Meet the Scholar: Petra Ratkovics

This week we have one of our occasional ‘Meet the Scholar’ episodes. Dr Tony Watkins interviews Dr Petra Ratkovics (yes, she did indeed pass her viva!) about her PhD on the influences of Jeremiah in Paul’s theology as well as her plans for the future.

Time stamps:

00:00 Petra is about to submit her thesis!

1:15 Petra’s background

3:10 Why Petra became interested in Theology

4:20 Petra’s PhD topic

7:30 How Petra came to see the links between Jeremiah and Paul’s theology

13:05 Idea of the new covenant and how we can only boast in the Lord

16:25 The Lords presence in the covenant community

19:40 Other shared themes between the Jeremiah and Paul’s letters biblical books authored by Paul

20:45 Differences between the Greek and Hebrew texts of Jeremiah

22:35 How might this work help the church?

24:45 Petra’s plans for the future, particularly with Hungarian language resources

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