How the Bible Was Formed E4 — In the last three episodes of this short series, we focused on the formation of the Hebrew Bible, or the Old Testament. We also talked about other works of literature from the Second Temple period, known collectively as the Deuterocanon or Apocrypha. Today, we’ll finally explore yet another collection of Second Temple literature that was formed around the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus—the New Testament. In this episode, Jon and Tim look at the people in the early Jesus movement who wrote, collected, and distributed these biographies about Jesus and letters to churches across the Roman Empire.
CHAPTERS
- The Fulfillment of the Hebrew Scriptures (0:00-13:51)
- What the Gospels Are and How They Came to Be (13:51-25:42)
- The Crew Who Shaped the New Testament (25:42-47:19)
- The Letters That Lasted (47:19-52:35)
- Sacred Scribal Abbreviations (52:35-1:05:01)
- Conclusion to Series (1:05:01-1:08:15)
OFFICIAL EPISODE TRANSCRIPT
View this episode’s official transcript).
REFERENCED RESOURCES
SHOW MUSIC
- “at the pictures” by Lofi Sunday, Cassidy Godwin
- “little adventures” by Lofi Sunday, Cassidy Godwin
- “Church Pew ft. Oly.Lo, WISDM-02” by Lofi Sunday
- “Yo-05” by Lofi Sunday, Just Derrick
- BibleProject theme song by TENTS
SHOW CREDITS
Production of today’s episode is by Lindsey Ponder, producer, and Cooper Peltz, managing producer. Tyler Bailey is our supervising engineer, who edited today’s episode and provided the sound design and mix. JB Witty does our show notes, and Hannah Woo provides the annotations for our app. Our host and creative director is Jon Collins, and our lead scholar is Tim Mackie.
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