Who has sat at the table
Guest Scholars of The Dig In Podcast
These are the Dig In Podcast guests, A to Z: 56 professors, archaeologists, translators, historians and pastors who have sat across from Johnny Ova and made their case in full.
Each name links to that guest's episode. Every role line comes from that guest's own episode notes, and where the notes name no role, none is shown.
- 56Guests in the directory
- 22Letters in the index
The directory
Every guest,
A to Z.
Sorted by last name. Jump to a letter, or search by name, school or episode title. Want a subject instead of a person? The topic guides group every episode by question.
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- Dr. Desmond AlexanderSenior Research Fellow in Biblical Studies, Union Theological College, BelfastEpisode: The Garden Was Not a Temple
- Prof. Gary AndersonHesburgh Professor, University of Notre DameEpisode: Why God Forgave David but Rejected Saul
- Dr. Richard AverbeckProfessor of Old Testament and Semitic Languages, Trinity Evangelical Divinity SchoolEpisode: Why the Bible Makes More Sense in Its Original World
- Dr. Greg BealeProfessor of New Testament, Reformed Theological Seminary, DallasEpisode: The Key to Revelation Has Been in Your Bible the Whole Time
- Dr. Katell BerthelotEpisode: The Empire That Tried to Replace Israel
- Dr. Joshua BowenFounder of Digital Hammurabi, PhD in Assyriology from Johns Hopkins UniversityEpisode: Babylon Before the Bible: What Mesopotamia Reveals About the Old Testament
- Dr. Jeannine BrownDavid Price Professor, Bethel Seminary; Vice Chair, NIV Bible Translation CommitteeEpisode: Why You're Reading the Gospels Wrong
- Prof. Bradley CameronOld Testament scholarEpisode: The Fear of God: Emotion, Power, and Awe in the Old Testament
- Dr. Robert CargillAssociate Professor of Classics, University of IowaEpisode: The Bible's Most Mysterious Figure and the Scribes Who Rewrote Him
- Dr. Kevin ChenOld Testament scholar, Gateway SeminaryEpisode: What Hebrew Manuscripts Teach Us Today
- Dr. Bruce ChiltonPhD, University of CambridgeEpisode: What Are the Targums? The Ancient Aramaic Texts That Shaped How Jesus Read Scripture
- Prof. Juliana ClaassensOld Testament scholar, author of Mourner, Mother, MidwifeEpisode: Mourner, Mother, Midwife: Re-imagining God’s Feminine Presence
- Dr. Lynn CohickDistinguished Professor of New Testament, Houston Christian UniversityEpisode: The Female Apostles Your Pastor Never Told You About: Archaeological Evidence Reveals Women Actually Led Early Christianity
- Dr. John J. CollinsEpisode: The Dead Sea Scrolls Reveal What "Messiah" Really Meant
- Dr. John DayEmeritus Professor of Old Testament Studies, Oxford UniversityEpisode: Before One God: How Ancient Israel Evolved from Canaanite Polytheism to Biblical Monotheism
- Dr. Craig EvansDistinguished Research Professor, The Bible Seminary, Katy, TexasEpisode: Archaeology Proves the Gospels Are Telling the Truth
- Dr. Nathan FinnProvost and Dean of the University Faculty, North Greenville UniversityEpisode: When Revival is Real vs. Religious Hype: How to Discern Authentic Spiritual Awakening
- Dr. Kevin FothScholar of Old Testament wisdom literature and worship leaderEpisode: The Psalms Unveiled: Ancient Worship, Modern Lessons
- Dr. Beverly GaventaFormer President, Society of Biblical LiteratureEpisode: Paul Wasn't Writing About You
- Dr. Alison GrayDirector of Studies in Old Testament, Westminster College, CambridgeEpisode: What Your English Bible Can't Say
- Dr. Edward GreensteinProfessor Emeritus of Bible, Bar-Ilan UniversityEpisode: Job Never Repented
- Dr. Geoff HarperOld Testament scholar, author of Teaching LeviticusEpisode: The Old Testament Reset: Why Ancient Scripture Still Speaks to Modern Faith
- Dr. Christopher HaysProfessor of Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Fuller Theological SeminaryEpisode: What Egypt, Babylon, and Assyria Taught Israel
- Dr. Matthias HenzeProfessor of Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism, Rice UniversityEpisode: The Books Jesus Read That Never Made the Bible
- Dr. Kent HovindFormer high school science teacherEpisode: Creation vs. Evolution: Why the Battle for Genesis Matters
- Dr. Michael HundleyEpisode: From Many Gods to One: How Ancient Israel's Faith Revolutionized Religion
- Prof. Tal IlanCreator of the Lexicon of Jewish Names in Late AntiquityEpisode: Women Leaders, Synagogue Heads, and the Founder of Christianity: What History Reveals About Jewish Women in Jesus' Time
- Dr. Carmen Joy ImesAssociate Professor of Old Testament, Talbot School of Theology, Biola UniversityEpisode: Taking God's Name in Vain Has Nothing to Do With Cursing
- Dr. Brad JersakProfessor, St. Stephen's UniversityEpisode: Reimagining God: Why the Angry God Image Keeps Us From Christ
- Dr. Dylan JohnsonEpisode: Sodom and Gomorrah: Sin, Judgment, and What We’ve Missed
- Dr. Dirk JongkindAcademic Vice Principal and Senior Research Fellow, Tyndale House, CambridgeEpisode: The Man Who Rebuilt the Greek New Testament From Scratch
- Dr. Carol KaminskiSenior Professor of Old Testament, Gordon-Conwell Theological SeminaryEpisode: From Genesis to Chronicles, One Unbroken Redemption Story
- Dr. Henry Ansgar KellyDistinguished Research Professor, UCLAEpisode: The Devil We Invented
- Dr. Jonathan KlawansProfessor of Religion and Jewish Studies, Boston UniversityEpisode: The Purity System We Never Understood
- Dr. Mark LeuchterProfessor of Hebrew Bible and Ancient Judaism, Temple UniversityEpisode: The Priests Who Controlled the Bible
- Dr. Amy-Jill LevineUniversity Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies Emerita, Vanderbilt UniversityEpisode: The Misunderstood Jew: She Taught at the Vatican and Changed How We See Jesus
- Dr. Matthew LynchAssociate Professor of Old Testament, Regent College, VancouverEpisode: When the Gods Disappeared
- Dr. Nathan MacDonaldProfessor of the Interpretation of the Old Testament, University of CambridgeEpisode: Did God Ever Want Sacrifice?
- Dr. Jodi MagnessKenan Distinguished Professor for Teaching Excellence in Early Judaism, UNC Chapel HillEpisode: The Dirt Under Jesus' Feet: What Archaeology Reveals About His World
- Prof. Steven MannChair of the seminary, Azusa Pacific UniversityEpisode: When God Speaks, Things Happen: How Speech Act Theory Transforms Biblical Understanding
- Dr. Dan McClellanBiblical scholar, PhD from the University of ExeterEpisode: The Bible Doesn't Say Anything: Oxford Scholar Dr. Dan McClellan Exposes Biblical Misinformation
- Dr. Chris McKinnyAssociate Professor of Biblical Archaeology, Lipscomb UniversityEpisode: A Tale of Two Swords: The Untold Story Behind Saul's Final Battle
- Dr. William MorrowProfessor Emeritus, Queen's UniversityEpisode: Protest and Praise: What the Lament Psalms Teach Us About Suffering
- Dr. James NogalskiCraig Professor of Hebrew Bible, Baylor UniversityEpisode: The Book of the Twelve: One Scroll, Many Voices
- Dr. Iain ProvanOld Testament scholar, author of Seriously Dangerous ReligionEpisode: Old Testament Ethics, Isaiah, and the Moral Vision of Scripture
- Dr. Gary RendsburgDistinguished Professor, Rutgers UniversityEpisode: The Secret Artistry Hidden in Every Hebrew Word
- Dr. Guy MacLean RogersAuthor of The Great Revolt of the Jews against Rome, 66-74 CEEpisode: The Fall of Jerusalem: Understanding the Jewish Revolt That Changed History Forever
- Dr. Ryan StokesAssociate Dean, School of Biblical and Theological Studies, Carson-Newman UniversityEpisode: Satan Used to Work for God
- Dr. James TaborDistinguished Fellow, Hebrew UniversityEpisode: The Lost Mary: How the Church Erased Christianity's First Founder
- Dr. Joan TaylorProfessor Emerita of Christian Origins and Second Temple Judaism, King's College LondonEpisode: The Ancient Women Mystics Your Bible Never Told You About
- Dr. Eric Vanden EykelAssociate Professor of Religious Studies, Ferrum CollegeEpisode: The Gospels Early Christians Wish Existed
- Dr. James VanderKamJohn A. O'Brien Professor Emeritus, University of Notre DameEpisode: Inside the Dead Sea Scrolls: Enoch, Jubilees, and Second Temple Judaism
- Dr. John WaltonProfessor Emeritus of Old Testament, Wheaton CollegeEpisode: Before God Made Anything, He Built a Temple
- Dr. Paul WegnerSenior Distinguished Professor of Old Testament Studies, Gateway SeminaryEpisode: Isaiah’s Prophecies: How History and Structure Reveal God’s Vision
- Dr. Timothy YapLecturer in Old Testament, Olivet College, AustraliaEpisode: Children in Lamentations: Forgotten Voices of Biblical Suffering
- Pastor Brian ZahndAuthor of The Wood Between the WorldsEpisode: The Kaleidoscope Cross: Why the Crucifixion Has More Than One Meaning
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The range
Believers, skeptics
and everyone between.
The table is not stacked in one direction. Guests come from evangelical seminaries like Gordon-Conwell, Fuller and Reformed Theological Seminary, research universities like Cambridge, Oxford, Notre Dame and UCLA, and Israeli universities like Bar-Ilan. Some are believers and some are not.
Dr. Amy-Jill Levine was the first Jewish person to teach New Testament at the Vatican's Pontifical Biblical Institute. Dr. Dan McClellan left a stable career to fight biblical misinformation full time on social media. Dr. Dirk Jongkind spent over a decade building a new critical edition of the Greek New Testament. Each one makes the case before Johnny asks the follow-up.
- Cambridge, EnglandNathan MacDonald, Dirk Jongkind, Alison Gray
- University of Notre DameGary Anderson, James VanderKam
- Oxford UniversityJohn Day
- UCLAHenry Ansgar Kelly
- Rice UniversityMatthias Henze
- Rutgers UniversityGary Rendsburg
- Bar-Ilan UniversityEdward Greenstein
- Hebrew University (fellow)James Tabor
- King's College LondonJoan Taylor
- Vanderbilt UniversityAmy-Jill Levine
- Boston UniversityJonathan Klawans
- Gateway SeminaryPaul Wegner, Kevin Chen
Fields at the tableHebrew BibleNew TestamentEarly JudaismAssyriologyClassicsBiblical archaeologyJewish studiesSemitic languagesReligious studiesMedieval studiesChurch history
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