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OnScript
Bringing you engaging conversations on Bible and theology (hosted by biblical scholars and theologians).
Episodes
OnScriptMike Bird & Scott Harrower – Trinity Without Hierarchy
Episode: While there is nothing new drama over the Trinity, there has been quite the kerfuffle in evangelical circles about the subordination of the Son in…
OnScriptWil Gafney – Womanist Midrash
There are 111 named women in the Old Testament. But they're often unknown and ignored. In this episode Wil Gafney reintroduces us to women we thought we knew…
OnScriptJohn Behr – Origen and the Early Church, Pt 2
Live from Nashotah House, WI (3rd year running), here's part 2 of our interview with Fr John Behr. Amy Brown Hughes talks with Fr John Behr about Origen and…
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John Behr – Origen and the Early Church, Pt 1
Live from Nashotah House, WI (3rd year running), we've got a two-part interview. Amy Brown Hughes talks with Fr John Behr about Origen and all things…
OnScriptGarrick Allen – Manuscripts and All that other Stuff on the Page (Paratexts)
Episode: Dru Johnson talks with Garrick Allen about his ongoing research project to investigate the paratexts of biblical manuscripts, how these help us to…
OnScriptJemar Tisby – The Color of Compromise
Episode: In this episode Erin hosts Jemar Tisby, who is the founder and CEO of The Witness: A Black Christian Collective (thewitnessbcc.com) and author of the…
OnScriptJeremy Schipper – Black Samson
Episode: Biblical Samson offered a powerful way of focusing and communicating the struggle, opportunities, and challenge of life for African Americans…
OnScriptRichard Rice – The Future of Open Theism
Episode: The upstart theological movement called open theism is coming of age. It’s time to reassess its possibilities, promises, and perils. One of the…
OnScriptKevin Grasso – Christ-Faith in Paul’s Letters
The debate as to whether the phrase πίστiς Χριστοῦ should be translated as "faith in Christ" (objective genitive) or the faithfulness of the Christ (subjective…
OnScriptDon J. Payne – Already Sanctified
Episode: Conversations on sanctification can often leave Christians feeling spiritually inadequate and discouraged about their lack of spiritual growth and…
OnScriptEsau McCaulley – Reading While Black
Dru's discussion with Dr. Esau McCaulley spans across matters of biblical theology, NT interpretation, the hermeneutics of the Black Church in America, and how…
OnScriptJusto González – Prayer in the Early Church and Today
"Our Father, who is in heaven..." These words and the rest of the Lord's Prayer are so familiar. They remind us to seek God, draw us into communal prayer with…
OnScriptChris Green – Sanctifying Interpretation
Chris Green is on the show to talk about how God is not saving us from interpretation, but through it - a process that can be "soul harrowing and purgative."…
OnScriptErin Heim – Resurrection and the #metoo movement (part II)
Episode: Erin Heim and Dru Johnson discuss part II of Erin’s paper “Resurrection and the #MeToo Movement,” which is part of a larger project…
OnScriptA.J. Culp – Memoir of Moses
How is memory made and maintained in a community? Moreover, how can a community remember something they never witnessed? A. J. Culp walks us through recent…
OnScriptR. T. Mullins & Steven Nemes Debate Divine Simplicity
Episode: Unusually for OnScript, we held a debate. Or perhaps it is better called a friendly chat between two scholars who disagree. On what? On the question…
OnScriptJeannine Brown – The Gospels as Stories
Episode: We're back with our fourth annual live-recorded podcast episode at Nashotah House Theological Seminary! Dr. Jeannine Brown joined us this year to…
OnScriptEsther Acolatse – Powers, Principalities, and the Spirit
Episode: When you read a passage in Scripture or hear about someone’s experience with the supernatural (be it angelic, demonic, etc), what is your…
OnScriptR. Alan Streett – Caesar and the Sacrament
Was baptism spiritual, political, or both? And to what degree was baptism seen as saving in the New Testament and early Christianity? Why? In his provocative…
OnScriptJackson W. – Reading Romans with Eastern Eyes
Episode: How does Jesus’s death rescue not only humanity from its shame, but save God’s face? The honor-shame framework changes how we think about…
OnScriptJohn Kincaid – Justification and Divine Sonship in Paul
Episode: In a previous episode Chris Tilling and Matt Bates interviewed two of the co-authors (Barber and Pitre) of the book, Paul, A New Covenant Jew. The…
OnScriptCarmen Imes – Why Sinai Still Matters
Episode: Carmen Imes has been on a podcast tour, and we’re thrilled that she joined us for this episode to discuss her book Bearing God’s Name: Why…
OnScriptJaco Gericke – A Philosophical Theology of the Old Testament
How should we read the Old Testament? Is there only one valid interpretation or a plurality of interpretations? If the latter, then how do we maintain…
OnScriptBrant Pitre & Michael Barber – Paul, a New Covenant Jew
Who was Paul? How might we understand him as a Jew? What type of Jew was he? How do our answers impact our interpretation of Paul’s theology of justification…
OnScriptJoshua Farris – Theological Anthropology
Episode: What am I? Why am I here? Why do I exist? In this episode, co-host Amy Hughes talks to Joshua R. Farris about the existential crisis-inducing subject…
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Erin Heim with Dru Johnson – Resurrection and the #MeToo Movement (Part 1)
Episode: Erin Heim and Dru Johnson discuss Erin’s paper “Resurrection and the #MeToo Movement,” which is part of a larger project that Erin…
OnScriptChristopher Hays – Isaiah and Assyria
Christopher B. Hays sits down with Matt Lynch to discuss one of the most important and hotly contested sections of Isaiah. Among the only Old Testament texts…
OnScriptLincoln Harvey – Theology of Robert Jenson
Episode: In this episode we discuss Lincoln Harvey’s thrilling guide to the work of Robert W. Jenson (1930-2017). Jenson, arguably America’s most important…
OnScriptSandra Richter – Stewards of Eden
Episode: Environmental lawyer Gus Speth said, “I used to think that the top environmental problems were biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse, and…
OnScriptNyasha Junior – Reimagining Hagar: Blackness and the Bible
Episode: Nyasha Junior is back on the show to discuss her new book Reimagining Hagar: Blackness and the Bible. Matt Lynch hosts a discussion on race…
OnScriptChristian Hofreiter – Making Sense of Old Testament Genocide
Episode: In this re-run of a 2018 episode, Matt Lynch interviews Christian Hofreiter (RZIM) on one of the most vexed issues in biblical studies ……
OnScriptFleming Rutledge – A Fireside Chat on The Crucifixion, Advent, and Preaching
Episode: In this episode, Erin hosts Fleming Rutledge for a fireside chat before a live audience at Wycliffe Hall, University of Oxford. Listen as Fleming…
OnScriptErvine Sheblatzm – Feathers on the Nose: Paul’s Radical Pastoral Theology for the Non-Anthropic World
Episode: Triple-crown episode!! Sheblatzm is back for the 3rd time, and he’s not holding back. This episode will revolutionalize the way you think about…
OnScript(Theology) Ian McFarland – The Word Made Flesh
Episode: Has the Chalcedonian Definition stood the test of time and theological challenge? Ian McFarland thinks so and advocates for a “Chalcedonianism…
OnScriptWave Nunnally – Israel, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and the Dead Sea Scrolls
This episode takes you on a wild ride through the land of the Bible, the world of Josephus, into the ER after crashed planes, by the Dead Sea, and includes…
OnScriptJeanette Hagen Pifer – Faith as Participation
Episode: In this third episode of a mini-series on "faith" (pistis), Jeanette Hagen Pifer brings a different method to bear on pistis, looking at what we might…
OnScriptNijay Gupta – Paul and the Language of Faith
Episode: After years of relative silence, conversations about “faith” (pistis) in the New Testament and early Christianity are suddenly blossoming…
OnScriptJames Diamond – Jewish Theology Unbound
Episode: Dru Johnson talks with Jim Diamond about his long term project of thinking theologically with the biblical authors. Through close readings of key…
OnScriptDaniel Pioske – How Did Biblical Writers Access The Past?
Episode: In this episode Matt Lynch sits down with Dan Pioske to talk about the way we know about ancient Israel. Most scholars have been so text-based in…
OnScriptDavid Downs & Benjamin Lappenga – The Faithfulness of the Risen Christ
Podcast interview of David J. Downs and Benjamin J. Lappenga by Matthew W. Bates and Erin Heim. The post David Downs & Benjamin Lappenga – The Faithfulness of…
OnScriptCynthia Shafer-Elliott – Digging Up Israel’s Past
Episode: We’re going back to the dirt in this episode with Cynthia Shafer-Elliott. We talk about bee hives, the Daniel diet, Ezekiel bread, gender &…
OnScriptDru Johnson interviews Matt Lynch
Episode: In this week’s episode co-host Dru Johnson interviews co-host Matt Lynch, and there’s a surprise mystery guest! Guest: Matt Lynch is…
OnScriptWillie Jennings – Race and Christian Theology
Episode: In this episode, Willie James Jennings joins host Amy Hughes to talk about his The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race ten years…
OnScriptSBL Special Report! An Inbetwepisode
In this episode, Dru interviews scholars and publishers at the book tables and receptions at the annual meeting of the Society for Biblical Literature (which…
OnScriptMichael Bird – The New Testament in Its World (with N. T. Wright)
Episode: Michael Bird speaks with Matt Bates and Erin Heim about his new joint venture with N.T. Wright, The New Testament in Its World (Zondervan, 2019). We…
OnScriptBenjamin Sommer – Revelation and the Authority of the Bible
Episode: Benjamin Sommer speaks with Matt Lynch about Torah, Sinai, Jewish perspectives on the authority of the Hebrew Bible, Psalms, lament, and way more…
OnScriptLarry Hurtado – Destroyer of the Gods
Episode: This is a re-release. Larry Hurtado passed away recently, and in memory of his contributions to biblical studies, we’re re-releasing this 2016…
OnScriptJosh McNall – The Mosaic of Atonement
Episode: What hath penal substitution to do with recapitulation? Or Christus Victor with moral influence? Turns out, quite a lot. Of the making of many books…
OnScriptChris Tilling – Barth on Romans (Part 2)
Episode: Chris Tilling presents his work on Karl Barth’s Romans commentary. He argues that Barth’s reading of Romans is worth the attention of…
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Chris Tilling – Barth on Romans (Part 1)
Episode: Chris Tilling presents his work on Karl Barth’s Romans commentary. He argues that Barth’s reading of Romans is worth the attention of…
OnScriptPhilip Ziegler – Militant Grace
Episode: Philip Ziegler joins Erin Heim to discuss apocalyptic theology, Pauline literature, and the implications of both for Christian discipleship. They…
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Seth Heringer – Theology and History
Seth Heringer's Uniting History and Theology (Fortress Press) argues that Christians do not need to use the historical-critical method to make historical…
OnScriptQ&A – Matt Lynch and Matt Bates
You've spoken. We've listened. You've asked for more episodes giving a window into the secret lives of OnScript co-hosts. Or at least, you've asked us to allow…
OnScriptSharon Ketcham – Reciprocal Church
What is the relationship between the individual Christian and the community of faith? How do we navigate the pendulum swings between an overemphasis on the…
OnScriptJoseph Gordon – Divine Scripture in Human Understanding
Episode: We all know that for Christians, Scripture is crucial–it’s the lifeblood of the church. But when we press deeper, what is it? What do…
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(Theology) Fr John Behr – Origen and the Early Church, Pt 2
Theology Track Episode: Live from Nashotah House, WI (3rd year running), here’s part 2 of our interview with Fr John Behr. Amy Brown Hughes talks with Fr…
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(Theology) Fr John Behr – Origen and the Early Church, Pt1
Theology Track Episode: Live from Nashotah House, WI (3rd year running), we’ve got a two-part interview. Amy Brown Hughes talks with Fr John Behr about…
OnScriptDarren Sarisky – Reading the Bible Theologically
Episode: Erin Heim and Chris Tilling interview Darren Sarisky about his recent book Reading the Bible Theologically (Cambridge). The post Darren Sarisky –…
OnScriptDru Johnson – Human Rites
This week's ep features a public talk from OnScript's Dru Johnson on his recent book Human Rites: The Power of Rituals, Habits, and Sacraments (Eerdmans…
OnScriptJonathan Greer – Behind the Scenes of the Old Testament
Episode: Jonathan Greer joins the show to talk about a big project he just co-edited on the history, context, archaeology, culture, and world of the Old…