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I’m working on producing a 4 episode (maybe 5) podcast series on the New Testament. I’m interviewing an LDS Bible scholar. The first episode will focus on the four Gospels. I know we have all kinds of great minds here. What are the most prominent Mormon-centric ideas from the New Testament Gospels? We’ll also get into general NT history and writing, and I want to touch on the King James Version too.
Do you guys have other questions or ideas you would like discussed? Right now, just focus on stuff in the Gospels. I’ll be doing future episodes on the letters of Paul, and other sections.
Brian Johnston wrote:
What are the most prominent Mormon-centric ideas from the New Testament Gospels? We’ll also get into general NT history and writing, and I want to touch on the King James Version too.The most obvious ones to me are the idea of the ‘rock of revelation’ (aka Peter), and the idea that the current LDS church structure and organization is identical (or at least
reallyclose) to something that Jesus organized. Quote:Do you guys have other questions or ideas you would like discussed?
Not a NT doctrinal question, and not LDS-centric, necessarily, but I’d be interested in hearing someone address the notion or expectation that the NT, and the Gospels in particular, is a cohesive piece of literature. Maybe I just need to find a good historical treatment of the NT. Can anyone recommend something?
The idea that the resurrection is of a tangible nature, with a body of “flesh and bones”. I know it’s taken word-for-word from Luke 24, but I’d be interested in whether (or how) other translations handle that passage and idea.
I definitely want to ask about our notions of eternal marriage, in relationship to Matthew 22 / Mark 12 / Luke 20 — where people are neither married nor given in marriage after the resurrection. I wonder what the scholarly community makes of that passage. Also related is Matthew 16:19 where Christ talks about the power to bind things on earth, and they are bound in heaven. keep the ideas coming.
I’ve really enjoyed studying the history and compilation of the New Testament, but the more I’ve studied it, the more I start to wonder just how reliable this book really is. over 300 years of illiterate scholars making copies of copies of copies of copies 100’s of generations down the read before we even get to any professional scholars, (aka Constantine and the Roman Empire’s adoption of Christianity). I’ve heard the statement from many biblical scholars that i’ve read from saying that there are more errors in the new testament than there are words. So my questions would revolve around just how much can we rely on the New Testament. Obviously someone who has done any truthful studies into the New Testament to get to the point where they are a scholar, they have had to face these ideas and work them out in their own mind. Why the Christmas stories from the different authors don’t match at all. The “Virgin” Mary story
Perhaps why so many of the “controversial” literature never even made it into the NT.
Jesus personal life – family, wife, kids etc
Brian Johnston wrote:I’m working on producing a 4 episode (maybe 5) podcast series on the New Testament. I’m interviewing an LDS Bible scholar. The first episode will focus on the four Gospels…I know we have all kinds of great minds here. What are the most prominent Mormon-centric ideas from the New Testament Gospels?
Some of the main LDS-Centric New Testament passages the Church has focused on that stand out to me are the idea of “keys” and authority making the Church special (Matthew 16:15-19), the idea that everyone will have a resurrected physical body made of “flesh and bones” (Luke 24:36-39), and the passage about other sheep “not of this fold” interpreted as Israelites in America (John 10:16).
Brian Johnston wrote:…We’ll also get into general NT history and writing, and I want to touch on the King James Version too…Do you guys have other questions or ideas you would like discussed? Right now, just focus on stuff in the Gospels. I’ll be doing future episodes on the letters of Paul, and other sections.
I would be interested to hear what this LDS Bible Scholar has to say about some of the differences between manuscripts and between the different Gospels that critics like Bart Ehrman have made a big deal about. For example, in Mark Jesus is portrayed as angry and impatient more than in the other Gospels that typically depict him as calm.
Maybe you could resolve that whole grace and works dilema I’d like to hear what they think of Gnosticism as a whole. There’s some cool Gnostic stuff, and some weird Gnostic teachings. Also, what’s the position on the JST. How reliable do they view some of those? For example, I think some of the JST of Isaiah messes up the chiasmus, and I wonder if there are other similar problems in the NT.
There seems to have been much more diversity in Christianity than we’re generally taught. Was James the real leader of Christianity, not Peter? Why was Jesus so insistent on teaching Jews only, and not Gentiles, only to have the revelation later (to Peter) that the gospel was to go to the Gentiles? Why didn’t Jesus lead by example and teach gentiles too?
Is there any evidence of Godhead teachings in ancient Christianity? I know that Mormons and Christians can bash about Trinity/Godhead scriptures, but is there really evidence for Godhead?
Where is this podcast?
mormonheretic wrote:Where is this podcast?
It’s more like “when” at this point. I am scheduling to record the interview by next weekend. It’ll be another week maybe for me to edit. Then I have to schedule it for release. It’ll be through one of the familiar “name brand” outlets for Mormon Podcasts. I would guess a mid-January release for the first episode.
keep me posted. it sounds very interesting.
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