{"podcast":{"title":"The Alabaster Jar","slug":"the-alabaster-jar-6611285","podcast_index_feed_id":6611285,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/5953113/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-alabaster-jar","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/85ffba19d4ef4adc91db9ca6cfb140ee.jpg","author":"Dr. Lynn Cohick","episode_count":262,"summary":"The Alabaster Jar is a weekly podcast hosted by Dr. Lynn Cohick. Dr. Cohick is a highly respected New Testament scholar and the founding president of the Center for Women in Leadership, a 501C3 organization designed to encourage women as they minister and lead in the church and in the academy.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-20T16:21:27.358262+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-alabaster-jar-6611285"},"episode":{"title":"From The Archives | Dr. Jeannine K. Brown | Scripture as Communication","slug":"from-the-archives-dr-jeannine-k-brown-scripture-as-communication","published_at":"2026-07-06T08:00:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-alabaster-jar-6611285/from-the-archives-dr-jeannine-k-brown-scripture-as-communication","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-alabaster-jar-6611285","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/from-the-archives-dr-jeannine-k-brown-scripture-as-communication--72832506","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72832506/archive_episode_jeannine_brown_final.mp3","summary":"In this archived episode of The Alabaster Jar, Dr. Lynn Cohick interviews her longtime friend and New Testament scholar Dr. Jeannine Brown about biblical hermeneutics and her work on Philippians. Brown explains how her book Scripture as Communication shapes her approach to interpretation, especially concepts like the implied author and ancient rhetoric’s logos, ethos, and pathos. They also explore Philippians 3 and Paul’s reflection on his Jewish ethnic privilege, using it as a lens to talk about privilege today and how it often remains invisible to those who benefit from it. They also turn to the Christ hymn in Philippians 2, its poetic portrayal of Jesus’ downward movement to servanthood, and its strong resonances with Matthew’s theme of status reversal. Resources Mentioned: Philippians (11) (The Story of God Bible Commentary) by Dr. Lynn H. Cohick African Hermeneutics by Dr. Elizabeth Mburu Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope by Dr. Esau McCaulley What Is the Bible and How Do We Understand It? (The Jesus Way: Small Books of Radical Faith) by Dr. Dennis R. Edwards Philippians: An Introduction and Commentary (Volume 11) (Tyndale New Testament Commentaries) by Dr. Jeannine K. Brown South Asia Bible Commentary: A One-Volume Commentary on the Whole Bible The Epistle to the Philippians by Dr. Markus Bockmuehl The Letter to the Galatians (New International Commentary on the New Testament (NICNT)) by Dr. David deSilva Africa Bible Commentary, Second Edition: A One-Volume Commentary from Over 100 African Scholars Scripture as Communication, 2nd Edition: Introducing Biblical Hermeneutics by Dr. Jeannine K. Brown Let Her Learn Classes The Visual Museum of Women in Christianity Dr. Lynn Cohick Let Her Lead Episode Sponsor: The Al…","meta_description":"In this archived episode of The Alabaster Jar, Dr. Lynn Cohick interviews her longtime friend and New Testament scholar Dr. Jeannine Brown about biblical…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1468,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-alabaster-jar-6611285/episodes/from-the-archives-dr-jeannine-k-brown-scripture-as-communication/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-alabaster-jar-6611285/from-the-archives-dr-jeannine-k-brown-scripture-as-communication.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}