My Little BT Book
It’s been three months since One Grand Story came out. Thank you to those of you who have ordered it, read it, reviewed it, or even looked at it! In some ways, I feel like I put more of myself into this one than any others. This could simply be recency bias or because of the more personal final three chapters, but this little book is perhaps my best shot at an accessible orientation to what the Bible is and how it works. I’m proud of it so I’m glad that it’s now finished and available.
If you want to help me out, consider ordering, rating, or reviewing it on amazon or goodreads. Many thanks!
Journal Article: Two Testaments to Tell
My recent journal article with Journal of Theological Interpretation is also now out in the December issue. In this piece, I make an argument for a canonical approach to the discipline of biblical theology (abstract is above). This approach is not overdetermined, so it is able to accommodate several organizing principles in biblical theology (that are sometimes played off of one another). I love the Theological Interpretation discussion and this journal in particular, so I was really happy to be able to publish this article with them. If you don’t have access & want to read it, DM me!
Textual Community Episodes
I’m about to start releasing new episodes of the Textual Community Podcast for the Spring run. The last few episodes have been personally edifying to me. In September, I spoke with Brandon Smith about (what else?!) the Trinity and premodern hermeneutics. A few weeks ago, I also spoke with Christopher Seitz about his new little book on Job, the Psalms, and the theme of God as Creator.
If you want to listen along, you can do so here: linktr.ee/textualcommunity
Book Awards Blurb
A few months ago, I was one of the judges for the theology/academic category for the Book Awards for Christianity Today. Vanhoozer’s Mere Hermeneutics was selected as the winner, and they used my comments for the award posting. If you haven’t read KJV’s book, it’s worth working through. It will take a bit for most to realize how significant his proposal is. It’s vying for my favorite Vanhoozer book at the moment:
2025 Projects?
A few of the things cooking for this year include:
An essay for a forthcoming T&T Clark volume on the New Testament and the Canonical Approach. There will be several essays arguing for the value of a canonical approach to NT interpretation alongside several essays raising cautions about such an approach. My essay is tentatively title, “The Hermeneutical Basis for a Canonical Approach to the New Testament.”
I’m also contributing an essay in a forthcoming Handbook on the Synoptic Gospels (also with T&T Clark). My entry will be on “Canonical Criticism and the Synoptic Gospels,” describing some of the insights that result from reading Matthew, Mark, and Luke alongside one another.
My big project for the year is a book on biblical lament, tentatively title The Rhythm of Biblical Lament: A Theological and Practical Introduction. More on this later!
I’m also coauthoring a book on Christology that shows how the theological categories articulated at the Council of Chalcedon can help us confess Christ and read the Gospels.
Deo Volente & if the creek don’t rise, these are what I’ll be working on this year.
If you’re reading this and have something you’re working on this year (a sermon series? an article, book, a post series, a tweet, an email? a painting? a poem? etc!), I’d love to hear about it (share it in the comments!)