

OnScript
Matthew Bates, Matthew Lynch, Erin Heim, Dru Johnson, Amy Brown Hughes, & Chris Tilling
Bringing you engaging conversations on Bible and theology (hosted by biblical scholars and theologians).
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9 snips
Oct 18, 2022 • 56min
Amy Peeler – Women and the Gender of God
Episode: Is God more male than female? Most theologians have hastened to say ‘no’, but still many theologians have urged that the male analogy is more suitable in speaking about […]
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Oct 11, 2022 • 56min
Timothy Beal – When Time (for humanity) is Short
Episode: This episode takes you to the wilds of Alaska and Florida’s byways to talk about our denial of death as a species. Guest: Dr. Timothy Beal is Distinguished University Professor […]
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Sep 29, 2022 • 53min
Katie Marcar – Divine Regeneration and Ethnic Mapping in 1 Peter
Episode: Erin speaks with Dr. Katie Marcar about metaphors of divine regeneration in 1 Peter, metaphors of generation in other Jewish texts from the Second Temple period, seed metaphors, breastmilk metaphors, […]
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Sep 15, 2022 • 59min
Angela Parker – If God Still Breathes, Why Can’t I?
Episode: Erin Heim speaks with Dr. Angela Parker about White Christianity’s tendency to conflate biblical authority with inerrancy and infallibility, gaslighting and women in the Gospels, the Galatians’ experience, and Tobe […]
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Sep 1, 2022 • 1h 4min
Marty Folsom – Karl Barth’s Church Dogmatics for Everyone
Episode: In this episode Chris Tilling interviews Marty Folsom about his new book, Karl Barth’s Church Dogmatics for Everyone (Zondervan Academic). What is it about Barth’s Church Dogmatics that is […]
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Aug 25, 2022 • 49min
Chris Seglenieks – Johannine Belief and Graeco-Roman Devotion
Episode: In this episode, Dru Johnson talks with Australian scholar Christopher Seglenieks about why Greco-Roman devotion practices must be included in discussions about “faith” and “belief” in the Johannine corpus. […]
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Aug 11, 2022 • 59min
Christian Eberhart – The Sacrifice of Jesus
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 […]
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Aug 4, 2022 • 58min
J. Richard Middleton – Abraham’s Silence
Episode: Richard Middleton thinks that Abraham should’ve talked back to God when he asked him to sacrifice his son. Today we discuss lament, the example of Job, and Abraham as a […]
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Jul 26, 2022 • 1h 2min
Mark Scarlata – The World of Leviticus
Episode: Leviticus might be the only book in the Bible that many Christians will openly and casually admit that they do not like (or, it’s their “least favorite). Dru Johnson […]
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Jul 8, 2022 • 55min
Paul Spilsbury – Understanding Josephus
Episode: Paul Spilsbury knew Josephus personally … or at least he’s spent so much time with him that it’s almost as if he did. In this episode we talk about Josephus’ writings, […]
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