47: Data > Dogma: A conversation with biblical scholar Dan McClellan

Following the Fire

Bible nerds unite! Nathan & Steve got to have a wonderful conversation with TikTok-famous Bible scholar Dan McClellan. Topics include the cognitive science of religion, the problem with univocality, the development of inerrancy, and… does God look like a cow?

• Dan’s TikTok account
• Dan’s dissertation: “The Cognitive Science of Religion and the Conceptualization of Deity in the Hebrew Bible”
• Identity Politics
• Data > Dogma Merch
• What is dogma?
• Book: “People’s History of the United States” by Howard Zinn
• The Documentary Hypothesis
• “Univocality”
• Marcion
• Psalm 137
• The Reformation
• The Enlightenment
• Logical Positivism
• Pete Enns
• Book: “The Bible Tells Me So” by Pete Enns
• Book: “How the Bible Works” by Pete Enns
• Book: “The Bible With Sources Revealed” by Richard Friedman

• Earliest written parts of the Bible:

  • Deuteronomy 32
  • Deuteronomy 33
  • Judges 5
  • Psalm 68
  • Exodus 15
  • Genesis 49

• Links to all of Dan’s stuff

Special Guest: Dan McClellan.

Support Following the Fire