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Episode: What can the language we use for “them” tell us about who “we” are? What do a group’s descriptions of outsiders tell us about the values and self-perceptions of […] The post Paul Trebilco – Outsiders and Insiders in the NT first appeared on OnScript .

Episode: OnScript welcomes one of its favorite guests, Joshua Jipp, back to the microphone. Host Matthew Bates asks Josh pointed questions that all OnScript listeners are dying to know. Like, […] The post Joshua W. Jipp – Saved by Faith and Hospitality first appeared on OnScript .

In this episode, Matt sits down with Carol Newsom to discuss her illustrious career, her research on the Bible and ecology, the development of the self in the Bible and Dead Sea Scrolls, glass beading, weaving, and much more! The post Carol Newsom – Creation, Anthropology, and Glass Beads first appeared on OnScript .

Episode: Gender is a hot-button topic. The validity and limits of “gender roles” still remains a controversial issue in the church. Meanwhile early Christian theology is all about the church Fathers–at […] The post Lynn Cohick & Amy Brown Hughes – Christian Women in the Patristic World first appeared on OnScript .

Episode: Pour yourself a wee dram of whisky and tune in as Matt and Dru talk with Iain Provan about the perils and benefits of literal(istic) interpretation of Scripture and his […] The post Iain Provan – The Reformation and the Right Reading of Scripture first appeared on OnScript .

Episode: Happy New Year! Enjoy this rebroadcast of our 2016 interview with John Barclay about his monumental book Paul and the Gift (Eerdmans). Apologies for the sound quality here. This was one of […] The post John Barclay – Paul and the Gift (Rebroadcast) first appeared on OnScript .

This is a re-release of episode #12 with Jon D. Levenson on his book ‘The Love of God’ Episode: Jon Levenson joins OnScript to discuss his recent book The Love of […] The post Episode #12 Jon D. Levenson – The Love of God first appeared on OnScript .

Episode: It’s time for part 2 of our journey into biblical poetry, this time with the inimitable Elaine T. James. Matt L. talks with Elaine about the poetry of Song, […] The post Elaine James – Song of Songs first appeared on OnScript .

Episode: Hey all, we’ve got a very special announcement. Listen in … and also enjoy a mix of interviews from the annual Society of Biblical Literature geek fest in Boston. The […] The post !!Special Announcement!! & Short Interview Mix first appeared on OnScript .

Matt L & Dru try to find the Lost world of the Israelite Conquest with John Walton, of Wheaton College, and they give it their best. This discussion dips into the various provocative claims of John's book, but also manages to cover important items like John's response to sombreroed penguins, good novels, and counting one's steps to ensure the closest route between two points. If you've ever wrestl...

Biblical poetry can be tough going. It doesn't rhyme, doesn't have meter, and it comes from an ancient culture. But it makes up some 27% of the Bible! In this first of two episodes on biblical poetry, Matt L. talks with J. Blake Couey, who is a reliable guide through the challenging waters of ancient Hebrew poetry, and who brings listeners his infectious appreciation for the prophetic poetry of Is...

Michael F. Bird OnScript Podcast Interview on Jesus the Eternal Son with Matthew W. Bates The post Michael Bird – Jesus the Eternal Son first appeared on OnScript .

If Jesus said, “pluck out your eye if it causes you to sin” shouldn’t all Christian men be cyclopsed? If he literally said, “Do not swear an oath,” can Christians no longer testify in court? The steep ethical teaching of the Sermon on the Mount forces more questions than it answers. Dr. Jonathan T. Pennington of Southern Seminary talks with Dru Johnson about how we should read the Sermon on the Mo...

With its messianic associations, pouring or smearing oil on the head is both foundational and divisive in Judaism and Christianity. Language about oil is—well, sorry—slippery. This is true in ancient contexts as well as modern. For instance, Trypho, a second-century Jew, is reported to have said: “The messiah, if he has indeed come and is somewhere, is incognito; he does not even know himself yet...

When people say, “Well, that’s only a metaphor,” what exactly do they mean? A new book on metaphors in the NT takes on the literal versus metaphorical dichotomy, claiming that it is a false dichotomy. The post Erin Heim — Adoption in Galatians and Romans first appeared on OnScript .

Thomas Jay Oord OnScript Podcast Interview on The Uncontrolling Love of God with Matthew W. Bates The post Thomas Jay Oord – The Uncontrolling Love of God first appeared on OnScript .

Episode: Grab a PBR (or craft beer) & get ready for a new perspective as Matt Lynch grills Gar Anderson (Professor of NT at Nashotah House Theological Seminary in Wisconsin) on […] The post Gar Anderson – Paul’s New Perspective (1st Live Episode!) first appeared on OnScript .

Episode: What causes our sin? At some point, a first century Jewish teacher stumbles out of the Galilee saying things like, “If your eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw […] The post Miryam Brand – Evil Within and Without first appeared on OnScript .

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J Richard Middleton discusses biblical eschatology, creation, heaven, hell, Elijah's escape of death, theology in Jamaica, whether our pets go to heaven, and much more in The Boston Tea Party, Cheltenham, during Richard's tour through the UK. The post J. Richard Middleton – A New Heaven and A New Earth first appeared on OnScript .

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 ranges from the relationship between the cross and the conquest, Greg's theory of 'literary crucifixes' in the OT, how to relate the two Testaments, and more from Greg's monumental new book The Crucifixion of the Warrior God: Interpreting The Ol...

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 Jewish or Christian believer […] The post Caryn Reeder – The Enemy in the Household first appeared on OnScript .

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 McKnight, who both hold traditional evangelical Christian convictions, suggest that the war is needless. In their book 'Adam and the Genome' they suggest that It is okay to acknowledge the Jesus fish and to affirm that humans and fish descend...

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 archives of the ‘Institute for the Study and Eradication […] The post Susannah Heschel – The Aryan Jesus first appeared on OnScript .

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 Testament provide the moral […] The post Jeremiah Unterman—Justice for All first appeared on OnScript .