{"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":"Only Begotten God, with Michael Bird: John 1:18","slug":"only-begotten-god-with-michael-bird-john-1-18","published_at":"2026-04-27T09:15:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/exegetically-speaking-336484/only-begotten-god-with-michael-bird-john-1-18","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/exegetically-speaking-336484","url":"https://exegeticallyspeaking.libsyn.com/only-begotten-god-with-michael-bird-john-118","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/exegeticallyspeaking/ES7_32_audio_final_Bird.mp3?dest-id=826937","summary":"For the 350 th episode of this podcast, Dr Michael Bird reviews the ways in which John's Gospel presents Jesus as equal to God, and then concentrates on the language of 1:18. Is the idea that of Jesus as the \"only begotten\" of the Father, what would that mean, and how would later theological terminology express what John is teaching? Dr. Bird is Deputy Principal and Academic Lecturer in Theology at Ridley College (Melbourne, Australia). His many publications include What Christians Ought to Believe: An Introduction to Christian Doctrine through the Apostles' Creed and Jesus among the gods: Early Christology in the Greco-Roman World . Check out related programs at Wheaton College: B.A. in Classical Languages (Greek, Latin, Hebrew): https://bit.ly/4mAwEY0 M.A. in Biblical Exegesis: https://bit.ly/41Duai0","meta_description":"For the 350 th episode of this podcast, Dr Michael Bird reviews the ways in which John's Gospel presents Jesus as equal to God, and then concentrates on t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":816,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/exegetically-speaking-336484/episodes/only-begotten-god-with-michael-bird-john-1-18/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/only-begotten-god-with-michael-bird-john-1-18.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}