34 min listen
Debate: Old Testament vs New Testament
ratings:
Length:
35 minutes
Released:
Jul 12, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Adam and Eve, Noah’s Ark, Moses and the Ten Commandments, the parting of the Red Sea. These are a few of the stories from the Old Testament. And then there’s the New Testament, with its account of the life of Jesus, the Good Samaritan, the raising of Lazarus and the feeding of the five thousand. Whatever our creed or background, these stories are embedded in our consciousness. They inform our everyday speech and much of our art, music and literature – from Cranach’s depiction of Adam and Eve to C.S. Lewis’s Narnia stories and Stormzy’s ‘Blinded By Your Grace’.Together the Old Testament and the New Testament make up the Holy Bible. The Old Testament contains the sacred scriptures of the Jewish faith, while Christianity draws on both Old and New Testaments, interpreting the New Testament as the fulfilment of the prophecies of the Old. But which of these books is the greater?Arguing in favour of the Old Testament were novelist Howard Jacobson and writer Anne Atkins.Opposing them, arguing in favour of the New Testament, were the Rev. Richard Coles, the Radio 4 presenter who went from pop star to priest; and theologian Robert Beckford.The debate was chaired by the award-winning comedian, author, screenwriter and director David Baddiel. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Released:
Jul 12, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Robert Macfarlane on Landscape and the Human Heart: How do the landscapes we love shape the people we are? Why do we walk? For several years and more than a thousand miles, celebrated travel writer Robert Macfarlane has been following the vast network of old paths and routes that criss-cross Britain and... by Intelligence Squared