The Institute for Luther Studies serves the Seminary as the center that promotes in-depth study of Luther and interdisciplinary Reformation scholarship with inclusive, ecumenical, and global perspectives.
Established in 1970, the Institute seeks to support both scholarship and ministry, responding to issues facing Lutherans today. Its original purpose of “critical reassessment of Luther and his heritage in terms of their significance for modern ecumenical Christianity” is enhanced by renewed focus on supportive interdisciplinary scholarship in the field.
God is looking for not only a clinging bride but also a walking partner. From the very beginning, God had a relationship with Adam and Eve that found them 'walking in the garden in the cool of the.
The Institute for Luther Studies sponsors the annual Luther Colloquy.
- The Gospel of Luke, often mined for information about the life of Jesus, is also one of the earliest Christian examples of narrative theology. Luke goes to great lengths to ground the work of Jesus in the continuing story of God's redemptive plan, and his emphasis on the ongoing character of that story challenges his audience to discern the.
- Online Lutheran Bible Study. Online Lutheran Bible Study. Home Bible Studies Bible Notes Divine Service/Liturgy. Bible Notes Divine Service/Liturgy DELTO/CE Notes Bible Introduction Notes Miscellaneous Old Testament Theology This page contains links to Concordia Commentary notes and other Bible notes. Notes from Concordia Commentary on.
- Walsh's commentary stands out as being exceptionally attuned to the narrative of 1 Kings. It reads more like a work of literary criticism than a biblical commentary, but he is also well versed in all the technical and theological discussions regarding 1 Kings.
Previous Luther Colloquy Presenters
2018
Theology and Exegesis in African Contexts
Presenters:
Rev. Dr. Elieshi Ayo Mungure — “Churches in Transforming Mission: A Story of the Lutheran Communion in Africa”
Dr. Madipoane Masenya — “Whose reading matters? The Bible and African (South African) Women”
Rev. Dr. Andrea Ng’weshemi — “Lutheran Churches in Africa: Vitality, Challenges, and Opportunities for the New Face of Lutheranism in the 21st Century”
Rev. Deborah Lyanga — “Narrative Theology, Cultural Practices and the Lost Sheep: The Significance of the Church and Rethinking of the Mission in Tanzania”
2016
Facing Suffering: The search for meaning, consolation and strength
Presenters:
Austra Reinis– “The Lutheran Art of Dying in 16th Century Wittenberg”
Ronald K. Rittgers — “Luther’s Reformation of Suffering”
Leonard Hummel — “Clothed in Nothingness: Consolation for Suffering in Luther and the Confessions”
2015
Luther and Lutherans on the Holy Spirit
Presenters:
Karin Johannesson — “The Holy Spirit and Lutheran Spirituality in the 21st Century”
Nelson Rivera — “Spirit in the World: Cry and Comfort–A Lutheran Perspective”
Jennifer Hockenbery Dragseth — “Spirit and Letter, Gospel and Law: Augustine and Luther in Conversation”
2014
Reforming: From Conflict to Communion and Reconciliation
Presenters:
Eero Huovinen — “Martin Luther: A Common Teacher, Doctor Communis? The Ecumenical Significance of Martin Luther”
Susan Wood — “Is Baptism Complete or Part of a Larger Christian Initiation? A Dialogue with Lutheran Sacramental Theology”
Elina Vuola — “The Ecumenical Mother Mary and Her Significance for the Luther Tradition”
Christine Helmer — “Lutherans, Ecumenical Relations, and Doctrine”
2013
Reforming: Our Battles with Sex, War, and Demons of Violence
Presenters:
Volker Leppin — “Luther and the Devil”
Mickey Mattox — “Warrior Saints? Luther on Violence in the Patriarchal Narratives of Genesis”
Nelson Strobert — “Black Soldiers, Education, and the U.S. Civil War”
B. Bohleke — “Fighting for the Union auf Deutsch: A Lutheran Immigrant’s Service in the 27th Connecticut Infantry”
2012
Luther and Lutherans on Marriage
Presenters:
John Witte, Jr. – “The Lutheran Reformation of Marriage and Family Law: An Enduring Contribution to the Western Legal Tradition”
Christopher Boyd Brown – “The Reformation of Marriage in Lutheran Wedding Preaching”
2011
Fifty Years After the Berlin Wall: Luther, Lutherans and Freedom in “Lutherland”
Presenters:
Claudia Bergman – “Rebuilding Lutheran ministry in the land of atheists: Lutherstadt Eisleben”
Scott A. Moore – “Lutherland as the end of modern pilgrimages: strengthening Lutheran identity”
Gunther Gassmann – “Lutherans and Catholics in the Homeland of the Reformation: From Bitter Battles to Common Witness and Celebration.”
Martin Treu – “Did Luther really nail his 90 thesis? Myths and evidence from Wittenberg”
Martin Treu, Dirk Lange, Gunther Gassmann, Claudia Bergmann, Scott Moore, panel discussion – “The price of freedom. Issues of religious and academic freedom, and the Iron Curtain.”
2010
40 years of Luther Colloquy – Luther, Faith, and Prayer
Presenters:
Hans Hillerbrand – “Luther and Social Order”
Denis Janz – “To Hell (and Back) with Luther: The Dialectic of Anfechtung and Faith”
Mary Jane Haemig – “Luther and Prayer”
Eric Gritsch – Sermon
2009
Luther, Cranach and Calvin – Reformation Teams
Presenters:
Steven Ozement – “Cranach, Luther and the Reformation” and “Cranach’s Women and the Reformation’s Moral-Domestic Front”
Barbara Pitkin – “Calvin, Theology and History”
2008
Luther and Care for Souls
Presenters:
J. Paul Balas – “Pastoral Theology in Luther’s Tradition: A Re-membering”
Philip Krey – “Luther and the Spiritual Lilfe in Lutheran Tradition”
Peter Krey – “Luther’s In-Depth Theology and Theological Therapy”
2007
Luther and the Sacrament of the Table
Presenters:
Brian Gerrish – “Luther and the Reformed Eucharist: What Luther Said, or Might Have Said, About Calvin”
Kurt Hendel – “The Finite as a Vehicle of the Divine: Luther’s Defense of the Real Presence”
2006
Luther, war and violence
Presenters:
Stanley Hauerwas
Greg Miller – “Wars of Religion and Religion in Wars: Luther and the 16th Century Islamic Advance into Europe”
Joy Schroeder – “Dismembering the Adulteress: 16th Century Commentary on the Narrative of the Levite’s Concubine”
2005
Luther and the Theology of the Cross
Presenters:
Douglass John Hall – “The Theology of the Cross: A Usable Past”
Vitor Westhelle – “Usus Passionis: On the Use and Abuse of the Cross for Life”
Deanna Thompson – “On Becoming a Feminist Theologian of the Cross”
2004
Luther, Social Justice and Diakonia
Presenters:
Carter Lindberg – “Luther on Government Responsibility for the Poor”
Gerald Christianson – “Lutherans Face the Industrial Revolution: Awakening, Social Justice, and Diakonia”
Jeannine Olsen – “Calvin, Social Justice and Diakonia, a Comparative Perspective”
2003
Luther, Genesis and Gender
Presenters:
Kirsi Stjerna – “Grief, Grace and Glory. Luther’s insights on Eve and Tamar in Genesis”
Jane Strohl – “Mother Knows Best: The Role of the Matriarchs in Luther’s Genesis Commentary”
Kristen Kvam – “Equality in Eden?: Gender Dynamics and Luther’s Lectures on the Creation of Adam and Eve”
2002
New Ways to Understand Luther: Finnish and American Perspectives
Presenters:
Sammeli Juntunen
Risto Saarinen
David Tracy
2001
The Significance of Luther and the Lutheran Confessions Today
Presenters:
Birgit Stolt – “Joy, Love and Trust: Basic Ingredients in Martin Luther’s Theology of the Faith of the Heart”
Timothy Wengert – “The Rhetorical Key to the Lutheran Confessions for Faith and Life in Today’s Church”
Kirsi Stjerna – “The Unbearable Lightness of Teaching Luther and the Confessions”
2000
Episcopacy in Global Perspective
Presenters:
Gillian Evans
Martin Lind
Manas Buthelezi
1999
Justification: Lutherans and Roman Catholics in Dialogue
Presenters:
Margaret O’Gara – “An Exchange of Gifts”
Bruce Marshall
Günther Gassman – “Justification: Much ado about its Right Understanding – But What About Its Pastoral and Ecclesiological Significance?”
Frank Matera
1998
Luther and Spirituality
Presenters:
Simo Peura – “The Essence of Luther’s Spirituality”
H. Lawrence Bond – “Bengt Hoffman’s Luther and the Mystics: A Retrospective”
Bernard McGinn
Scott Hendrix
1997
Philip Melanchthon
Presenters:
Timothy Wengert
Mary Havens
Walter Bouwman
Scott Hendrix
1996
Luther and Judaism
Presenters:
Heiko Oberman – “Luther and the Jews”
Maryanne Horowitz
Michael Cook – “The Jewish Scholar and New Testament Images of Judaism”
Brooks Schramm – “The Christian Scholar and Images of Judaism – Christians and the Old Testament”
1995
Luther, Bonhoeffer and public realm
Presenters:
Jane Bethke Elshtain – “Caesar, Sovereignty, and Bonhoeffer”
Robert Benne – “The Lutheran Tradition and Public Theology”
Wayne Whitson Floyd, Jr. – “These People I Have Loved Now Live: Bonhoeffer, Democracy and Public Theology”
panel with Kay Dowhower
1994
Luther studies: Where do we go from here?
Presenters:
Bernard Lohse – “Luther and the Common Christian Heritage”
Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr. – “Luther Studies at Gettysburg: Recollections and Anticipations”
Scott Hendrix – “Beyond Erikson: The Relational Luther”
1993
Luther, Lincoln, Manifest Destiny
Presenters:
John Headley – “Luther and Manifest Destinies”
Gabor Boritt – “From Wittenberg to Gettysburg: Some Musings on Abraham Lincoln’s Responsibility for the Coming of the Civil War”
Jerald Brauer – “In God We Trust?”
1992
Luther, Faith and Human Sexuality
Presenters:
David Steinmetz – “Luther and Tamar”
Rick Carlson – New Testament Perspectives on Human Sexuality”
Karen Bloomquist – “How Adequate is the Category of ‘Natural’ for a Lutheran Sexual Ethic Today?”
1991
Luther and Global Christianity
Presenters:
Günther Gassman – “Luther, Lutherans and Global Christianity – A Dissonant Trio?”
Harding Meyer – “World Lutheranism: Movement – Communion – Church”
George Posfay – “The Whole Christian Church on Earth – Luther’s Conception of the Universality of the Church”
1990
Luther and Lutheranism in America
Presenters:
Harry McSorley – “Use and Underuse of Luther in the Lutheran/Roman Catholic Dialogues in the United States”
Mark Noll – “Ethinic, American, or Lutheran? Dilemmas for a Historic Confession in the New World”
George A. Lindbeck – “Lutheranism as Church and Movement: Trends in America Since 1980”
1989
Luther, Town and Gown
Presenters:
Steven E. Ozment – “The Public Reformation”
Eric W. Gritsch – “Academia and Forum: Luther’s Reformation in Wittenberg”
Carl E. Braaten – “God in Public Life – A Rehabilitation of the Lutheran Idea of the ‘Orders of Creation’”
1988
Luther and the Devil
Presenters:
Heiko A. Oberman – “Luther and the Devil”
Mark U. Edwards, Jr. – “Luther and the Servants of Satan”
Robert W. Jenson – “The Evil as Person”
1987
Luther and Liberation Theology
Presenters:
George W. Forell – “Luther and Christian Liberty”
José D. Rodriguez – “Theology from the Underside of History: The Perspective of Liberation Theology”
Scott W. Gustafson – “Some ‘Lutheranisms’ in Liberation Theology”
1986
Luther, Prayer and Pastoral Care
Presenters:
George Tavard – “Luther’s Teaching on Prayer”
Jane E. Strohl – “Luther and the Word of Consolation”
Herbert W. Stroup, Jr. – “Pastoral Theology: Reformation or Regression?”
1985
Luther, Music and Johann Sebastian Bach
Presenters:
Karlfried Froehlich – “Luther’s Hymns and Johann Sebastian Bach”
Almut Rössler – “The Problems of Church Music”
Almut Rössler – “The Protestant Bach and the Catholic Olivier Messiaen”
1984
Luther, Humanism and the Educated Pastor
Presenters:
Lewis W. Spitz – “Luther, Humanism and the Word”
James M. Kittelson – “Luther on Education for Ordination”
Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr. – “From Wittenberg to Gettysburg: A Proposal”
1983 In Commemoration of Luther’s 500th Birthday
Luther and the Christian Tradition
Presenters:
Otto H. Pesch – “Luther and the Catholic Tradition”
Bernhard Lohse – “Luther and the Protestant Tradition”
Eric W. and Ruth C. Gritsch – “Luther at Gettysburg: A Birthday Party Playlet”
1982
Luther, The Church and Christian Unity
Presenters:
Eric W. Gritsch – “The Orthodoxy of Conflict: Luther’s Ecumenism”
John J. Hotchkin – “Koinonia and Exclusivity”
Daniel F. Martensen – “Lutheranism and the Ecumenical Challenge”
1981
Luther and the Lord’s Supper
Presenters:
Robert W. Jenson – “Of Another Spirit”
John Reumann – “The Last and the Lord’s Supper”
Gerald Christianson – “With Hearts and Hands and Voices”
1980
Luther and the Augsburg Confession
Presenters:
George A. Lindbeck – “Article IV and Lutheran/Catholic Dialogue: The Limits of Diversity in the Understanding of Justification”
Carl J. Peter – “Justification and the Catholic Principle”
Robert W. Jenson – “Quod Supra Nos, Nihil ad Nos (What is Above Us is None of Our Business)”
1979 In Commemoration of the 450th Anniversary of Luther’s Catechisms, 1529-1979
Luther and Parish Education
Presenters:
Eric W. Gritsch – “Luther’s Catechisms of 1529: Whetstones of the Church”
W. Kent Gilbert – “Is Parish Education Possible?”
A. Roger Gobbel – “Catechetical Instruction: An Invitation to Thinking”
1978
Luther, Baptism and Christian Formation
Presenters:
Leif Grane – “Luther, Baptism, and Christian Formation”
Marilyn J. Harran – “Conversion and Transformation in Luther’s Early Theology”
Robert W. Jenson – “The Return to Baptism”
1977
Luther and the Authority of Scripture
Presenters:
David W. Lotz – “Luther on Biblical Authority”
Scott H. Hendrix – “The Authority of Scripture at Work: Exegesis of the Psalms”
Lawrence D. Folkemer – “Word and Witness: What Manner of Authority?”
1976
Luther, the Gospel and Human Freedom
Presenters:
Gerhard O. Forde – “Bound to be Free: Luther on the Gospel and Human Freedom”
Avery Dulles, S.J. – “The Meaning of Freedom in the Church”
Leigh O. Jordahl – “Samuel Simon Schmucker and American Lutheranism”
1975
Luther, Worship and Liturgical Renewal
Presenters:
Richard R. Caemmerer Sr. – “Luther and Worship”
Eugene L. Brand – “Lutheran Liturgical Renewal: The Pastoral Motif”
Robert W. Jenson – “Toward Reform of the Lutheran Liturgical Tradition”
1974
Luther and the Moral Question
Presenters:
George W. Forell – “Luther and Conscience”
Bengt R. Hoffman – “On the Relationship Between the Mystical Faith and Moral Life in Luther’s Thought”
Robert W. Jenson – “The Division of the Moral Person”
Herbert W. Stroup, Jr. – “And So to Close…”
1973
Luther and Ministry
Presenters:
Roland H. Bainton – “Luther: Pastor, Consoler, Preacher”
Eric W. Gritsch – “The Ministry in Luther’s Theological Perspective”
Herbert W. Stroup, Jr. – “Up One Hill and Down Another: A Pastoral Exercise in Pursuit of Luther”
Gerald Christianson – “A Reformation Inventory”
1972
Luther, the Old Testament, and the Task of Preaching
Presenters:
James S. Preus – “From Promise to Presence: The Christ in Luther’s Old Testament”
Jacob M. Myers – “Salvation and Its Consequences in the Old Testament”
Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr. – “How Preachers Should Regard Moses”
Lawrence D. Folkemer – “On Being Freed For”
1971
Luther in America
Presenters:
Jaroslav Pelikan – “Luther Comes to America”
Leigh D. Jordahl – “How Lutheran is American Lutheranism?”
Robert W. Jenson – “The Modernity of Lutheranism”
Eric W. Gritsch – “Reformation 1971 (John 8:31-36)
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1970
Luther and Violence
Presenters:
Eric W. Gritsch – “Martin Luther and the Revolutionary Tradition of the West”
Rosemary Ruether – “The Reformer Versus the Radical: The Problematic of Social Change”
Robert W. Jenson – “Violence as a Mode of Language”
Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr. – “Reformation Sermon (Genesis 28:10-22)
773.256.0773rklein@lstc.eduAreas of Expertise
Topics that Dr. Klein is available to address at adult forums and other congregational events
Archaeology and the Bible (3-4 sessions)
Books of Chronicles (3-4 sessions)
Daniel--Living in an Impossible World (3-4 sessions)
Great Love Stories of the Bible (3-4 sessions)
How the Bible has been Read over the Centuries--and How it Might be Read Today (3-4 sessions)
Homosexuality and the Bible (2-3 sessions)
Saying Yes to Exile--and No! The Prophet Jeremiah (3-4 sessions)
Messiah in the Old Testament (3-4 sessions)
Old Testament Stories as Seen by Artists (3-4 sessions)
Ten Commandments for Today (2 sessions)
Yahweh Faithful and Free--The Prophet Ezekiel (3-4 sessions)
Education
B.A. Concordia Senior College
M.Div. Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
Th.D. Harvard University
Additional study at University of Michigan, Ecole Biblique, Jerusalem; Cambridge University; Humboldt Fellow at the University of Göttingen, Kirchliche Hochschule, Berlin, and Marburg University.
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Biography
Ralph W. Klein is Christ Seminary-Seminex professor of Old Testament at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (LSTC). A member of the faculty since 1983, Klein served as Dean from 1988-99 and again in the spring semester of 2005. Prior to joining the Seminary's faculty he was professor and chair of the department of exegetical theology at Christ Seminary-Seminex, St. Louis, Mo.; assistant professor at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis; and an instructor at Concordia Senior College, Fort Wayne, Ind. In 1998, he was a guest professor at the University of Chicago Divinity School.
An ordained pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Klein is committed to the church-at-large. He was a member of the St. Louis Task Force on Soviet Jewry, the stewardship committee for the Metropolitan Chicago Synod, ELCA, and a member of the board of directors and chair of the Social Policies Committee of Lutheran Family and Children's Services, St. Louis.
He founded and chaired the Chronicles-Ezra-Nehemiah Group for the Society of Biblical Literature, and served on the Commission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools and as a member and chair of visiting accreditation teams to other seminaries. He recently directed the LSTC self-study in preparation for the renewal of the seminary's accreditation by the Association of Theological Schools and the North Central Association.
Widely published, Klein has written for the Christian Century, Concordia Theological Monthly, Currents in Theology and Mission, Harvard Theological Review, Interpretation, Journal of Biblical Literature, Journal of Hebrew Scriptures, Word and World and the Zeitschrift fuer die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft. He has been editor of Currents in Theology and Mission since 1974 and is an associate editor of the Catholic Biblical Quarterly. His books include Textual Criticism of the Old Testament, Israel in Exile, a commentary on 1 Samuel in the Word Biblical Commentary; Ezekiel: the Prophet and his Message; and the commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah in the New Interpreter's Bible. He has completed an extensive commentary on 1 Chronicles for the Hermeneia Commentary Series, (scheduled for publication by Fortress press in 2006) and will complete an equally comprehensive commentary on 2 Chronicles in the next few years. Over the years he has published more than 1300 book reviews and short notices. At the annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature in Atlanta, November 22, 2003, he was presented with a Festschrift: The Chronicler as Theologian: Essays in Honor of Ralph W. Klein.
Klein received the Bachelor of Arts degree from Concordia Senior College, Fort Wayne, and the Master of Divinity degree from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. At Harvard University, he received the Doctor of Theology degree and was a Teaching Fellow and Rockefeller Fellow. During recent sabbatical leaves, Klein has studied at the Albright Institute of Archaeological Research and the Ecole Biblique in Jerusalem, at Cambridge University in England, and at Philipps University in Marburg, Germany.
Klein chaired the joint technology committee for the Lutheran School of Theology and McCormick Theological Seminary and was the project director for a $300,000 Lilly Foundation grant to LSTC that has enhanced the use of technology in the teaching-learning process. He has also developed a web site on the Old Testament and the Ancient Near East that provides links to more than 10,000 internet sites and access to a substantial number of his own articles, including comments on the Old Testament lessons for every Sunday in the Revised Common Lectionary. You may visit this site at http://prophetess.lstc.edu/~rklein.
Klein and his wife, Marilyn, are parents to two grown daughters and grandparents to five grandsons. On almost every Sunday during the academic year he teaches adult forums in Chicago area congregations. He also is a tennis player and an avid golfer.
You can view Klein's curriculum vitae by going to his website, and clicking on curriculum vitae under the drop down menu 'Documents by RWK.' Under the drop down menu 'Old Testament' click on 'Commentary recommendations' to see his advice on which are the best commentaries on each Old Testament book.
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Published Works
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'The Messages of the Prayer of Azariah and the Song of the Three Jews,' in Where the Wild Ox Roams: Essays in Honour of Norman C. Habel, Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2013, pp. 255-269
Review of “Mothers of Promise. Women in the Book of Genesis” by Tammi J. Schneider in Currents in Theology and Mission, Vol. 40, No. 5 (October, 2013) 361
Review of “Great Prayers of the Old Testament” by Walter Brueggemann in Currents in Theology and Mission, Vol. 40, No. 5 (October, 2013) 361
Review of “Isaiah 40-66: Translation and Commentary” by Shalom M. Paul in Currents in Theology and Mission Vol.40 No. 3 (June 2013) 205-206
Review of “Psalms 3: A commentary on Psalms 101 – 150” by Frank Lothar Hossfeld and Eric Zenger in Currents in Theology and Mission Vol.40 No. 3 (June 2013) 208-209
Review of “The Sin of the Calf: The Rise of the Bible’s Negative Attitude Toward the Golden Calf” by Young Ho Chung in Currents in Theology and Mission Vol.40 No. 3 (June 2013) 213
Review of “The Book of Judges” by Barry G. Webb in Currents in Theology and Mission, Vol. 40, No. 4 (August, 2013) 281-282
Review of “Jeremiah: Pain and Promise” by Kathleen M. O’Connor in Currents in Theology and Mission, Vol. 40, No. 4 (August, 2013) 282-283
Leader and participant booklets for Augsburg Adult Bible Studies: God's People Worship (July-September 2013)
2 Chronicles. Hermeneia Commentary. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2012
”Competing Contemporary Lutheran Study Bibles, Currents for Theology and Mission Vol.39, No. 5 (October, 2012) 368 – 373
Review of “Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible” by Emanuel Tov in Currents for Theology and Mission Vol.39, No. 5 (October, 2012) 392-393
Review of “Introducing the Qur’an for Today’s Reading” by John Kaltner in Currents for Theology and Mission Vol.39, No. 5 (October, 2012) 397-398
Review of “Recent Research on the Major Prophets” edited by Alan J. Jauser in Currents for Theology and Mission Vol.39, No. 5 (October, 2012) 401
Review of “The Pentateuch as Torah; New Models for Understanding Its Promulgation and Acceptance” edited by Gary N. Knoppers and Bernard M. Levinson in Currents for Theology and Mission Vol.39, No. 5 (October, 2012) 401
Review of “Exodus” by Thomas B. Dozeman in Currents for Theology and Mission Vol.39, No. 5 (October, 2012) 402
Review of “Painting the Text: The Artist as Biblical Interpreter” by Martin O’Kane in Currents for Theology and Mission Vol.39, No. 5 (October, 2012) 402
Review of “The Real Luther” by Franz Posset in Currents for Theology and Mission Vol.39, No. 5 (October, 2012) 402
Review of “Introduction to the Historical Books: Strategies for Reading” by Steven L. McKenzie in Currents for Theology and Mission Vol.39, No. 5 (October, 2012) 402
'In Memoriam: Frederick W. Danker' in CBQ 74 (2012): 773-774
“The Messages of the Prayer of Azariah and the Song of the Three Jews” Catholic Biblical Association, University of Notre Dame, July 2012.
Review of “Freeing the Dead Sea Scrolls and Other Adventures of an Archaeology Outsider” by Hershel Shanks in Currents in Theology and Mission, Vol. 39, No. 4 (August 2012) 328
Review of “The Book of Hosea” by J. Andrew Dearman in Currents in Theology and Mission, Vol. 39, No. 4 (August 2012) 328
“Israel in Exile after Thirty Years” in By the Irrigation Canals of Babylone: Approaches to the Study of Exile (London: T & T Clark, 2012) 9 – 19
Review of “The Rising of Bread for the World. An Outcry of Citizens Against Hunger” by Arthur Simon in Currents in Theology and Mission Vol. 38, No. 5 (October, 2011) 382
Review of “God’s Word in Human Words: An Evangelical Appropriation of Critical Biblical Scholarship” by Kenton Sparks in Currents in Theology and Mission Vol. 38, No. 4 (August, 2011) 293.
“How My Mind Has Changed” Currents in Theology and Mission, Vol 38, No 2 (April, 2011) 126 - 127.
“Tribute” Currents in Theology and Mission, Vol 38, No 2 (April, 2011) 144 - 146
Review of “Psalms, Volume 3: Psalms 90 – 150 by John Goldingay in Currents in Theology and Mission, Vol 38 No 3 (June, 2011) 214.
Review of “Interpreting Isaiah: Issues and Approaches” edited by David G. Firth and H.G.M. Williamson in Currents in Theology and Mission, Vol 38 No 3 (June, 2011) 214
Review of “History and the Hebrew Bible” by Hans M. Barstad in Currents in Theology and Mission, Vol 38 No 3 (June, 2011) 215.
'The Chronicler's Theological Rewriting of the Deuteronomistic History: Amaziah a Test Case.' In Pages in Raising up a Faithful Exegete. Essays in Honor of Richard D. Nelson. Edited by K. L. Noll and Brooks Schramm. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2010: 237-246
Review of 1 & 2 Kings by Marvin A. Sweeney in Currents in Theology and Mission Vol 37 No 5 (October, 2010) 419
Review of The Architecture of Herod the Great Builder by Ehud Netzer in Currents in Theology & Mission, vol. 37, no. 4 (August, 2010) 340-341
Review of Jeroboam’s Wife: The enduring Contributions of the Old Testament’s Least-Known Women in Currents in Theology & Mission, vol. 37, no. 4 (August, 2010) 341
Review of Judaism of the Second Temple Period, Volume 1: Qumran and Apocalypticism by David Flusser in Currents in Theology & Mission, vol. 37, no. 4 (August, 2010) 341
'Textual Criticism in the Old Testament,' in Method Matters (Festschrift for David L. Petersen); Notes on 1 and 2 Kings in Lutheran Study Bible.
“Stewardship in the Old Testament,” Currents in Theology and Mission Vol.36 No. 5 (October 2009): 330-334
“1 Samuel,” Word Biblical Commentary 10, Second Edition
Review of Dictionary of Major Biblical Interpreters, edited by Donald K. McKim in Currents in Theology & Mission, vol. 36, no. 4 (August, 2009): 303
Review of The TNIV Reference Bible, published by Zondervan in Currents in Theology & Mission, vol. 36, no. 4 (August, 2009): 303
“For the Wonders that Astound Us,” Currents in Theology and Mission Vol. 35 No. 6 (December 2008): 402-404
“Peggy Blomenberg – With Deep Appreciation,” Currents in Theology and Mission, Vol. 35, No. 5 (October 2008): 326
“Mark P. Bangert: Professor of Worship and Church Music,” Currents in Theology and Mission, Vol. 35 No 3. (June 2008): 162-164
Introduction to Old Testament Readings, Sundays and Seasons, Year A 2008. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2007
'Promise and Fulfillment,' pp. 47-63, in Contesting Texts: Jews and Christians in Conversation about the Bible. 2007
'No Easy Answers.' Keynote Address at 2007 LSTC Leadership Conference, February 12, 2007
'Response to Donald Hagner.' Hein-Fry Lectures at LSTC, March 16, 2007.
'Reading the Bible as Lutherans in the Twenty-First Century.' Essay at the New Jersey Synod Ministerium Day, April 18, 2007.
Gary N. Knoppers, ed. Expatriates, Repatriates, and the Question of Zion's Status. A Conversation with Melody D. Knowles by Deirdre N. Fulton, David Janzen, and Ralph W. Klein. 2007
1 Chronicles. Hermeneia Commentary Series. Minneapolis: Fortress. 2006
'The Book of Ezra and Nehemiah' in Old Testament Survey. Nashville: Abingdon. 2006
Participant in discussion of I. Kalimi, An Ancient Israelite Historian: Studies in the Chronicler, his Time, Place and Writing. Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 6. 2006
Studies on the Lessons for the Lenten and Easter Seasons. Select. ELCA Vocation and Education Unit.
'Taking our Ethics from the Bible.' The Network Letter 15, 1, 1-6.
Notes on '1 Chronicles' and '2 Chronicles' for the revised version of the HarperCollins Study Bible.
'Seeing the Pentateuch: Reading the Text through the Eyes of Artists.' Invited Address, Catholic Biblical Association of America, Loyola University of Chicago, August 6. 2006
Invited Reviews of Melody Knowles, Centrality Practiced: Jerusalem in the Religious Practice of Yehud and the Diaspora in the Persian Period, and Jacob Wright, Rebuilding Identity: The Nehemiah Memoir and its Earliest Readers. Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, Washington, DC.
Articles on 'Ariel,' 'Artaxerxes,' and 'Branch' in The New Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible A-C. 2006
'The God of the Chronicler.' Essays in Honor of Terence E. Fretheim. Word and World Supplement Series.
'Promise and Fulfillment.' Old Testament Colloquium at Catholic Theological Union and Contesting Texts Conference at LSTC
'The Last Words of David' in Essays in Honor of Sara Japhet (Jerusalem: Mosad Bialik, 2006)
Notes on '1 and 2 Chronicles' in Renovare Study Bible 2005
'Africa and Africans in the Book of Chronicles,' CurTM 32 (2004):274-281.
Notes for 'Ezra, Nehemiah, and 1 Esdras' in New Interpreter's Study Bible 2003
'Narrative Texts: Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah' in The Blackwell Companion to the Bible 2001
'Isaiah for Advent,' CurTM 28 (2001):560-566.
'The Faith and the World.' Currents in Theology and Mission, 28 (2001) 335-340.
Commentary on 'Ezra,' 'Nehemiah,' '1 Esdras.' In The HarperCollins Bible Commentary. Revised Edition. San Francisco: Harper San Francisco, 2000. Pp. 338-52 and 698-704.
'The Ironic End of Joash in Chronicles.' In For a Later Generation. Nickelsburg Volume. Philadelphia: Trinity Press International, 2000. Pp. 116-127.
'Ezekiel in the Twenty-first Century.' In The Book of Ezekiel: Theological and Anthropological Perspectives. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2000. Pp. 1-21.
'Ezekiel, Book of.' In Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000. Pp. 446-448.