In this episode we’re discussing Empire Criticism and the New Testament with Dr. Laura Robinson and Dr. Justin Winzenburg. Dr. Laura Robinson teaches NT as an adjunct at Butler University and Christian Theological Seminary, is the co-host of the New Testament Review podcast, and writes at her Substack, Not Peer Reviewed. Forthcoming publication, That’s Not What the Bible Says (Eerdmans). Dr. Justin Winzenburg is Professor of New Testament and Director of Crown Honors at Crown College in Saint Bonifacius, Minnesota, and the author of Ephesians and Empire (with Mohr Siebeck). Together our two guests recently contributed to a Mohr Siebeck volume edited by Christoph Heilig in the WUNT series called Empire Criticism of the New Testament, and in our conversation we discuss their essays and the fresh ways that they’re contributing to the progression of the conversation about imperial criticism in the New Testament. Team members on the episode from The Two Cities include: Dr. John Anthony Dunne and Rev. Daniel Parham.

Empire Criticism of the New Testament with Dr. Laura Robinson and Dr. Justin Winzenburg (Podcast)
John holds a PhD from the University of St Andrews, where he studied under Professor N. T. Wright. He currently serves as Associate Professor of New Testament at Bethel Seminary (St. Paul, MN).
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