The Reading Desk
By Timothy Pontious
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Podcast Description
This audiobook podcast is both original works of literature (The Age of Reason, The Gospel of Thomas), and modernized works (The Jefferson Bible for the 21st Century), that are hard to find elsewhere in audiobook formats. Visit thereadingdesk.com!
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TRD 16 - The Age of Reason 4 | Why did Thomas Paine prefer not to study languages? Why were his favorite subjects science and philosophy? More of The Age of Reason in this podcast episode, continuing in Part First. | 9/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TRD 15 - The Age of Reason 3 | What does trigonometry have to do with the nature of God's revelation? Which Psalm does Thomas Paine reference as the only one that truly describes something of the nature of God? | 9/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TRD 14 - The Age of Reason 2 | Part First, Sections 3, 4, 5. | 8/8/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TRD 13 - The Age of Reason 1 | The first episode of the Age of Reason! Please stop by thereadingdesk.com and let me know what other kinds of audiobooks you've been looking for. Thanks! | 8/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TRD 12 - The Gospel of Thomas | The Gospel of Thomas is a well preserved early Christian, non-canonical sayings-gospel discovered near Nag Hammadi, Egypt, in December 1945. It was in one of a group of books known as the Nag Hammadi library. The manuscript is written in Coptic - which was spoken in Egypt before the spread of Islam and Arabic - and is dated at around 340 CE. It was first published in a photographic edition in 1956. In 1977, James M. Robinson edited the first complete collection of English translations of the Nag Hammadi texts. The common range of accepted dates of the original text is from 50 - 140 CE - which is roughly the same time frame that many scholars have considered to be the general timeframe that Matthew, Mark, Luke and John were written as well. Scholars suspect the claim of authorship to the Apostle Thomas on the first line to be false, and the true writer remains unknown. The document probably originated within a school of early Christians. Even the description of Thomas as a "gnostic" gospel is based upon little other than the fact that it was found along with gnostic texts within the seven codices at Nag Hammadi. The Gospel of Thomas is very different in tone and structure from other New Testament apocrypha and the four Canonical Gospels. Unlike the canonical Gospels, it is not a narrative account of the life of Jesus; instead, it consists of logia (sayings) attributed to Jesus, sometimes stand-alone, sometimes embedded in short dialogues or parables. Almost half of these sayings more or less resemble those found in the Canonical Gospels, while the other sayings were previously unknown. The text contains a possible allusion to the death of Jesus, but doesn't mention crucifixion, resurrection, or final judgement; nor does it mention a messianic understanding of Jesus. The Early Church believed it to be a false gospel. Several translations exist. The text I'm using today is adapted from the translation by W. R. Schoedel, which in turn is based on prior work done by other translators. I have replaced archaic words like Thee, Thine, Thou, Ye, shall and hast. I also updated some sentence structures and grammar constructions. If there is any interest, I will post this version online somewhere to satisfy your curiosity. | 7/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Audio Jefferson Bible - 8 | Episode 8 closes the Jefferson Bible podcast project. The next podcast will feature the Gospel of Thomas, so stay subscribed! For more information, please visit thereadingdesk.com. Thanks for listening! | 7/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Audio Jefferson Bible - 7 | Episode 7 continues with Jesus railing against hypocrisy, and continues with more parables. The next episode will conclude this series with the remaining three chapters. | 7/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Audio Jefferson Bible - 6 | Episode 6 - Jesus shows his concern for the little children, teaches more parables, and has a meeting with Zacchaeus. | 4/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Audio Jefferson Bible - 5 | Episode 5 continues with chapters 9 and 10 of the modernized text from the Jefferson Bible. For more information, or to leave ratings or comments, please visit http://thereadingdesk.com. Share a link with your friends! | 4/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Audio Jefferson Bible - 4 | Episode 4 - Who is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven? A lesson in forgiveness. The sermon at the Mount of Olives. The Lord's Prayer. | 4/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Audio Jefferson Bible - 3 | Episode 3: The audio version of the Jefferson Bible for the 21st Century continues with more parables and teachings of Jesus. | 4/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Audio Jefferson Bible - 2 | Episode 2: Continues the audiobook version of the Jefferson Bible, chapters 3 and 4. | 4/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Audio Jefferson Bible - 1 | Episode 1: This is the same audio track from the .MOV series of files. Enjoy! | 4/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 14 | VideoThe Jefferson Bible for the 21st Century - Episode 3 | Episode 3 starts with a discussion about some deaths reported in Galilee, which gives some clues as to the unrest happening in Palestine in the first century. The rest of the episode contains some parables or illustrations of the Kingdom of God, and how it works - from fig trees to mustard seeds, and from farmers to fishing. Jesus embarrasses some Pharisees and lawyers. He tells them they are clean outside since they follow the Law, but filthy on the inside with corruption of the heart. Please leave ratings and comments! Thanks for subscribing! | 4/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 15 | VideoThe Jefferson Bible for the 21st Century - Episode 2 | Episode 2: It took longer than I expected to get this episode together, which is not surprising. I'm pretty picky about the graphics that I'm using. Thanks for your patience. With over 50 subscribers already, I certainly hope that this podcast series is helpful. I would appreciate some comments on thereadingdesk.com if that's the case - as well as any thoughts about improvement. Episode 2 finishes the Sermon on the Mount, and begins some parables that Jefferson sort of lumped all together. | 3/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 16 | VideoThe Jefferson Bible for the 21st Century - Episode 1 | Episode 1: this episode start with the birth of Jesus and the story of John the Baptist, continuing with the early ministry of Jesus - the Sermon on the Mount and the Beatitudes. | 3/8/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 16 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
Great work, but...
I have had the Jefferson Bible (book) for over a year now but just haven't found the time to read it, so I'm very grateful someone has gone through the trouble of updating it and making it available here on iTunes. Mr. Pontius has done a fine job of reading the work. There is a problem though--you can't skip ahead or start from where you left off--it always defaults back to the beginning. So it only works if you know you'll be able to listen to the whole thing. Also, I'm not sure why this is a video rather than straight audio. The "video" consists of nothing but still photos.
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