Tyndale House Podcast
Tyndale House, Cambridge, brings you insights from high-level Bible research to help you understand the Bible more and explore reasons why it can be trusted.
Episodes
35 episodes
S5E1: What is a manuscript and why should we study them?
In season 5 of the Tyndale House podcast, Tony Watkins speaks to members of our New Testament team to find out about New Testament manuscripts and how studying them can help us with our trust and understanding of the Bible. In this...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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35:30
Interview 7: Steve Walton on the book of Acts
In this episode, Tony talks to Dr Steve Walton, Professor of New Testament and Senior Research Fellow at Trinity College, Bristol. Steve is a frequent visitor to us here at Tyndale House as he's been working on his commentary on Acts for the Wo...
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Season 4
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Episode 9
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31:49
The Nativity: Fact or Fairytale?
Is the Nativity a true story? Why are there differences between Matthew and Luke’s accounts of Jesus’s birth? Was Luke historically correct when he wrote about the census? What was the star and is it even possible for the wise men to have follo...
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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29:50
What is Hebrew poetry and how do we read it?
In this episode, Tony is joined by three of our long-term readers who are all working on PhDs at Cambridge University. Ellie Wiener is currently studying the book of Job, Megan Alsene-Parker is studying Lamentations, and Ben Rae is studying Ecc...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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37:22
S4E6: Why did Saul change his name to Paul?
Steve Walton and Tony Watkins discuss why Saul changed to Paul in the book of Acts. In the book of Acts, the apostle Paul is referred to as Saul up until chapter 13, where he begins to be referred to as Paul. Steve explains how names worked in ...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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30:21
S4E5: Are the names in the Gospels historically accurate?
In this episode, Peter Williams, Principal of Tyndale House, explains how names can help us to assess the historical reliability of the Gospels. By looking at name records we can see what the most popular names were outside of the Gospels at th...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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29:25
S4E4: Vapour, illness, fish and other peculiar names in the Bible
In this episode, Tony chats to James Bejon and Josh Meynell about strange or animal-related names that we find in the Bible. Some of the names in the Bible strike us as having curious meanings. For example, Caleb means ‘dog’, Nun means ‘fish’, ...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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38:26
S4E3: Why do we have genealogies in the Bible?
In this episode, Tony asks Caleb Howard and James Bejon why we have genealogies in the Bible and how we should make sense of them. They discuss how the Old Testament is unique in ancient literature in the way it lays out genealogies. They also ...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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36:09
S4E2: How Were Divine Names Used in the Ancient World?
In this episode, George Heath-Whyte and James Bejon chat with Tony about the use of divine names in the ancient world and in the Bible. What did the Babylonians call their gods?What did the names of the Babylonian gods mean?
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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35:18
S4E1: Difficult questions surrounding the book of Daniel
In this episode, George Heath-Whyte and James Bejon chat with Tony about a range of difficult questions surrounding the book of Daniel: What is the significance of Daniel and his friends having their names changed in Daniel 1? ...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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39:22
Interview 5: David Tsumura, Professor Emeritus at Japan Bible Seminary
In this episode Tony sits down with David Tsumura, who is a professor emeritus in Old Testament studies at Japan Bible Seminary. David is a familiar face at Tyndale House having visited several times over nearly 40 years. He lived...
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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30:58
Interview 4: Christopher Ash on the Psalms, Part 2
In this episode, Tony continues his conversation with writer-in-residence, Christopher Ash, on his new four-volume commentary on the Psalms. They discuss how Christ would have prayed the Psalms during his earthly life, the structure of the 5 bo...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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28:54
Interview 4: Christopher Ash on the Psalms, Part 1
In this episode, Tony interviews our writer-in-residence, Christopher Ash, on his new 4 volume commentary on the Psalms. Christopher shares how he came to write the commentary, the importance of the psalms, and why he thinks that the Psalms are...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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27:08
Interview 3: Ahreum Kim on the cultural context of 1 John
In this episode Tony Watkins sits down with biblical scholar, Ahreum Kim, who has been a reader at Tyndale House on and off since 2019 when she came here during her MPhil. She has since completed her PhD which focused on the letter of 1 John an...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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25:47
S3E7 Ancient Names – Why did kings in the Old Testament change their names?
In this episode, Tony, James, and Caleb continue discussing name changes in the Bible, but this time with a focus on throne names. They look first at how kings in the ancient world often changed their name when they became king, before then foc...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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28:14
S3E6: What's the significance of name changes in the Bible?
Please note: This episode contains a mention of birth trauma within the biblical narrativeIn this episode, Tony, James, and Caleb discuss name changes in the patriarchal narratives. They look at how common it was for names to be changed...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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31:34
S3E5 Who are the kings mentioned in Genesis 14?
In this episode, Tony sits down with James and Caleb again to look at the names of the foreign kings mentioned in Genesis 14 and to see how they fit in with what we know of those places from extra-biblical sources. At 10:44 Caleb s...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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42:34
S3E4 Ancient Names – What do the names of Jacob's sons mean? PART 2
Content warning: please note this episode contains a brief mention of rape within the biblical narrative, as well as a comment about birth trauma in the Ancient World. In this episode, Tony Watkins continues working through the bib...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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32:39
S3E3 Ancient Names – What do the names of Jacob's sons mean? PART 1
In this episode, Tony Watkins digs into the names of Jacob’s sons with Caleb Howard and James Bejon, who are both working on the Tyndale House Old Testament project. Starting at Genesis 29 they work through the biblical narrative of the son...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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26:44
S3E2 Ancient Names – Naming practices at birth
Episode 2 of our podcast series on Ancient Names.In this episode, Tony, George, and Caleb discuss naming practices from the Bible and the ancient world and compare them with practices today.Please note: at 17:34 Tony Watkins says...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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33:15
S3E1 Ancient Names – Why are names important?
This new series takes a deep dive into names in the Bible with the help of members of our Old Testament team. In this first episode, Tony Watkins speaks to Dr Caleb Howard and Dr George Heath-Whyte, both members of our Old Testamen...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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28:07
Interview 2: What's the context of 1 Corinthians 7? with Barry Danylak
In this interview Tony Watkins, Fellow for Public Engagement at Tyndale House, interviews Barry Danylak, Executive Director of SEE Global, about his new book, Paul and Secular Singleness in 1 Corinthians 7. Barry shares about the...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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28:52
S2E5 Names & Lists – Making sense of the Old Testament
In this episode Dr Andrew Ollerton is joined by James Bejon to talk about lists, names and genealogies in the Old Testament. Andrew and James take a look at Judges chapters 10 and 12 to talk about messy families, the significance of Biblical na...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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41:50
S2E4 Violence & Horror – How do we read Judges 19?
In this episode Dr Andrew Ollerton is joined by the Revd Dr Helen Paynter to look at horror and violence in the Old Testament. Helen walks us through one of the Old Testament’s “Texts of Terror”—the notorious 19th chapter of the book of Judges ...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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46:57
S2E3 Law & Instruction – How do we read Deuteronomy?
In this episode Dr Andrew Ollerton is joined by Dr Daniel Block to look at Old Testament law and instruction. This episode’s text is Deuteronomy Chapter 27 and the instruction to set up the stones on Mount Ebal, as Daniel demonstrates how even ...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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43:00