{"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":"Immoral or Missionary: Perspectives on the Woman at the Well, with Benjamin Wall: John 4:16-18","slug":"immoral-or-missionary-perspectives-on-the-woman-at-the-well-with-benjamin-wall-john-4-16-18","published_at":"2026-03-23T09:15:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/exegetically-speaking-336484/immoral-or-missionary-perspectives-on-the-woman-at-the-well-with-benjamin-wall-john-4-16-18","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/exegetically-speaking-336484","url":"https://exegeticallyspeaking.libsyn.com/immoral-or-missionary-perspectives-on-the-woman-at-the-well-with-benjamin-wall-john-416-18","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/exegeticallyspeaking/ES7_27_Final_Walls.mp3?dest-id=826937","summary":"A long tradition of reading John 4 has viewed the woman at the well as immoral. How was that reading established? What is its textual warrant? What are alternative traditions? What does all this tell us about the role of assumptions in exegesis? Dr. Benjamin Wall is Professor of Theology and Ethics at South University. His publications include Welcome as a Way of Life and he is currently a resident scholar at Lanier Theological Library working on C. S. Lewis' theological anthropology related to disabilities and mental health. Check out related programs at Wheaton College: B.A. in Classical Languages (Greek, Latin, Hebrew): https://bit.ly/4sZt6k7 M.A. in Biblical Exegesis: https://bit.ly/47XmhqW","meta_description":"A long tradition of reading John 4 has viewed the woman at the well as immoral. How was that reading established? What is its textual warrant? What are al…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":878,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/exegetically-speaking-336484/episodes/immoral-or-missionary-perspectives-on-the-woman-at-the-well-with-benjamin-wall-john-4-16-18/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/immoral-or-missionary-perspectives-on-the-woman-at-the-well-with-benjamin-wall-john-4-16-18.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}