Footnote Famous - Conversations with the world's top scholars of the Bible and Christian origins
Footnote Famous
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Footnote Famous - Conversations with the world's top scholars of the Bible and Christian origins
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June 19, 2026
1.20 - Alan Garrow - The Didache Discoveries
<p>What if one of early Christianity's most mysterious documents has been hiding two completely different texts — side by side — for nearly 2,000 years?</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/TB393xFK9so" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">WATCH INTERVIEW LIVE HERE</a></p><p>That's exactly what New Testament scholar Alan Garrow argues in his groundbreaking new book The Didache Discoveries. In this interview, we dig into his stunning findings: buried inside the Didache is what he believes is the actual Apostolic Decree — compiled by James the brother of Jesus and the twelve apostles around 48 CE — and a missing epistle of John referenced in 3 John 9.If Garrow is right, this changes how we read Paul's letters, the Synoptic Gospels, and the Gospel of John. It may even offer solutions to the notorious Synoptic Problem.In this conversation we cover:- What the Didache actually is and why scholars have puzzled over it for decades- How Garrow identified two separate hidden documents within it- The Apostolic Decree: what it says and how it functioned as early Christian Scripture- The Missing Epistle of John — and why its discovery matters for understanding Johannine theology- What this means for Paul, the Synoptic Problem, and the development of the New Testament</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.alangarrow.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Alan Garrow's Website</a>Alan's Book - The Didache Discoveries <a href="https://amzn.to/4eS2M6Z">Get the book here</a>━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Join <a href="https://www.cjcornthwaite.com/community" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">My Community - Skepe</a>Read <a href="https://substack.com/@cjcornthwaite" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">My Substack</a> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/FootnoteFamous" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Patreon</a></p><p>FOLLOW FOR MORE - YouTube: @cjcornthwaite - Instagram: @cjcornthwaite- Website: <a href="cjcornthwaite.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">cjcornthwaite.com</a></p>
June 5, 2026
1.19 Dan McClellan - The Bible Says So
<p>Fake Bible Scholars Are Going Viral. Real Scholars Need to Step Up Child sacrifice, God's wife, & how Bible editors "fixed" them</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/YpcKWuLFr9s" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">WATCH INTERVIEW HERE</a></p><p>I sat down with Dan McClellan — one of the most followed actual biblical scholars online — to talk about how we got here, why it matters, and what real scholarship looks like when it finally shows up to the fight.</p><p>We cover:</p><p>→ Why "biblical" is a political term, not a scholarly one→ How apologists learned to sound credentialed without being credentialed</p><p>→ Why real scholars abandoned the public square — and what it cost us→ The identity politics engine driving Bible misinformation</p><p>→ What it looks like when actual scholarship pushes back</p><p>→ Dan's new book "The Bible Says So" — and what it gets right that apologists get wrong</p><p>Find Dan McClellan on <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@maklelan?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">TikTok</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@UCAAJCQ0FCqRmAEv95SyTfNg" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">YouTube</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/maklelan/?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Instagram</a></p><p>Book: "<a href="https://amzn.to/4dROdjF" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">The Bible Says So</a>" (Affiliate Link)</p><p>Podcast: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@UCwsrIijdkrYaQmjnKO2FKRQ" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Data Over Dogma</a></p>
May 22, 2026
1.18 Teresa Morgan - Roman Faith and Christian Faith
<p>In this interview, I had the pleasure of speaking with Professor Teresa Morgan (Oxford) about her landmark book Roman Faith and Christian Faith: Pistis and Fides in the Early Roman Empire and Early Churches (2015). </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/5lGWh7s87rk" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">WATCH INTERVIEW HERE</a></p><p>We explore how the Greek word pistis and Latin fides — both rooted in the concept of <strong>trust</strong> — were used across the ancient Mediterranean world, and how early Christians gradually transformed this everyday language into the rich, complex concept of "faith" we have today. Topics range from Augustine's influential (but limiting) definition of faith, to Paul's "cascade of trust," to the Council of Nicaea's pivotal shift toward propositional belief. Enjoy!</p><p><br></p><p>Dr. Morgan's books (affiliate links)📖 <a href="https://amzn.to/4wH4wab" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Roman Faith and Christian Faith: Pistis and Fides in the Early Roman Empire and Early Churches</a> (Oxford University Press, 2015)📖 <a href="https://amzn.to/4eV2P2x" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Trust in Atonement - God, Creation, an Reconciliation</a> (Eerdmans, 2024</p><p><br></p>
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