Publications

Articles and Essays

1. /PDF/ “Circumcision in the Hebrew Bible and Targums: Theology, Rhetoric, and the Handling of Metaphor.” Bulletin for Biblical Research 14.2 (2004): 175–203.
2. Nine brief articles in The Archaeological Study Bible. Edited by W. C. Kaiser Jr. and D. A. Garrett. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2006: “Circumcision in the Ancient World”; “Ecclesiastes and the Epic of Gilgamesh”; “Haran”; “Mitanni”; “Oracles of the Ancient World”; “Samuel and Saul”; “Texts of the Old Testament”; “Textual Criticism”; “The Ancient Translations.”
3. /PDF/ “A Life centered on Torah (Ezra 7:10).” An exegetical insight on pp. 249–50 in G. D. Pratico and M. V. Van Pelt Basics of Biblical Hebrew: Grammar, 2^nd ed. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2007.
4. /PDF/ “Deuteronomy as Didactic Poetry? A Critique of D. L. Christensen’s View.” Journal of Asia Adventist Seminary 10.1 (2007): 1–13.
5. /PDF/ “Christ or Family as the ‘Seed’ of Promise? An Evaluation of N. T. Wright on Galatians 3:16” (co-authored with J. C. Meyer). The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology 14.3 (2010): 36–48.
6. /PDF/ “Shepherding Wind and One Wise Shepherd: Grasping for Breath in Ecclesiastes.” The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology 15.3 (2011): 4–25.
7. /PDF/ “The Profit of Employing the Biblical Languages: Scriptural and Historical Reflections.” Themelios 37.1 (2012): 32–50.
8. /PDF/ “The Blessing-Commission, the Promised Offspring, and the Toledot Structure of Genesis.” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 56.2 (2013): 219–47.
9. /PDF/ “The KINGDOM Bible Reading Plan.” In What the Old Testament Authors Really Cared About: A Survey of Jesus’ Bible. Edited by Jason S. DeRouchie. Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2013.
10. /PDF/ “Jesus’ Bible: An Overview.” Pages 26–54 in What the Old Testament Authors Really Cared About: A Survey of Jesus’ Bible.
11. /PDF/ “What the Law, Prophets, Writings Are Really About.” Pages 55–59, 163–71, 319–25 in What the Old Testament Authors Really Cared About.
12. /PDF/ “Leviticus” (co-authored with Jeffrey Mooney). Pages 102–21 in What the Old Testament Authors Really Cared About.
13. /PDF/ “Deuteronomy.” Pages 140–62 in What the Old Testament Authors Really Cared About.
14. /PDF/ “1–2 Kings” (co-authored with Donald Fowler). Pages 218–37 in What the Old Testament Authors Really Cared About.
15. /PDF/ “Ruth” (co-authored with Chris Miller). Pages 326–35 in What the Old Testament Authors Really Cared About.
16. /PDF/ “Ezra-Nehemiah” (co-authored with Daryl Aaron). Pages 428–41 in What the Old Testament Authors Really Cared About.
17. /PDF/ “Making the Ten Count: Reflections on the Lasting Message of the Decalogue.” Pages 415–440 in For Our Good Always: Studies on the Message and Influence of Deuteronomy in Honor of Daniel I. Block. Edited by Jason S. DeRouchie, Jason Gile, and Kenneth J. Turner. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2013.
18. /PDF/ “Counting the Ten: An Investigation into the Numbering of the Decalogue.” Pages 93–125 in For Our Good Always.
19. /PDF/ “From Condemnation to Righteousness: A Christian Reading of Deuteronomy.” The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology 18.3 (2014): 87–118.
20. /PDF/ “The Heart of YHWH and His Chosen One in 1 Samuel 13:14.” Bulletin for Biblical Research 24.4 (2014): 467–89.
21. /PDF/ “Counting Stars with Abraham and the Prophets: New Covenant Ecclesiology in OT Perspective.” Journal for the Evangelical Theological Society 58.3 (2015): 445–85.
22. /PDF/ Eight short devotionals on “Deuteronomy” in The ESV Men’s Devotional Bible. Edited by Sam Storms. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2015: “Marveling at Mercy (Deut 4:29–31)” (195); “Why Must I Obey (Deut 6:20–25)” (197); “Defeating Fear (Deut 7:17–26)” (199); “No Longer Stubborn (Deut 9:6)” (201); “Love God and Live (Deut 11:26–28)” (205); “Fickle Promises and a Faithful God (Deut 26:16–19)” (219); “God Is Your Life (Deut 30:19–20)” (225); “The Hope of Resurrection (Deut 32:39)” (227).
23. /PDF/ “Zephaniah Notes.” Pages 1839–50 in NIV Zondervan Study Bible. Edited by D. A. Carson. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2015.
24. /PDF/ “Made for Praise: A Meditation on Zephaniah 3:20.” In Devotions on the Hebrew Bible: 54 Reflections to Inspire and Instruction. Edited by Lee M Fields and Martin Eng. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2015, 108–10.
25. /PDF/ “Father of a Multitude of Nations: New Covenant Ecclesiology in OT Perspective.” Pages 7–38 in Progressive Covenantalism: Charting a Course Between Dispensational and Covenant Theologies. Edited by Stephen J. Wellum and Brent E. Parker. Nashville: Broadman and Holman, 2016.
26. /PDF/ “Confronting the Transgender Storm: New Covenant Reflections on Deuteronomy 22:5.” Journal for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood 21.1 (2016): 58–69.
27. /PDF/ “Is Every Promise ‘Yes’? Old Testament Promises and the Christian.” Themelios 42.1 (2017): 16–45.
28. /PDF/ “Zephaniah Notes.” Pages 1619–27 in NIV Biblical Theology Study Bible. Edited by D. A. Carson. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2018.
29. /PDF/ “Zephaniah.” Pages 561–604 in Malachi–Daniel. Edited by Ian M. Duguid, James M. Hamilton, and Jay Sklar. ESV Expository Commentary 7. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2018.
30. /PDF/ “Foreword.” Pages xvii–xx in Christopher S. Tachick’s “King of Israel” and “Do Not Fear, Daughter of Zion”: The Use of Zephaniah 3 in John 12. Reformed Academic Dissertations. Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing, 2018.
31. /PDF/ “Lifting the Veil: Reading and Preaching Jesus’ Bible through Christ and for Christ.” The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology 22.3 (2018): 157–79.
32. /PDF/ “YHWH’s Future Ingathering in Zephaniah 1:2: Interpreting אָסֹֹף אָסֵף,” Hebrew Studies 59 (2018): 173–91.
33. /PDF/ “Why the Third Day? The Promise of Resurrection in All of Scripture.” June 11, 2019: www.desiringgod.org
34. /PDF/ “Foreword.” Page vii in 66 Bible Sonnets by Blaine Turner. 2019.
35. /PDF/ “A Life centered on Torah (Ezra 7:10).” An exegetical insight on pp. 227–28 in G. D. Pratico and M. V. Van Pelt Basics of Biblical Hebrew: Grammar, 3rd ed. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2019.
36. /PDF/ “The Mystery Revealed: A Biblical Case for Christ-Centered Old Testament Interpretation.” Themelios 44.2 (2019): 226–48.
37. /PDF/ “Proclaiming Christ from His Bible.” Midwestern Magazine 38 (2019): 16–19.
38. /PDF​/ “God Always Wanted the Whole World: Global Missions from Genesis to Revelation.” Dec 5, 2019: www.desiringgod.org
39. /PDF/ “Resurrection Hope in a Season of Death.” April 8, 2020: www.credomag.com
40. /PDF/ “Foreword.” Pages xiii–xiv in The Serpent in Samuel: A Messianic Motif by Brian A. Verrett. Eugene, OR: Resource, 2020.
41. /PDF/ “The Addressees in Zephaniah 2:1, 3: Who Should Seek YHWH Together?” Bulletin for Biblical Research 30.2 (2020): 183–207.
42. /PDF/ “The Use of Leviticus 18:5 in Galatians 3:12: A Redemptive-Historical Reassessment.” Themelios 45.2 (2020): 240–59.
43. /PDF​/ “Interpreting Scripture: A General Introduction.” TGC’s Concise Theology essays, Sept 2020.
44. /PDF/ “The Day of the Lord.” TGC’s Concise Theology essays, Sept 2020.
45. /PDF/ “Zephaniah.” Pages 676–79 in The Baker Illustrated Bible Background Commentary ed. by J. Scott Duvall and J. Daniel Hays. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 2020.
46. /PDF/ “Foreword.” Pages xvii–xviii in Scripture Storyline: An Invitation to Biblical Theology by Todd R. Chipman. Dallas: Fontes, 2020.
47. /PDF/ “Why the Third Day? The Promise of Resurrection in All of Scripture.” Midwestern Journal of Theology 20.1 (2021): 19–34.
48. /PDF/ “Understanding and Applying Exodus 19:4–6: A Case Study in Exegesis and Theology.” Journal of Biblical and Theological Studies 6.1 (2021): 85–134.
49. /PDF/ “By the Waters of Babylon: Global Missions from Genesis to Revelation.” Midwestern Journal of Theology 20.2 (2021): 6–30.
50. /PDF/ “Introduction to the Old Testament.” TGC’s Commentary, Dec 2021.
51. /PDF/ “Greater is He: A Primer on Spiritual Warfare for Kingdom Advance.” The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology 25.2 (2021): 21–55.
52. /PDF/ “Zephaniah.” TGC’s Commentary, Jan 2022.
53. /PDF/ French Version PDF / “The Long History of God’s Love for Africa.” April 07, 2022: www.desiringgod.org
54. /PDF/ Eight short devotionals on “Deuteronomy” in Daily Strength: A Devotional for Men. Edited by Sam Storms. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2022: “Marveling at Mercy (Deut 4:29–31)” (56–57); “Why Must I Obey (Deut 6:20–25)” (58–59); “Defeating Fear (Deut 7:17–26)” (59–60); “No Longer Stubborn (Deut 9:6)” (60–61); “Love God and Live (Deut 11:26–28)” (62–63); “Fickle Promises and a Faithful God (Deut 26:16–19)” (63–64); “God Is Your Life (Deut 30:19–20)” (64–65); “The Hope of Resurrection (Deut 32:39)” (65–66).
55. /PDF/ Additional Notes to “A Response to Old Earth Arguments,” Part of a Dialogue with Wayne Grudem on “How Old Is the Earth?” July 7, 2022: www.desiringgod.org
56. /PDF/ “Zephaniah: Entreat & Trust––Q&A with Jason S. DeRouchie.” Insight, an official publication of the Association of Baptist Churches in Ireland (Oct–Nov 2022): 16–17.
57. /PDF/ “Redemptive-Historical, Christocentric Approach.” Pages 181–211 (+ responses on 56–62, 112–17, 163–69, 284–89) in Five Views of Christ in the Old Testament, ed. Brian J. Tabb and Andrew M. King. Counterpoints Series. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2022.
58. /PDF/ “YHWH’s Judgment Is New Every Morning: Zephaniah 3:5 And The Light of The World.” Trinity Journal 43 NS (2022): 131–46.
59. /PDF/ “A Biblical Vision for Theological Higher Education.” Midwestern Journal of Theology 21.2 (Fall 2022): 84–110.
60. /PDF/ “An Arc of the Covenants: Tracing How the Bible’s Storyline Climaxes in Christ.” The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology 26.1 (2022): 10–45.
61. /PDF/ “Foreword.” Pages xiii–xiv in The King-Priest in Samuel: A Messianic Motif by Nicholas Majors. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2023.
62. /PDF​/ “Covenant.” Pages 144–50 in Dictionary of the New Testament Use of the Old Testament edited by Beale, Carson, Gladd, and Naselli. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2023.
63. /PDF/ “Deuteronomy.” Pages 188–93 in DNTUOT. 
64. /PDF/ “Promises.” Pages 630–35 in DNTUOT.
65. /PDF/ “Zephaniah.” Pages 886–90 in DNTUOT.
66. /PDF/ “Waw and Asyndeton as Guides to Macrostructure in Biblical Hebrew Prose.” Pages 129–50 in Like Nails Firmly Fixed: Essays on Text and Language of the Hebrew and Greek Scriptures, Presented to Peter J. Gentry on the Occasion of His Retirement. CBET 115. Leuven: Peeters, 2023.
67. /PDF/ “How Old Is the Earth?” with Wayne Grudem. Midwestern Journal of Theology 22.1 (2023): 1–29.
68. /PDF/ “Relating Moses’s Law to Christians.” Church Matters 1 (2023): 132–36.
69. /PDF/ “A Progressive Covenantal Perspective: Theonomy and Moses’s Law.” Church Matters 1 (2023): 184–93.
70. /PDF/ “Confronting Idolatry in Zephaniah 1:4–6 and in the Twenty-First Century.” Midwestern Journal of Theology 22.2 (2023): 18–41.
71. /PDF/ “Foreword.” Pages ix–xiii in Raised according to the Scriptures: Easter in the Old Testament by D. S. Ellison. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2024.
72. /PDF/ “Preaching the Prophets: Zephaniah as a Case Study for Christian Proclamation.” Pro Pastor 3.1 (2024): 20–51.
73. /PDF/ “Perspectives on Zephaniah’s Macrostructure: Critiques and a Proposal,” Midwestern Journal of Theology 23.1 (2024): 20–51.