Tag: Jesus
Nijay Gupta – The Affections of Christ Jesus
Episode: “What is love? (Baby, don’t hurt me).” These song lyrics–juxtaposing love and hurt–remind us that ‘love’ is used so frequently and flexibily in our culture that it is in […]
Brant Pitre – Jesus and Divine Christology
Episode: Jesus did not claim to be God. That is the verdict delivered by the preponderance of historical Jesus scholarship. Meanwhile many scholars of early Christianity–including luminaries such as Larry […]
Michael Barber – The Historical Jesus and the Temple
Episode: Has the quest for the historical Jesus been plagued by an anti-liturgical sentiment? Michael Barber joins OnScript to discuss the historical Jesus, best method, and Jesus’s mysterious engagement with […]
Steven Nemes – Theological Authority in the Church
Episode: In this episode Chris Tilling interviews Steven Nemes about his forthcoming book, Theological Authority in the Church (Eugene, Or.: Cascade, forthcoming [2023]). This new book by Steven Nemes argues, […]
Jesus and Jezreel – Paul Wright
Episode: Oliver Hersey (president of Jerusalem University College) speaks with his predecessor Paul Wright, who has lived and breathed the land of the Bible. They discuss Jesus and Jezreel, the Old […]
Chris Green – All Things Beautiful: An Aesthetic Christology
What role does art play in the forming of our theological imagination about Christ? What does it mean to respond to the cross as witness instead of spectator? In this interview, Chris Green joins co-host Amy Hughes to talk about his new book on art, beauty, and Christology. The topics range widely from the role of story, art, and liturgy in formation to quite the discussion about Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ.
Rafael Rodríguez – Jesus Darkly
How does social-memory theory change how we think about the New Testament? In Rafael Rodríguez's Jesus Darkly, the Jesus that emerges from the shadows is surprisingly bright and relevant. Yet even when he remains mysterious, the darkness helps us anticipate the ultimate face-to-face encounter.
Matthias Henze – Mind the Gap (Jewish Writings Between the OT & NT)
In this episode, Matthias Henze maps out how people approaching the biblical texts from the NT lens can hop into the world of Hellenistic Judaism to better understand the NT literature.