A Third Way: The Text and Theology of Galatians 2:20 with Stephen Carlson

🎙️ S4 E10 A Third Way: The Text and Theology of Galatians 2:20 with Stephen Carlson

Episode Description
In this episode, Ridley's own Revd Dr Mike Bird sits down with Dr Stephen Carlson, Associate Professor of New Testament and Biblical Studies at the Australian Catholic University, ahead of the annual Leon Morris Lecture.

Their conversation is, by Mike's own admission, "epic Bible nerd stuff" and it absolutely is. But it's also genuinely fascinating for anyone who has ever opened a Bible and wondered how we got the text we have. The episode centres on a single verse, Galatians 2:20, and the insight that the earliest manuscript we have of Galatians, dating to just after 200 AD, actually reads differently from most of our modern English translations. Dr Carlson explains what is going on in this verse, what is at stake, and how we live by faith in God and Christ. They then dive into what the new reading means theologically, opening up a third way beyond the long-running "faith in Christ vs. faithfulness of Christ" debate, and landing on a rich, Trinitarian understanding of what it means to live by faith. If you've ever wanted to understand how scholars work out what the Bible actually says, and why it matters, this is the episode for you.

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