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Question MARKQuestion MARK 16:9-20 with Helen Bond and Theodore TrostTruly the very last (and 69th) episode of our podcast. In this pod we discuss the alternative endings to the story, found in most bibles. Should they be ignored or do they bring something of genuine value to the table? Question MARK veterans and expert theologians, Ted Trost and Helen Bond, help us decide.
We’d like to thank all our contributors without whom this show would have been a lot less enjoyable to do, and certainly a lot less insightful. Thank you for all you did. We know your contributions made a big difference to many of our listeners’ live...2023-12-0438 minQuestion MARKQuestion MARK 15:1-15 with Theodore (Ted) TrostTed Trost is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama. He’s written a Master’s thesis on Mark’s Gospel and he’s working on an exciting new commentary of Mark called ‘The Gospel of the Unnamed’. This latter is based on the premise that Mark deliberately elevates the last and the least of the characters in his story, many of whom are unnamed. Today Ted helps us unpick what’s really going on in Mark’s description of the Crucifixion of Jesus.2023-08-2240 min
What, Like It's Hard?Good Old Bad Boys.Dr Theodore Trost's paper "When You're In Trouble I Just Turn Away": The American Way and Randy Newman's Good Old Boys (1974) discusses the satire in Newman's songwriting while talking about satire in the 21st century. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=21685169)2019-12-021h 11