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'''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 [http://www.wts.edu/stayinformed/view.html?id=104 A Message from the Board of Trustees] and the [http://www.wts.edu/about/beliefs/statements/theological_discussion_documen.html official documentation]. Cf. [[Bruce McCormack]]'s criticism [http://aboulet.wordpress.com/2008/05/20/reformed-christology-and-the-westminster-htfc-report/ here].</ref> Enns decided to leave WTS after fourteen years and did so on mutually agreeable terms with the WTS administration.<ref> [http://www.wts.edu/stayinformed/view.html?id=187 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. == Notes == {{reflist}} == External links == * [http://peterennsonline.com/ PeterEnnsOnline.com] * [http://peterennsonline.com/about/ About Peter Enns] * [http://peterennsonline.com/2008/06/02/some-reflections-on-ii-and-the-reformed-tradition/ Some Reflections on I&I and the Reformed Tradition], Enns' response to his suspension at WTS regarding his book ''Inspiration and Incarnation''. * [http://rdtwot.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/beale-vs-enns-the-beginning/ Beale vs. Enns: The Beginning], by Nick Norelli === Online writings === * [http://www.wts.edu/resources/articles/enns_exodus.html Introduction to the NIV Application Commentary on Exodus] * [http://www.wts.edu/resources/articles/enns_impasse.html Apostolic Hermeneutics and an Evangelical Doctrine of Scripture: Moving beyond a Modernist Impasse] * [http://peterennsonline.com/articles-and-essays/ More online articles and essays] - articles of Enns' engagement with G. K. Beale === Reviews of ''Inspiration and Incarnation'' === * [http://nbatzig.googlepages.com/Gaffin_Critique1.pdf Observations of a Controversy] (PDF), by [[Richard Gaffin]] * [http://reformation21.com/Past_Issues/2006_Issues_1_16_/2006_Issues_1_16_Shelf_LIfe/May_2006/May_2006/181/vobId__2926/pm__434/ Three Books on the Bible: A Critical Review], by [[D. A. Carson]] (Reformation21; scroll down to the section on Enns) * [http://www.christianitytoday.com/bc/2006/003/3.8.html Messy Revelation: why Paul would have flunked hermeneutics], by Susan Wise Bauer (''Books and Culture'') * [http://www.reformation21.com/Past_Issues/2006_Issues_1_16_/2006_Issues_1_16_Shelf_LIfe/April_2006/April_2006/166/vobId__2795/pm__392/ Review of Enn's ''Inspiration and Incarnation''], by [[Paul Helm]] (Reformation21) ** [http://peterennsonline.com/ii/a-response-to-paul-helms-review-of-inspiration-and-incarnation/ A Response to Paul Helm’s Review of Inspiration and Incarnation], by Peter Enns * [http://paulhelmsdeep.blogspot.com/2008/01/analysis-extra-inspiration-and.html Analysis Extra: 'Inspiration and Incarnation' one more time], by Paul Helm * [http://www.frame-poythress.org/frame_articles/2008Enns.htm Review of Peter Enns, ''Inspiration and Incarnation''], by [[John Frame]] * [http://www.reformation21.org/featured/some-reflections-by-a-christian-college-professor.php Some Reflections by a Christian College Professor], by William B. Evans (Reformation21) [[Category:Theologians|Enns, Peter]] [[Category:Old Testament scholars|Enns, Peter]]

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