappointment of the failed second coming.
I know that there is a scripture trail of this change of thought, but I need help finding it.
If any of you know the scriptural references, I would greatly appreciate some help.
Thanks,
-Clay
]]>The long awaited Human Bible episode eight arrives! This week we look into some of the harsh lessons the Bible teaches, most involving some kind of horrible death. We introduce a new segment called “Audience Inquisition in which we ask you, dear listener, for some answers. This week we ask if you’ve ever heard someone ‘quote’ something from the Bible that isn’t actually in the Bible.
We also wonder where the heck the original writings that make up the Bible actually are. My first guess: the same mysterious place that entire bag of M&M’s I dropped down the couch went. And, we inquire about the most distant places from Jerusalem that the Bible mentions.
And, most important of all, we break some news about the Bible and masturbation. It’s good news, people. I mean, uh, it’s probably good news for this one friend of mine.
Special thanks to Heather and Andrew for submitting the questioned discussed on this week’s show.
]]>In today’s episode, we learn about Biblical Form Criticism—what does scripture have in common with knock-knock jokes and superheroes anyway? We answer a question from the Human Bible Hotline about the Epic of Gilgamesh and whether or not the Bible took some serious notes from it.
We also take a look at yet another failed prophecy in Ezekiel, wonder if Yahweh was a volcano God, and read some verses in the Bible that many people would probably like to pretend aren’t there.
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