Biblical Beverages, featuring Professor John Anthony Dunne [The Jewish Drinking Show episode #170]

The Jewish Drinking Show

Introduction
With a variety of different alcoholic beverages in the Bible, what are they, besides wine? To discuss this topic for the 170th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show is Professor John Anthony Dunne, who has a forthcoming book out on drinking in the Bible.

Biography of the Guest
Professor John Anthony Dunne completed a PhD in New Testament at the University of St Andrews in Scotland, where he studied under Professor N. T. Wright. Presently, he serves as Associate Professor of New Testament at Bethel Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota, is the co-host and editor of The Two Cities podcast, and is the author of a handful of journal articles dedicated to wine in the Bible, with a forthcoming book addressing the full range of alcoholic beverages in biblical literature to be published in 2025 by Zondervan Academic called Mountains Shall Drip Sweet Wine: A Biblical Theology of Alcohol. He also hosts an annual craft beer reception at the Society of Biblical Literature and American Academy of Religion conferences called the Society for Beer Lovers and Assorted Academic Research. If he wasn't a Bible professor, he'd be a bartender at a craft cocktail bar.

Time Stamps
0:00 Welcome
0:25 Introduction to Professor John Anthony Dunne
1:28 Discussing יין (yayin)
15:32 Discussing תירוש (tirosh)
22:48 Infrequently used terms
25:14 Discussing חמר (ḥemer)
28:40 Discussing שכר (shekhar)
43:27 Wrapping-up
44:55 L'chaim!

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