Tobias Siegenthaler - Reading the Bible as Narrative

TheoDisc Podcast

In episode 4, we look at how developing awareness of the interplay between New Testament and Hebrew scriptures with regards to literary and narrative links and how reading with this in mind can open our eyes to fresh ways of understanding the text for our world. We do hope you enjoy listening to our fourth episode of the TheoDisc Podcast!

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Episode 4 Outline:

• Start-01:20 - Introduction
• 01:24-06:30 - Welcome to Tobias and 3 questions.
• 06:38-11:51 - What does a narrative approach to Scripture look like and how does this compare and contrast to other views, like the historical approach?
• 12:00-15:42 - Looking at the biblical writers as literary authors in their own right, and not only writers of historical fact, with various examples.
• 15:50-23:17 - How do we read the Gospels narratively? Reference is made to specific stories in the Old Testament through two examples.
• 23:26-26:57 - How do we deal with this idea of the unity of Scripture? In what ways can we make the narrative approach to the Bible more accessible?
• 27:05-32:33 - Thinking of how the idea of 'one meaning' to a biblical passage is often proclaimed, how can we, through a narrative approach, find our stories within the overall Story of the Gospel itself?
• 32:33-End - Closing information