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  • John Poirier

    John C. Poirier, Th.M. (Duke Divinity), D.H.L. (Jewish Theological Seminary), is an independent scholar who has published numerous articles on a wide range of topics. He is the author of The Invention of the Inspired Text: Philological Windows on the Theopneustia of Scripture (2021).

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    Philip Esler: New Testament Theology
    Bruce L. McCormack: Engaging the Doctrine of God
    Ian Scott: Paul’s Way of Knowing
    Bruce McCormack: Orthodox and Modern
    Stuart Parsons: Ancient Apologetic Exegesis
Fall 2025, In Depth

Philip Esler: New Testament Theology

by John Poirier November 26, 2025 0
Philip F. Esler, New Testament Theology: Communion and Community (Minneapolis: Fortress, 2005). The title of Philip Esler’s New Testament Theology is ill-chosen.... Read more.
Descartes Esler Philip Esler Testament Theology
In Depth, Summer 2024

Bruce L. McCormack: Engaging the Doctrine of God

by John Poirier August 11, 2024 1
Bruce L. McCormack, ed., Engaging the Doctrine of God: Contemporary Protestant Perspectives (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2008). Bruce McCormack, the Frederick... Read more.
Barth Bruce Mccormack Doctrine Engaging God Metaphysics Open Theism
In Depth, Summer 2024

Ian Scott: Paul’s Way of Knowing

by John Poirier July 13, 2024 0
Ian W. Scott, Paul’s Way of Knowing: Story, Experience, and the Spirit (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2009), 368 pages, ISBN 9780801036095. There have been... Read more.
Epistemology Ian Scott Knowing Narrative Pauline Scott Story
In Depth, Spring 2024

Bruce McCormack: Orthodox and Modern

by John Poirier June 15, 2024 0
Bruce L. McCormack, Orthodox and Modern: Studies in the Theology of Karl Barth (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2008). Bruce McCormack is the Frederick and Margaret... Read more.
Karl Barth Mccormack Modern Orthodox
Fall 2017, In Depth

Stuart Parsons: Ancient Apologetic Exegesis

by John Poirier October 12, 2017 0
Stuart E. Parsons, Ancient Apologetic Exegesis: Introducing and Recovering Theophilus’ World (Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2015), 254 pages, ISBN 9781625648099. Theophilus... Read more.
Ancient Apologetic Exegesis Parsons Stuart
In Depth, Summer 2017

The Apostolic Fathers and Paul

by John Poirier August 19, 2017 0
Todd D. Still and David E. Wilhite, eds., The Apostolic Fathers and Paul, Pauline and Patristic Scholars in Debate (London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2017), 256... Read more.
Apostolic Fathers Paul
In Depth, Summer 2017

Samuel Moyn: Christian Human Rights

by John Poirier July 7, 2017 0
Samuel Moyn, Christian Human Rights, Intellectual History of the Modern Age series (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015), 264 pages, ISBN 9780812248180.... Read more.
Christian Human Moyn Rights Samuel
Church History, Spring 2017

Larry Hurtado: Destroyer of the Gods

by John Poirier May 21, 2017 0
Larry W. Hurtado, Destroyer of the Gods: Early Christian Distinctiveness in the Roman World (Waco: Baylor University Press, 2016), 304 pages, ISBN 9781481304740.... Read more.
Destroyer Gods Hurtado Larry
Fall 2016, In Depth

David Aune: Apocalypticism, Prophecy, and Magic in Early Christianity

by John Poirier November 9, 2016 0
David E. Aune, Apocalypticism, Prophecy, and Magic in Early Christianity (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2008), 496 pages, ISBN 9780801035944. This volume is a collection... Read more.
Apocalypticism Aune Christianity David Early Magic Prophecy
In Depth, Spring 2016

Stefan Alkier: The Reality of the Resurrection

by John Poirier June 4, 2016 0
Stefan Alkier, The Reality of the Resurrection: The New Testament Witness (Waco: Baylor University Press, 2013), 351 pages. This book takes an in-depth look at the... Read more.
Alkier Reality Resurrection Stefan

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