The Bible For Normal People

The Bible For Normal People

Peter Enns and Jared Byas

Episodes 416
Avg. Duration 51m
Activity Active
Apple Rating 4.7 (3,250)
Since Mar 2017
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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Weekly
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Episodic
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37%
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A weekly podcast talk show having serious talks about the sacred book. Hosted by Peter Enns and Jared Byas.

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S10E330 [Bible] Episode 330: Bruce Longenecker - The Vision of Galatians

Jun 01, 2026 50m

In this week’s episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Jared talk with Bruce Longenecker about Galatians, Paul’s understanding of the Torah, and the kind of community he believed the gospel…

[Faith] Episode 72: Roberto De La Noval & Jordan Wood - How the Early Church Read the Bible (Reissue from Bonus)

May 25, 2026 1h 6m

In this week’s episode of Faith for Normal People, Jared talks with Roberto de la Noval and Jordan Wood about the church fathers, the development of doctrine, and how early Christians approached the…

S10E329 [Bible] Episode 329: Jared Byas - 10 Aha Moments in Biblical Scholarship: Part 1

May 18, 2026 58m

In this week’s episode of The Bible for Normal People, Jared takes listeners on a tour through the history of modern biblical scholarship, tracing key “aha moments” that changed how scholars…

S10E328 [Bible] Episode 328: Vanessa Lovelace - Is Deuteronomy History?

May 11, 2026 45m

In this week’s episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Jared talk with Vanessa Lovelace about the Deuteronomistic history and why Deuteronomy plays such a central role in shaping Israel’s…

S10E327 [Bible] Episode 327: Douglas Campbell - Ripping Up the Romans Road

May 04, 2026 49m

In this week’s episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Jared talk with Douglas Campbell about rethinking the “Romans Road” and what Paul is really doing in his letter to the Romans. They…

S10E326 [Bible] Episode 326: Chris Keith - How do Scholars Reconstruct the "Historical Jesus?"

Apr 27, 2026 52m

In this week’s episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Jared talk with Chris Keith about the historical Jesus, and how scholars approach the gap between the Jesus of history and the Jesus of…

S10E325 [Bible] Episode 325: Pete Ruins Everything with Amy-Jill Levine

Apr 20, 2026 59m

In this week’s episode of Pete Ruins Everything, Pete talks with Amy-Jill Levine about supersessionism and its impact on how Christians understand Judaism and the New Testament. They explore how…

S10E324 [Bible] Episode 324: Pete Enns & Jared Byas - A City on a Hill: A Ten Year Retrospective

Apr 13, 2026 50m

In this week’s episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Jared reflect on ten years and over 400 episodes of the podcast, revisiting what they thought they were doing and what they now see…

S10E323 [Bible] Episode 323: Andrew Tobolowsky- The Myth of the Twelve Tribes

Apr 06, 2026 53m

In this week’s episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Jared talk with Andrew Tobolowsky about what scholars mean by “myth” and how that idea applies to the Bible. They explore the origins…

S10E322 [Bible] Episode 322: Cynthia Shafer-Elliott - Where Archaeology Intersects with the Bible

Mar 30, 2026 58m

On this week’s episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete talks with archaeologist Cynthia Shafer-Elliott about what archaeology can—and can’t—tell us about the Bible. Cynthia explains how…

S10E321 [Bible] Episode 321: H. Daniel Zacharias and T. Christopher Hoklotubbe - Native American Biblical Interpretation

Mar 23, 2026 1h 1m

In this week’s episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Jared talk with Chris Hoklotubbe and Danny Zacharias about biblical interpretation through an Indigenous American perspective. They…

[Bible] Episode 320: Pete Ruins Everything on Jeremiah

Mar 16, 2026 54m

In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete has another go at ruining something. This week, he’s unpacking the book of Jeremiah and its interlocking themes of anguish, confusion, and hope.…

S10E319 [Bible] Episode 319: Matthew Vines - The Bible Isn't Against Gay Marriage

Mar 09, 2026 52m

In this week’s episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Jared welcome back Season 1 favorite Matthew Vines to discuss how conversations about the Bible and same-sex relationships have shifted…

S10E318 [Bible] Episode 318: Mark S. Smith - The Many Gods of Israel

Mar 02, 2026 1h 8m

In this week’s episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Jared sit down with Mark S. Smith, a leading scholar of ancient Israelite religion, to explore the polytheistic background of Israel…

[Bible] Bonus Episode: Jennifer Garcia Bashaw & Aaron Higashi - Nobody “Just Reads” the Bible

Feb 27, 2026 13m Bonus

This is a teaser of our February 2026 bonus episode! In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete and Jared are joined by longtime friends of the podcast Jennifer Garcia Bashaw and Aaron…

[Faith] Episode 71: Jared Stacy - The Evangelical to Conspiracy Theory Pipeline

Feb 23, 2026 57m

In this week’s episode of Faith for Normal People, Pete and Jared talk with theologian and ethicist Jared Stacy about the rise of conspiracy thinking, especially within American evangelicalism.…

S10E317 [Bible] Episode 317: N.T. Wright - The Book of Ephesians

Feb 16, 2026 48m

Pete and Jared are back! They kick off Season 10 of The Bible for Normal People with N.T. Wright, diving into the big, sweeping vision of Ephesians. Wright unpacks Ephesians as an invitation to…

[Faith] Episode 70: A Holiday Roast

Dec 22, 2025 18m

Season's greetings from Team B4NP! Podcast producer Brittany and audio engineer Joel have joined forces to bring you the third annual installment of our holiday roast, otherwise known as bloopers…

S9E316 [Bible] Episode 316: Pete Enns & Jared Byas - Is the Bible the Word of God? & Other Easy Questions

Dec 08, 2025 57m

At the close of Season 9 of The Bible for Normal People, Pete & Jared set out on their annual holiday quest: taking questions that people have been asking for centuries and attempting to answer…

[Faith] Episode 69: Diana Butler Bass - Resisting Christmas (And Why the Christian Calendar Still Matters)

Dec 01, 2025 58m

In this week’s episode of Faith for Normal People, Pete and Jared sit down with Diana Butler Bass to talk about the Christian calendar. Diana walks through the history of how the Christian calendar…

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