{"id":37938,"date":"2016-09-12T16:22:25","date_gmt":"2016-09-12T20:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/?p=37938"},"modified":"2016-09-12T16:22:25","modified_gmt":"2016-09-12T20:22:25","slug":"podcast-150-dr-larry-hurtados-destroyer-of-the-gods-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/podcast-150-dr-larry-hurtados-destroyer-of-the-gods-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"podcast 150 &#8211; Dr. Larry Hurtado&#8217;s Destroyer of the gods &#8211; Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9958\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-37938-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/p\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities150.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/p\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities150.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/p\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities150.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\/trinities150.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=37938-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/trinities\/p\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/podcast\/trinities150.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"trinities150.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:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/1\/1b\/Jupiter_dolichenus_3rd_century_Carnuntum.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-37941\" src=\"http:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jupiter_dolichenus_3rd_century_Carnuntum-1.jpg\" alt=\"jupiter_dolichenus_3rd_century_carnuntum\" width=\"400\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jupiter_dolichenus_3rd_century_Carnuntum-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jupiter_dolichenus_3rd_century_Carnuntum-1-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jupiter_dolichenus_3rd_century_Carnuntum-1-90x124.jpg 90w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>In this second part of my conversation with Dr. Larry Hurtado about his 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\" data-amzn-asin=\"1481304739\"><strong><em>Destroyer of the gods: Early Christian Distinctiveness in the Roman World<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, we discuss the distinctive &#8220;<strong>bookishness<\/strong>&#8221; of early Christianity, their distinctive use of their scriptures, and early Bible translations.<\/p>\n<p>We also compare and contrast <strong>early Christian moral instruction<\/strong> with what was typical for their pagan contemporaries. Dr. Hurtado explains some interesting differences regarding different groups of people\u00a0and sexual ethics.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, we discuss to what extent <strong>some of these distinctives<\/strong> were lost during the development of &#8220;Christendom,&#8221; and how present-day Christians&#8217; place in contemporary Western societies\u00a0compares to that of early Christians in the Roman Empire.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links for this episode<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/larryhurtado.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Larry Hurtado\u2019s blog<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\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\" data-amzn-asin=\"1481304739\"><strong><em>Destroyer of the gods: Early Christian Distinctiveness in the Roman World<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/podcast-149-dr-larry-hurtados-destroyer-of-the-gods-part-1\/\">podcast 149 \u2013 Dr. Larry Hurtado\u2019s Destroyer of the gods \u2013 Part 1<\/a><\/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\">podcast 99 \u2013 Dr. Larry Hurtado on early high christology<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Jupiter-Dolichenus\">Jupiter Dolichenus<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/catholic-resources.org\/Bible\/Epistles-HouseholdCodes.htm\"> Household Codes in the New Testament<\/a>\u00a0by Felix Just<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Coptic_language\">Coptic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cyrillic_script\">Cyrillic script<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecclesia.org\/truth\/septuagint.html\">Septuagint (LXX)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iep.utm.edu\/musonius\/\">Musonius Rufus<\/a> (c. 30\u201362 CE)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iep.utm.edu\/epictetu\/\">Epictetus <\/a>(55\u2013135 C.E.)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iep.utm.edu\/galen\/\">Galen<\/a> (130\u2014200 C.E.)<\/li>\n<li>This week&#8217;s thinking music is &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/music\/Jason_Shaw\/Audionautix_Acoustic\/ACOUSTIC_BLUES____2-32\">Acoustic Blues<\/a>&#8221; by Jason Shaw.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this second part of my conversation with Dr. Larry Hurtado about his book Destroyer of the gods: Early Christian Distinctiveness in the Roman World, we discuss the distinctive &#8220;bookishness&#8221; of early Christianity<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37941,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21,16,14,56,57,66,76],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bible","category-books","category-history","category-interview","category-podcast","category-religious-diversity","category-roman-catholicism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37938","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=37938"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37954,"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37938\/revisions\/37954"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}