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This week we're serving up two of the most charming authors you'll ever meet! Listeners may recognize the brilliant Aaron Higashi from past episodes, but this time he's bringing along the brilliant Jennifer Garcia Bashaw. Together they are the authors of the new book "Serving Up Scripture: How to Interpret the Bible for Yourself and Others." We've talked many times on Data Over Dogma about the fact that, regardless of what people often say, the Bible doesn't mean anything on its own. In order to find meaning, you must interpret it. In their book, Bashaw and Higashi give practical advice for how to do that interpretation consciously and effectively, and how to spot less useful or even harmful interpretations. Find their book wherever you get your best reading material, or just click this link: https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9798889835561/Serving-Up-Scripture ---- For early access to an ad-free version of every episode of Data Over Dogma, exclusive content, and the opportunity to support our work, please consider becoming a monthly patron at: https://www.patreon.com/DataOverDogma Follow us on the various social media places: https://www.facebook.com/DataOverDogmaPod https://www.twitter.com/data_over_dogma Have you ordered Dan McClellan's New York Times bestselling book The Bible Says So yet??? Buy at this link: https://static.macmillan.com/static/smp/bible-says-so-9781250347466/ _____________________________________________ Chapters: 0:00 Biblical literacy as protection against misuse 0:32 Intro: Dan flying solo 1:47 Guest introductions 3:01 The new book: Serving Up Scripture 4:18 Why cooking is the interpretive metaphor 5:09 Recipes, ingredients, and theological creativity 6:06 Chefs as interpreters of Scripture 7:53 Interpretation as asking questions 9:10 No “neutral” reading of the Bible 10:57 Contextual theology explained 12:28 Owning your interpretive location 13:58 The myth of “default” theology 15:12 Whiteness and male normativity in interpretation 16:31 Liberation theology and reading from below 17:52 Identifying with empire vs. the marginalized 19:41 Why genre matters in biblical reading 21:00 Poetry, narrative, apocalypse, and misreading 22:02 Multivocality and biblical contradictions 23:44 Letting texts disagree with each other 25:54 Origen and the four senses of Scripture 28:22 Allegory and early Christian creativity 31:12 Inerrancy and interpretive flexibility 33:03 Doctrinal guardrails vs. textual nuance 34:06 Evangelical word studies critiqued 36:14 Literary context over Greek word deep-dives 38:02 Community expectations and interpretive risk 40:50 Asking better questions of the Gospels 42:59 Feminist and queer readings as case studies 44:45 Expanding interpretive imagination 46:41 Eunuchs, representation, and marginalized readers 48:10 Why new readings matter 49:30 Final reflections and encouragement ____________________________________________ #podcast #oldtestament #bible #biblestudy #biblestories #biblereading #bibleteaching #religion #Jesus #jesuschrist #god #adonai #athiest #athiesm #faith #faithjourney #podcasting #podcastclips #podcastlife #podcasters #podcastshow #skeptic #skepticism #judaism #hebrew #hebrewbible #christianbible #christianity #newtestament #christian