Investigators Guide to the Bible Podcast

Hey, there. Welcome to the Investigators Guide to the Bible, the blogpod for people who read the Bible and say...What?...what does THAT mean? I am super excited to get started and share something with you today. As I was prepping for this week’s blogpod, I reread the first chapters of Matthew and Luke. But this time, I saw something different. We’ll talk about that and so much more. I even managed...

Welcome to the Investigators Guide to the Bible. Today’s episode is called “Conspiracies and Stuff.” Okay, now we’re getting somewhere! Like we did in the last couple episodes, we will cover some of the good and some of the bad you will find out there in Biblical Research Land. This will be the last one on the topic of evidence for a bit and I can hear the collective sigh from both of my adoring f...

Welcome to the Investigators Guide to the Bible. Today’s episode is called “Evidence, Part 2,” which is my catchy little naming device to clue you into the possibility that there was a Part 1 and might even be a Part 3! Does it get any better than this? I hope these few episodes help you pick up some tools and techniques to use when deciding if some hotshot analyst is giving you gold or another li...

Welcome to the Investigators Guide to the Bible. Today’s episode is called “Evidence, Part 1.” I hope these few episodes give you some tools to sift through the billions of sources, all claiming to give you the inside scoop on what happened 2000 years ago. Here are some sources I talk about in the episode: 1. New American Bible, Revised Edition . Washington, DC: Confraternity of Christian Doctrine...

Hey, there. Welcome to the Investigators Guide to the Bible. Today’s episode is called “Reading Statements Horizontally,” and your response should be, “Um, yeah, reading statements horizontally is generally what we do. Most of us have been reading left to right for a couple years, now.” But what I mean is to read witness statements simultaneously to see what details jump out. I’m Tony. I’m the aut...

Notes and References 1  Charlesworth, James H., and Mordekhai Aviʿam. "Reconstructing First-Century Galilee: Reflections on Ten Major Problems."  Jesus Research: New Methodologies and Perceptions : 103-137. United Kingdom: Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2014 2  “The Protoevangelium of James the Lesser.” Translated by Alexander Walker. From  Ante-Nicene Fathers , Vol. 8. Edited by Alexander Roberts,...

Welcome to the Investigators Guide to the Bible. Today’s episode is called “Asking Good Questions,” where we will talk about asking questions; why we should ask them and even what kind of questions to ask. As always, I will throw in a couple stories from my work that are as interesting as I can make them, without giving any of the classified details from the job. If you’re tracking episode numbers...

Welcome to the Investigators Guide to the Bible. Today’s episode is called “Choosing Good Sources,” where I will talk about some of the primary sources I use on the page and why we should or should not trust them. I also get to use cool words, like historicity a lot and try to sound intelligent, doing so. One note is that I will give a bunch of references, if you want to dig deeper on some of thes...

Welcome to the Investigators Guide to the Bible. Today’s episode is called “Setting the Scene,” where I try to explain why I decided to talk about something other than what I told you I would talk about in this episode. I’m Tony. I’m the author and the guy you blame when the episode is a snoozer, as if that would ever happen. I’m your narrator, too, if you want to comment on my ability to read a s...

After 30 years, as a counterintelligence agent, investigator, and director of a large analytic center, Tony Devlin is turning his investigative and analytic experience toward making sense of the Bible. We will pick apart the stories you know and love, always seeking to understand what is in the Bible and what it means. Join us for the Investigators Guide to the Bible! Feel free to leave comments a...