Episode: Dru Johnson discusses Matt's recent book Portraying Violence in the Hebrew Bible. Matt discusses ways that the Old Testament depicts the problem of violence, some of the surprising ways that biblical writers portray violence, and ways that the Old Testament challenges modern ideas about violence. Also listen to Matt fail miserably in the speed round.
Guest: Matt is Assistant Professor of Old Testament at Regent College, Vancouver. He's also a co-founder and host of this podcast (though this interview was Dru's idea). He is the author of First Isaiah and the Disappearance of the Gods (Eisenbrauns), Portraying Violence in the Hebrew Bible: A Literary and Cultural Study (Cambridge, 2020), and Monotheism and Institutions in the Book of Chronicles: Temple, Priesthood, and Kingship in Post-Exilic Perspective (Mohr Siebeck, 2014). He also has a forthcoming volume entitled Flood and Fury: Engaging Old Testament Violence (IVP).
Give: Help support OnScript as we grow and develop. Click HERE.
John Barclay - Paul and the Gift (Rebroadcast)
Sandra Richter - Ecology and the Bible
Lucy Peppiatt - Gender and Hermeneutics in Paul (Pt 2)
Gender & Hermeneutics in Paul (Pt 1) - Michael Lakey
Beverly Gaventa - Reflections on Pauline Scholarship and Teaching
Christopher Seitz - The Elder Testament
OnScript Q&A - October 2018
Joshua Berman - Inconsistency in the Torah
Doug Groothuis - Walking through Twilight
Tim Mackie and Jon Collins - The Bible Project
Scot McKnight - Colossians and Philemon
Stephen Chester - Reading Paul with the Reformers
Marc Turnage – The Bible in its Ancient World
Susan Eastman - Paul and the Person
Matthias Henze - Mind the Gap (Jewish Writings Between the OT & NT)
Mary Katherine Hom - The Characterization of an Empire
Douglas Campbell - Paul: An Apostle's Journey
Christian Hofreiter - Making Sense of OT Genocide
Shawn Flynn - Children in Ancient Israel
Cynthia Long Westfall - Paul and Gender
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
The Hello Heaven Podcast
Devoted To Prayer
Cast The Word
Let Me Be Frank | Bishop Frank Caggiano’s Podcast | Diocese of Bridgeport, CT
The Bible Recap
BardsFM