Point #1 – 1:25 Her neighbors and relatives, where is Mary?

Point #2 – 3:57 Why the crowd tries to name Elizabeth’s baby

Point #3 – 6:43 What then will this child be?

Point #4 – 12:56 Zechariah’s Song and the silence of Joseph

Point #5 – 15:11 Redemption and the Horn of Salvation

Point #6 – 17:35 Zechariah gives thanks for Jesus at John’s circumcision

Point #7 – 22:15 Paragraph two of Zechariah’s Song

Point #8 – 23:12 Where is the Wilderness?

Point #9 – 25:46 A radical alternative meaning of ‘the horn’

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·        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

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