NT Pod

NT Pod

Podcast about the New Testament and Christian Origins by Mark Goodacre, Professor of Religious Studies, Duke University.

Episodes

August 12, 2026
NT Pod 115 is a conversation with Ian Mills about his new book The Hypothesis of the Gospels: Narrative Traditions in Hellenistic Reading Culture (Fortress, 2025). 

NT Pod 115: The Hypothesis of the Gospels (mp3)

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We refer to the following books, articles and podcasts in this show: 
Ian Mills, The Hypothesis of the Gospels [Amazon; note: this is an aff...
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NT Pod 114 asks, "Is Luke a Historian?" It is just over 14 minutes long.

NT Pod 114: Is Luke a Historian? (mp3)

Key texts: Luke 1.1-4, 1.5, 2.1-2, 3.1-2, 4.16-30, 5.1-11, 7.36-50.
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NT Pod 113 asks whether John's Gospel has a "Messianic Secret" like the one in Mark. It is just under 13 minutes long.

NT Pod 113: Does John have a Messianic Secret? (mp3)

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NT Pod 112 discusses Redaction Criticism of the Gospels. It is 16 minutes long.

NT Pod 112: What is Redaction Criticism? (mp3)

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NT Pod 111 attempts to answer the question, "Did John know the Synoptic Gospels?" It is just under 12 minutes long. 

NT Pod 111: Did John Know the Synoptic Gospels? (mp3)
There is a video version of this podcast here. 

This podcast references my new book. Details here:

The Fourth Synoptic Gospel (Amazon)

The Fourth Synoptic Gospel (Eerdmans)

Key texts: TBC.

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NT Pod 110 is a conversation between me and James Barker. It is just under an hour long.

NT Pod 110: Writing, Re-writing, and Knowledge: John and the Synoptics (mp3)

In this podcast, we discuss our books, out now from Eerdmans:
James Barker, Writing and Rewriting the Gospels: John and the Synoptics (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2025) [Buy from Eerdmans; buy at Amazon]
Mark Goodacre, The Fourth Synopti...
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In NT Pod 109, Mark goes to the movies! This is a review of The Last Supper (2025), and it is almost 29 minutes long.

NT Pod 109: The Last Supper (mp3)

Key texts: Feeding of the Five Thousand (Matt. 14.13-21 // Mark 6.31-44 // Mark 6.31-44 // Luke 9.10-17 // John 6.1-15); Gospel Passion and Resurrection Narratives (Matthew 21-28; Mark 11-16; Luke 19-24; John 13-21).

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NT Pod 108 continues the series on Bible translation (see also NT Pod 104: The Synoptic Translation Problem, NT Pod 105: What is Translation Inertia?, and NT Pod 107: Why Do We Translate New Testament Names the Way We Do?) and discusses the different ways we translate Jesus's name depending on whether we are looking at the Old Testament or the New: 

NT Pod 108: The Jesus / Joshua Problem (mp3)

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NT Pod 107 continues the series on Bible translation (see also NT Pod 104: The Synoptic Translation Problem and NT Pod 105: What is Translation Inertia?), focusing on the phenomenon of translating exactly the same name one way if it is an Old Testament character and another way if it is a New Testament character. The examples discussed are Jacob and James, and Judas and Jude: 
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In NT Pod 106, I am in conversation with Dr Hugo Méndez, Associate Professor in Ancient Mediterranean Religions at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Our primary focus is on John's Gospel, and the "Johannine Community", but we also discuss Dr Méndez's new online course, with Bart Ehrman’s Biblical Studies Academy, The New Testament: Exploring the Christian Bible

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NT Pod 105, "What is Translation Inertia?" discusses a problem in English translations of the Gospels. The sheer familiarity of famous translations, often dating back to the King James Version of 1611, can prevent us from translating the Bible into accurate contemporary English. There are many examples of this, but this podcast begins wit...
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NT Pod 104, "The Synoptic Translation Problem," investigates a problem in English translations of the Gospels. The translations frequently mangle the agreements and disagreements between the Synoptic Gospels, and between the Synoptics and John. This podcast attempts to show how pervasive the problem is by drawing attention to conflict...
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NT Pod 103 is a conversation with Dr Elizabeth Schrader Polczer, focusing on her Duke PhD Dissertation, "’Those Who Love Me Will Keep My Word’:  Narrative Variants in New Testament Gospel Stories”, and related topics.

NT Pod 103: The Joy of Textual Variants: In Conversation with Dr Elizabeth Schrader Polczer (mp3)

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NT Pod 102 asks, "Has Q Been Discovered?" It is 14 minutes long. 

NT Pod 102: Has Q Been Discovered? (mp3)

Key texts: P.Oxy.5575; Matt. 6.25-33; Luke 6.22-31; Luke 12.16-21; Thomas 27; Thomas 36; Thomas 63.
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NT Pod 101 is a conversation with Matthew Page about his new book, 100 Bible Films:
You can visit Matthew Page's Bible Films Blog here.

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NT Pod 100 asks "Are there New Ways through the Maze?"

NT Pod 100: Are There New Ways Through the Maze? (mp3)

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NT Pod 99 is a conversation with Prof. Jaime Clark-Soles, Professor of New Testament, Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University. It is 57 minutes long:

NT Pod 99: Women in the Bible: In Conversation with Jaime Clark-Soles (mp3) 
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NT Pod 98 is a conversation with Prof. Robyn Faith Walsh, Associate Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Miami University. It is 58 minutes long:

NT Pod 98: The Origins of Early Christian Literature Without Jesus (mp3) 
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Robyn Faith Walsh, The Origins of Early Christian Literature: Contextualizing the New Testament Within Greco-Roman Literary Culture (Cambridge:...
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NT Pod 97 is a conversation with Prof. Amy-Jill Levine and Prof. Marc Brettler about their new book, The Bible With and Without Jesus. It is 46 minutes long:

NT Pod 97: The Bible With and Without Jesus (mp3) 
This podcast discusses
Amy-Jill Levine & Marc Brettler, The Bible With and Without Jesus (New York: Harper Collins, 2020)

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NT Pod 96 is a conversation with Dagmar Winter and Chris Keith about the use of criteria in Historical Jesus research. It was recorded "live" in April 2020 and this slightly edited version is 55 minutes long:

NT Pod 96: In conversation with Dagmar Winter & Chris Keith

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