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Why Early Christians Kept the Old Testament
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Episode Outline:
— Introduction: Why did Christians keep the Old Testament?
— How Bart viewed the Old Testament as an evangelical
— Reading the Old Testament on its own terms
— How early Christians inherited Jewish scripture
— Early Christian debates over the Hebrew Bible
— Jewish Christians, Marcionites, and competing views
— How Proto-Orthodox Christians handled the Old Testament
— Supersessionism and Christian interpretation
— Figurative readings of Old Testament law
— How Old Testament interpretation shaped Jewish-Christian relations
— Why modern Christians still use the Old Testament
Episode Description
If you have a passing familiarity with the Christian Bible, then you probably know that it’s split into two parts - the Old and New Testaments. The New Testament is the part with all the stuff about Jesus, while the Old Testament is drawn largely from Jewish religious scriptures. Today, Dr. Bart Ehrman is joining me to talk about why early Christians insisted on keeping the Old Testament…despite not being Jewish.
Also watch these episodes:
What Did the Prophet Isaiah Say About Jesus?
What Did the Prophet Isaiah Say About Jesus?
— Introduction: Why did Christians keep the Old Testament?
— How Bart viewed the Old Testament as an evangelical
— Reading the Old Testament on its own terms
— How early Christians inherited Jewish scripture
— Early Christian debates over the Hebrew Bible
— Jewish Christians, Marcionites, and competing views
— How Proto-Orthodox Christians handled the Old Testament
— Supersessionism and Christian interpretation
— Figurative readings of Old Testament law
— How Old Testament interpretation shaped Jewish-Christian relations
— Why modern Christians still use the Old Testament
Episode Description
If you have a passing familiarity with the Christian Bible, then you probably know that it’s split into two parts - the Old and New Testaments. The New Testament is the part with all the stuff about Jesus, while the Old Testament is drawn largely from Jewish religious scriptures. Today, Dr. Bart Ehrman is joining me to talk about why early Christians insisted on keeping the Old Testament…despite not being Jewish.
Also watch these episodes:
What Did the Prophet Isaiah Say About Jesus?
What Did the Prophet Isaiah Say About Jesus?
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