Publications

Books

A Call to Covenant Love
What the Old Testament Really Cared About
A Modern Grammar for Biblical Hebrew
How to Understand and Apply the Old Testament
For Our Good Always
  1. A Call to Covenant Love: Text Grammar and Literary Structure in Deuteronomy 5–11. GD30/BS2. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias, 2007. Reviewed in JSOT5 (2008); BBR 19.3 (2009); RBL 10 (2009); Themelios 36.3 (2011).
  2. A Modern Grammar for Biblical Hebrew, co-author with D. A. Garrett. Nashville: Broadman and Holman, 2009. Reviewed in JETS 52.4 (2009).
  3. A Modern Grammar for Biblical Hebrew: Workbook, co-author with D. A. Garrett. Nashville: Broadman and Holman, 2009).
  4. What the Old Testament Authors Really Cared About: A Survey of Jesus’ Bible, contributing editor. Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2013. Reviewed at booksataglance.com (Oct, 2014) and in WTJ 76 (2014); JETS 57.4 (2014); DBSJ 19 (2014); CTR 12.2 (2015); Them 40.2 (2015); JDT 18:54 (2014); BTB 46.3 (2016).
  5. For Our Good Always: Studies on the Message and Influence of Deuteronomy in Honor of Daniel I. Block, contributing co-editor with J. Gile and K. J. Turner. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2013.
  6. How to Understand and Apply the Old Testament: Twelve Steps from Exegesis to Theology. Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing, 2017.Reviewed at booksataglance.com (Mar, 2017); Them 42.2 (2017); JETS 60.2 (2017), Credo Magazine (April 26, 2018), MSJ 29.2 (2018).
  7. 40 Questions about Biblical Theology, co-authored with Oren R. Martin and Andrew David Naselli. Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2020.
  8. Delighting in the Old Testament: Through Christ and for Christ. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2024.

Book Contributions

Progressive Covenantalism
      1. 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, 2nd ed. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2007.
      2. “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.
      3. /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.
      4. /PDF/ “Counting the Ten: An Investigation into the Numbering of the Decalogue.” Pages 93–125 in For Our Good Always.
      5. /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).
      6. /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.
      7. “Zephaniah Notes.” Pages 1619–27 in NIV Biblical Theology Study BibleEdited by D. A. Carson. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2018.
      8. /PDF/ “Foreword.” Page vii in 66 Bible Sonnets by Blaine Turner. 2019.
      9. /PDF/ “Foreword.” Page vii in 66 Bible Sonnets by Blaine Turner. 2019.
      10. /PDF/ “Foreword.” Pages xvii–xviii in Scripture Storyline: An Invitation to Biblical Theology by Todd R. Chipman. Dallas: Fontes, 2020.
      11. /PDF/ “Foreword.” Pages xiii–xiv in The King-Priest in Samuel: A Messianic Motif by Nicholas Majors. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2023.
      12. /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.
      13. /PDF/ “Deuteronomy.” Pages 188–93 in DNTUOT. 
      14. /PDF/ “Promises.” Pages 630–35 in DNTUOT.
      15. /PDF/ “Zephaniah.” Pages 886–90 in DNTUOT.
      16. 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.”
      17. /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.
      18. /PDF/ “Jesus’ Bible: An Overview.” Pages 26–54 in What the Old Testament Authors Really Cared About: A Survey of Jesus’ Bible.
      19. /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.
      20. /PDF/ “Leviticus” (co-authored with Jeffrey Mooney). Pages 102–21 in What the Old Testament Authors Really Cared About.
      21. /PDF/ “Deuteronomy.” Pages 140–62 in What the Old Testament Authors Really Cared About.
      22. /PDF/ “1–2 Kings” (co-authored with Donald Fowler). Pages 218–37 in What the Old Testament Authors Really Cared About.
      23. /PDF/ “Ruth” (co-authored with Chris Miller). Pages 326–35 in What the Old Testament Authors Really Cared About.
      24. /PDF/ “Ezra-Nehemiah” (co-authored with Daryl Aaron). Pages 428–41 in What the Old Testament Authors Really Cared About.
      25. /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.
      26. /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.
      27. /PDF/ “Zephaniah Notes.” Pages 1839–50 in NIV Zondervan Study Bible. Edited by D. A. Carson. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2015.
      28. /PDF/ “Zephaniah.” Pages 561–604 in Malachi–DanielEdited by Ian M. Duguid, James M. Hamilton, and Jay Sklar. ESV Expository Commentary 7. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2018.
      29. /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.
      30. /PDF/ “Foreword.” Pages xiii–xiv in The Serpent in Samuel: A Messianic Motif by Brian A. Verrett. Eugene, OR: Resource, 2020.
      31. /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.
      32. /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).
      33. “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.
      34. 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.