The Bible For Normal People
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A weekly podcast talk show having serious talks about the sacred book. Hosted by Peter Enns and Jared Byas.
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- [Bible] Episode 342: Leslie Baynes - C.S. Lewis's Surprising Takes on the Bible · 51 min · Sesong 10 Episode 342In this week’s episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Jared talk with biblical scholar Leslie Baynes about C.S. Lewis and the ways his literary background, imagination…
- [Faith] Episode 76: Chelsea Kim Long - Reclaiming Christian Faith · 50 minIn this week’s episode of Faith for Normal People, Pete and Jared talk with Chelsea Kim Long about her journey of remaining rooted in Christianity while challenging the…
- [Faith] Episode 75: Celene Ibrahim - Women in Sharia Law and the Qur’an · 47 minIn this week’s episode of Faith for Normal People, Pete and Jared talk with Celene Ibrahim about how the Qur’an portrays women, the role of interpretation in understanding…
- [Bible] Episode 341: Archie Wright - Who The Devil Is Satan? · 54 min · Sesong 10 Episode 341In this week’s episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete talks with biblical scholar Archie Wright about the development of the devil and how Jewish and Christian…
- [Bible] Episode 340: Pete Ruins Everything with Bill Schniedewind · 56 min · Sesong 10 Episode 300In this week’s episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete talks with biblical scholar Bill Schniedewind about where God is located in the Hebrew Bible and how different…
- [Bible] Episode 339: Mark Goodacre - Did The Gospels Copy Each Other? · 51 min · Sesong 10 Episode 339In this week’s episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Jared talk with Mark Goodacre about the synoptic problem and what the striking similarities and differences…
- [Bible] Episode 338: The Brian Recker and Tamice Spencer-Helms Takeover · 47 min · Sesong 10 Episode 338In this week’s episode of The Bible for Normal People, Brian Recker and Tamice Spencer-Helms celebrate the podcast’s 10th anniversary by talking with Pete Enns and Jared Byas…
- [Bible] Episode 337: James Barker - Writing and Rewriting the Gospels · 1 t 6 min · Sesong 10 Episode 337In this week’s episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Jared talk with James about how the Gospels were written, how Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John relate to one another…
- [Faith] Episode 74: Grace Hamman - A Medieval Mystic’s Vision of God’s Love · 49 minIn this week’s episode of Faith for Normal People, Pete and Jared talk with writer and scholar Grace Hamman about Julian of Norwich, her mystical visions, and her radically…
- [Bible] Episode 336: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Everything on Lamentations · 45 min · Sesong 10 Episode 336In this week’s episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete explores the book of Lamentations and what it can teach us about faith in the midst of suffering. He examines the…
- [Bible] Episode 335: Phillip Lasater - The Self & Personal Agency in the Hebrew Bible · 47 min · Sesong 10 Episode 335In this week’s episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Jared talk with Phillip Lasater about how ancient Israelite and Jewish writers understood the self, personal…
- [Bible] Episode 334: Rony Kozman - The Weird Ways the NT Interprets the OT · 50 min · Sesong 10 Episode 334In this week’s episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Jared talk with Rony Kozman about how the New Testament interprets the Hebrew Bible, and why the apostles’…
- [Faith] Episode 73: Ciarra Jones - Who Gets to Decide What The Bible Means? · 51 minIn this week’s episode of Faith for Normal People, Pete and Jared talk with theologian and ethicist Ciarra Jones about who gets to decide what the Bible means and how our…
- [Bible] Episode 333: Nathan MacDonald - The Messy History of the Priesthood · 48 min · Sesong 10 Episode 333In this week’s episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Jared talk with Nathan MacDonald about the origins of Israel’s priesthood, the role of the Levites, and why the…
- [Bible] Episode 332: Pete Ruins Everything with Dale Allison · 1 t 4 min · Sesong 11 Episode 332In this week’s episode of Pete Ruins Everything, Pete talks with Dale Allison about the strengths and limits of biblical scholarship. They explore what historical research can…
- [Bible] Episode 331 : Jared Byas - 10 Aha Moments in Biblical Scholarship: Part 2 · 1 t 10 min · Sesong 10 Episode 331In this week’s episode of The Bible for Normal People, Jared continues his tour through the history of modern biblical scholarship, exploring five (or six) more “aha moments”…
- [Bible] Episode 330: Bruce Longenecker - The Vision of Galatians · 51 min · Sesong 10 Episode 330In this week’s episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Jared talk with Bruce Longenecker about Galatians, Paul’s understanding of the Torah, and the kind of community he…
- [Faith] Episode 72: Roberto De La Noval & Jordan Wood - How the Early Church Read the Bible (Reissue from Bonus) · 1 t 6 minIn this week’s episode of Faith for Normal People, Jared talks with Roberto de la Noval and Jordan Wood about the church fathers, the development of doctrine, and how early…
- [Bible] Episode 329: Jared Byas - 10 Aha Moments in Biblical Scholarship: Part 1 · 58 min · Sesong 10 Episode 329In this week’s episode of The Bible for Normal People, Jared takes listeners on a tour through the history of modern biblical scholarship, tracing key “aha moments” that changed…
- [Bible] Episode 328: Vanessa Lovelace - Is Deuteronomy History? · 45 min · Sesong 10 Episode 328In this week’s episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Jared talk with Vanessa Lovelace about the Deuteronomistic history and why Deuteronomy plays such a central role…
- [Bible] Episode 327: Douglas Campbell - Ripping Up the Romans Road · 49 min · Sesong 10 Episode 327In this week’s episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Jared talk with Douglas Campbell about rethinking the “Romans Road” and what Paul is really doing in his letter to…
- [Bible] Episode 326: Chris Keith - How do Scholars Reconstruct the "Historical Jesus?" · 52 min · Sesong 10 Episode 326In this week’s episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Jared talk with Chris Keith about the historical Jesus, and how scholars approach the gap between the Jesus of…
- [Bible] Episode 325: Pete Ruins Everything with Amy-Jill Levine · 60 min · Sesong 10 Episode 325In this week’s episode of Pete Ruins Everything, Pete talks with Amy-Jill Levine about supersessionism and its impact on how Christians understand Judaism and the New Testament…
- [Bible] Episode 324: Pete Enns & Jared Byas - A City on a Hill: A Ten Year Retrospective · 50 min · Sesong 10 Episode 324In this week’s episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Jared reflect on ten years and over 400 episodes of the podcast, revisiting what they thought they were doing and…
- [Bible] Episode 323: Andrew Tobolowsky- The Myth of the Twelve Tribes · 54 min · Sesong 10 Episode 323In this week’s episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Jared talk with Andrew Tobolowsky about what scholars mean by “myth” and how that idea applies to the Bible. They…
- [Bible] Episode 322: Cynthia Shafer-Elliott - Where Archaeology Intersects with the Bible · 58 min · Sesong 10 Episode 322On this week’s episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete talks with archaeologist Cynthia Shafer-Elliott about what archaeology can—and can’t—tell us about the Bible. Cynthia…
- [Bible] Episode 321: H. Daniel Zacharias and T. Christopher Hoklotubbe - Native American Biblical Interpretation · 1 t 1 min · Sesong 10 Episode 321In this week’s episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Jared talk with Chris Hoklotubbe and Danny Zacharias about biblical interpretation through an Indigenous American…
- [Bible] Episode 320: Pete Ruins Everything on Jeremiah · 55 minIn this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete has another go at ruining something. This week, he’s unpacking the book of Jeremiah and its interlocking themes of anguish…
- [Bible] Episode 319: Matthew Vines - The Bible Isn't Against Gay Marriage · 53 min · Sesong 10 Episode 319In this week’s episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Jared welcome back Season 1 favorite Matthew Vines to discuss how conversations about the Bible and same-sex…
- [Bible] Episode 318: Mark S. Smith - The Many Gods of Israel · 1 t 8 min · Sesong 10 Episode 318In this week’s episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Jared sit down with Mark S. Smith, a leading scholar of ancient Israelite religion, to explore the polytheistic…
- [Bible] Bonus Episode: Jennifer Garcia Bashaw & Aaron Higashi - Nobody “Just Reads” the Bible · 13 minThis is a teaser of our February 2026 bonus episode! In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Jared are joined by longtime friends of the podcast Jennifer Garcia…
- [Faith] Episode 71: Jared Stacy - The Evangelical to Conspiracy Theory Pipeline · 58 minIn this week’s episode of Faith for Normal People, Pete and Jared talk with theologian and ethicist Jared Stacy about the rise of conspiracy thinking, especially within American…
- [Bible] Episode 317: N.T. Wright - The Book of Ephesians · 49 min · Sesong 10 Episode 317Pete and Jared are back! They kick off Season 10 of The Bible for Normal People with N.T. Wright, diving into the big, sweeping vision of Ephesians. Wright unpacks Ephesians as…
- [Faith] Episode 70: A Holiday Roast · 18 minSeason's greetings from Team B4NP! Podcast producer Brittany and audio engineer Joel have joined forces to bring you the third annual installment of our holiday roast, otherwise…
- [Bible] Episode 316: Pete Enns & Jared Byas - Is the Bible the Word of God? & Other Easy Questions · 57 min · Sesong 9 Episode 316At the close of Season 9 of The Bible for Normal People, Pete & Jared set out on their annual holiday quest: taking questions that people have been asking for centuries and…
- [Faith] Episode 69: Diana Butler Bass - Resisting Christmas (And Why the Christian Calendar Still Matters) · 59 minIn this week’s episode of Faith for Normal People, Pete and Jared sit down with Diana Butler Bass to talk about the Christian calendar. Diana walks through the history of how the…
- [Bible] Episode 315: Kent Sparks - The Beginnings of Israelite Religion · 49 min · Sesong 9 Episode 315On this week’s episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Jared are joined by Kent Sparks to unpack the early religious history of ancient Israel. Kent explores how ancient…
- [Faith] Episode 68: Kristin Kobes Du Mez - A Modern Church History of Toxic Masculinity (REISSUE) · 57 minIn this episode of Faith For Normal People, Pete and Jared revisit a conversation with Kristin Kobes Du Mez, author of the bestselling book Jesus and John Wayne. The conversation…
- [Bible] Episode 314: Shayna Sheinfeld - The Complicated World of Second Temple Judaism · 54 min · Sesong 9 Episode 314In this week’s episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete Enns and Anna Sieges Beal sit down with Shayna Sheinfeld to talk about the Second Temple period, spanning from 586 BCE…
- [Bible] Episode 313: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Song of Songs · 48 min · Sesong 9 Episode 313In the final Pete Ruins episode of 2025, Pete Enns speaks to everyone who has ever read Song of Songs and wondered “why the heck is this in the Bible?” Show Notes →…
- [Faith] Episode 67: Liz Charlotte Grant - The Gift of an Unclear Text · 52 minIn this week’s episode of Faith for Normal People, Pete is joined by Liz Charlotte Grant to talk about using the Bible as a springboard for curiosity, inquiry, conversation, and…
- [Bible] Episode 312: Sarah Emanuel - The Meaning of Messiah · 51 min · Sesong 9 Episode 312In this week’s episode of The Bible for Normal People, Jared sits down with Sarah Emanuel to discuss the concept of “Messiah” from a Jewish theological perspective. Sarah…
- [Faith] Episode 66: Angela Patterson - The Faith of Gen Z · 1 t 7 minIn this episode of Faith for Normal People, Jared sits down with media psychologist Dr. Angela Patterson to discuss the trends she studies in the spiritual lives of Gen Z, or…
- [Bible] Episode 311: Chauncey Diego Francisco Handy - The Afterlife of the Conquest of Canaan · 52 min · Sesong 9 Episode 311In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Jared are joined by Chauncey Diego Francisco Handy to discuss the conquest narrative in the book of Joshua. Delving into…
- [Bible] Episode 310: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Ecclesiastes (REISSUE) · 1 t 12 min · Sesong 9 Episode 310In this reissue of The Bible for Normal People episode 56, Pete gets to the heart of the somber book of Ecclesiastes. He cautions against an optimistic reading as the author…
- [Faith] Episode 65: James Kimmel, Jr. - This Is Your Brain on Revenge · 1 t 7 minIn this episode of Faith for Normal People, Pete and Jared talk with lawyer, lecturer, and author James Kimmel, Jr. about our primal desire for revenge against the people we feel…
- [Bible] Episode 309: Elizabeth Shively - The Gospel of Mark, Explained · 58 min · Sesong 9 Episode 309In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Elizabeth Shively show some love to the shortest gospel and tell us why it shouldn’t be underestimated when it comes to…
- [Faith] Episode 64: Drew G. I. Hart & Jarrod McKenna - Creative Resistance & the Joy of Nonviolence · 1 t 5 minIn this episode of Faith for Normal People, Pete and Jared sit down with Drew G. I. Hart and Jarrod McKenna to talk about rethinking power and nonviolence. Through practices…
- [Bible] Episode 308: Bill Schniedewind - The Scribes Who Wrote the Bible · 53 min · Sesong 9 Episode 308In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Nerd-in-Residence Cynthia are joined by Bill Schniedewind to discuss who really wrote the Bible. Bill explains how…
- [Bible] Episode 307: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Proverbs (REISSUE) · 54 min · Sesong 9 Episode 307In this reissue of The Bible for Normal People episode 36, Pete works through some big-picture issues that help us see what Proverbs is all about, such as the complexities of…
