Data Over Dogma Podcast

Currently Playing: That Time Jesus Called a Woman a Dog

In Mark 7, a desperate mother begs Jesus to heal her daughter, and he answers by comparing her to a dog (and no, it isn't a cute puppy). The Dans set that story and Matthew's even pricklier retelling beside John 4's Samaritan woman at the well, where the metaphor shifts from bread to water and the gatekeeping seems to vanish. Why do these encounters with non-Israelite women play out so differently, and what do they reveal about early Christian arguments over who belongs at the table? _______________________________________________ Get your Data Over Dogma merch at our online store: https://data-over-dogma-shop.fourthwall.com/ _______________________________________________ Support Data Over Dogma and get every episode early and ad-free, plus exclusive bonus content — become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/DataOverDogma _______________________________________________ Listen to the podcast on every app: https://pod.link/1681418502 _______________________________________________ Follow us: Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/dataoverdogmapod TikTok — https://www.tiktok.com/@data.over.dogma.pod Threads — https://www.threads.com/@dataoverdogmapod X — https://x.com/data_over_dogma Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/DataOverDogmaPod _______________________________________________ Get Dan McClellan's New York Times bestselling book, The Bible Says So: https://static.macmillan.com/static/smp/bible-says-so-9781250347466/ _______________________________________________ Chapters: 0:00 Gray Beards 1:04 Jesus and Outsider Women 1:35 Starting With Mark 2:12 The Syrophoenician Woman 3:27 Calling Her a Dog 4:16 The Puppy Defense 5:20 What About the Good Samaritan? 7:04 A Story About Gentile Converts? 8:18 Rehabilitating a Hard Text 9:11 Matthew's Canaanite Woman 11:13 John 4 at the Well 13:17 Purity and the Water Jar 15:02 Missing the Metaphor 15:49 Five Husbands 18:00 Gerizim or Jerusalem 19:14 A Samaritan Messiah? 19:50 "I Am He" 21:52 John's Remix 23:47 Secret Food 25:37 The Samaritans Believe 26:11 No Test, No Insult 27:11 Further Reading 28:47 Still Uncomfortable 29:13 Outro _______________________________________________ #DataOverDogma #BibleScholarship #WomanAtTheWell #GospelOfMark #NewTestament