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

Kyama Mugambi and John Pittard discuss blasphemy, forgiveness, and Satan in Mark 3:20-35. The text is appointed for the Third 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 Kyama Mugambi is Assistant Professor of World Christianity at Yale Divinity School. John Pitta...

Teresa Morgan and Molly Zahn discuss law, Judaism, and how Jesus engages these topics in Mark 2:23–3:6. The text is appointed for the Second 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 Teresa Morgan is McDonald Agape Professor of New Testament and Early Christiani...

Linn Tonstad and Yii-Jan Lin discuss secrets, stupidity, revelation, and belief in John 3:1-17. The text is appointed for Trinity Sunday, the 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 Linn Tonstad is Associate Professor of Theology, Religion, and Sexuality...

Adrián Hernández-Acosta and Willie James Jennings discuss colonial wounds, prophecy, resurrection, and exile in Ezekiel 37:1-14. The text is appointed for the Day of 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 Adrián Hernández-Acosta is Assistant Professor of Religion and Liter...

Bruce Gordon and Felicity Harley-McGowan discuss warning, delight, and the rhythms of life in Psalm 1. The text is appointed for the Seventh Sunday of Easter in Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary. More Yale Bible Study resources, including a transcript of this episode, at: https://YaleBibleStudy.org/podcast Bruce Gordon is Titus Street Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Yale Divinity Scho...

Erika Helgen and Chloë Starr discuss self-sacrifice in history, obedience in love, and the demands of true friendship in John 15:9-17. The text is appointed for the Sixth Sunday of Easter, in Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary. More Yale Bible Study resources, including a transcript of this episode, at: https://YaleBibleStudy.org/podcast Erika Helgen is Associate Professor of Latin American a...

Molly Zahn and Teresa Morgan discuss interpretation, disenfranchisement, and magic in Acts 8:26-40. The text is appointed for the Fifth Sunday of Easter, in Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary. More Yale Bible Study resources, including a transcript of this episode, at: https://YaleBibleStudy.org/podcast Teresa Morgan is McDonald Agape Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at Yale...

John Pittard and Kyama Mugambi discuss commandments, faith, and risk in 1 John 3:16-24. The text is appointed for the Fourth Sunday of Easter, in Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary. More Yale Bible Study resources, including a transcript of this episode, at: https://YaleBibleStudy.org/podcast Kyama Mugambi is Assistant Professor of World Christianity at Yale Divinity School. John Pittard is A...

Willie Jennings and Adrián Hernández-Acosta discuss wounds, tactility, and boiled fish in Luke 24:36b-48. The text is appointed for the Third Sunday of Easter, in Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary. More Yale Bible Study resources, including a transcript of this episode, at: https://YaleBibleStudy.org/podcast Adrián Hernández-Acosta is Assistant Professor of Religion and Literature at the Yal...

Erika Helgen and Chloё Starr discuss liberation theology, wealth redistribution, and ordered community in Acts 4:32-35. The text is appointed for the Second Sunday of Easter, in Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary. More Yale Bible Study resources, including a transcript of this episode, at: https://YaleBibleStudy.org/podcast Erika Helgen is Associate Professor of Latin American and Latinx Chri...

Linn Tonstad and Yii-Jan Lin discuss recognition, situatedness, and destabilization in John 20:1-18. The text is appointed for Easter Day, 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 Sexuality at Yale Divinity School. Yii-Jan...

Molly Zahn and Teresa Morgan discuss trauma, uncertainty, and geography in Mark 16:1-8. The text is appointed for the Great Vigil of Easter, in Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary. More Yale Bible Study resources, including a transcript of this episode, at: https://YaleBibleStudy.org/podcast Teresa Morgan is McDonald Agape Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at Yale Divinity Scho...

John Pittard and Kyama Mugambi discuss paradox, salvation, identity, and suffering in Isaiah 52:13-53:12. The text is appointed for Good Friday, in Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary. More Yale Bible Study resources, including a transcript of this episode, at: https://YaleBibleStudy.org/podcast Kyama Mugambi is Assistant Professor of World Christianity at Yale Divinity School. John Pittard is...

John Collins and Jennifer Herdt discuss liberation, service, and lifestyle in John 13:1-17. The text is appointed for Maundy Thursday, in Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary. More Yale Bible Study resources, including a transcript of this episode, at: https://YaleBibleStudy.org/podcast John Collins is Holmes Professor of Old Testament Criticism and Interpretation at Yale Divinity School. Jenni...

Almeda Wright and Kate Ott discuss parades, entrances, and subverted expectations in Mark 11:1-11. The text is appointed for the Liturgy of the Palms in Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary. More Yale Bible Study resources, including a transcript of this episode, at: https://YaleBibleStudy.org/podcast Kate Ott is Lecturer in Practical Theology at Yale Divinity School. Almeda Wright is Associate...

Greg Mobley and Jerry Streets discuss penitence, self-reflection, and love in Psalm 51:1-12. The text is appointed for the Fifth Sunday in Lent, in Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary. More Yale Bible Study resources, including a transcript of this episode, at: https://YaleBibleStudy.org/podcast Gregory Mobley is Visiting Professor of Interpretation of the Hebrew Bible in Congregational Settin...

Awet Andemicael and Adam Eitel discuss typological hermeneutics, the virtue of patience, and the theology of Irenaeus in relation to Numbers 21:4b-9 and John 3:13-17. The text is appointed for Holy Cross Day, in Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary. More Yale Bible Study resources, including a transcript of this episode, at: https://YaleBibleStudy.org/podcast Awet Andemicael is Associate Dean o...

Joel Baden and Andrew McGowan discuss textual criticism, reception history, and genre in Exodus 20:1-17. The text is appointed for the Third Sunday in Lent in Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary. More Yale Bible Study resources, including a transcript of this episode, at: https://YaleBibleStudy.org/podcast Joel Baden is Professor of Hebrew Bible and Director of the Center for Continuing Educat...

Mark Heim and Abdul-Rehman Malik discuss faith, righteousness, and the interfaith legacy of Abraham in Romans 4:1-5, 13-17. The text is appointed for the Second Sunday in Lent, in Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary. More Yale Bible Study resources, including a transcript of this episode, at: https://YaleBibleStudy.org/podcast Mark Heim is Samuel Abbot Professor of Christian Theology at Andove...

Kate Ott and Almeda Wright discuss rainbows, natural disasters, and ecological justice in Genesis 9:8-17. The text is appointed for the First Sunday in Lent, in Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary. More Yale Bible Study resources, including a transcript of this episode, at: https://YaleBibleStudy.org/podcast Kate Ott is Lecturer in Practical Theology at Yale Divinity School. Almeda Wright is A...

Gregory Mobley and Frederick “Jerry” Streets discuss Godshine, what to do with the moments that illuminate, and the beauty that surrounds all of us in Mark 9:2-9. The text is appointed for Transfiguration, in Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary. More Yale Bible Study resources, including a transcript of this episode, at: https://YaleBibleStudy.org/podcast Gregory Mobley is Visiting Professor o...

Brandon Nappi and Ned Parker discuss rejoicing, pain, and surrendering power to find joy in Psalm 147:1-11, 20c. The text is appointed for the Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany 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 and Lectur...

Greg Mobley and Jerry Streets discuss the prophetic message of the Hebrew Bible, Jesus, and the nature of the prophetic in our time in Deuteronomy 18:15-20. The text is appointed for the Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany, in Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary. More Yale Bible Study resources, including a transcript of this episode, at: https://YaleBibleStudy.org/podcast Gregory Mobley is Visit...

Kate Ott and Almeda Wright discuss justice work, prophecy, and God changing God’s mind in Jonah 3:1-5, 10. The text is appointed for the Third Sunday after the Epiphany in Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary. More Yale Bible Study resources, including a transcript of this episode, at: https://YaleBibleStudy.org/podcast Kate Ott is Lecturer in Practical Theology at Yale Divinity School. Almeda...

Joel Baden and Andrew McGowan discuss wordplay, prophecy, and numinous experience in 1 Samuel 3:1-10. The text is appointed for the Second Sunday after the Epiphany in Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary. More Yale Bible Study resources, including a transcript of this episode, at: https://YaleBibleStudy.org/podcast Joel Baden is Professor of Hebrew Bible and Director of the Center for Continui...