2.01 Introduction - The Promise of the Birth of John the Baptist

Point #1 – 3:19 Who were Zechariah and Elizabeth?Point #2 – 7:30 Zechariah and Gabriel in the TemplePoint #3 – 9:40 Gabriel’s description of John the BaptistPoint #4 – 12:43 Why did Zechariah lose the ability to speak?Point #5 – 12:52 Why were the people waiting for Zechariah?Point #6 – 14:23 Taking away Elizabeth’s disgraceBibliography:·        Ehrman, Bart: “Misquoting Jesus” & Podcast, bartehrman.com (blog), lectures. Over 30 published books·        Crossan, John: Favorites are “God and Empire” and “Render unto Caesar.” Over 70 published books·        Pagels, Elaine: Favorites are Beyond Belief and The Gnostic Gospels. Over 10 published books·        Fuller, Tripp: Homebrewed Christianity Podcast·        Niehoff, Maren: “Philo of Alexandria, an Intellectual Biography”·        Fredriksen, Paula: “Ancient Christianities”·        Markos, Louis: “From Plato to Christ”·        Trigg, Joseph: “Origen”·        Wise Bauer, Susan: “The History of…” (Series)·        Barber, Elizabeth: “When They Severed Earth from Sky”·        Cline, Eric: “1177 BC”·        Silberman and Finkelstein: “The Bible Unearthed”·        Duncan, Mike: History of Rome Podcast, “The Storm Before the Storm”·        Carlin, Dan: Death Throes of the Republic Podcast, “The End is Always Near”·        Ben-Ephraim, Shaiel: The History of the Land of Israel Podcast·        Brad Onishi and Dan Miller: Straight White American Jesus Podcast  Questions or comments? Email: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.