Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

Christian theology of the Bible

Biblical inspiration is the doctrine in Christian theology that the human writers and canonizers of the Bible were led by God with the result that their writings may be designated in some sense the word of God. This belief is traditionally associated with concepts of the biblical infallibility and the internal consistency of the Bible.

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  1. The Fall

    Melvyn Bragg discusses the idea of original sin and its impact on politics, gender and notions of morality in western culture, examining Augustine, Milton, the Masaccio frescoes and Charles Darwin.

    8 April 2004

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    Featuring: Martin Palmer, Griselda Pollock, John Carey

     
  2. Typology

    An exploration of typology - how characters and stories in the Hebrew Bible, or what Christians call the Old Testament, are believed to be predictions of the New Testament.

    17 April 2025

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    Featuring: Miri Rubin, Harry Spillane, Sophie Lunn-Rockliffe