Chapter, Verse, and Season: A Lectionary Podcast from Yale Bible Study

Nov 24 2024 171 ep. 13 mins 52
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Writing a fresh, meaningful sermon every week can be challenging. Start your weekly sermon prep by listening to two Yale Divinity School professors chat about one of the upcoming Revised Common Lectionary texts.

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The Finale

Nov 24 2024 23 mins  
In this special final episode of Chapter, Verse, and Season, podcast creators Joel Baden and Helena Martin share the origins of the podcast, discuss what it was like to work with Yale Divinity School professors in new and different contexts, and try to get to the bottom of a silly rumor. More Yale Bible Study resources, including a transcript of this episode, at: https://YaleBibleS

From Slingshot to Imperium (Twenty-Seventh Sunday after Pentecost)

Nov 17 2024 13 mins  
Harry Attridge and Joel Baden discuss David, his kingship, and its implications for the modern political climate in 2 Samuel 23:1-7. The text is appointed for the Twenty-Seventh Sunday after Pentecost, the Reign of Christ, Proper 29, in Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary. More Yale Bible Study resources, including a transcript of this episode, at: https://YaleBibleStudy.org/po

Perspective from the Mount of Olives (Twenty-Sixth Sunday after Pentecost)

Nov 10 2024 11 mins  
Brandon Nappi and Ned Parker discuss scriptural perspective, to whom we're giving our hearts, and perfect love in Mark 13:1-8. The text is appointed for the Twenty-Sixth Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 28, in Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary. More Yale Bible Study resources, including a transcript of this episode, at: https://YaleBibleStudy.org/podcast Brandon Nappi is Execut

Seduction and the Security of Widows (Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost)

Nov 03 2024 13 mins  
Joel Baden and Harry Attridge discuss Ruth's faithfulness, Levirate marriage, and what turns out to be the most explicit biblical sex scene in Ruth 3:1-5; 4:13-17. The text is appointed for the Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 27, in Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary. More Yale Bible Study resources, including a transcript of this episode, at: https://YaleBibleStud

A Transformation of Tradition (Feast of All Saints)

Oct 27 2024 12 mins  
Harry Attridge and Joel Baden discuss universality, immortality, hope, and intertextuality in Isaiah 25:6-9 and Revelation 21:1-6a. These texts are appointed for the Feast of All Saints, in Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary. More Yale Bible Study resources, including a transcript of this episode, at: https://YaleBibleStudy.org/podcast Harold Attridge is Sterling Professor of

The Genius and the Transformation of Job (Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost)

Oct 20 2024 17 mins  
Content Warning: Infant Death Awet Andemicael and Gregory Sterling discuss Job's transformation, believing in God even during great suffering, and the impossibility of theodicy in Job 42:1-6, 10-17. The text is appointed for the Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 25, in Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary. More Yale Bible Study resources, including a transcript of this

Suffering Servant? (Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost)

Oct 13 2024 12 mins  
Felicity Harley-McGowan and Bruce Gordon discuss which of Jesus' natures suffered on the cross, visual representations of suffering, and the identity of the suffering servant in Isaiah 53:4-12. The text is appointed for the Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 24, in Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary. More Yale Bible Study resources, including a transcript of this epi

A Big Ampersand (Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost)

Oct 06 2024 10 mins  
Brandon Nappi and Ned Parker discuss balance, grace, and being called to account in Hebrews 4:12-16. The text is appointed for the Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost, in Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary. More Yale Bible Study resources, including a transcript of this episode, at: https://YaleBibleStudy.org/podcast Brandon Nappi is Executive Director of Leadership Programs a

The Mystery of Job (Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost)

Sep 29 2024 11 mins  
Harry Attridge and Joel Baden discuss Satan, unanswered questions, and internal contradictions in Job 1:1, 2:1-10. The text is appointed for the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost, in Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary. More Yale Bible Study resources, including a transcript of this episode, at: https://YaleBibleStudy.org/podcast Harold Attridge is Sterling Professor of Divinity

Seasoning that Can Save You (Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost)

Sep 22 2024 11 mins  
Linn Tonstad and Yii-Jan Lin discuss pedagogy, amputation, embodiment, and a worm in Mark 9:38-50. The text is appointed for the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost, in Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary. More Yale Bible Study resources, including a transcript of this episode, at: https://YaleBibleStudy.org/podcast Linn Tonstad is Associate Professor of Theology, Religion, and S