Episode 8
02/29/24 12:00
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Blake Wassell joins Douglas and Stan for a discussion of John 18–19. The discussion centers on Roman elements in the narrative and the concept of Kingship in the Pilate dialogue and trial of Jesus.
Key Takeaways:
- The Early Christian movement existed in a multi-cultural setting and the vast majority understood cultural clues within the text that modern readers of the text have no clue about.
- Just as the Empire functioned differently from the Roman Republic, living under modern forms of government does not prepare a reader for the issues of power found in ancient texts.
- While we prefer to think of dualistic extremes, paradox may be a better vantage point, whereby two poles function at the same time in tension.
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