Matthew Harmon, Ph.D.

• “Allegory, Typology, or Something Else? Revisiting Galatians 4:21–5:1,” Paper presented at the 2013 annual conference of the Evangelical Theological Society.
• “Is Translation Treason? The Historical Impulse to Translate the Bible into the Common Tongue,” Paper presented at the 2011 Remnant Trust conference King James Bible 400th Anniversary Celebration
• “Justification by Faith, Judgment according to Works and the New Perspective: Some Reflections on a Biblical Tension in Paul and the Early Church Fathers,” Paper presented at the 2010 annual conference of the Evangelical Theological Society.
• “Letter Carriers and Paul’s Use of Scripture,'” Paper presented at the 2009 annual conference of the Evangelical Theological Society.
• “Letter Carriers and Paul’s Use of Scripture,'” Paper presented at the 2007 Midwest Regional Conference of the Evangelical Theological Society.
• “Who Sings the Servant’s Song? Paul or Jesus as the Servant of Yahweh in Galatians 1-2,” Paper presented at the 2004 annual conference of the Evangelical Theological Society.
• “Jonathan Edwards’ Exegesis of 2 Corinthians 3:18-4:6 – The Primacy of the Bible in Formulating the ‘Sense of the Heart,'” Paper presented at the 2002 Midwest Regional Conference of the Evangelical Theological Society.

• Biblical Theology
• Use of the New Testament in the Old Testament
• Pauline Studies
• Hermeneutics
• Commentary Writing

• Evangelical Theological Society
• Institute for Biblical Research
• Society of Biblical Literature

• Matthew S. Harmon, Servant(s) of the Lord. New Studies in Biblical Theology (Downers Grove: IVP, forthcoming [2020]).
• Matthew S. Harmon, Sin and Exile. Essential Studies in Biblical Theology (Downers Grove: IVP, forthcoming [2020])
• Matthew S. Harmon, Galatians. Biblical Theology for Christian Proclamation Commentary Series (Nashville: Broadman & Holman, forthcoming [2020]).
• Matthew S. Harmon, 2 Peter and Jude. ESV Bible Expository Commentary (Wheaton: Crossway, 2018)
• Matthew S. Harmon, Asking the Right Questions: A Practical Guide to Understanding and Applying the Bible (Wheaton: Crossway, 2017).
  • 2018 Finalist for ECPA Christian Book of the Year Award in the category of Bible Study
• Matthew S. Harmon, Jeremiah. Knowing the Bible (Wheaton: Crossway, 2016).
• Matthew S. Harmon and Benjamin L. Gladd, Making All Things New: Inaugurated Eschatology in the Life of the Church (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2016)
• Matthew S. Harmon, Philippians: A Mentor Commentary (Ross-Shire, Scotland: Christian Focus, 2015)
  • 2015 Gospel Coalition Book of the Year in Bible and Theology
• Matthew S. Harmon & Jay E. Smith, eds., Studies in the Pauline Epistles: Essays in Honor of Douglas J. Moo (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2014).
• Matthew S. Harmon, “Allegory, Typology, or Something Else? Revisiting Galatians 4:21–5:1.” Pages 144-58 in Steward of God’s Mysteries: Essays on the Apostle Paul in Honor of Douglas J. Moo (ed. Matthew S. Harmon and Jay E. Smith; Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2014)
• Matthew S. Harmon, “Letter Carriers and Paul’s Use of Scripture,” Journal for the Study of Paul and His Letters 4 (2014): 25-44
• Matthew S. Harmon, “For the Glory of the Father and the Salvation of his People: Definite Atonement in the Synoptic Gospels and Johannine Literature.” Pages 267-88 in From Heaven He Came and Sought Her: Definite Atonement in Biblical, Historical, Theological and Pastoral Perspective (ed. David Gibson and Jonathan Gibson; Wheaton: Crossway, 2013)
• Matthew S. Harmon, “Philippians,” in NIV Proclamation Bible (London: Houghton & Stoddard, 2013).
• Multiple articles in Baker Illustrated Bible Dictionary (eds. Peter Enns and Mark Strauss; Grand Rapids: Baker, 2013).
• Matthew S. Harmon, She Must and Shall Go Free: Paul’s Isaianic Gospel in Galatians (BZNW 168; Berlin: deGruyter, 2010).

• Homer A. Kent Award for Faculty Scholarship, Grace College, 2019

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• Reading
• Travel

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