Gospel Characters Are Just PROPS?! w/ Prof. Helen Bond

What if every character in the gospels - Peter, Mary, the disciples, even Blind Bartimaeus - aren't actually developed characters but literary props?

📖 Full Interview: - https://youtu.be/oVYkM5tqB_Q

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Edinburgh Professor Helen Bond explains how ancient biography used characters differently than modern stories, and why this changes everything about how we read the gospels.

🎯 SHOCKING INSIGHTS:

Why gospel characters function as "props" rather than people
How Blind Bartimaeus serves Jesus's story (not his own)
Why disciples disappear after one scene
How ancient biography focused entirely on the hero
What this means for how we read the Bible

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 - Characters as props revelation
1:15 - The Blind Bartimaeus example
3:30 - How ancient biography really worked
5:45 - Why disciples function differently
7:30 - Focus always returns to Jesus

👨‍🎓 Helen Bond is Professor of Christian Origins at Edinburgh University and author of "The First Biography of Jesus"

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