2.56: Who Wrote the Bible?

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

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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, Who wrote the Bible? This is the second in a four-part Bible Basics series.

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Topics and themes mentioned

  • Redaction criticism
  • Biblical editors/redactors
  • Mosaic authorship of the Pentateuch
  • Doublets in Genesis
  • Source criticism
  • Documentary Hypothesis/JEDP Model
  • Biblical authority

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Kathryn Schifferdecker

Kathryn Schifferdecker

Katie Langston

Katie Langston

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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 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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