Themelios 40.2

The Gospel Coalition just released the August 2015 issue of Themelios, which has 189 pages of articles and book reviews. It is freely available in three formats: (1) PDF, (2) web version, and (3) Logos Bible Software. A print edition will be available for purchase in several weeks from Wipf and Stock.

This issue focuses fresh attention on Adam’s place in evangelical theology. Stephen Williams, a distinguished systematic theologian and former editor of Themelios, offers a review essay of Adam, the Fall, and Original Sin: Theological, Biblical, and Scientific Perspectives, followed by a response by one of the book’s editors, Hans Madueme. Next, prominent Old Testament scholar Richard Averbeck reviews The Lost World of Adam and Eve: Genesis 2–3 and the Human Origins Debate, with a response from author John Walton.

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Themelios 40.2 also includes timely editorials by D. A. Carson and Mike Ovey and articles by noted OT professors Daniel Estes and Eric Ortlund on communicating and applying the book of Job. The issue closes with 56 book reviews in the areas of Old Testament, New Testament, History and Historical Theology, Systematic Theology and Bioethics, Ethics and Pastoralia, and Mission and Culture.

Links to editorials, articles, and book reviews in Themelios 40.2 are included below.

D. A. Carson | Editorial: Some Reflections on Pastoral Leadership
Michael J. Ovey | Off the Record: Can Antigone Work in a Secularist Society?
Brian J. Tabb | Editor’s Note: Adam in Evangelical Theology
Stephen N. Williams | Adam, the Fall, and Original Sin: A Review Essay
Hans Madueme | Another Riddle without a Resolution? A Reply to Stephen Williams
Richard Averbeck | The Lost World of Adam and Eve: A Review Essay
John H. Walton | Response to Richard Averbeck
Daniel Estes | Communicating the Book of Job in the Twenty-First Century
Eric Ortlund | Pastoral Pensées: Five Truths for Sufferers from the Book of Job
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Brian Tabb (PhD, London School of Theology) is general editor of Themelios. He is also president and professor of biblical studies at Bethlehem College and Seminary in Minneapolis. You can follow him on Twitter.