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OnScript
Bringing you engaging conversations on Bible and theology (hosted by biblical scholars and theologians).
Episodes
OnScriptJ. Richard Middleton – A New Heaven and A New Earth
J Richard Middleton discusses biblical eschatology, creation, heaven, hell, Elijah's escape of death, theology in Jamaica, whether our pets go to heaven, and…
OnScriptGreg Boyd – The Crucifixion of the Warrior God
Matt & Matt discuss violence in the OT with Greg Boyd, who has devoted the last 10 years to researching and writing about this vexed topic. Our discussion…
OnScriptCaryn Reeder – The Enemy in the Household
Episode: The prospect of stoning a rebellious son or adulterer, or turning over an unorthodox brother or sister for execution is revolting. But how should a…
OnScriptDennis Venema and Scot McKnight – Adam and the Genome
Evangelicals, grab your Noah's ark replicas. Atheists, seize your Darwinian fish symbols. It's the mother of all culture wars. Except Dennis Venema and Scot…
OnScriptSusannah Heschel – The Aryan Jesus
Episode: The story of German Christian anti-Semitism of the Nazi era is still being told. Susannah Heschel’s book The Aryan Jesus brings to light the…
OnScriptJeremiah Unterman—Justice for All
Episode: What role has the Hebrew Bible played in shaping our modern views on ethics? Many Christians have casually believed that the radical ethics of the New…
OnScriptMatt & Matt – Listener Q&A + More
Episode: In this episode, Matt & Matt reflect back on the last year of OnScript-ing, answer some listener Q&A, and … make a big announcement…
OnScriptBrent Strawn – The Old Testament is Dying
Episode: Guest Brent Strawn unfurls his provocative thesis that The Old Testament is Dying with OnScript host Matt Lynch. Matt and Brent discuss the malaise of…
OnScriptKevin Vanhoozer – Biblical Authority After Babel
Kevin Vanhoozer OnScript Podcast Interview on Biblical Authority After Babel with Matthew Bates The post Kevin Vanhoozer – Biblical Authority After Babel first…
OnScriptDaniel Kirk – A Man Attested by God
Episode: Matt L. and J. Daniel Kirk discuss the humanity of Jesus in the Synoptic Gospels, and the idea that Jesus’ humanity meant much more than the…
OnScriptDru Johnson – Knowledge by Ritual
Episode: Matt L. discusses with Dru Johnson his claim that the Bible offers an epistemology, one where humans know by ritual. They discuss key influences on…
OnScriptFred Sanders – The Triune God
Episode: Fred Sanders and OnScript host Matthew Bates talk Trinitarian theology. Fred’s exciting book, The Triune God, is the launching point for the…
OnScriptIain Provan – Discovering Genesis
Episode: Matt L. sits down with his former professor Iain Provan to discuss Discovering Genesis: Content, Interpretation, Reception. Their conversation ranges…
OnScriptOliver Crisp – The Word Enfleshed
Oliver Crisp brings his considerable philosophical acumen to bear on Scripture and tradition in order to break new ground in christology. Oliver and OnScript…
OnScriptMary Katherine Hom – The Assyrians and the Old Testament
Episode: For this episode, Matt Lynch sits down with long time friend Mary Hom to talk about her longstanding interest in the Assyrians and the Old Testament…
OnScriptDavid Starling – Hermeneutics as Apprenticeship
Episode: Christians like to speak about letting Scripture interpret Scripture, but beyond using an easy passage to make sense out of a more difficult one, what…
OnScriptMark Smith – Where the Gods Are
Episode: The polymathic Mark S. Smith joins OnScript to discuss his book on God’s body, and the way Hebrew and Ugaritic literature present divine…
OnScriptLarry W. Hurtado – Destroyer of the Gods
Episode: Larry Hurtado and OnScript host Matthew Bates smash gods. Well, actually Larry is the one who brings the heavy artillery, drawing from his recent…
OnScriptNyasha Junior – An Introduction to Womanist Biblical Interpretation
Episode: Matt L. discusses womanist biblical interpretation with Nyasha Junior of Temple University. If this is a new subject to you, or you’re on the…
OnScriptRichard B. Hays – Echoes of Scripture in the Gospels
Richard Hays joins us to talk about his recent book 'Echoes of Scripture in the Gospels.' Richard speaks candidly about his recent battle with cancer…
OnScriptChris Tilling – Talking New Testament Christology
Co-hosted discussion of divine Christology in contemporary NT studies with Chris Tilling, author of 'Paul's Divine Christology.' The post Chris Tilling –…
OnScriptAlison Joseph – Portrait of the Kings
Episode: Take a journey into the heart of the Deuteronomist to discover more about the king after God’s own heart through the eyes of the book of Kings…
OnScriptDavid J. Downs – Alms
OnScript host Matthew Bates welcomes David Downs to discuss the biblical and systematic implications of atoning almsgiving. Interviewing from Tanzania, David's…
OnScriptJon Levenson – The Love of God
Episode: Jon Levenson joins OnScript to discuss his recent book The Love of God (Princeton, 2016). Jon and Matt L. discuss how the concept of…
OnScriptCrispin Fletcher-Louis — Jesus Monotheism, Volume 1
Episode: When speaking of Christian origins, what images and grammar could a first-century Jew use to say that Jesus of Nazareth was in some sense YHWH, the…
OnScriptBrennan Breed – Nomadic Text
At a glance: Brennan Breed joins us to discuss his recent book Nomadic Text: A Theory of Biblical Reception History (Indiana University Press, 2014). This…
OnScriptJoel Green – Conversion in Luke-Acts
  Episode Summary: How does brain relate to mind? To spirit or soul? And what does all of this have to do with conversion and Scripture? OnScript host…
OnScriptMatthew R. Schlimm – This Strange and Sacred Scripture
Episode Summary In this interview, Matt L. talks about This Strange and Sacred Scripture with author, Old Testament Scholar, and professor Matthew Schlimm…
OnScriptPeter Enns – The Sin of Certainty
Pete and Matt L. discuss the uncertainties of faith, of life, and of life with the Bible. We also talk about how Pete has managed the challenge of losing…
OnScriptJohn M. G. Barclay – Paul and the Gift
Guest: John M. G. Barclay is Lightfoot Professor of Divinity at Durham University in England, one of the most highly regarded professorships in the theological…
OnScriptMeghan Henning – Educating Early Christians Through the Rhetoric of Hell
Guest: Meghan Henning is Assistant Professor of Christian Origins at the University of Dayton. She specializes in New Testament and Early Christianity, and…
OnScriptMichael J. Gorman – Becoming the Gospel
Guest: Professor Michael J. Gorman holds the Raymond E. Brown Chair in Biblical Studies and Theology at St. Mary’s Seminary and University, Baltimore…
OnScriptDavid A. Lambert – How Repentance Became Biblical
  Guest: David Lambert is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He received his Ph.D., M.A., and…
OnScriptJoshua Jipp – Christ is King
[View Episode] Guest: Joshua W. Jipp is Assistant Professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Josh did his Ph.D. in New Testament at…
OnScriptMunther Isaac – From Land to Lands
[View Episode] Guest: Dr. Munther Banayout Isaac is Academic Dean and Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies at Bethlehem Bible College in Bethlehem…