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Apr 2023
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[Bible] Episode 240: Dan McClellan - Why...

PETER ENNS AND JARED BYAS
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In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Jared and Pete talk with Dan McClellan about divine agency in early Israelite thought, and how cognitive linguistics helps us to make sense of the complications that arise from trying to neatly categorize deity vs. non-deity in Scripture.

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