Mysteries of the Bible: Paul the Apostle (1997)
Season 4, Episode 8
6/10
How do you evaluate opinions when you do not know the context?
8 February 2021
"Mysteries of the Bible" presents about five talking heads without giving the viewer any context as to "where they're coming from". For example, Robert Price is a mythicist who is entirely skeptical of literal interpretations of the Bible. It is not surprising that he is the one who points out that Paul's conversion on the road to Damascus is never explicitly described in any of Paul's letters and that, therefore, its attestation in the Book of Acts may be - and, from Price's viewpoint, is - suspect.

Robert Morris is an Episcopal clergyman who founded an interfaith organization that describes its mission as "integrated spirituality for daily living", and he, perhaps, can be fairly described as a conventionally liberal protestant.

Wayne Meeks is an academic with a Ph.D. in New Testament Studies from Yale University who is a former president of two prestigious organizations, the Society of Biblical Literature and Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas. His specialties include Paul's letters.

Susan Alcock is a professor of archeology, so her views are based on the interpretation of artifacts found on the ground at ancient sites such as Petra, an ancient city where Paul is believed to have lived briefly.

(There is at least one other scholar used in this program, but I don't remember who.)
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