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Engaging Scripture: Conversations in Biblical Studies

by Nijay K. Gupta

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Latest episodes

Ep22: "My Career in Biblical Studies" (Tremper Longman III)

October 19, 2026 · 51 min

Nijay kicks off a new exciting interview series, My Career in Biblical Studies, where he chats with world renowned scholars about their lives as scholars, writers, teachers, and leaders. First up, Dr. Tremper Longman.
Ep21: Engaging Philippians, Dr. Nijay K. Gupta and Rev. Dr. Glenn Packiam (Phil. Ch 2:12-3:21)

September 9, 2025 · 33 min

Glenn and Nijay continue their Philippians series.
Ep20: Engaging Philippians, Dr. Nijay K. Gupta and Rev. Dr. Glenn Packiam (Phil. Ch 2:1-11)

September 9, 2025 · 31 min

Special guest Dr. Glenn Packiam and Dr. Nijay Gupta continue their series, Engaging Philippians, with the first part of chapter 2 in this episode.
Ep19: Engaging Philippians, Dr. Nijay K. Gupta and Rev. Dr. Glenn Packiam (Phil. Ch1)

August 6, 2025 · 1 hr 3 min

Dr. Nijay Gupta and pastor-theologian Rev. Dr. Glenn Packiam begin a series talking about Paul's letter to the Philippians. This first episode gets into the background and context of the letter and Philippians Chapter 1.
Ep18: Interview with Dr. Clint Arnold on New Colossians Commentary (Word Biblical Commentary)

May 30, 2025 · 47 min

Nijay chats with widely-respected Pauline scholar Dr. Clint Arnold about his new technical commentary on Colossians with the Word Biblical Commentary series from Zondervan Academic.

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Ep17: The New "Word and Spirit" Commentary Series, Interview with Holly Beers

May 13, 2025 · 30 min

Nijay chats with Dr. Holly Beers about the new Word and Spirit Commentary series from Baker Academic, which she co-edits with Craig Keener. (NB: There is a microphone malfunction at the end of the episode, apologies for quality issues.)
Episode 16: Interview with Dr. Joel B. Green on the Book of James

May 1, 2025 · 41 min

I'm excited to kick off a new season of Engaging Scripture! We start with Dr. Joel Green (Fuller Seminary). Joel and I chat about his career, his approach to teaching and scholarship, and his brand new New Testament Library commentary on…
Ep15: Interview with David Capes (Matthew through OT Eyes)

April 11, 2024 · 30 min

Dr. David Capes joins the show to talk about his new book, Matthew Through OT Eyes, a great resource highlighting the Jewish background and context of the First Gospel.
Ep 14:Humility Illuminated with Dr. Dennis R. Edwards

February 29, 2024 · 30 min

Dr. Dennis Edwards (North Park Theological Seminary) sat down for an interview about his new book Humility Illuminated. Learn about what the Bible means and doesn't mean by humility, and how humility is more of a posture towards God than…
Episode 13: "Writers on Writers" with Guest Dr. Matthew W. Bates

February 19, 2024 · 40 min

Engaging Scripture has a new series, "Writers on Writers," where I (Nijay) talk about respected writers in biblical studies about the art and science of writing, ups and downs, successes and failures, and everything in between.
Ep12: Getting to Know Dr. Matthew W. Bates

February 19, 2024 · 12 min

My podcast (formerly called Crux Sola) has been renamed Engaging Scripture. Same content: biblical teaching and biblical scholarship. I am excited to do this brief interview with Matt Bates, recently hired as Professor of New Testament at…
Episode 11: Interview with Patrick Schreiner on the Theology of Acts and More!

October 20, 2022 · 40 min

In this episode, Dr. Patrick Schreiner shares about some of his new publications on Acts and his brand new book on "political discipleship" and NT theology.