NT Pod

Mark Goodacre

4.7 (135)
CHRISTIANITY

Podcast about the New Testament and Christian Origins by Mark Goodacre, Professor of Religious Studies, Duke University.

12/28/2025

NT Pod 114: Is Luke a Historian?

NT Pod 114 asks, "Is Luke a Historian?" It is just over 14 minutes long. NT Pod 114: Is Luke a Historian? (mp3) Key texts: Luke 1.1-4, 1.5, 2.1-2, 3.1-2, 4.16-30, 5.1-11, 7.36-50. The video version is here. Feel free to leave your feedback below or on social media platforms (see right). Thanks to Ram2000, "Me and You", for the opening theme, released under a Creative Commons agreement.
09/26/2025

NT Pod 113: Does John have a Messianic Secret?

NT Pod 113 asks whether John's Gospel has a "Messianic Secret" like the one in Mark. It is just under 13 minutes long. NT Pod 113: Does John have a Messianic Secret? (mp3) You can access the video version of this podcast here. Feel free to leave your feedback below or on my social media platforms (see right). Thanks to Ram2000, "Me and You", for the opening theme, released under a Creative Commons agreement.
09/19/2025

NT Pod 112: What is Redaction Criticism?

NT Pod 112 discusses Redaction Criticism of the Gospels. It is 16 minutes long. NT Pod 112: What is Redaction Criticism? (mp3) You can access the video version of this podcast here. Feel free to leave your feedback below or on my social media platforms (see right). Thanks to Ram2000, "Me and You", for the opening theme, released under a Creative Commons agreement.
09/12/2025

NT Pod 111: Did John Know the Synoptic Gospels?

NT Pod 111 attempts to answer the question, "Did John know the Synoptic Gospels?" It is just under 12 minutes long. NT Pod 111: Did John Know the Synoptic Gospels? (mp3) There is a video version of this podcast here. This podcast references my new book. Details here: The Fourth Synoptic Gospel (Amazon) The Fourth Synoptic Gospel (Eerdmans) Key texts: TBC. Feel leave your feedback below or on our social media (see to the right). Thanks to Ram2000, "Me and You", for the opening theme, released under a Creative Commons agreement.
09/07/2025

NT Pod 110: Writing, Rewriting, and Knowledge: John and the Synoptics with James Barker

NT Pod 110 is a conversation between me and James Barker. It is just under an hour long. NT Pod 110: Writing, Re-writing, and Knowledge: John and the Synoptics (mp3) In this podcast, we discuss our books, out now from Eerdmans: James Barker, Writing and Rewriting the Gospels: John and the Synoptics (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2025) [Buy from Eerdmans; buy at Amazon] Mark Goodacre, The Fourth Synoptic Gospel: John's Knowledge of the Synoptics (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2025) [Buy from Eerdmans; buy at Amazon] You can watch a video version of this conversation over on my Youtube Channel. Thanks to Ram2000, "Me and You", for the opening theme, released under a Creative Commons agreement.
03/20/2025

NT Pod 109: The Last Supper (2025)

In NT Pod 109, Mark goes to the movies! This is a review of The Last Supper (2025), and it is almost 29 minutes long. NT Pod 109: The Last Supper (mp3) Key texts: Feeding of the Five Thousand (Matt. 14.13-21 // Mark 6.31-44 // Mark 6.31-44 // Luke 9.10-17 // John 6.1-15); Gospel Passion and Resurrection Narratives (Matthew 21-28; Mark 11-16; Luke 19-24; John 13-21). Feel free to leave your feedback below or on our social media channels. Thanks to Ram2000, "Me and You", for the opening theme, released under a Creative Commons agreement.
02/24/2025

NT Pod 108: The Jesus / Joshua Problem

NT Pod 108 continues the series on Bible translation (see also NT Pod 104: The Synoptic Translation Problem, NT Pod 105: What is Translation Inertia?, and NT Pod 107: Why Do We Translate New Testament Names the Way We Do?) and discusses the different ways we translate Jesus's name depending on whether we are looking at the Old Testament or the New: NT Pod 108: The Jesus / Joshua Problem (mp3) Key texts (in the order in which they appear): Col. 4.11 Matt. 27.16-17 Luke 3.29 Acts 7.45 Heb. 4.8-10 Feel free to leave your feedback below or on my Youtube channel, or on social media (links on the NT Pod web page). Thanks to Ram2000, "Me and You", for the opening theme, released under a Creative Commons agreement.
01/29/2025

NT Pod 107: Why Do We Translate New Testament Names the Way We Do?

NT Pod 107 continues the series on Bible translation (see also NT Pod 104: The Synoptic Translation Problem and NT Pod 105: What is Translation Inertia?), focusing on the phenomenon of translating exactly the same name one way if it is an Old Testament character and another way if it is a New Testament character. The examples discussed are Jacob and James, and Judas and Jude: NT Pod 107: Why Do We Translate New Testament Names the Way We Do? (mp3) Key texts (in order of mention in the episode): 1 Cor. 1.12, 3.22, 9.5, 15.5 Gal. 1.18, 2.7, 2.9, 11, 14 John 1.41-2 Luke 6.16 Acts 1.13 Jude 1 Mark 6.3 // Matt. 13.55 Matt. 1.2-17 Feel free to leave your feedback below, on our Youtube channel, or on social media (links on the NT Pod web page). Thanks to Ram2000, "Me and You", for the opening theme, released under a Creative Commons agreement.

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4.7

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135 Ratings

We’re back!

09/26/2025

29394040282

So happy the pod is back!
So glad this podcast is back!

11/22/2023

Phoenixgrl

I thought it might have ended in 2022 but am thrilled there are new episodes coming out. The scholarship and expertise is outstanding. I don’t understand some words or concepts but still enjoy learning about the NT from those interested in exploring it as fully and objectively as possible, instead of those who cherry-pick passages to push their judgmental opinions.
Sad

12/20/2023

Baketen2001

Sadly the juvenile happiness expressed in the narrators voices belies the non scholarly superficial review of the texts. Of course over how feminine the texts are. A worthless pursuit as the gospels are not data for feminism.
Fantastic

04/26/2021

Dats3

I enjoy listening to NT Pod, as it not only keeps me connected to my undergrad education at Duke, but it also continues to feed my appetite for learning. All that said, I am holding out hope for an ABBA-themed episode in the near future!