Peter Enns

Peter Enns is an American Old Testament scholar and was Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Hermeneutics at Westminster Theological Seminary (WTS), Philadelphia until 2008. He has a BA from Messiah College (1982), an MDiv from Westminster Theological Seminary (1989), and MA (1993) and PhD (1994) from Harvard University where he also served as a Teaching Fellow from 1990-1994. Enns was the editor of the Westminster Theological Journal from 2000-2005. WTS suspended Enns following the end of the Spring semester, 2008 due to the theological issues raised in his book Inspiration and Incarnation. <ref> See A Message from the Board of Trustees and the official documentation. Cf. Bruce McCormack's criticism here.</ref> Enns decided to leave WTS after fourteen years and did so on mutually agreeable terms with the WTS administration.<ref> Joint Statement by WTS and Professor Enns </ref>

Selected publications

• Ecclesiastes. Two Horizons Commentary Series. Eerdmans, 2008.
• Invitation to Genesis. Abingdon, 2006.
• Inspiration and Incarnation: Evangelicals and the Problem of the Old Testament. Baker Academic, 2005.
• Exodus. NIV Application Commentary. Zondervan, 2000.
• Exodus Retold: Ancient Exegesis of the Departure from Egypt in Wisdom 10:15-21 and 19:1-9. Scholars Press, 1997.
• Poetry and Wisdom. Baker, 1997.

Edited works

• With Tremper Longman III and Mark Strauss, Baker Illustrated Bible Dictionary. Baker, 2009.
• With Tremper Longman III, Dictionary of the Old Testament:Wisdom, Poetry, and Writings. IVP Academic, 2008.

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External links

• PeterEnnsOnline.com
• About Peter Enns
• Some Reflections on I&I and the Reformed Tradition, Enns' response to his suspension at WTS regarding his book Inspiration and Incarnation.
• Beale vs. Enns: The Beginning, by Nick Norelli

Online writings

• Introduction to the NIV Application Commentary on Exodus
• Apostolic Hermeneutics and an Evangelical Doctrine of Scripture: Moving beyond a Modernist Impasse
• More online articles and essays - articles of Enns' engagement with G. K. Beale

Reviews of Inspiration and Incarnation

• Observations of a Controversy (PDF), by Richard Gaffin
• Three Books on the Bible: A Critical Review, by D. A. Carson (Reformation21; scroll down to the section on Enns)
• Messy Revelation: why Paul would have flunked hermeneutics, by Susan Wise Bauer (Books and Culture)
• Review of Enn's Inspiration and Incarnation, by Paul Helm (Reformation21)
  • A Response to Paul Helm’s Review of Inspiration and Incarnation, by Peter Enns
• Analysis Extra: 'Inspiration and Incarnation' one more time, by Paul Helm
• Review of Peter Enns, Inspiration and Incarnation, by John Frame
• Some Reflections by a Christian College Professor, by William B. Evans (Reformation21)