1.25: Where Did the Bible Come From?

A lot of the writings of the Bible didn't begin as writings, but as oral traditions and stories. Here's how it came to be.

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Today's Episode Hosted By

Cameron Howard

Eric Barreto

Joined by

Jim Boyce

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James Boyce

James L. Boyce is Professor Emeritus of New Testament and Greek at Luther Seminary, St. Paul, MN. He has been a frequent contributor to Word & World: Theology for Christian Ministry, the seminary's quarterly theological journal.

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Cameron B.R. Howard

Cameron B. R. Howard, associate professor of Old Testament, joined the Luther Seminary faculty in July 2012. She received her Ph.D. from Emory University in 2010. She also holds a Master of Theological Studies degree from the Candler School of Theology at Emory and a Master of Theology degree from Columbia Theological Seminary. Howard is the author of The Old Testament for A Complex World: How the Bible's Dynamic Testimony Points to New Life for the Church (Baker Academic, 2021). Committed to making academic biblical scholarship accessible and relevant to clergy and laypeople, Howard has written over two dozen essays for WorkingPreacher.org and is a contributor to BibleOdyssey.org. She is a member of the Society of Biblical Literature and a ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church (USA).

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Eric Barreto

Eric D. Barreto is the Weyerhaeuser Associate Professor of New Testament. He holds a B.A. in religion from Oklahoma Baptist University, an M.Div. from Princeton Seminary, and a Ph.D. in New Testament from Emory University.
Prior to coming to Princeton Seminary, he served as associate professor of New Testament at Luther Seminary, and also taught as an adjunct professor at the Candler School of Theology and McAfee School of Theology.

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