Chris Thomson

Research

Academic articles

“What is Aspect? Contrasting Definitions in General Linguistics and New Testament Studies.”

Pages 13–80 in The Greek Verb Revisited: A Fresh Approach for Biblical Exegesis. Edited by Steven E. Runge and Christopher J. Fresch. Bellingham: Lexham Press, 2016.

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“The ‘Seven Eyes’ of Zech 3:9 and the Meaning of the Dual Form.”

Vetus Testamentum 62 (2012): 115–28.

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Book reviews

Review of Zechariah and His Visions: An Exegetical Study of Zechariah’s Vision Report, by Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer. Journal of Theological Studies 68 (2017): 712–14.
Read at Oxford University Press

Review of Patterns of Sin in the Hebrew Bible: Metaphor, Culture, and the Making of a Religious Concept, by Joseph Lam. Themelios 42 (2017): 153–54.
Read at The Gospel Coalition

Review of Joshua Traditions and the Argument of Hebrews 3 and 4, by Bryan J. Whitfield. Page 181 in Society for Old Testament Study Book List 2015. Edited by Deborah W. Rooke. London: SAGE, 2015.

Review of Righteousness in the Book of Proverbs, by Sun Myung Lyu. Pages 101–2 in Society for Old Testament Study Book List 2014. Edited by Deborah W. Rooke. London: SAGE, 2014.

Recent conference papers

“Whose Debt is Sin? A Rebuttal of the Supposed Evidence for rṣh II ‘Pay’”
Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, San Diego —

“Righteousness in the Hebrew Bible and Misconceptions in Pauline Studies”
Evangelical Theological Society Annual Meeting, San Diego —

“When Is a God Not a God? The Semantics of Biblical Monotheism”
Society for Old Testament Study Summer Meeting, Cambridge —

Memberships

I am a member of the following professional societies:

  • Society for Biblical Literature (SBL)
  • Society for Old Testament Study (SOTS)
  • Evangelical Theological Society (ETS)
  • Institute for Biblical Research (IBR)
  • Fellowship for Biblical Studies (FBS)
  • Tyndale Fellowship