Jonathan Lyonhart - Zeus Was an Atheist

Episode: Jonathan Lyonhart joins the podcast to discuss his fictional-philosophical exploration of the life of Moses. Somehow Moses manages to climb each major branch of the philosophical tree in this creative and thoughtful engagement with Exodus. Among other things, we also learn of Jonathan's practical jokes gone wrong. Guest: Jonathan D. Lyonhart (PhD, Cambridge) is an Associate Professor of Religion and Philosophy at the University of Jamestown, a Fellow at the Cambridge Center for the Study of Platonism at Cambridge University, and a co-host of the Spiritually Incorrect Podcast. Additionally, he co-founded The NumiNous Institute for Faith and Neurodiversity with his wife, Madison Lyonhart, who is a doctoral candidate in History at Oxford University. He’s author of several books, including The Journey of God: Christianity in 6 Movements (IVP Academic, 2025), Space God: Rejudging a Debate Between More, Newton, and Einstein (Cascade Books, 2023), MonoThreeism: An Absurdly Arrogant Attempt to Answer All the Problems of the Last 2000 Years in One Night at a Pub (Cascade Books, 2021), and, the book we’re discussing in this episode, Zeus Was An Atheist: An Odd Retelling of the Moses Story (Cascade Books, 2025). He's also edited a volume with John Milbank and Ryan Haecker called New Trinitarian Ontologies (Cascade Books, 2024).  Give: Help support OnScript HERE. Thanks to all of you who have supported us!