Episode #324 - How Then Shall We Read? With Dr. Max Botner

Episode #324 - How Then Shall We Read? With Dr. Max Botner

From The Two Cities by The Two Cities Podcast

April 8, 2026 · 55 min

About this episode

Dr. Max Botner discusses his book on interpreting the New Testament and the importance of the interpreter's context.

In this episode, we're joined by Dr. Max Botner, associate professor of New Testament at Jessup University, host of the On the Way podcast, and the author of How Then Shall We Read?A Student's Guide to Interpreting the New Testament (published by Eerdmans). Over the course of our conversation, we talk about how Dr. Botner's book compares to other primers on interpretation and how his book emphasizes the locationality of the interpreter, and the overall aim of faithful interpretation rather than "correct" interpretation. Team members on the episode from The Two Cities include: Dr. Josh Carroll and Dr. John Anthony Dunne. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Dr. Josh Carroll, Dr. John Anthony Dunne

Guest: Dr. Max Botner

Topics covered

  • New Testament interpretation
  • faithful interpretation
  • locationality of the interpreter
  • Christianity
  • religion

Keywords

  • New Testament
  • interpretation
  • faithful interpretation
  • Dr. Max Botner
  • Jessup University
  • Christianity
  • religion

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Jessup University, Eerdmans, On the Way podcast

Books & works: How Then Shall We Read? A Student's Guide to Interpreting the New Testament

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