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The Bible For Normal People

The Bible for Normal People

The Bible for Normal People is hosted by Peter Enns and Jared Byas

Episodes

20 of 431 episodes

[Faith] Episode 76: Chelsea Kim Long - Reclaiming Christian Faith

In this week’s episode of Faith for Normal People, Pete and Jared talk with Chelsea Kim Long about her journey of remaining rooted in Christ...

50:04Nov 2, 2026

[Faith] Episode 75: Celene Ibrahim - Women in Sharia Law and the Qur’an

In 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...

47:27Oct 26, 2026

[Bible] Episode 341: Archie Wright - Who The Devil Is Satan?

In this week’s episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete talks with biblical scholar Archie Wright about the development of the devil and...

53:36Oct 19, 2026

[Bible] Episode 340: Pete Ruins Everything with Bill Schniedewind

In this week’s episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete talks with biblical scholar Bill Schniedewind about where God is located in the...

55:42Oct 12, 2026

[Bible] Episode 339: Mark Goodacre - Did The Gospels Copy Each Other?

In this week’s episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Jared talk with Mark Goodacre about the synoptic problem and what the striki...

51:18Oct 5, 2026

[Bible] Episode 338: The Brian Recker and Tamice Spencer-Helms Takeover

In this week’s episode of The Bible for Normal People, Brian Recker and Tamice Spencer-Helms celebrate the podcast’s 10th anniversary by tal...

46:55Sep 28, 2026

[Bible] Episode 337: James Barker - Writing and Rewriting the Gospels

In 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,...

66:43Sep 21, 2026

[Faith] Episode 74: Grace Hamman - A Medieval Mystic’s Vision of God’s Love

In this week’s episode of Faith for Normal People, Pete and Jared talk with writer and scholar Grace Hamman about Julian of Norwich, her mys...

49:07Sep 14, 2026

[Bible] Episode 336: Pete Enns - Pete Ruins Everything on Lamentations

In 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 mi...

45:03Sep 7, 2026

[Bible] Episode 335: Phillip Lasater - The Self & Personal Agency in the Hebrew Bible

In this week’s episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Jared talk with Phillip Lasater about how ancient Israelite and Jewish write...

47:29Aug 24, 2026

[Bible] Episode 334: Rony Kozman - The Weird Ways the NT Interprets the OT

In this week’s episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Jared talk with Rony Kozman about how the New Testament interprets the Hebre...

50:10Aug 10, 2026

[Faith] Episode 73: Ciarra Jones - Who Gets to Decide What The Bible Means?

In this week’s episode of Faith for Normal People, Pete and Jared talk with theologian and ethicist Ciarra Jones about who gets to decide wh...

50:49Jul 27, 2026

[Bible] Episode 333: Nathan MacDonald - The Messy History of the Priesthood

In this week’s episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Jared talk with Nathan MacDonald about the origins of Israel’s priesthood, t...

47:54Jul 13, 2026

[Bible] Episode 332: Pete Ruins Everything with Dale Allison

In this week’s episode of Pete Ruins Everything, Pete talks with Dale Allison about the strengths and limits of biblical scholarship. They e...

64:42Jun 29, 2026

[Bible] Episode 331 : Jared Byas - 10 Aha Moments in Biblical Scholarship: Part 2

In this week’s episode of The Bible for Normal People, Jared continues his tour through the history of modern biblical scholarship, explorin...

70:34Jun 15, 2026

[Bible] Episode 330: Bruce Longenecker - The Vision of Galatians

In this week’s episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Jared talk with Bruce Longenecker about Galatians, Paul’s understanding of t...

50:56Jun 1, 2026

[Faith] Episode 72: Roberto De La Noval & Jordan Wood - How the Early Church Read the Bible (Reissue from Bonus)

In this week’s episode of Faith for Normal People, Jared talks with Roberto de la Noval and Jordan Wood about the church fathers, the develo...

66:28May 25, 2026

[Bible] Episode 329: Jared Byas - 10 Aha Moments in Biblical Scholarship: Part 1

In this week’s episode of The Bible for Normal People, Jared takes listeners on a tour through the history of modern biblical scholarship, t...

58:25May 18, 2026

[Bible] Episode 328: Vanessa Lovelace - Is Deuteronomy History?

In this week’s episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Jared talk with Vanessa Lovelace about the Deuteronomistic history and why D...

45:27May 11, 2026

[Bible] Episode 327: Douglas Campbell - Ripping Up the Romans Road

In this week’s episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Jared talk with Douglas Campbell about rethinking the “Romans Road” and what...

49:16May 4, 2026