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2.55: What Is the Bible?

Prof. Kathryn Schifferdecker and Katie Langston launch a new season of the Enter the Bible podcast. In episode 1 of season 2, they explore the question, What is the Bible? This is the first in a four-part series called Bible Basics.

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Prof. Kathryn Schifferdecker and Katie Langston launch a new season of the Enter the Bible podcast. In this episode, they explore the question, What is the Bible? This is the first in a four-part series called Bible Basics.

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Topics and themes mentioned

  • The Old Testament, also known as The Hebrew Bible, The Tanakh, or The First Testament
  • The Tanakh (The Torah/The Law, The Nevi’im/The Prophets, the Ketuvim/the Writings)
  • The Hebrew or Jewish Order of the Old Testament
  • The Bible as a Library, Newspaper, Conversation

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Today's Episode Hosted By

Kathryn Schifferdecker

Kathryn Schifferdecker

Katie Langston

Katie Langston

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Kathryn M. Schifferdecker

Kathryn M. Schifferdecker

Kathryn M Schifferdecker came to Luther Seminary as an assistant professor of Old Testament in 2006. Ordained in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in 2001, Schifferdecker was associate pastor for five years at Trinity Lutheran Church, Arkdale, Wisc., before coming to Luther. Schifferdecker is a frequent contributor to workingpreacher.org, Word & World and the author of Out of the Whirlwind: Creation Theology in the Book of Job (Harvard University Press, 2008). She is currently writing a commentary on the book of Esther.

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Katie Langston

Katie Langston

Katie Langston is a doubter by nature and a believer by grace. She grew up Mormon in a small Utah town and still isn't sure she fits in anywhere sophisticated enough to have a Target. She's the author of Sealed: An Unexpected Journey into the Heart of Grace, an acclaimed spiritual memoir about her conversion to orthodox Christianity. Katie works as the director of digital strategy for Luther Seminary's innovation team, where she oversees digital projects aimed at cultivating vibrant Christian spirituality in a post-modern, post-Christian cultural context.

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