You're listening to OnScript, a new podcast bringing you conversations on current biblical scholarship.

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Hello and welcome to OnScript's fifth episode.

This is Matt Lynch.

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This episode's a bit different.

At Westminster Theological Center, I work with Brad Jerzak, who has done a lot of research

on hell in the New Testament and early church.

And meanwhile, my former Emory colleague, Megan Henning, had published her revised dissertation

on the rhetoric of hell in early Christianity, so it seemed logical to have Brad guest host

this interview, which he kindly agreed to do. And you'll get to listen to this in a moment.

The audio was acting up a little bit, so please excuse that and enjoy what I think is a

really good conversation between Brad and Megan on her book, Educating Christians Through the

Rhetoric of Hell, published by Moore Zeebeck in 2014. Welcome to OnScript. My name is Brad Jersak,

and I'll be guest hosting today. And today we're going to beScript. My name is Brad Jursak and I'll be guest hosting today.

And today we're going to be interviewing Megan Henning concerning her book,

Educating Early Christians Through the Rhetoric of Hell.

And I want to say up front that this is the best book I read last year and I've earmarked or highlighted nearly every

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