Tool Talk
Welcome to Tool Talk from Exegetical Tools, where we discuss sound practices and solid resources for students of the Scriptures. Host Travis Montgomery sits down (or rings up) pastors, scholars, and students to ask them about tools they're using to study the Bible, exegetical and theological issues they're currently engaging, and Scriptures that are ministering to their hearts.For more great resources, check out exegeticaltools.com or follow ET on social media (@exegeticaltools).
Episodes
46 episodes
Language Tools, Learning Trends, and the New THGNT-ESV Parallel Bible
After Crossway partnered with Tyndale House to produce a new Greek New Testament, it was only a matter of time before a
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Season 1
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Episode 46
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41:54
Visual Outline Charts of the New Testament | Scott Bashoor
Can the importance of context be visualized? A unique and innovative resource, Visual Charts of the New Testament (
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Season 1
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Episode 45
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32:44
Interpreting Scripture Like It's Inspired | Matthew Barrett
The Gospels don't have a 'lower' Christology than Paul, so why has this claim gained ground? To answer this question, Matthew Barrett considers the nature of Scripture, the definition of biblical theology, and the role of systematics in...
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Season 1
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Episode 44
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50:30
The Task of a Biblical Scholar | Andreas Köstenberger
What does a biblical scholar do? Andreas Köstenberger's answer is simple, but he has applied it in his own career in a variety of ways. Dr. Köstenberger serves as Research Professor of NT and Biblical Theology at
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Episode 43
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52:20
How Does the New Testament Use the Old Testament?
Christians have one Bible with two testaments, and the New Testament authors frequently refer back to the Old Testament Scriptures. But they don't only point to prophecies that have been fulfilled or directly quote OT passages. In this episode,...
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Episode 42
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Paul and Plato? Two Errors with Pagan Parallels | Joseph Dodson
What has Athens to do with Jerusalem? What does philosophy have to do with the New Testament? In Acts 17, Paul answered, "Plenty!" In this episode of Tool Talk, Travis chats with Joseph Dodson about two common errors when it comes to studying e...
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Season 1
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Episode 41
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36:06
Meeting God in the Bible: Devotions and Academics | John Linebarger
How is so-called "devotional" reading of the Bible different from so-called "academic" reading of the Bible? Why must the serious student of Scripture make time for both? How can the methodical and inquisitive reader make Scripture reading a ti...
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Season 1
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Episode 40
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45:03
More than Citation: Matthew's Use of the OT | Patrick Schreiner
Matthew’s use of the Old Testament portrays Jesus as the ultimate fulfillment of the Old Testament story. But Matthew doesn’t do this with just citations and quotations of specific OT texts. In this episode of Tool Talk, Travis chats with Patri...
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Season 1
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Episode 39
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46:04
Jonah as Literature | Sam Bierig
What does the book of Jonah want readers to think and do? Beyond the history and apologetics involved, many readers are unaware of the important literary cues in Jonah. Sam Bierig, Dean of Spurgeon College at Midwestern Seminary, has been study...
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Season 1
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Episode 38
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49:27
Dispensational Hermeneutics | Cory Marsh
Dispensationalism: It's not just about the end times; it's also about exegesis. As Cory Marsh, Associate Professor of New Testament at the College at Southern California Seminary, points out, it's largely about hermeneutics. In this episode of ...
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Season 1
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Episode 37
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40:31
Intertextuality: What and When? | Brian Koning
Throughout Scripture, one author will recall the words or themes of an earlier author, whether through a quotation, allusion, or echo. How do exegetes identify these cases of intertextuality? What is their importance? On this episode of Tool Ta...
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Season 1
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Episode 36
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43:48
A Life of Missionary Scholarship | Todd Scacewater
It is more and more feasible for a lifelong missionary to contribute substantially to scholarship. David Clark is one such missionary scholar, leveraging his decades of Bible translation work to provide helpful insights to the fields of biblica...
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Season 1
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Episode 35
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39:18
Bible Translation and Linguistics: Formal vs. Functional? | Todd Scacewater
It’s easy to simply refer to varying philosophies of Bible translation as either “formal” or “functional,” but are these valid categories? What are the values and setbacks of these different translations of Scripture? How does contemporary ling...
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Season 1
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Episode 34
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33:01
The State of Bible Reading (and Reader's Bibles) | Glenn Pauuw
The advent of English “reader’s Bibles” and audio Bibles is upon us. What should we make of it? With poor statistics on Bible literacy in the West, how can pastors and church members encourage more and better Bible reading in their churches and...
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Season 1
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Episode 33
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32:25
Faith & Scholarship: A Conversation with Peter J. Williams
“I’ve sought to devote my life to being a believing biblical scholar” – Peter J. Williams (PhD, Cambridge University). Dr. Williams leads one of the leading institutions for biblical studies in the world as the Principal of Tyndale House Cambri...
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Episode 31
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Limited Lexicons: Our Flawed Friends and Their Future
Have you ever stopped to consider whether your lexicon of choice was trustworthy? The erudite exegete might recognize the limitations of lexicons, but what are we supposed to do with them? In his groundbreaking "A History of New Testament Lexic...
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Season 1
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Episode 31
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38:32
How to Read the Revelation Rightly | Jason Kees
The Revelation of Jesus to John and… you? If you’ve ever wondered how to read the Revelation, then you should consider who was meant to read it. This conversation with Jason Kees discusses his work identifying the ideal reader...
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Season 1
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Episode 30
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37:56
Pursuing a PhD in the Pastorate | Jason Kees
Why should a pastor consider doctoral studies? How in the world can you find the time? Why would a pastor teach seminary and Bible college students? What does an average week look like? Is there such a thing? Whether you’re a pastor considering...
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Episode 29
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31:10
A New Take on Jude: The Zealot Hypothesis | Herbert W. Bateman IV
Jude famously called his readers to “contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints.” But against whom are they to contend? Who are these “ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into sensuality and deny our only M...
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Season 1
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Episode 28
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37:31
Learning Biblical Hebrew: Reading for Comprehension | Karl Kutz and Rebekah Josberger
How can students of Biblical Hebrew keep what they’ve learned for a lifetime? By getting into the text more quickly and understanding the language more deeply. That’s how the authors of Learning Biblical Hebrew: Reading for Comprehension: A...
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Season 1
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Episode 27
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40:03
The Theological Exegesis of Jonathan Edwards | Owen Strachan
Jonathan Edwards, one of America’s greatest thinkers, was not only a theologian and philosopher but a preacher. So how did Edwards exegete the Scriptures? Can a puritanical devotee of the historical-grammatical method approve Edwards’s Puritan ...
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Season 1
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Episode 26
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36:30
Reading the Septuagint | Greg Lanier and Will Ross
What’s the Septuagint and why should you read it? Maybe you have no idea, or maybe you think you’ve heard it all, but there are few people better equipped to answer those questions than Greg Lanier and Will Ross of Reformed Theological Seminary...
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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40:25
Biblical Greek Made Simple: A New Grammar | Danny Zacharias
Year after year, students take Greek, pass Greek, and forget Greek. Maybe you were one of those students. Maybe you're the one teaching them. How can we make the most of the tools available to us in Bible software, the most of our students' tim...
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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47:25
Preaching and Teaching the Gospel(s) | Todd Chipman
The Gospels are more than a weigh-station on the way to the cross. How can we preach, teach, and read the fourfold Gospel for all they’re worth? To answer this question, Travis interviews Todd Chipman, Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies at...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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32:34
How Did the Patristics Interpret Scripture? | Matt Emerson
Can church history and exegesis live together in harmony? How did the early church fathers interpret the Bible? What can we learn from them without sacrificing sound exegetical methods? Matt Emerson provides a helpful primer and some interesting e...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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