

Chapter, Verse, and Season: A Lectionary Podcast from Yale Bible Study
Yale Divinity School Faculty
Writing a fresh, meaningful sermon every week can be challenging. Start your weekly sermon prep by listening to two Yale Divinity School professors chat about one of the upcoming Revised Common Lectionary texts.
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Oct 3, 2022 • 14min
The Guts of a Chicken (Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost)
Jacqueline Vayntrub and Christian Wiman discuss joy, salvation history, and chicken guts in Psalm 66:1-12. The text is appointed for the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 23, in Year C of the Revised Common Lectionary.More Yale Bible Study resources, including a transcript of this episode, at: https://YaleBibleStudy.org/podcastFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BibleYaleJacqueline Vayntrub is Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible at Yale Divinity School. Christian Wiman is Professor of the Practice of Religion and Literature at Yale Divinity School.Connect with Yale Bible Study:Facebook: @YDSCCETwitter: @BibleYaleYouTube: youtube.com/c/YaleBibleStudyLinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/yds-center-for-continuing-educationThank you for listening!

Sep 26, 2022 • 13min
An Act of Waiting (Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost)
Peter Hawkins and Eric Reymond discuss trauma, hope, and poetic Hebrew in Lamentations 1:1-6 and 3:19-26. The text is appointed for the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 22), in Year C of the Revised Common Lectionary.More Yale Bible Study resources, including a transcript of this episode, at: https://YaleBibleStudy.org/podcastFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BibleYalePeter Hawkins is Professor of Religion and Literature at Yale Divinity School. Eric Reymond is Senior Lector in Biblical Hebrew at Yale Divinity School.Connect with Yale Bible Study:Facebook: @YDSCCETwitter: @BibleYaleYouTube: youtube.com/c/YaleBibleStudyLinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/yds-center-for-continuing-educationThank you for listening!

Sep 19, 2022 • 14min
Grace and Transaction (Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost)
Joel Baden and Abdul-Rehman Malik discuss faith, ritual performance, and divine blessing in Psalm 91:1-6, 14-16. The text is appointed for the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 21), in Year C of the Revised Common Lectionary.More Yale Bible Study resources, including a transcript of this episode, at: https://YaleBibleStudy.org/podcastFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BibleYaleJoel Baden is Professor of Hebrew Bible and Director of the Center for Continuing Education at Yale Divinity School. Abdul-Rehman Malik is Associate Research Scholar and Lecturer in Islamic Studies at Yale Divinity School.Connect with Yale Bible Study:Facebook: @YDSCCETwitter: @BibleYaleYouTube: youtube.com/c/YaleBibleStudyLinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/yds-center-for-continuing-educationThank you for listening!

Sep 12, 2022 • 15min
Calling the Market to Account (Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost)
Justin Crisp and Abdul-Rehman Malik discuss capitalism, shrewdness, and the logic of parables in Luke 16:1-13. The text is appointed for the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 20), in Year C of the Revised Common Lectionary.More Yale Bible Study resources, including a transcript of this episode, at: https://YaleBibleStudy.org/podcastFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BibleYaleJustin Crisp is Lecturer in Anglican Studies at Yale Divinity School. Abdul-Rehman Malik is Associate Research Scholar and Lecturer in Islamic Studies at Yale Divinity School.Connect with Yale Bible Study:Facebook: @YDSCCETwitter: @BibleYaleYouTube: youtube.com/c/YaleBibleStudyLinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/yds-center-for-continuing-educationThank you for listening!

Sep 5, 2022 • 13min
Creation and Consequences (Fourteenth Sunday after Petecost)
John Collins and Jennifer Herdt discuss the undoing of creation, fidelity, and false prophets in Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28. The text is appointed for the Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 19, in Year C of the Revised Common Lectionary.More Yale Bible Study resources, including a transcript of this episode, at: https://YaleBibleStudy.org/podcastFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BibleYaleJohn Collins is Holmes Professor of Old Testament Criticism and Interpretation at Yale Divinity School. Jennifer Herdt is Gilbert L. Stark Professor of Christian Ethics at Yale Divinity School.Connect with Yale Bible Study:Facebook: @YDSCCETwitter: @BibleYaleYouTube: youtube.com/c/YaleBibleStudyLinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/yds-center-for-continuing-educationThank you for listening!

Aug 29, 2022 • 14min
God of Creation Destroying (Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost)
Joel Baden and Eric Reymond discuss precarity, God as creator and destroyer, and the potter metaphor in Jeremiah 18:1-11. The text is appointed for the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 18, in Year C of the Revised Common Lectionary.More Yale Bible Study resources, including a transcript of this episode, at: https://YaleBibleStudy.org/podcastFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BibleYaleJoel Baden is Professor of Hebrew Bible and Director of the Center for Continuing Education at Yale Divinity School. Eric Reymond is Senior Lector in Biblical Hebrew at Yale Divinity School.Connect with Yale Bible Study:Facebook: @YDSCCETwitter: @BibleYaleYouTube: youtube.com/c/YaleBibleStudyLinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/yds-center-for-continuing-educationThank you for listening!

Aug 22, 2022 • 10min
Reversing the Status Quo (Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost)
Peter Hawkins and Eric Reymond discuss humility, reversing the status quo, speaking truth to power in Sirach 10:12-18. The text is appointed for the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 17, in Year C of the Revised Common Lectionary.More Yale Bible Study resources, including a transcript of this episode, at: https://YaleBibleStudy.org/podcastFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BibleYalePeter Hawkins is Professor of Religion and Literature at Yale Divinity School. Eric Reymond is Senior Lector in Biblical Hebrew at Yale Divinity School.Connect with Yale Bible Study:Facebook: @YDSCCETwitter: @BibleYaleYouTube: youtube.com/c/YaleBibleStudyLinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/yds-center-for-continuing-educationThank you for listening!

Aug 15, 2022 • 13min
Restorer of the Path (Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost)
Christian Wiman and Jacqueline Vayntrub discuss justice, prayer and action, and getting God's attention in Isaiah 58:9b-14. The text is appointed for the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 16, in Year C of the Revised Common Lectionary.More Yale Bible Study resources, including a transcript of this episode, at: https://YaleBibleStudy.org/podcastFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BibleYaleChristian Wiman is Professor of the Practice of Religion and Literature at Yale Divinity School. Jacqueline Vayntrub is Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible at Yale Divinity School.Connect with Yale Bible Study:Facebook: @YDSCCETwitter: @BibleYaleYouTube: youtube.com/c/YaleBibleStudyLinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/yds-center-for-continuing-educationThank you for listening!

Aug 8, 2022 • 18min
Great Numbers of Heroes (Tenth Sunday after Pentecost)
Erika Helgen and Chloë Starr discuss faith heroes through history, triumphant faith, and the role of sin in Hebrews 11:29-12:2. The text is appointed for the Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 15, in Year C of the Revised Common Lectionary.More Yale Bible Study resources, including a transcript of this episode, at: https://YaleBibleStudy.org/podcastFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BibleYaleErika Helgen is Associate Professor of Latin American and Latinx Christianity at Yale Divinity School. Chloë Starr is Professor of Asian Christianity and Theology at Yale Divinity School.Connect with Yale Bible Study:Facebook: @YDSCCETwitter: @BibleYaleYouTube: youtube.com/c/YaleBibleStudyLinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/yds-center-for-continuing-educationThank you for listening!

Aug 1, 2022 • 14min
Act in Faith (Ninth Sunday after Pentecost)
Greg Sterling and Harry Attridge discuss women in early Christian communities, eschatology, and faith as a matter of the heart in Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16. The text is appointed for the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 14, in Year C of the Revised Common Lectionary.More Yale Bible Study resources, including a transcript of this episode, at: https://YaleBibleStudy.org/podcastFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BibleYaleGregory Sterling is the Reverend Henry L. Slack Dean and Lillian Claus Professor of New Testament at Yale Divinity School. Harold Attridge is Sterling Professor of Divinity at Yale Divinity School.Connect with Yale Bible Study:Facebook: @YDSCCETwitter: @BibleYaleYouTube: youtube.com/c/YaleBibleStudyLinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/yds-center-for-continuing-educationThank you for listening!


