Episodes
Tuesday Dec 26, 2017
Jon D. Levenson - Love of God
Tuesday Dec 26, 2017
Tuesday Dec 26, 2017
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 God (Princeton, 2016). Jon and Matt L. discuss how the concept of ‘love’ differed in ancient Israel, whether Song of Songs can/should be read allegorically, and how understandings of love developed and changed throughout history.
Tuesday Dec 12, 2017
Elaine James - Song of Songs (Biblical Poetry Pt. 2)
Tuesday Dec 12, 2017
Tuesday Dec 12, 2017
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 relationship between humans and the land, the absence of God from the book, conceptions of bodily beauty in the book & ... well ... you'll just have to listen! Our conversation springs from her book Landscapes of the Song of Songs: Poetry and Place (Oxford University Press, 2017).
Monday Dec 04, 2017
!!Special Announcement!! & Short Interview Mix
Monday Dec 04, 2017
Monday Dec 04, 2017
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 OnScript team also sits down for its AGM & an important conversation on bats. Stay tuned for more good episodes coming your way soon!
Guests: We've got a mix this week, starting with ... J Richard Middleton, Professor of Biblical Worldview and Exegesis at Northeastern Seminary in Rochester, NY), and author of A New Heaven and a New Earth: Reclaiming Biblical Eschatology (Baker Academic, 2014) among other books; Michael Heiser, author of The Unseen Realm: Recovering the Supernatural Worldview of the Bible (Lexham, 2014), Supernatural (Lexham, 2016), and others; Adesola Akala, Lecturer in New Testament at Westminster Theological Centre, UK, and author of The Son-Father Relationship and Christological Symbolism in the Gospel of John (Bloomsbury, 2014); Christina Fetheroff, who received her PhD in Biblical Studies from the Graduate Theological Union, writing her dissertation on “Lamenting Abuse: Reading Psalm 22 as a Response to Intimate Partner Abuse”; Davis Hankins, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Appalachian State University, and author of The Book of Job and the Immanent Genesis of Transcendence (Northwestern University Press, 2015), among other works; Ayodeji Adewuja, Professor of Greek and New Testament at the Pentecostal Theological Seminary, and author of Holiness and Community in 2 Cor. 6:14-7:1 – A Study of Paul’s View of Communal Holiness in the Corinthians Correspondence (New York: Peter Lang, 2001), among other works; Zev Farber, fellow and editor at TheTorah.com, and author of Images of Joshua in the Bible and Their Reception (De Gruyter, 2016)
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