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.

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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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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Kathryn Schifferdecker

Kathryn M Schifferdecker is Professor and Elva B. Lovell Chair of Old Testament at Luther Seminary. Ordained in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in 2001, Schifferdecker was associate pastor for five years at Trinity Lutheran Church, Arkdale, Wisconsin, before coming to Luther in 2006. Schifferdecker is a frequent contributor to Working Preacher, 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 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 is Pastor of Mission and Outreach at New Promise Lutheran Church in St. George, Utah. From 2020-2025, she was the director of digital strategy for Luther Seminary's innovation team, where she oversaw digital projects aimed at cultivating vibrant Christian spirituality in a post-modern, post-Christian cultural context.

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About Enter the Bible Podcast

The Enter the Bible podcast is where you can get answers (or at least reflections) on everything you wanted to know about the Bible but were afraid to ask. Each season, the podcast hosts address questions submitted by listeners. If you have a question you’d like us to discuss in the upcoming season of the Enter the Bible podcast, submit it here.

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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.

Show notes

Topics and themes mentioned

Study Bible

Full Transcript

Kathryn Schifferdecker

Katie Langston

About Enter the Bible Podcast

Recent episodes

Kathryn Schifferdecker

Katie Langston