{"id":37917,"date":"2019-12-15T21:02:19","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T03:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/?p=37917"},"modified":"2019-12-15T21:04:55","modified_gmt":"2019-12-16T03:04:55","slug":"podcast-149-dr-larry-hurtados-destroyer-of-the-gods-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/podcast-149-dr-larry-hurtados-destroyer-of-the-gods-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"podcast 149 &#8211; Dr. Larry Hurtado&#8217;s Destroyer of the gods &#8211; Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_224\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-37917-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/p\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities149.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/p\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities149.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/p\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities149.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/p\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities149.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=37917-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/p\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities149.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"trinities149.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/7FuUF9DZM3zhtN41n6RJ6l\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribebyemail.com\/trinities.org\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe by Email\" rel=\"nofollow\">Email<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Destroyer-gods-Early-Christian-Distinctiveness\/dp\/1481304739\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1473101977&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=hurtado%2C+destroyer+of+the+gods\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-37918 size-full alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hurtado-Destroyer-of-the-gods-e1576465412642.jpg\" alt=\"Hurtado, Destroyer of the gods\" width=\"323\" height=\"391\" \/><\/a><strong>Why did Roman rulers and polemicists find early Christianity so alarming<\/strong>, rather than just another religion, like those of Rome&#8217;s many conquered peoples? In his new book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Destroyer-gods-Early-Christian-Distinctiveness\/dp\/1481304739\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1473101977&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=hurtado%2C+destroyer+of+the+gods\"><strong><em>Destroyer of the gods: Early Christian Distinctiveness in the Roman World<\/em> <\/strong>(Baylor University Press, 2016)<\/a>, <strong>Dr. Larry Hurtado<\/strong> explores several ways in which this new Jesus-movement was different than its competitors in the religious marketplace of what we now call the first few Christian centuries. In this interview Dr. Hurtado answer questions such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How did ancient people think about the connection between one&#8217;s religion and one&#8217;s <strong>ethnic identity<\/strong>?<\/li>\n<li>Why was it <strong>so difficult to be a Christian<\/strong> in Roman society?<\/li>\n<li>Why was eating <strong>meat sacrificed to idols<\/strong> such a living issue for Paul&#8217;s churches?<\/li>\n<li>Why did early pagan critics of Christianity call them <strong>&#8220;haters of mankind,&#8221; and &#8220;atheists&#8221;<\/strong>?<\/li>\n<li>If it was so difficult to be a Christian in an ancient pagan society, <strong>why did so many people choose<\/strong> to become Christians?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[spp-tweet tweet=&#8221;Why did Roman rulers and polemicists find early Christianity so alarming?&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links for this episode:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/larryhurtado.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Larry Hurtado\u2019s blog<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/podcast-100-dr-larry-hurtado-on-god-in-new-testament-theology\/\">podcast 100 \u2013 Dr. Larry Hurtado on God in New Testament Theology<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/podcast-99-dr-larry-hurtado-on-early-high-christology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">podcast 99 \u2013 Dr. Larry Hurtado on early high christology<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Dr. Hurtado\u2019s books<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Destroyer-gods-Early-Christian-Distinctiveness\/dp\/1481304739\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1473101977&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=hurtado%2C+destroyer+of+the+gods\"><strong><em>Destroyer of the gods: Early Christian Distinctiveness in the Roman World<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/trinities-20\/detail\/1626005044\"><em>Why on Earth Did Anyone Become a Christian in the First Three Centuries?<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/trinities-20\/detail\/1565631218\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Commentary on Mark<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/trinities-20\/detail\/056765771X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>One God, One Lord: Early Christian Devotion and Ancient Jewish Monotheism, 3rd ed<\/em><\/a>. (<a href=\"http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/trinities-20\/detail\/B01278EYVI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">kindle<\/a>)<strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-37920 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hurtado-Why-on-Earth-Did-Anyone-Become-a-Christian-in-the-First-Three-Centuries.jpg\" alt=\"Hurtado, Why on Earth Did Anyone Become a Christian in the First Three Centuries\" width=\"290\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hurtado-Why-on-Earth-Did-Anyone-Become-a-Christian-in-the-First-Three-Centuries.jpg 341w, https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hurtado-Why-on-Earth-Did-Anyone-Become-a-Christian-in-the-First-Three-Centuries-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hurtado-Why-on-Earth-Did-Anyone-Become-a-Christian-in-the-First-Three-Centuries-90x132.jpg 90w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" \/><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/trinities-20\/detail\/0802831672\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lord Jesus Christ: Devotion to Jesus in Earliest Christianity<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/trinities-20\/detail\/B003HGQKG2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">kindle<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/trinities-20\/detail\/0802828612\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How on Earth Did Jesus Become a God?<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(<a href=\"http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/trinities-20\/detail\/B001QOGJ9K\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">kindle<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/trinities-20\/detail\/0802828957\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Earliest Christian Artifacts: Manuscripts and Christian Origins<\/em><\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/trinities-20\/detail\/B001DO3ZTK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">kindle<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/trinities-20\/detail\/0687465451\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">God in New Testament Theology<\/a><\/em> (<a href=\"http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/trinities-20\/detail\/B004EEOV8K\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">kindle<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Origen-Contra-Celsum\/dp\/0521295769\/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1473102181&amp;sr=8-6&amp;keywords=origen%2C+against+celsus\">Origen, <em>Against Celsus \/ Contra Celsum<\/em><\/a> (a long reply to an early anti-Christian polemic by a learned pagan named Celsus)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Isis\">Isis, <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mithraism\">Mithras<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.earlychristianwritings.com\/diognetus.html\">Letter to Diognetus<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/faculty.georgetown.edu\/jod\/texts\/pliny.html\">the letter of Pliny to Emperor Trajan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gore_Vidal\">Gore Vidal<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1 Corinthians 8:1-13, 1 Corinthians 10:14-33; 1 Peter 2:11-25; 1 Thessalonians 2:14-16.<\/li>\n<li><strong>This week&#8217;s thinking music is <a href=\"http:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/music\/Andy_G_Cohen\/MUL__DIV_1198\/Andy_G_Cohen_-_MULDIV_-_10_-_Warmer\">&#8220;Warmer&#8221;<\/a> by Andy G. Cohen<\/strong>. Released under a Creative Commons Attribution International License. <a href=\"https:\/\/andyg.co\/hen\/\">https:\/\/andyg.co\/hen\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why did Roman rulers and polemicists find early Christianity so alarming, rather than just another religion?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37918,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"default","neve_meta_container":"default","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"off","neve_meta_disable_footer":"off","neve_meta_disable_title":"off","footnotes":""},"categories":[16,14,56,38,57,66],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-books","category-history","category-interview","category-monotheism","category-podcast","category-religious-diversity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37917"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42048,"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37917\/revisions\/42048"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}