Published
Articles
(and papers delivered at professional conferences)
by Dr. J. Paul Tanner
ThM, PhD
The following articles have been professionally published in various Christian
journals and magazines. They are listed in chronological order in which
they were published. Sorry, not all are posted yet. Please check
back.
Note: All the following articles are formatted in American letter size
(not A4).
1992
"The Gideon Narrative as the Focal Point of Judges," Bibliotheca Sacra
149:595 (Apr-Jun 1992): 146-161.
1992
"Daniel's 'King of the North':
Do We Owe Russia An Apology?" Journal of
the Evangelical Theological Society 35:3
(Sept 1992): 315-28.
1996
"Rethinking Ezekiel's Invasion by Gog," Journal of the Evangelical
Theological Society 39:1 (Mar
1996): 29-46.
1997 "The
History of Interpretation of the Song of Songs," Bibliotheca Sacra
154:613 (Jan-Mar 1997): 23-46.
1997
"The Message of the Song of Songs," Bibliotheca Sacra 154:614 (Apr-Jun
1997): 142-161.
1999
The
Bible Code: Holy or Hoax? (Singapore: Singapore Bible College, 1999).
[I recommend the following article ("Decoding") as a better treatment].
2000
"Decoding the 'Bible Code'," Bibliotheca Sacra 157:626 (Apr-Jun 2000): 141-159.
2001
"But If It Yields Thorns and Thistles: An Exposition of Hebrews
5:14―6:12, Journal of the Grace
Evangelical Society 14:26 (Spring 2001): 19-42.
2002
“Ancient
Babylon:
From Gradual Demise to Archaeological Rediscovery,” Near East
Archaeological Society Bulletin 47 (2002): 11-20.
2003
“The Literary Structure
of the Book of Daniel," Bibliotheca Sacra 160:639 (July-Sept 2003):
269-82.
2004
A Walk in the Psalms:
For Times When We Need Help Finding Our Way Back to the Heart of God
[Arabic]
(Amman,
Jordan:
The Evangelical Publishing and Distribution House, 2004).
2005
"The New Covenant and Paul’s Quotations from Hosea in Romans 9:25-26,"
Bibliotheca Sacra 162 (Jan-Mar 2005):
95-110.
2005
"The 'Marriage Supper of the Lamb' in Rev 19:6-10; Implications for the
Judgment Seat of Christ," Trinity Journal
26:1 (Spring 2005):
47-68.
2006
“For Whom Does Hebrews 10:26-31 Teach A ‘Punishment Worse Than Death’?
Journal of the Grace Evangelical
Society 19:37 (Autumn 2006): 57-77.
2009
“Is Daniel’s Seventy-Weeks Prophecy Messianic?
Part 1.”
Bibliotheca Sacra 166:662 (Apr-Jun
2009): 181-200.
2009
“Is Daniel’s Seventy-Weeks Prophecy Messianic?
Part 2.”
Bibliotheca Sacra 166:663 (Jul-Sep
2009): 319-35.
2010
"Paul Never Wrote an Autobiography, but Now We Have a Timeline."
Bible Study Magazine 2:2
(Jan-Feb 2010): 30-31.
2010
"The Epistle to the Hebrews," in
The Grace New Testament Commentary, vol. 2, 1031-1098 (Denton, TX:
Grace Evangelical Society, 2010).
2011
"Interpreting
the Song of Songs," in
The Eerdmans Companion to the Bible,
ed. Gordon D. Fee and Robert L. Hubbard, Jr.
(Grand
Rapids:
Eerdmans, 2011).
[Not available on this website.
This book can be ordered from Amazon.com].
2012
"James's
Quotation of Amos 9 to Settle the Jerusalem Council Debate in Acts 15."
Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 55:1 (March 2012):
65-85.
2013
"The
Cost of Discipleship: Losing One's Life for Jesus' Sake."
Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 56:1 (March 2013): 43-61.
2014
“The 'Outer
Darkness' in Matthew's Gospel; Shedding Light on an Ominous Warning."
Paper delivered at the SW Regional Conference of the Evangelical Theological
Society. March 8, 2014. [See 2017 below for publication in
Bibliotheca Sacra].
2015
“Old
Testament Chronology and Its Implications for the Creation and Flood Accounts.”
Bibliotheca Sacra
172 (Jan-Mar
2015):
24-44.
2015
“Calculating
the Date of Creation and the Flood: A Young-Earth Creationist View.”
Grace in Focus
30:1
(Jan-Mar
2015):
20-21.
2015
“Evangelical
Views of the Creation Account in Genesis 1-2.”
Grace in Focus
30:1
(Jan-Mar
2015):
22-23.
2016
“The
Genealogies of Genesis 5 & 11: Reasons for Understanding These as Gapless
Chronologies." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Evangelical
Theological Society. San Antonio, TX, Nov 17, 2016.
2017
“A
Proposal for (Future) Apostate Jerusalem's Role in a Progressive Dispensational
Eschatology; Another Look at Revelation 17-18.”
Paper presented at the SW Regional meeting of the Evangelical Theological
Society. Fort Worth, TX, Mar 31, 2017.
2017
“The 'Outer
Darkness' in Matthew's Gospel; Shedding Light on an Ominous Warning.”
Bibliotheca Sacra 174 (Oct-Dec 2017):
445-59.
2017
“Hebrews
6:4-6 and the Question of Christian Perseverance: A Case for Christian
Rebellion Met by Temporal Judgment and Loss of Reward." In A
Defense of Free Grace Theology with Respect to Saving Faith, Perseverance, and
Assurance, ed. Fred Chay (Grace Theology Press, 2017), 239-79.
[This is a large file of over 8 MB.
The book can be ordered from Amazon.com].
2019
“Daniel 7:13-27; The Glorious Son of Man." In The Moody
Dictionary of Messianic Prophecy, ed. Michael Rydelnik and Edwin Blum,
1127-38. Chicago:
Moody Press, 2019. [The
book can be ordered from Amazon.com].
2019
“Christ
in Daniel: Ramifications of a Closer Look at Daniel 9:26."
Paper delivered at the Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society.
Nov 20, 2019.
2024
“The Old Testament Background to the 'Day of
the LORD' in 2 Peter 3:10."
Paper delivered at the Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society.
Nov 20, 2024.