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Incredible Things, with Tom Schmidt: Luke 5:26
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In a healing story shared by the first three Gospels, Luke reports a uniquely worded response of onlookers, translated in the NIV as, “We have seen remarkable things today.” The key Greek word is παράδοξα (paradoxa), which is in fact noncommittal on the morality of what is in view. Dr. Thomas Schmidt is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Fairfield University. His most recent book, https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://academic.oup.com/book/60034__;!!KIFmrYtlezdzESbnm_I!Hf5j3t7jTp7vwMi2ZP_NubpmnynyKBcjG2tqDJGWpz1_kJb8zRWCTledR8jf5S-ER0aFtVcUQoeYXn17zAF_wl1hiZQaiQ$ Click to follow link." href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Furldefense.com%2Fv3%2F__https%3A%2F%2Facademic.oup.com%2Fbook%2F60034__%3B!!KIFmrYtlezdzESbnm_I!Hf5j3t7jTp7vwMi2ZP_NubpmnynyKBcjG2tqDJGWpz1_kJb8zRWCTledR8jf5S-ER0aFtVcUQoeYXn17zAF_wl1hiZQaiQ%24&data=05%7C02%7Cjesse.doogan%40wheaton.edu%7Cb4bd5c2bdaaa4a92652b08dde9498b59%7Cb7098c8ac6b24e8bba4c872cf5f00a20%7C0%7C0%7C638923224271714801%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=zZJOvYvbPYKj1XWLVu1Q5t21fzevjR%2BYVIEoF%2Fc6C%2Fc%3D&reserved=0"> Josephus and Jesus: New Evidence for the One Called Christ (Oxford) examines the description of Jesus given by the Jewish historian Josephus. Through generous donor, it is available for free on the book website: JosephusandJesus.com. His other publications include, https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.amazon.com/Book-Revelation-its-Eastern-Commentators/dp/1316519368__;!!KIFmrYtlezdzESbnm_I!GDQD8XLmgnhSm215vd2wJE6EE1yOAPpAUTAR8rrnpKucPWtwCHfmIsPgEbu-LNmNzEZ1d_cCmpO8YGud_WjS92QgSzZdVQ$ Click to follow link." href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Furldefense.com%2Fv3%2F__https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FBook-Revelation-its-Eastern-Commentators%2Fdp%2F1316519368__%3B!!KIFmrYtlezdzESbnm_I!GDQD8XLmgnhSm215vd2wJE6EE1yOAPpAUTAR8rrnpKucPWtwCHfmIsPgEbu-LNmNzEZ1d_cCmpO8YGud_WjS92QgSzZdVQ%24&data=05%7C02%7Cjesse.doogan%40wheaton.edu%7Cb4bd5c2bdaaa4a92652b08dde9498b59%7Cb7098c8ac6b24e8bba4c872cf5f00a20%7C0%7C0%7C638923224271734974%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=TMQensyEAzYBk0QktbJtl%2BaHVvfurxgdj2w0JfqN6Ko%3D&reserved=0" rel="noopener">The Book of Revelation and its Eastern Commentators: Making the New Testament in the Early Christian World.
Check out related programs at Wheaton College:
B.A. in Classical Languages (Greek, Latin, Hebrew): https://bit.ly/4mZ6AVC
M.A. in Biblical Exegesis: https://bit.ly/4mbcRwA
288 episodes
Manage episode 506399319 series 2454720
In a healing story shared by the first three Gospels, Luke reports a uniquely worded response of onlookers, translated in the NIV as, “We have seen remarkable things today.” The key Greek word is παράδοξα (paradoxa), which is in fact noncommittal on the morality of what is in view. Dr. Thomas Schmidt is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Fairfield University. His most recent book, https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://academic.oup.com/book/60034__;!!KIFmrYtlezdzESbnm_I!Hf5j3t7jTp7vwMi2ZP_NubpmnynyKBcjG2tqDJGWpz1_kJb8zRWCTledR8jf5S-ER0aFtVcUQoeYXn17zAF_wl1hiZQaiQ$ Click to follow link." href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Furldefense.com%2Fv3%2F__https%3A%2F%2Facademic.oup.com%2Fbook%2F60034__%3B!!KIFmrYtlezdzESbnm_I!Hf5j3t7jTp7vwMi2ZP_NubpmnynyKBcjG2tqDJGWpz1_kJb8zRWCTledR8jf5S-ER0aFtVcUQoeYXn17zAF_wl1hiZQaiQ%24&data=05%7C02%7Cjesse.doogan%40wheaton.edu%7Cb4bd5c2bdaaa4a92652b08dde9498b59%7Cb7098c8ac6b24e8bba4c872cf5f00a20%7C0%7C0%7C638923224271714801%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=zZJOvYvbPYKj1XWLVu1Q5t21fzevjR%2BYVIEoF%2Fc6C%2Fc%3D&reserved=0"> Josephus and Jesus: New Evidence for the One Called Christ (Oxford) examines the description of Jesus given by the Jewish historian Josephus. Through generous donor, it is available for free on the book website: JosephusandJesus.com. His other publications include, https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.amazon.com/Book-Revelation-its-Eastern-Commentators/dp/1316519368__;!!KIFmrYtlezdzESbnm_I!GDQD8XLmgnhSm215vd2wJE6EE1yOAPpAUTAR8rrnpKucPWtwCHfmIsPgEbu-LNmNzEZ1d_cCmpO8YGud_WjS92QgSzZdVQ$ Click to follow link." href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Furldefense.com%2Fv3%2F__https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FBook-Revelation-its-Eastern-Commentators%2Fdp%2F1316519368__%3B!!KIFmrYtlezdzESbnm_I!GDQD8XLmgnhSm215vd2wJE6EE1yOAPpAUTAR8rrnpKucPWtwCHfmIsPgEbu-LNmNzEZ1d_cCmpO8YGud_WjS92QgSzZdVQ%24&data=05%7C02%7Cjesse.doogan%40wheaton.edu%7Cb4bd5c2bdaaa4a92652b08dde9498b59%7Cb7098c8ac6b24e8bba4c872cf5f00a20%7C0%7C0%7C638923224271734974%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=TMQensyEAzYBk0QktbJtl%2BaHVvfurxgdj2w0JfqN6Ko%3D&reserved=0" rel="noopener">The Book of Revelation and its Eastern Commentators: Making the New Testament in the Early Christian World.
Check out related programs at Wheaton College:
B.A. in Classical Languages (Greek, Latin, Hebrew): https://bit.ly/4mZ6AVC
M.A. in Biblical Exegesis: https://bit.ly/4mbcRwA
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