Bible nerds unite! Nathan & Steve got to have a wonderful conversation with TikTok-famous Bible scholar Dan McClellan. Topics include the cognitive science of religion, the problem with univocality, the development of inerrancy, and… does God look like a cow? Dan’s TikTok account (https://www.tiktok.com/@maklelan) Dan’s dissertation: “The Cognitive Science of Religion and the Conceptualization of Deity in the Hebrew Bible” (https://www.academia.edu/5469848/You_Will_Be_Like_the_Gods_The_Conceptualization_of_Deity_in_the_Hebrew_Bible_in_Cognitive_Perspective?source=swp_share) Identity Politics (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity_politics) Data > Dogma Merch (https://data-over-dogma.creator-spring.com) What is dogma? (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogma) Book: “People’s History of the United States” by Howard Zinn (https://amzn.to/3D17zPg) The Documentary Hypothesis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Documentary_hypothesis) “Univocality” (https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803114805782) Marcion (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcion_of_Sinope) Psalm 137 (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+137&version=NRSV) The Reformation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reformation) The Enlightenment (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Enlightenment) Logical Positivism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical_positivism) Pete Enns (https://peteenns.com) Book: “The Bible Tells Me So” by Pete Enns (https://amzn.to/3L1hfMc) Book: “How the Bible Works” by Pete Enns (https://amzn.to/3N0h3Pj) Book: “The Bible With Sources Revealed” by Richard Friedman (https://amzn.to/36hE9Ad) Earliest written parts of the Bible: Deuteronomy 32 (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deuteronomy+32&version=NRSV) Deuteronomy 33 (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deuteronomy+33&version=NRSV) Judges 5 (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Judges+5&version=NRSV) Psalm 68 (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+68&version=NRSV) Exodus 15 (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus+15&version=NRSV) Genesis 49 (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+49&version=NRSV) Links to all of Dan’s stuff (https://linktr.ee/maklelan) Special Guest: Dan McClellan.