Short (5-20 mins)
New Testament
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NT Pod 108: The Jesus / Joshua Problem
Theologian
Mark Goodacre
Duration
9.56
Uploaded to YouTube
25 February 2025
Added to Database
30 October 2025
YouTube description
NT Pod 108 continues the series on Bible translation (see also NT Pod 104: The Synoptic Translation Problem, NT Pod 105: What is Translation Inertia?, and NT Pod 107: Why Do We Translate New Testament Names the Way We Do?). It discusses the different ways we translate Jesus's name depending on whether we are looking at the Old Testament or the New.
Key texts (in the order in which they appear):
Col. 4.11
Matt. 27.16-17
Luke 3.29
Acts 7.45
Heb. 4.8-10
Thanks to Ram2000, "Me and You", for the opening theme, released under a Creative Commons agreement.