{"id":28769,"date":"2015-02-24T13:31:54","date_gmt":"2015-02-24T18:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/exploringourmatrix\/?p=28769"},"modified":"2015-02-24T13:31:54","modified_gmt":"2015-02-24T18:31:54","slug":"a-polite-bribe-at-sbl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2015\/02\/a-polite-bribe-at-sbl.html","title":{"rendered":"A Polite Bribe at SBL"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

<\/iframe>\n<\/p><p>There was a showing of the movie <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00HRYH7BC\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00HRYH7BC&linkCode=as2&tag=jamefmcgrshom-20&linkId=HROBWGM3HVSZ6FL5\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apostle Paul: A Polite Bribe<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important;margin: 0px !important\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=jamefmcgrshom-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00HRYH7BC\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"> at the Society of Biblical Literature conference in San Diego in November. The video above features Larry Hurtado, Ben Witherington, and Robert Orlando discussing the film after the showing. If you have never seen it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00JP5JI7M\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00JP5JI7M&linkCode=as2&tag=jamefmcgrshom-20&linkId=G4CQQS22IMOWYIKR\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">you can rent the movie digitally on Amazon<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important;margin: 0px !important\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=jamefmcgrshom-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00JP5JI7M\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\">.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was a showing of the movie Apostle Paul: A Polite Bribe at the Society of Biblical Literature conference in San Diego in November. The video above features Larry Hurtado, Ben Witherington, and Robert Orlando discussing the film after the showing. 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