February 4th The Bible Geek Podcast
Saturday, February 4th 2012
By the criterion set forth in Deuteronomy, mustn't Jesus be classed as a false prophet? Reading suggestions for the basics of Higher Criticism. Why does the Bible condemn divination yet recommends or tolerates certain specific types? Might the similarities between Mark's anointing and empty tomb stories indicate not borrowing from the Osiris myth but an attempt to counter it? Where can one read specifics about the resurrection visions of Sabbatai Sevi? Can Anselm's Ontological Argument be used to prove polytheism?

February 3rd The Bible Geek Podcast
Friday, February 3rd 2012
How can we tell whether biblical repetitions denote use of variant versions of a single story versus repetitions of the same material for emphasis? Why discount the theories that come other modern author besides Joseph Smith wrote the Book of Mormon? Have previous scholars explored the possibility that a historical Jesus lived in the late 1st-early 2nd century CE and was retrojected into the earlier 1st century period? What are good books on the history of Israel in biblical times? What does the name "Polycarp" mean?

February 2nd The Bible Geek Podcast
Thursday, February 2nd 2012
Theories of the Atonement. Reversals in Luke's Gospel. The Last Temptation of Christ. The Lovecraftian fiction of Colin Wilson.

February 1st The Bible Geek Podcast
Wednesday, February 1st 2012
What is form criticism? What was the original meaning behind the various supposed "messianic" predictions of Jesus?

January 30th The Bible Geek Podcast
Monday, January 30th 2012
Is Brandon's "Zealot Jesus" hypothesis still taken seriously? Is the Lukan acclamation, also in Marcion's version, "God has visited his people!" inconsistent with Marcionism, implying credit given to the Jewish deity? Is the empty tomb story based on several independent traditions, a la Gary Habermas? How could Mark 13 refer to the Bar Kochba revolt instead of the fall of Jerusalem in 70? Does Mark 16:15 imply the salvation of animals? Does Genesis 1 possibly envision anything on so large a scale as the Big Bang? How can we tell how widely disseminated various gospel texts were in early Christianity? Were some that were eventually left out of the canon attested earlier than canonical ones? Are there any jokes in the Bible? Does the reference to Paul, Aquila and Priscilla as "tentmakers" signify, by a pun, their role as builders of "tabernacles," i.e., Christian communities in place of a now-superfluous temple made with hands?