The Bible and Beyond Podcast 50th Episode
The Bible and Beyond Podcast’s 50th Episode
Featuring Ten Thought-Provoking Clips

Shirley Paulson, PhD (photo by Bozena Voytko)
Hosted by Shirley Paulson, PhD
Early Christian Texts is celebrating the 50th episode of our Bible and Beyond Podcast! We have collected snippets from ten episodes featuring several of our interviews with scholars since the podcast first aired in 2019. All fifty episodes have been quite unique and fascinating, but these ten excerpts exemplify the depth and breadth of the topics we covered — from why anyone should even look at extracanonical writings to the meaning of Jesus’ passion.
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Excerpts from the following podcasts appear in our 50th episode (in order):
“It’s Ok to Look at Extracanonical Texts!” with Dr. Hal Taussig
“The Secret Behind the Secrets in So-Called Gnosticism” with Dr. Nicola Denzey Lewis
“How Adam the Original Sinner Became Adam the Victim, then Adam the Glorified” with Dr. Lance Jenott
“Are the Shapira Deuteronomy Fragments (aka The Shapira Scroll or Valediction of Moses) Real or Forgeries?” with Dr. Tony Burke
“A Jew and a Christian Discover Commonality” with Dr. Jennifer Stollman
“What Kind of Person Was Judas Really?: What the Gospel of Judas Can Tell Us” with Dr. David Brakke
“Mary Magdalene was Probably Not from Magdala” with Elizabeth Schrader Polczer
“How Illness and Heresy Became Entangled in Christianity” with Dr. Jennifer Barry
“How Jesus’s Followers Made Sense of His Death by Crucifixion” with Dr. Arthur Dewey
“Early Christians Answer ‘Where Is God When Things Go Wrong?'” with Dr. Jason BeDuhn
What an excellent vehicle for introducing people to the mission and works of Early Christian Texts: The Bible and Beyond! This podcast shows the scope of the research, the dignity of the scholars, and the value of their presentations. I think listeners will grasp that this work is open to anyone and is in the interests of everyone.