The Theological Stakes of Creation ex Nihilo: A Conversation with John Oswalt

In this conversation Dr. John Oswalt examines the theological stakes in the Christian affirmation of the doctrine of creatio ex nihilo.

This discussion followed Dr. Oswalt’s Scripture and Ministry lecture, Creatio ex Nihilo: Is It Biblical, and Does It Matter?

Conversations with John Oswalt

Part 1: The Theological Stakes of Creation ex Nihilo
Part 2: Locating Creation ex Nihilo
Part 3: Progressive Revelation and Creation ex Nihilo

Biography

	John Oswalt (PhD Brandeis University) is visiting distinguished professor of Old Testament at Asbury Theological Seminary.  His publications include The Holy One of Israel: Studies in the Book of Isaiah, The Bible among the Myths: Unique Revelation or Just Ancient Literature? and a two volume Commentary on Isaiah in the NICOT series.
	Nathan Chambers (PhD University of Durham) was a 2017-18 Henry Fellow with The Creation Project. His research reconsiders the relationship between Genesis 1 and the doctrine of creation from nothing. He is the author of Reconsidering Creation Ex Nihilo in Genesis 1 (Eisenbrauns, 2020).
	Joel Thomas Chopp (PhD Candidate, University of Toronto, Wycliffe College) is the Project & Communications Manger for the Carl F. H. Henry Center for Theological Understanding. He is the editor with Geoffrey Fulkerson of Science and the Doctrine of Creation: The Approaches Ten Modern Theologians (IVP Academic, 2021).