97 | Biblical Studies and Interpretation: a Marxist Intervention w/ Dr. Christina Petterson

Marxist scholar of Biblical Studies and Religion, Christina Petterson, joins us to discuss her essay "Apostles of Revolution? Marxism and Biblical Studies". We discuss the ways in which historical materialism is fundamental for correctly analyzing the conditions and contradictions in which the scriptures were produced, how both the scriptures and historical interpretations (including our own) are products of class struggle, how the 19th and 20th century international communist movement greatl...