{"podcast":{"title":"Exegetically Speaking","slug":"exegetically-speaking-336484","podcast_index_feed_id":336484,"rss_url":"https://exegeticallyspeaking.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://exegeticallyspeaking.libsyn.com/website","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/6/3/5/f/635fe23877605d7d16c3140a3186d450/1400-Exegetically-Speaking-Season-Seven-1400-x-1400-small.jpg","author":"Wheaton College","episode_count":100,"summary":"\"Exegetically Speaking\" is a weekly podcast of the friends and faculty of Wheaton College, IL and The Lanier Theological Library. Hosted by Dr. David Capes, it features language experts who discuss the importance of learning the biblical languages—Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek—and show how reading the Bible in the original languages \"pays off.\" Each podcast lasts between seven and eleven minutes and covers a different topic for those who want to read the Bible for all it is worth. Click on the ⓘ symbol below for each episode to read the description. If you're interested in going deeper, learn more about Wheaton's undergraduate degree in Classical Languages (Greek, Hebrew, and Latin) and our MA in Biblical Exegesis.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-29T20:17:33.112244+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/exegetically-speaking-336484"},"episode":{"title":"Evoking Penelope's Suitors, with Alex Loney: Luke 15:30","slug":"evoking-penelope-s-suitors-with-alex-loney-luke-15-30","published_at":"2026-05-18T09:15:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/exegetically-speaking-336484/evoking-penelope-s-suitors-with-alex-loney-luke-15-30","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/exegetically-speaking-336484","url":"https://exegeticallyspeaking.libsyn.com/evoking-penelopes-suitors-with-alex-loney-luke-1530","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/exegeticallyspeaking/ES7_35_Final_Loney.mp3?dest-id=826937","summary":"When, in one of Jesus' most well-known parables, the \"prodigal son\" returns, his older brother feels wronged by the warm reception accorded by their father. The charges he lays against his younger brother may be even stronger than often realized if we perceive echoes of a key scene in Homer's Odyssey . Dr. Alexander Loney is Associate Professor of Classical Languages and the Coordinator of the Classical Languages program at Wheaton College. His publications include The Ethics of Revenge and the Meanings of the Odyssey and (co-editor) The Oxford Handbook of Hesiod . He has contributed several episodes to our podcast. Check out related programs at Wheaton College: B.A. in Classical Languages (Greek, Latin, Hebrew): https://bit.ly/4er2T9Y M.A. in Biblical Exegesis: https://bit.ly/4d1iSJD","meta_description":"When, in one of Jesus' most well-known parables, the \"prodigal son\" returns, his older brother feels wronged by the warm reception accorded by their fathe…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":623,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/exegetically-speaking-336484/episodes/evoking-penelope-s-suitors-with-alex-loney-luke-15-30/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/exegetically-speaking-336484/evoking-penelope-s-suitors-with-alex-loney-luke-15-30.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}