UNIO CUM CHRISTO EDITORS

Current Positions

Stephen Tong Chair of Reformed Theology
Dean of Biblical and Theological Studies
Associate Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Languages
Westminster Theological Seminary
2960 Church Rd
Glenside, PA 19038
scoleman@wts.edu

Education

The Catholic University of America, Department of Semitic and Egyptian Languages and Literatures; PhD, 2016
        Dissertation: “The Biblical Hebrew Transitivity Alternation in Cognitive Linguistic Perspective”
        Edward M. Cook, advisor

The Catholic University of America, MA, 2010
        Semitic and Egyptian Languages and Literatures

Westminster Seminary California; MDiv, 2005

Grove City College; BA, 2002
        English

Professional Experience

Teaching and Research:

Westminster Theological Seminary (Glenside, PA)
        Stephen Tong Chair of Reformed Theology, 2022-present
        Associate Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Languages, 2022-present
        Assistant Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Languages, 2019-2022
        Assistant Professor of Old Testament, 2017-2019
        Adjunct Professor of Old Testament, 2014-2017

J. Alan Groves Center for Advanced Biblical Research
        Senior Research Fellow, 2017-present

Reformed Theological Seminary (Washington, D.C. campus)
        Guest Faculty, Visiting Lecturer in Biblical Languages, 2012-2016

Reformed Theological Seminary (Atlanta campus)
        Guest Faculty, Old Testament, 2015

The Catholic University of America (Washington, D.C.)
        Teaching Fellow, Department of Semitic and Egyptian Languages and Literatures, 2010-2012

Ecclesiastical:

Wallace Presbyterian Church (PCA), College Park, MD
        Associate Pastor, 2012-2017
        Assistant Pastor, 2008-2012

Valley Presbyterian Church (PCA), North Hills, CA
        Assistant Pastor, 2005-2008

Teaching Elder in Potomac Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church in America, 2008-present
Ordained as Teaching Elder in Pacific Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church in America, 2006

Books

(With Paul R. House), The Minor Prophets: Seek the Lord and Live. Preaching the Word. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, (forthcoming).

The Biblical Hebrew Transitivity Alternation in Cognitive Linguistic Perspective. AKM 114. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2018.

Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi: A 12-Week Study. Knowing the Bible Series. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2018.

Cross Words: The Biblical Doctrine of Atonement. Fearn: Christian Focus, 2006.

Edited Volumes

Commentary on Isaiah, Johannes Oecolampadius, translated by Jonathan Rockey. Grand Rapids: Reformation Heritage Books, (under contract).

(editor, with Andrew Gross and Andrew Litke) Mallephana Rabba: Aramaic Studies in Honor of Edward M. Cook, Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2023.

(editor, with Todd Rester) Faith in the Time of Plague, Philadelphia: Westminster Seminary Press, 2021.

Senior Editor, Westminster Hebrew Morphology, 4.22. Glenside, PA: J. Alan Groves Center for Advanced Biblical Research, 2020.

Contributions to Edited Volumes

‘Constructions,’ in Cognitive Linguistics for Biblical Studies: An Introduction, edited by Elizabeth Currier, et al. SBL Press, (under contract).

‘When Time is Not Money – A Cognitive Linguistic Approach to עדנא in Daniel 2.8,’ Pages 115- 137 in Mallephana Rabba: Aramaic Studies in Honor of Edward M. Cook, edited by Stephen Coleman, Andrew Gross, and Andrew Litke. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias, 2023.

“The Folly, Mystery, and Absurdity of Sin in the Wisdom Literature,” Pages 293-322 in Ruined Sinners to Reclaim: Sin and Depravity in Historical, Biblical, Theological, and Pastoral Perspective, edited by David Gibson and Jonathan Gibson. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2024.

“Christianity and Liberalism and Biblical Prophecy,” Pages 248-52 in Christianity and Liberalism (Legacy Edition) by J. Gresham Machen. Philadelphia: Westminster Seminary Press, 2019.

Articles (academic)

“‘Hear, My Son, and Dwell Secure!’: A Rhetorical Analysis of Proverbs 1:8-33,” Verbum Christi: (2023): 133-148.

“Reading Jonah Backwards: Reconsidering a Prophet’s Repentance,” Unio Cum Christo 5.1 (2019): 155-171.

“The Psalmic Oral Formula Revisited: A Cognitive-Performative Approach,” Biblical Interpretation 27.2 (2019): 186-207.

Reviews

Review of Preaching Christ from the Psalms: Foundations for Expository Sermons in the Christian Year, by Sidney Greidanus, Bulletin for Biblical Research 28.2 (2018): 298-301.

Review of Haggai and Zechariah 1-8: A Handbook on the Hebrew Text, by Max Roglund, Bulletin for Biblical Research 27.4, (2017): 567-69.

Review of The Compilational History of the Megilloth: Canon, Contoured Intertextuality, and Meaning in the Writings, by Timothy J. Stone, Bulletin for Biblical Research 25.2, (2015): 251-52.

Review of Grammatical Concepts 101 for Biblical Hebrew, by Gary A. Long, Bulletin for Biblical Research 24.3, (2014): 398-400.

Review of Righteousness in the Book of Proverbs, by Sun Myung Lyu, Westminster Theological Journal 75.2, (2013): 375-78.

Review of The Rhetoric of Remembrance, by Jerry Hwang, Bulletin for Biblical Research 23.2, (2013): 265-66.

Articles (Popular)

“The Testing of Abraham,” Tabletalk (August 2023): 8-10.

“Christ in the Old Testament,” Concise Theology Series, thegospelcoalition.org (September 2020).

“The Eternal Priest: Psalm 110,” Tabletalk (December 2018): 20-22.

Academic Service

Steering Committee, Cognitive Linguistics in Biblical Interpretation unit, SBL (2024-present)
Editor-in-chief, Unio cum Christo: International Journal of Reformed Theology and Life (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht), 2024-present
Dean of Biblical and Theological Studies, 2021-present
Co-chair, Self-Study Committee for accreditation, Association of Theological Schools (2020-present)
Co-chair, Self-Study Committee for accreditation, Middle States Commission on Higher Education (2020-present)
Associate Academic Dean, 2019-2021
Historical and Theological Studies Field Committee, chair 2020-present (co-chair 2020-22)
Hermeneutics and Biblical Studies Field Committee, chair 2019-present
Co-Editor, Westminster Theological Journal, 2018-present
Editorial Board, Unio Cum Christo, 2020-2024

Ecclesiastical Service

Potomac Presbytery (PCA), 2008-current
Candidates and Credentials Committee, 2014-2017; chair, 2015-2017
Program Committee, 2013-2015
Christian Education Committee, 2008-2013

Pacific Presbytery (PCA), 2006-2008
Candidates and Credentials Committee, 2006-2008

Lectures and Conferences

‘Old Testament Biblical Theology,’ International Reformed Evangelical Seminary, Jakarta, October 16-19, 2023. [Intensive Course]

‘Where Shall Wisdom be Found?’ The Theme of the Book of Job in its Redemptive Historical Context,’ Inaugural Lecture for the Stephen Tong Chair of Reformed Theology, Westminster Theological Seminary, September 6, 2023.

‘Applying Old Testament Narratives’ Café Pastores e Presbíteros for Sinodo do Maranhão, São Luís, Brazil, August 12, 2023.

‘Wisdom from Above: Seeing Christ in the Wisdom Literature,’ Teologia Para Todos, Igreja Presbiteriana do Renascença, São Luís, Brazil, August 11-13, 2023.

‘When Time is Not Money – A Cognitive Linguistic Approach to עדנא in Daniel 2.8,’ The Groves Center Lectures in Biblical Studies, Westminster Theological Seminary, Glenside, PA, October 29, 2021.

‘Faith in the Time of Plague,’ Book Launch Panel Discussion with Jonathan Gibson and Todd Rester, The Afterward Live, podcast, Westminster Theological Seminary, Glenside, PA, October 18, 2021.

‘Intimations of Orality in the Hebrew Psalter,’ Early Text Cultures Reading Group, Oxford University, Oxford, January 28, 2021.

‘Wisdom from Above: Seeing Christ in the Wisdom Literature,’ Seminary on Saturday, Covenant Presbyterian Church, Nashville, TN, November 2, 2019.

‘Christ Our Wisdom: Learning to Live Well in a Broken World,’ Annual Spring Retreat, Calvary Presbyterian Church, Glenside, PA, May 24-26, 2019.

‘Old Testament Biblical Theology,’ International Reformed Evangelical Seminary, Jakarta, April 1-4, 2019. [Intensive Course]

‘Reading Jonah Backwards: Reconsidering a Prophet’s Repentance,’ Public Lecture, International Reformed Evangelical Seminary, Jakarta, March 31, 2019.

‘Preaching from Old Testament Narrative,’ Open Lecture Series, Westminster Theological Seminary, Glenside, PA, October 29, 2018.

‘Sing a New Song: A Woman’s Guide to the Psalms,’ Book Launch Panel Discussion with Lydia Brownback and William Edgar, Westminster Theological Seminary, Glenside, PA, November 3, 2017.

‘Wisdom Takes Her Stand: A Rhetorical Analysis of Proverbs 1:8-33,’ Public Lecture, Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, May 3, 2017.

‘Christ Our Wisdom: Learning to Live Well in a Broken World,’ Spring Conference on Theology, Reformed Presbyterian Church of Bowie, Bowie, MD, March 31-April 2, 2017.

‘Finding Focus in a Distracting World,’ Parents Lecture Series, St. Jerome Academy, Hyattsville, MD, May 14, 2015.

‘Is the Bible Reliable?,’ Cru, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA February 19, 2015.

‘Is the Bible Reliable?,’ Cru, University of Maryland, College Park, MD March 13, 2014.

‘Pilgrims in the Wilderness: Lessons from the Book of Numbers,” MTW National Missionaries Conference, Chengdu, China, September 27-29, 2013.

‘Christians in the Capital: A Reformed Perspective,’ Reformed University Fellowship Summer Lecture Series, Washington D.C., 2009.

Awards and Honors

Full Scholarship for MA/PhD awarded by Department of Semitic and Egyptian
Languages and Literatures. The Catholic University of America, 2008-2011
Samuel and Ann Van Til Scholarship for best paper in Theology, Westminster Seminary California, 2004
Thelma Baltz Morrow Scholarship, Grove City College, 2001
Presidential Scholars Award, Grove City College, 2001
Betty Chrisman Scholarship, Grove City College, 2001

Language Proficiency

Ancient
    Hebrew (Inscriptional, Classical, Qumran, Rabbinic)
    Aramaic (Imperial, Biblical, Targumic, Jewish Babylonian, Jewish Palestinian)
    Syriac
    Biblical Greek
    Akkadian
    Ugaritic

Modern
    German (Research)
    French (Research)

Professional Societies

Society of Biblical Literature
National Association for Professors of Hebrew
The Catholic Biblical Association of America
Institute for Biblical Research

References

(available upon request)

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Current Positions

President and Professor of Historical Theology, Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia [https://www.wts.edu/]

Education

PhD, Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia (1985)

Books

Saint Peter's Principles: Leadership for Those Who Already Know Their Incompetence. Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing, 2019.

With Jerry Newcombe. George Washington's Sacred Fire. Bryn Mawr, PA: Providence Forum, 2006.

The Binding of God: Calvin's Role in the Development of Covenant Theology. Text and Studies in Reformation and Post-Reformation Thought. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2001.

Representative Articles

"The Relationship of Church and State." Pages 500-538 in Reformation Theology: A Systematic Summary. Edited by Matthew Barrett. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2017.

"Calvin's Final Verdict on the Augsburg Confession." Pages 96-117 in Aspects of Reforming: Theology and Practice in Sixteenth Century Europe . Edited by Michael Parsons. Milton Keynes: Paternoster, 2013.

"Pluralism, Postmodernity, and Religious Liberty: The Abiding Necessity of Free Speech and Religious Convictions in the Public Square." Journal of Ecumenical Studies 44.1 (Winter 2009): 26-56.

"The Early Reformed Covenant Paradigm: Vermigli in the Context of Bullinger, Luther and Calvin." Pages 70-96 in Peter Martyr Vermigli and the European Reformations: Semper Reformanda . Edited by Frank A. James III. Studies in the History of Christian Traditions 115. Boston: Brill, 2004.

"Confessional Subscription Among the Sixteenth Century Reformers." Pages 33-66 in The Practice of Confessional Subscription. Edited by David W. Hall. Lanham, Md.: University Press of America, 1995.

"The Continuing Conundrum: Calvin and the Conditionality of the Covenant." Calvin Theological Journal 29.1 (April 1994): 42-74.

"Ursinus' Development of the Covenant of Creation: A Debt to Melanchthon or Calvin?" Westminster Theological Journal 43.2 (Spring 1981): 247-88.

Other Professional Experiences

1994-         Member of Board of Huguenot Fellowship

2000          President, Providence Forum, https://providenceforum.org/.

1988-         Numerous roles in PCA Presbyteries and General Assemblies

1983-1988 Numerous roles in OPC Presbyteries and General Assemblies

Ecclesiastical

1991-2009 Senior Pastor, Proclamation Presbyterian Church, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania

1988-1991 Associate Pastor, Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Newark, Delaware

1982-1988 Pastor, Bethany Presbyterian Church, Oxford, Pennsylvania

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Current Positions

President and Lecturer, International Reformed Evangelical Seminary, Jakarta (STTRII) [http://sttrii.ac.id/]

Education

PhD, Boston College (2004)

Books

Editor. God's Fiery Challenger for Our Time: Festschrift in honor of Stephen Tong, the Founder and the Master Planner of Reformed Evangelical Movement . Jakarta: STEMI & Reformed Center for Religion and Society, 2007.

"Public Religion" and the Pancasila-based State of Indonesia: An Ethical and Sociological Analysis. New York: Peter Lang, 2006.

Representative Articles

"Religious Violence and the Ministry of Religion: 'Public Religion' in the Pancasila-based State of Indonesia," International Journal of Public Theology 13.2 (Jul 2019): 227-246.

"Religious Freedom and the Pancasila-Based State of Indonesia: A Neo-Calvinist Idea of Principled Pluralism," Calvin Theological Journal 54.1 (April 2019): 57-89.

"Calvin's Ideas on the Church-State Relationship and Their Meaning for the Churches in Indonesia." European Journal of Theology 27.1 (2018): 55-66.

"Christianity and Violence: Just War and Christian Tradition." Scottish Bulletin of Evangelical Theology 34.2 (2016): 203-25.

"Un regard chrétien sur les violations de la liberté religieuse en Indonésie." Pages 257-74 in Contre vents et marées: Mélanges offerts à Pierre Berthoud et Paul Wells . Edited by Jean-Philippe Bru. Aix-en-Provence: Kerygma/Excelsis, 2014.

"Religious Violence in Indonesia: The Role of State and Civil Society." International Journal for Religious Freedom 5.2 (2012): 63-77.

"'Public Religion' and Its Problem in Indonesia." Pages 51-89 in Festschrift in Honor of Dr. Prof. In Whan Kim: Professor of the Old Testament and the Former President of Chongshin University . Seoul: Chongshin University, no date.

Other Professional Experiences

2014-         Member, Steering Committee, GRACES (Global Reformed Alliance of Confessional Educators and Seminaries)

2010-         Member, Theological Commission, WRF

2006-         Executive Director, Reformed Center for Religion and Society (RCRS)

2006-         Member, Board of Directors, World Reformed Fellowship (WRF)

Editorial Board, International Journal for Religious Freedom (published by International Institute for Religious Freedom of the World Evangelical Alliance).

Ecclesiastical

2009-2014 Member, Theological Commission, Indonesian Council of Churches (PGI)

2004-2012 General Secretary, the Synod of GRII

2004-         Senior Pastor, GRII Pondok Indah

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Current Positions

Emeritus Professor of Systematic Theology: Faculté Jean Calvin, Aix-en-Provence [ https://www.facultejeancalvin.com/ ]

Extraordinary Professor of North West University (RSA)

Education

ThD, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam (1980)

Books

James Barr and the Bible: Critique of a New Liberalism. Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed, 1980. Repr., Oregon, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2016.

En toute occasion, favorable ou non: Positions et propositions é vang éliques. Aix-en-Provence: Kerygma, 2014.

John Calvin. Institution de la Religion chrétienne. New translation and edition with Melle Marie de Védrines. Aix-en-Provence: Excelsis/Kerygma, 2009.

Cross Words: The Biblical Doctrine of Atonement. Fearn: Christian Focus, 2006.

Representative Articles

"Freedom of Conscience, Reformation, and the Advent of Secularism." Pages 191-219 in The Reformation: Its Roots and Its Legacy. Edited by Pierre Berthoud and Peter J. Lalleman. Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2017.

"Story, Eschatology and the Agnus Victor." Pages 343-56 inStrangers and Pilgrims on Earth: Essays in Honour of Bram van de Beek. Leiden: Brill, 2012.

"The Lasting Significance of Ernest Troeltsch's Critical Moment." Westminster Theological Journal 72.2 (Fall 2010): 199-217.

"Calvin and France: A Paradoxical Legacy." Pages 271-82 in Restoration through Redemption: John Calvin Revisited. Edited by Henk van den Beek. Leiden: Brill, 2013.

"Sacred Violence and the Cross: A Dialogue with René Girard." In Christian Faith and Violence, Studies in Reformed Theology 2. Edited by D. van Keulen and M. E. Brinkman. Zoetermeer: Meinema, 2005.

Other Professional Experiences

2009-2012 Academic Dean, Faculté Jean Calvin

1982-2012 Editor: La Revue réformée [www.larevuereformee.net].

1980-2012 Director: Les Éditions Kerygma, Aix-en-Provence

2008-2012 President of the Francophone Association of Evangelical Theologians

Ecclesiastical

Pastor of the Evangelical Reformed Church of France (a member church of the Protestant Federation of France and the Conseil National des Evangéliques de France).

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Current Positions

Professor of Church History at Theological University Apeldoorn
President of REFORC (Reformation Research Consortium)

Education

PhD, Theological University Apeldoorn

Books

Martin Luther: A Spiritual Biography, Crossway 2018

Representative Articles

Die Wechselbeziehungen Zürich-Niederlande 1519-1619, In: Arianne Albisser/Peter Opitz (Hg.)- Die Zürcher Reformation in Europa. Beiträge der Tagung des Instituts für Schweizerische Reformationsgeschichte 2019, (TVZ-Zürich 2021), 539-552.

Augsburg in Heidelberg – Der reformierte Umgang met der Confessio Augustana, in: Günter Frank, Volker Leppin, Tobias Licht (Hrsg) – Die ‘Confessio Augustana’ im Ökumenischen Gespräch (De Gruyter, Berlin 2021), 121-132.

Herman Selderhuis, Augustine in Reformed Tradition: An Impetus for Further Research, in: 'Nos sumus tempora': Studies on Augustine and his Reception Offered to Mathijs Lamberigts (Peeters, Leuven 2020), 517-534.

Other Professional Experiences

Board member European Academy of Religion (EuARe)

Senior researcher, Dutch Research School for Theology and Religion (NOSTER)

Editor-in-chief, book series: Reformed Historical Theology (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht)

Editor-in-chief, book series: Refo500 Academic Studies (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht)

Editor-in-chief, book series: Law & Religion (Brill/Schöningh)

Member of the Wissenschaftlicher Beirat (Scientific Committee) Melanchthon Akademie Bretten

Member, Executive Board, RESILIENCE

Editor, Studies in Puritanism & Piety

Member of the Board of the Martin Luther Foundation Erfurt

Ecclesiastical

1987 to 1992 pastor of the Christian Reformed Church of Hengelo

1992 to 1997 pastor of the Christian Reformed Church of Zwolle.

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Teaching Experience

Visiting Lecturer in New Testament Studies, Farel Reformed Theological Seminary, Montréal, Canada (2010-2018) [https://farel.net/]

Adjunct Professor of Old Testament, Eastern University, Saint Davids, PA (2004)

Education

PhD, Hermeneutics and New Testament, Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia (2007)

Publications

"J. Gresham Machen's The Virgin Birth of Christ: Then and Now." Unio cum Christo 2.2 (October 2016): 135-55.

(Contributor and Editor) Peter A. Lillback and Richard B. Gaffin Jr., eds. Thy Word Is Still Truth. Phillipsburg, N.J.: P&R Publishing, 2013.

The Shepherd-Flock Motif in the Miletus Discourse (Acts 20:17-38) Against Its Historical Background . Studies in Biblical Literature 124. New York: Peter Lang, 2009.

Translations and Editions

(Translator) Guillaume Farel, The Manner and Way (1533) and John Calvin, Form of Ecclesiastical Prayers (1545, 1542, 1566). Pages 195-212 and 299-336 in Reformation Worship: Liturgies from the P ast for the Present. Edited by Jonathan Gibson and Mark Earngey. Greensboro, NC: New Growth Press, 2018.

(Co-editor with Paul Wells.) Desiderius Erasmus. "An Exhortation to the Diligent Study of Scripture." Unio cum Christo 2.2 (October 2016): 13-28.

(Translator) Claude Brousson. Letters to Roman Catholics (1687). Unpublished.

Other Professional Experiences

2007-2014 Researcher and Editor, Westminster Theological Seminary

1993-1996 Member of the Editorial Committee of the Journal Hokhma [http://hokhma.org/]

Ecclesiastical

Leading Bible Studies and Preaching Engagements in the United States, France, Switzerland, England, and North Africa.