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Paul Was Not a Christian (ft. Dr. Matthew Novenson) │ On the Way: Episode 28
Dr. Matthew Novenson sits down with Dr. Botner to discuss his book Paul, Then and Now. Our conversation covers the challenge of reading Paul in his historical context, the centrality of Paul (especially Romans and Galatians) to Protestant Christianity, the ways in which Paul has been interpreted and reinterpreted in the Christian tradition, as well as key interpretive issues in Paul's letters. Dr. Novenson is widely recognized as one of the leading Pauline scholars today. You don't want to miss out on what he has to say!

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Chapter Breakdown👇
6:50 - Why Dr. Novenson became a biblical scholar
10:20 - What motivates Dr. Novenson's scholarship and teaching
12:45 - Why is it so hard to read Paul?
20:40 - Different scholarly approaches to Paul
31:45 - Did Paul abandon Judaism?
44:45 - The so-called "Jew" in Romans 2
57:00 - Who were the missionaries that wanted gentiles to be circumcised?
59:45 - Did Paul adapt his practices to his audience?
1:07:14 - How should we approach Paul historically?

Dr. Matthew V. Novenson is Senior Lecturer in New Testament and Director of the Centre for the Study of Christian Origins at the University of Edinburgh. His research interests cluster around the question of how first-century Christian texts fit alongside non-Christian Jewish texts from the same period, in the time before Christianity emerged as a Greco-Roman religion in its own right. He has published on a range of topics including the Pauline epistles, early Christian Christology, the Bar Kokhba revolt, ancient biblical interpretation, and ancient rhetoric.

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