Latest Episodes
Was there "no room in the inn" or in the "guestroom"? And doesn't Caesar Augustus himself describe his census? More Questions from Readers
Bart answers questions about "kataluma," tecktons, censuses, and reference works. Read by John Paul Middlesworth.
Finding Value in Writings You Don’t “Believe” In (In response to my Newsweek article on Christmas)
Bart discusses blow-back to a Newsweek article and explains his view on the value of writings outside of their historical truths. Read by Mike...
Did Jesus Come to Bring Peace?
Prince of Peace? Maybe... Read by Ken Teutsch.
Being Consistently Critical (In the Good Sense)
Thoughts on how a historian has to critically analyse all texts that they encounter, not simply the ones they don't mind analysing critically. Read...
Approaching the New Testament Historically
Is there any easy way to make the distinction between reading the Bible as a document of faith, and from a strictly historical perspective?...
Twelve Days of Christmas Day 12: My Article on Christmas in Newsweek: Part 2
Bart considers how implausible the nativity story might sound to someone who had not grown up knowing it. Read by John Paul Middlesworth.