Through their writing, the faculty authors of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis speak the Word of God into the world, and this year’s body of work is extensive. A reception is normally held to honor the authors, but the event was canceled this year because of the coronavirus pandemic.

“The faculty author reception is a highlight each spring, so we miss being able to celebrate this year’s achievements together,” said Dr. Travis Scholl, managing editor of Seminary Publications. “Nevertheless, this academic year’s publications display once again how Concordia Seminary’s community of pastors and scholars is engaging church and world with the gifts of the Gospel.”

Dean of Theological Research and Publication and Professor of Systematic Theology Dr. Charles Arand added, “Concordia Seminary has truly been blessed to have an outstanding group of scholars whose thinking and teaching within the Seminary classroom can be taken out into the congregations and classrooms of the wider church through their writings. Once again, these publications exhibit not only the caliber of our faculty’s scholarship, but most importantly, their Gospel-centered pastoral hearts.”

The following faculty were recognized for their works that were published from June 2019 through May 2020:

Dr. Thomas Egger, the Gustav and Sophie Butterbach Professor of Exegetical Theology: 

• “Textual Commentaries on Five Biblical Canticles” in Lutheran Service Book: Companion to the Hymns, Concordia Publishing House, 2019

Dr. Joel Elowsky, professor of Historical Theology:

• Chinese translation of Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture, NT Volume Va: John 1–10, Campus Evangelical Press, Taipei City, Taiwan, 2019
• Chinese translation of Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture, NT Volume Vb: John 11–21, Campus Evangelical Press, Taipei City, Taiwan, 2019
• “Libya” in Brill Encyclopedia of Early Christianity Online, edited by David G. Hunter, Paul J.J. van Geest and Bert Jan Lietaert Peerbolte, Brill, 2018

Dr. Robert Kolb, professor emeritus:

• “Luther’s Providential God” in The Interface of Science, Theology, and Religion: Essays in Honor of Alister E. McGrath, edited by Dennis Ngien, Pickwick Publications, 2019
• Luther’s Treatise On Christian Freedom and Its Legacy, Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2019
• “Philip Melanchthon” in Renaissance and Reformation, Oxford Bibliographies Online, edited by Margaret King, Oxford University Press, 2019
• “Practicing the Promise: Confession and Absolution in the Wittenberg Circle, 1530–1590” in Promising Faith for a Ruptured Age: An English-Speaking Appreciation of Oswald Bayer, edited by John T. Pless, Roland Ziegler and Joshua C. Miller, Pickwick Publications, 2019
• “U.S.-American Theology and Ecclesiastical Life Today: An Impressionistic Observation” in Glaube und Theologie: Reformatorische Grundeinsichten in der ökumenischen Diskussion (Faith and Theology: Basic Insights of the Reformation in Ecumenical Debate), Volume 54, edited by Wolfram Kinzig and Julia Winnebeck, Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig, Germany, 2019

Dr. Richard Marrs, associate professor of Practical Theology:

• Making Christian Counseling More Christ Centered, WestBow Press, 2019

Dr. Paul Raabe, professor emeritus:

• “King Hezekiah in Isaiah” in Journal of Biblical and Theological Studies, Volume 4, Issue 1, Pickwick Publications, 2019

Dr. Paul Robinson, professor of Historical Theology:

• “Councils after Leipzig: Luther’s Interpretation of Nicaea from the Leipzig Disputation to On the Councils and the Church (1539)” in Luther at Leipzig: Martin Luther, the Leipzig Debate, and the Sixteenth-Century Reformations, Volume 218, edited by Mickey Mattox, Richard J. Serina Jr. and Jonathan Mumme, Brill, 2019

Dr. Leopoldo A. Sánchez M., the Werner R.H. Krause and Elizabeth Ringger Krause Professor of Hispanic Ministries:

• Escatología: la esperanza cristiana in the Biblioteca teológica Concordia (Concordia Theological Library) series, Editorial Concordia, 2020

Dr. Mark Seifrid, professor of Exegetical Theology:

• “Knowing the Lord (Isa. 44:6–8)” in Concordia Pulpit Resources, Volume 30, Part 3, Concordia Publishing House, 2020
• “Revisiting Antioch: Paul, Cephas, and ‘the Ones from James’” in Theologische Literaturzeitung, Volume 144, Issue 12, Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig, Germany, 2019
• “The Voice of the Law and the Children of Promise (Gal. 4:21–31)” in Bestimmte Freiheit: Festschrift für Christof Landmesser zum 60, Geburtstag (Qualified Freedom: Festschrift for Christof Landmesser on the Occasion of his 60th Birthday), Volume 64, Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig, Germany, 2020
• “Unfettered Love (Deut. 7:6–9)” in Concordia Pulpit Resources, Volume 30, Part 3, Concordia Publishing House, 2020

Dr. James W. Voelz, the Dr. Jack Dean Kingsbury Professor of New Testament Theology:

• Mark 8:27–16:8, bound with Christopher W. Mitchell, Mark 16:9–20. Concordia Commentary series, Concordia Publishing House, 2019

For more information, contact the Seminary’s Theological Research and Publication office at 314-505-7117.

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