OnScript

By Matthew Bates, Matthew Lynch, Erin Heim, Dru Johnson, Amy Brown Hughes, & Chris Tilling

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Bringing you engaging conversations on Bible and theology (hosted by biblical scholars and theologians).

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Episode: What was the sacrifice of Jesus for the NT Jewish authors? A barbaric execution? A violent bloodletting of a scapegoat? Christian Eberhart claims that the NT authors did not conceive […] The post Christian Eberhart – The Sacrifice of ...

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07.13.2021 Brittany Wilson – The Embodied God Does God have a body? Did the New Testament writers think that God has a body? Brittany Wilson says, Yes! Her study of Luke-Acts challenges assumptions that God is inherently invisible and incorporeal, and draws multiple lines of connection between ...
07.06.2021 Alister McGrath – Doctrine of Justification How has the church's understanding of salvation grown and shifted over time? What are common misunderstandings that Catholics and Protestants have about salvation? How has this impacted the church? And what is the future of justification as that connects to ...
06.29.2021 Leopoldo Sánchez – Sculptor Spirit Episode: In this episode we talk with Dr. Leopoldo A. Sánchez M. He is the Werner R.H. and Elizabeth R. Krause Professor of Hispanic Ministries at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, […] The post Leopoldo Sánchez – Sculptor Spirit first appeared ...
06.22.2021 Special Announcement! OnScript is pleased to announce that we have a new theology co-host. Please welcome Jules Martínez-Olivieri to the podcast! The post Special Announcement! first appeared on OnScript.
06.15.2021 Dominick Hernández – Pathways to Wisdom Episode: Proverbs is one of the most misunderstood books in the Old Testament. It’s often treated as a self-help guide or as a collection of promises. Dominick Hernández challenges us […] The post Dominick Hernández – Pathways to Wisdom first ...
06.08.2021 Beth Allison Barr – The Making of Biblical Womanhood Beth Allison Barr is on the show to talk about her new book, The Making of Biblical Womanhood. The post Beth Allison Barr – The Making of Biblical Womanhood first appeared on OnScript.
06.01.2021 Walter Brueggemann – Exodus and Liberation Walter Brueggemann is on the show to talk about his life as a biblical scholar, as well as his recent book Delivered Out of Empire - Pivotal Moments in the Book of Exodus (WJK Press, 2021). The post Walter Brueggemann ...
05.25.2021 (Biblical World) Mary Buck – Ugarit and the Bible After being forgotten for over 3000 years, the ancient city of Ugarit was rediscovered by archaeologists in 1929. Perhaps the greatest find from the site was the stash of over 2500 texts written in the ancient language of Ugaritic, texts ...
05.18.2021 (Biblical World) Karnak and Egyptology – Mark Janzen Episode: This episode discusses whether it’s possible to recover scenes from the Israel/Merneptah Stele, as well as cutting edge technology at Karnak, Egypt. Hosts: Chris McKinny (Gesher Media) and Mark Janzen […] The post (Biblical World) Karnak and Egyptology – ...
05.11.2021 (Biblical World) Archaeology in the Time of Kings: Hezekiah’s Reform This inaugural Biblical World episode takes a deep dive into the archaeological background of King Hezekiah’s religious reform (2 Kgs 18:4). The post (Biblical World) Archaeology in the Time of Kings: Hezekiah’s Reform first appeared on OnScript.
05.07.2021 Biblical World Podcast – Coming Soon! Announcement! OnScript is launching a new podcast focused on the history, archaeology, culture, and geography of the Bible. Hosted by Chris McKinny, Lynn Cohick, Oliver Hersey, Kyle Keimer, Mary Buck, […] The post Biblical World Podcast – Coming Soon! first ...
05.04.2021 Gene Green – Peter, The Lost Theologian Episode: Though Peter was the rock of the early church, why has Paul dominated New Testament scholarship? Part of the answer lies in the controversies surrounding the Gospels’ portrayals of […] The post Gene Green – Peter, The Lost Theologian ...
04.27.2021 M. Daniel Carroll Rodas – The Bible and Borders Episode: I was leaving the South to fling myself into the unknown… I was taking a part of the South to transplant in alien soil, to see if it could […] The post M. Daniel Carroll Rodas – The Bible ...
04.20.2021 J. Todd Billings – The End of the Christian Life Episode: Christians in the West go to great lengths to avoid direct contact with death, and as a result of this death avoidance, we avoid the hope and fullness of […] The post J. Todd Billings – The End of ...
04.13.2021 Mari Joerstad – The Hebrew Bible and Environmental Ethics Episode: Trees are people too! While this claim may come as a surprise to many listeners, it’s familiar territory for biblical authors. Trees, mountains, skies, plants … all of these bear […] The post Mari Joerstad – The Hebrew Bible ...
04.06.2021 Makoto Fujimura – Art + Faith: A Theology of Making Episode: Generativity over usefulness and efficiency. Making versus fixing. The “new newness” of Redemption and New Creation. In this episode artist, writer, and speaker Makoto Fujimura joins co-host Amy Hughes to discuss his […] The post Makoto Fujimura – Art ...
03.31.2021 Ervine Sheblatzm – Paul’s Theology of Universalism Episode: Paul’s missionary travels stopped in Rome, but is that where they should end? Dr. Ervine Sheblatzm is back on the show to give a firm “Nein!” Listen to a fascinating […] The post Ervine Sheblatzm – Paul’s Theology of ...
03.23.2021 Julien C. H. Smith – Paul and the Good Life Episode: What happens when Dallas Willard, Wendell Berry, and James K. A. Smith walk into a bar to discuss Paul and the Good Life? Join Julien C. H. Smith and […] The post Julien C. H. Smith – Paul and ...
03.16.2021 Clinton Bailey – Bedouin Culture in the Bible Episode: Dru Johnson talks with Clinton Bailey about how he ended up living with Bedouins in the Negev, their law, gender practices, and poetry. His most recent book, Bedouin Culture […] The post Clinton Bailey – Bedouin Culture in the ...
03.09.2021 Bethany Sollereder – God, Evolution, and Animal Suffering Episode: Was there death and violence before the Fall? Was there cancer before? Did lions go after gazelles before the Fall? Bethany Sollereder says yes, yes, and yes. So what, […] The post Bethany Sollereder – God, Evolution, and Animal ...
03.02.2021 Andrew Rillera – Quotations, Atonement, and Wrath in Paul Episode: Returning to the theme of interviewing young and upcoming scholars, the cutting edge of the cutting edge, in this episode Chris Tilling talks with Andrew Rillera, a PhD candidate […] The post Andrew Rillera – Quotations, Atonement, and Wrath ...
02.23.2021 Lucy Peppiatt – Paul on Women’s Subordination (1 Cor 11) Episode: This episode covers Paul, m/f, hermeneutics, theology, and all the things. Lucy Peppiatt helps us think through the challenging issues at play in 1 Corinthians 11, territory we covered […] The post Lucy Peppiatt – Paul on Women’s Subordination ...
02.16.2021 Matthew Thiessen – Jesus and the Forces of Death Episode: Was Jesus opposed to the purity system? Was he a revolutionary who challenged religious anxieties over uncleanness? Matthew Thiessen joins us to discuss these questions, and to help us rethink […] The post Matthew Thiessen – Jesus and the ...
02.10.2021 Ben Witherington III & Jason Myers – Views on Paul Episode: In this episode, Jason A. Myers and Ben Witherington III will help orient you to some of the major perspectives on Paul within contemporary New Testament scholarship. Tune in for […] The post Ben Witherington III & Jason Myers ...
02.02.2021 Jules Martinez-Olivieri – Christology, Liberation, Participation What is salvation? What does it mean that Christ frees us? What is liberation theology? Why is there such a fuss about liberation theology anyway? In this episode, Dr. Jules Martinez-Olivieri joins co-host Amy Hughes to talk about his work ...
01.27.2021 Mark and Luke Glanville – Refuge Reimagined Episode: Mark and Luke Glanville bring their unique areas of expertise in biblical studies and international relations to bear on the pressing global refugee crisis. This episode covers everything from […] The post Mark and Luke Glanville – Refuge Reimagined ...
01.19.2021 Mike 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 recent years. In this […] The post Mike Bird & Scott Harrower – Trinity ...
01.12.2021 Wil 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 and introduces those we never knew. We discuss the sanctified imagination, Midrashic ...
12.29.2020 John 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 all things Patristic. In addition to more of the interview, we've ...
12.29.2020 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 Patristic. This episode requires theological safety gear, helmet, orange cones, ... everything. This is ...
12.15.2020 Garrick 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 understand reception and biblical theologies, and […] The post Garrick Allen – Manuscripts and All that ...
12.08.2020 Jemar 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 New York Times bestseller […] The post Jemar Tisby – The Color of Compromise ...
12.01.2020 Jeremy Schipper – Black Samson Episode: Biblical Samson offered a powerful way of focusing and communicating the struggle, opportunities, and challenge of life for African Americans throughout U.S. history. From the prophesies of his parents […] The post Jeremy Schipper – Black Samson first appeared ...
11.24.2020 Richard 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 founders of open theism, Richard Rice, […] The post Richard Rice – The Future of Open ...
11.17.2020 Kevin 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 genitive) seems interminable. In an important new journal article, Kevin Grasso claims to have entirely ...
11.10.2020 Don J. Payne – Already Sanctified Episode: Conversations on sanctification can often leave Christians feeling spiritually inadequate and discouraged about their lack of spiritual growth and maturity, but Don J. Payne insists that this arises from […] The post Don J. Payne – Already Sanctified first ...
10.27.2020 Esau 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 his own biography has played into his scholarship. Reading While Black is a forceful and encouraging ...
10.20.2020 Justo 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 the church, and bring comfort. However, while we repeat words ...
10.13.2020 Chris 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." Chris talks about problematic and more helpful models of Scripture ...
10.06.2020 Erin 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 that Erin is working on as […] The post Erin Heim – Resurrection and the #metoo ...
09.29.2020 A.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 turns in memory theory to explore how Deuteronomy, as a piece of literature, instantiates ...
09.22.2020 R. 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 of divine simplicity […] The post R. T. Mullins & Steven Nemes Debate ...
09.15.2020 Jeannine 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 discuss her book The Gospels as Stories(Baker Academic, 2020). Tune in for conversation about the importance of ...
09.01.2020 Esther 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 instinct? Explain it using specific hermeneutical tools? How? Do […] The post Esther Acolatse – Powers, ...
08.26.2020 R. 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 and important new book Caesar and the Sacrament, R. Alan Streett shows that baptism ...
08.12.2020 Jackson 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 the gospel, faith, sin, and glory. […] The post Jackson W. – Reading Romans with Eastern ...
08.04.2020 John 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 third co-author of this book, John Kincaid, […] The post John Kincaid – ...
07.16.2020 Carmen 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 Sinai Still Matters. We […] The post Carmen Imes – Why Sinai Still ...
07.08.2020 Jaco 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 intellectual humility and find valid methods for addressing the texts of Scripture? For a ...
07.01.2020 Brant 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, Christology, the death of Christ, and more besides? In this episode, ...

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OnScript episodes:

Brittany Wilson – The Embodied God

Alister McGrath – Doctrine of Justification

Leopoldo Sánchez – Sculptor Spirit

Special Announcement!

Dominick Hernández – Pathways to Wisdom

Beth Allison Barr – The Making of Biblical Womanhood

Walter Brueggemann – Exodus and Liberation

(Biblical World) Mary Buck – Ugarit and the Bible

(Biblical World) Karnak and Egyptology – Mark Janzen

(Biblical World) Archaeology in the Time of Kings: Hezekiah’s Reform

Biblical World Podcast – Coming Soon!

Gene Green – Peter, The Lost Theologian

M. Daniel Carroll Rodas – The Bible and Borders

J. Todd Billings – The End of the Christian Life

Mari Joerstad – The Hebrew Bible and Environmental Ethics

Makoto Fujimura – Art + Faith: A Theology of Making

Ervine Sheblatzm – Paul’s Theology of Universalism

Julien C. H. Smith – Paul and the Good Life

Clinton Bailey – Bedouin Culture in the Bible

Bethany Sollereder – God, Evolution, and Animal Suffering

Andrew Rillera – Quotations, Atonement, and Wrath in Paul

Lucy Peppiatt – Paul on Women’s Subordination (1 Cor 11)

Matthew Thiessen – Jesus and the Forces of Death

Ben Witherington III & Jason Myers – Views on Paul

Jules Martinez-Olivieri – Christology, Liberation, Participation

Mark and Luke Glanville – Refuge Reimagined

Mike Bird & Scott Harrower – Trinity Without Hierarchy

Wil Gafney – Womanist Midrash

John Behr – Origen and the Early Church, Pt 2

John Behr – Origen and the Early Church, Pt 1

Garrick Allen – Manuscripts and All that other Stuff on the Page (Paratexts)

Jemar Tisby – The Color of Compromise

Jeremy Schipper – Black Samson

Richard Rice – The Future of Open Theism

Kevin Grasso – Christ-Faith in Paul’s Letters

Don J. Payne – Already Sanctified

Esau McCaulley – Reading While Black

Justo González – Prayer in the Early Church and Today

Chris Green – Sanctifying Interpretation

Erin Heim – Resurrection and the #metoo movement (part II)

A.J. Culp – Memoir of Moses

R. T. Mullins & Steven Nemes Debate Divine Simplicity

Jeannine Brown – The Gospels as Stories

Esther Acolatse – Powers, Principalities, and the Spirit

R. Alan Streett – Caesar and the Sacrament

Jackson W. – Reading Romans with Eastern Eyes

John Kincaid – Justification and Divine Sonship in Paul

Carmen Imes – Why Sinai Still Matters

Jaco Gericke – A Philosophical Theology of the Old Testament

Brant Pitre & Michael Barber – Paul, a New Covenant Jew