David A. deSilva (Ph.D., Emory University) is Trustees’
Distinguished Professor of New Testament and Greek at Ashland Theological
Seminary. He has written more than twenty-five books, including Introducing the
Apocrypha: Context, Message, and Significance; An Introduction to the New
Testament: Contexts, Methods & Ministry Formation; Honor, Patronage,
Kinship & Purity: Unlocking New Testament Culture; and Day of Atonement: A
Novel of the Maccabean Revolt.
Dr. David deSilva, Apocrypha: Witness Between the Testament, Lecture 1, General Introduction
(40 mins) Audio mp3
AI Study Guide (Word *.docx; Acrobat *.pdf)
AI-Generated Dialogic Podcast Summary
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Dr. David deSilva, Apocrypha: Witness Between the Testament, Lecture 2, 1 Esdras, Ben Sira, 1-2 Maccabees (70 mins) Audio mp3
AI Study Guide (Word *.docx; Acrobat *.pdf)
AI-Generated Dialogic Podcast Summary
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Dr. David deSilva, Apocrypha: Witness Between the Testament, Lecture 3, 1-2 Maccabees, Judith
(59 mins) Audio mp3
AI Study Guide (Word *.docx; Acrobat *.pdf)
AI-Generated Dialogic Podcast Summary
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Dr. David deSilva, Apocrypha: Witness Between the Testament, Lecture 4, 2 Esdras
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AI Study Guide (Word *.docx; Acrobat *.pdf)
AI-Generated Dialogic Podcast Summary
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Dr. David deSilva, Apocrypha: Witness Between the Testament, Lecture 5, Tobit, Susanna, Baruch, Bel (52 mins) Audio mp3
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AI-Generated Dialogic Podcast Summary
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Dr. David deSilva, Apocrypha: Witness Between the Testament, Lecture 6, Wisdom of Solomon, Greek Esther, 3 Maccabees
(51 mins) Audio mp3
AI Study Guide (Word *.docx; Acrobat *.pdf)
AI-Generated Dialogic Podcast Summary
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Dr. David deSilva, Apocrypha: Witness Between the Testament, Lecture 7, 4 Maccabees, Psalm 151, Prayer of Manasseh
(45 mins) Audio mp3
AI Study Guide (Word *.docx; Acrobat *.pdf)
AI-Generated Dialogic Podcast Summary
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Dr. David deSilva, Apocrypha: Witness Between the Testament, Lecture 8, Impact of the Apocrypha on the New Testament
(68 mins) Audio mp3
AI Study Guide (Word *.docx; Acrobat *.pdf)
AI-Generated Dialogic Podcast Summary
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Dr. David deSilva, Apocrypha: Witness Between the Testament, Lecture 9, The Apocrypha in the Christian Church and Canon
(56 mins) Audio mp3
AI Study Guide (Word *.docx; Acrobat *.pdf)
AI-Generated Dialogic Podcast Summary
(17 mins. *.mp3 Audio)
The above AI Study Guides and AI-Generated Dialogic Podcast Summary were produced using Google’s NotebookLM (an incredible AI tool). This is just a warning sometimes/seldom AI at this stage has “hallucinations” (i.e. it just makes stuff up). So, listen to the full lecture so you will be able to catch these “hallucinations” when they occur.
Full Text and Other Languages
Disclaimer: In order to get the English text, the audio was run through Speech-to-Text AI software (hence there may be errors). I checked the English, but the truth is I’m an inept editor (hence there may be errors). It was then translated by Google Translate (hence there may be errors). Hopefully, while not perfect, it will be good enough to be helpful. Text-to-Speech AI will be the next step in a few months. Thanks for putting up with my limitations, but I hope that this will open up Dr. deSilva’s excellent teaching to other languages and cultural contexts.
Session 1, General Introduction (40 mins)
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Session 2, 1 Esdras, Ben Sira, 1-2 Mac (70 mins.)
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Session 3, 1-2 Macc, Judith (59 mins.)
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Session 4, 2 Esdras (37 mins)
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Session 5, Tobit, Susanna, Baruch, Bel (52 mins.)
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Session 6, Wisdom of Solomon, Greek Esther, 3 Macc (51 mins.)
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Session 7, 4 Macc., Ps 151, Prayer of Manasseh (45 mins.)
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Session 8, Impact of the Apocrypha on the New Testament (68 mins.)
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Session 9, Apocrypha in the Christian Church and Canon (56 mins.)
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Session 2, 1 Esdras, Ben Sira, 1-2 Mac (70 mins.)
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Session 3, 1-2 Macc, Judith (59 mins.)
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Session 4, 2 Esdras (37 mins)
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Session 5, Tobit, Susanna, Baruch, Bel (52 mins.)
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Session 6, Wisdom of Solomon, Greek Esther, 3 Macc (51 mins.)
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Session 7, 4 Macc., Ps 151, Prayer of Manasseh (45 mins.)
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Session 8, Impact of the Apocrypha on the New Testament (68 mins.)
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Session 9, Apocrypha in the Christian Church and Canon (56 mins.)
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Session 2, 1 Esdras, Ben Sira, 1-2 Mac (70 mins.)
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Session 3, 1-2 Macc, Judith (59 mins.)
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Session 5, Tobit, Susanna, Baruch, Bel (52 mins.)
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Session 6, Wisdom of Solomon, Greek Esther, 3 Macc (51 mins.)
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Session 7, 4 Macc., Ps 151, Prayer of Manasseh (45 mins.)
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Session 8, Impact of the Apocrypha on the New Testament (68 mins.)
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Session 9, Apocrypha in the Christian Church and Canon (56 mins.)
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Session 2, 1 Esdras, Ben Sira, 1-2 Mac (70 mins.)
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Session 3, 1-2 Macc, Judith (59 mins.)
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Session 5, Tobit, Susanna, Baruch, Bel (52 mins.)
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Session 6, Wisdom of Solomon, Greek Esther, 3 Macc (51 mins.)
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Session 7, 4 Macc., Ps 151, Prayer of Manasseh (45 mins.)
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Session 8, Impact of the Apocrypha on the New Testament (68 mins.)
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Session 9, Apocrypha in the Christian Church and Canon (56 mins.)
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Session 2, 1 Esdras, Ben Sira, 1-2 Mac (70 mins.)
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Session 5, Tobit, Susanna, Baruch, Bel (52 mins.)
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Session 6, Wisdom of Solomon, Greek Esther, 3 Macc (51 mins.)
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Session 7, 4 Macc., Ps 151, Prayer of Manasseh (45 mins.)
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Session 8, Impact of the Apocrypha on the New Testament (68 mins.)
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Session 9, Apocrypha in the Christian Church and Canon (56 mins.)
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Session 6, Wisdom of Solomon, Greek Esther, 3 Macc (51 mins.)
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Session 7, 4 Macc., Ps 151, Prayer of Manasseh (45 mins.)
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Session 8, Impact of the Apocrypha on the New Testament (68 mins.)
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Session 9, Apocrypha in the Christian Church and Canon (56 mins.)
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Session 7, 4 Macc., Ps 151, Prayer of Manasseh (45 mins.)
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Session 8, Impact of the Apocrypha on the New Testament (68 mins.)
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Session 9, Apocrypha in the Christian Church and Canon (56 mins.)
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Session 8, Impact of the Apocrypha on the New Testament (68 mins.)
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Session 9, Apocrypha in the Christian Church and Canon (56 mins.)
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Session 5, Tobit, Susanna, Baruch, Bel (52 mins.)
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Session 6, Wisdom of Solomon, Greek Esther, 3 Macc (51 mins.)
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Session 7, 4 Macc., Ps 151, Prayer of Manasseh (45 mins.)
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Session 8, Impact of the Apocrypha on the New Testament (68 mins.)
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Session 9, Apocrypha in the Christian Church and Canon (56 mins.)
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Session 3, 1-2 Macc, Judith (59 mins.)
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Session 6, Wisdom of Solomon, Greek Esther, 3 Macc (51 mins.)
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Session 7, 4 Macc., Ps 151, Prayer of Manasseh (45 mins.)
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Session 8, Impact of the Apocrypha on the New Testament (68 mins.)
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Session 9, Apocrypha in the Christian Church and Canon (56 mins.)
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