This week for a special Christmas Remix Edition we give you Dr. Bob Price, who is adequately named “The Bible Geek”. He is an author, professor, has been a pastor, a fellow of the Jesus Seminar, on the board of The Jesus Project, and a lover of H.P. Lovecraft.
Nick gets about 40 minutes on the phone with him to fly through scripture and biblical narrative. We hope you enjoy this unique addition to the podcast.
He has an official Bible Geek site as well as a personal homepage for you to learn more about him.
Here is a YouTube of Dr. Price.
Thanx Guys for putting the bloke that has incredible points of view on. I enjoy Bob because he posits with well placed reference throughout his interviews. Critters like these are few and far between!
I note his quickly mentioning the revelation of Patmos as a mixed tome, a mish mash of prophetic texts from various prophecies previously uttered in what we call the “old testament”.
I see it slightly differently; Obviously not an overarching text on the end of the world to come and not in the light of the coined “Preterist”. I see the document as a “history” of the Julio Claudian Syrian states and the arrival of the Flavian rule. All put to the tune of Semitic poetic license.
Its probably just as difficult to make such sense of the document as it is any other. Bob certainly has it right though; the recognition of the entities detailed in the revelation certainly stress monotheistic thought.
If there is a show detailing the “justified thought processes” of the current cults and snake oil salesmen promoting end time philosophy, could you let me know. The ones I come across are very shakey on the ground when it comes to biblical literacy, history and the acceptance of skepticism in our current community
Thanx for the show guys and thanx Bob for the great views you have.
Thanks for the thoughts man. Glad you enjoyed this blast from the past. You may also enjoy some of the Bishop Spong interviews. A different critter as well, but in some slightly different ways.