Podcast Episodes

S5E3: Major NT manuscripts and their impact on modern day Bibles

Season 5 Episode 3

In this episode, Tony Watkins asks Dirk Jongkind and Nelson Hsieh about some of the major New Testament manuscripts and how they have influenced the Bible translations we have today. 

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Published on 8 months ago

S5E2: What does a manuscript look like?

Season 5 Episode 2

In this episode Tony Watkins, Fellow for Public Engagement at Tyndale House, talks to Dirk Jongkind, Academic Vice Principal of Tyndale House, about what a manuscript actually looks like, and what fe…

Published on 8 months, 1 week ago

S5E1: What is a manuscript and why should we study them?

Season 5 Episode 1

In season 5 of the Tyndale House podcast, Tony Watkins speaks to members of our New Testament team to find out about New Testament manuscripts and how studying them can help us with our trust and und…

Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago

Interview 7: Steve Walton on the book of Acts

Season 4 Episode 9

In this episode, Tony talks to Dr Steve Walton, Professor of New Testament and Senior Research Fellow at Trinity College, Bristol. Steve is a frequent visitor to us here at Tyndale House as he's been…

Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago

The Nativity: Fact or Fairytale?

Season 4 Episode 8

Is the Nativity a true story? Why are there differences between Matthew and Luke’s accounts of Jesus’s birth? Was Luke historically correct when he wrote about the census? What was the star and is it…

Published on 10 months ago

What is Hebrew poetry and how do we read it?

Season 4 Episode 7

In this episode, Tony is joined by three of our long-term readers who are all working on PhDs at Cambridge University. Ellie Wiener is currently studying the book of Job, Megan Alsene-Parker is study…

Published on 10 months, 1 week ago

S4E6: Why did Saul change his name to Paul?

Season 4 Episode 6

Steve Walton and Tony Watkins discuss why Saul changed to Paul in the book of Acts. In the book of Acts, the apostle Paul is referred to as Saul up until chapter 13, where he begins to be referred to…

Published on 10 months, 2 weeks ago

S4E5: Are the names in the Gospels historically accurate?

Season 4 Episode 5

In this episode, Peter Williams, Principal of Tyndale House, explains how names can help us to assess the historical reliability of the Gospels. By looking at name records we can see what the most po…

Published on 10 months, 3 weeks ago

S4E4: Vapour, illness, fish and other peculiar names in the Bible

Season 4 Episode 4

In this episode, Tony chats to James Bejon and Josh Meynell about strange or animal-related names that we find in the Bible. Some of the names in the Bible strike us as having curious meanings. For e…

Published on 11 months ago

S4E3: Why do we have genealogies in the Bible?

Season 4 Episode 3

In this episode, Tony asks Caleb Howard and James Bejon why we have genealogies in the Bible and how we should make sense of them. They discuss how the Old Testament is unique in ancient literature i…

Published on 11 months, 1 week ago