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First Year at Gordon-Conwell: 1982
Dr. Jeffrey J. Niehaus is Senior Professor of Old Testament at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, Massachusetts.
Dr. Niehaus attended Yale University where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and graduated magna cum laude with the Bachelor of Arts degree. He subsequently attended Harvard University on a full graduate fellowship and received the A.M. and Ph.D. degrees. In the course of his doctoral studies at Harvard, Dr. Niehaus came to a saving faith in Jesus Christ. Receiving a clear call to further study for ministry, he attended Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary where he earned the Master of Divinity degree.
Before coming to the Gordon-Conwell faculty in 1982, Dr. Niehaus conducted research at the University of Liverpool in England in the area of Old Testament and the ancient Near East.
Dr. Niehaus has published commentaries on Obadiah and Amos for the Baker Book House three-volume commentary on the minor prophets, as well as a volume in the area of biblical theology,God at Sinai (Zondervan).
Dr. Niehaus is an ordained independent Baptist minister. He and his wife Maggi reside in Danvers, Massachusetts, with their two sons, Paul and John.
Degrees
- B.A. (Yale University)
- M.Div. (Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary)
- A.M., Ph.D. (Harvard University)
Featured Publications
Select List of Publications
- When Did Eve Sin? The Fall and Biblical Historiography. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2020.
- “Righteousness and the Created Order: Appreciation and Critique of a Novel Idea.” JETS 63 (2020): 233–54.
- Sea Grapes and Sea Oats. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2018.
- Biblical Theology: The Special Grace Covenants: Old Testament. Vol. 2. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2018.
- “Faith: Amening God.” Pages 179-188 in Reformation Celebration: The Significance of Scripture, Grace, Faith and Christ. Edited by Gordon L. Isaac and Eckhard J. Schnabel. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 2018.
- Biblical Theology: The Special Grace Covenants: New Testament. Vol. 3. Wooster, OH: Weaver Book Company, 2017.
- Sonnets: Subtropical and Existential. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2014.
- Biblical Theology: the Common Grace Covenants. Vol. I. Wooster, OH: Weaver Book Company, 2014.
- God the Poet: Exploring the Origin and Nature of Poetry. Wooster, OH: Weaver Book Company, 2014.
- Preludes: An Autobiography in Verse. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2013.
- “God’s Covenant with Abraham.” JETS 56 (2013): 249-71.
- “Covenant and Narrative, God and Time.” JETS 53 (2010): 535-559.
- “Covenant: An idea in the Mind of God.” JETS 52 (2009): 225-246.
- Ancient Near Eastern Themes in Biblical Theology. Grand Rapids: Kregel Publications, 2008.
- “An Argument against Theologically Constructed Covenants.” JETS 50 (2007): 259-273.
- “The Covenantal Household: A Study of the Destruction and Salvation of Households in the Bible.” Pages in Creator, Redeemer, Consummator: A Festschrift for Meredith G. Kline. Edited by John Muether and Howard Griffith. Greenville, SC: Reformed Academic Press, 2000.
- God at Sinai: Covenant and Theophany in the Bible and Ancient Near East. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1995.
- “The Warrior and his God: The Covenant Foundation of History and Historiography.” Pages 299-312 in Faith, Tradition, and History: Old Testament Historiography in Its Near Eastern Context. Edited by A. R. Millard and James K. Hoffmeier. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 1994.
- “In the Wind of the Storm: Another Look at Genesis 3:8.” VT 44 (1994): 263-67.
- “Obadiah.” Pages 495-541 in vol. 2 of The Minor Prophets: An Exegetical and Expository Commentary. Edited by Thomas Edward McComiskey. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1993.
- “The Central Sanctuary: Where and When?” TB 43 (1992): 3-30.
- “Amos.” Pages 315-494 in vol. 1 of The Minor Prophets: An Exegetical and Expository Commentary. Edited by Thomas Edward McComiskey. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1992.
- “Joshua and Ancient Near-Eastern Warfare.” JETS 31 (1988): 37-50.
- “Raz Pesar in Isaiah XXIV.” VT 31 (1981): 366-67.
- “Pacam ehat and the Israelite Conquest.” VT 30 (1980): 236-39.
- “The Use of lule in Psalm 27.” JBL 98 (1979): 88-89.