Tony Watkins
@drtonywatkins.bsky.social
Fellow for Public Engagement at Tyndale House, Cambridge
PhD in OT prophets & contemporary media narratives, with a big chunk of Charles Taylor.
Opinions mine; Likes, etc. ≠ endorsement
PhD in OT prophets & contemporary media narratives, with a big chunk of Charles Taylor.
Opinions mine; Likes, etc. ≠ endorsement
People often ask me when the book based on my PhD will be out. The answer is, not for a long time! But I wrote this Cambridge Paper on the 'Old Testament Prophets and Human Flourishing'—an accessible summary of the core idea in my PhD. cambridgepapers.org/the-old-test...
The Old Testament prophets and human flourishing - Cambridge Papers
OT prophets, while calling out Israel's wrongs, offer a vision of shalom, true flourishing, which resonates with current day longings for 'fullness'.
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August 6, 2025 at 8:46 AM
People often ask me when the book based on my PhD will be out. The answer is, not for a long time! But I wrote this Cambridge Paper on the 'Old Testament Prophets and Human Flourishing'—an accessible summary of the core idea in my PhD. cambridgepapers.org/the-old-test...
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New article by Mark Wilson (Director – Asia Minor Research Center, Antalya) now available: Neither Cold nor Hot but Lukewarm: Rethinking the Temperature Metaphor in Revelation 3:15–16 👇
www.tyndalebulletin.org/article/1322...
www.tyndalebulletin.org/article/1322...
Neither Cold nor Hot but Lukewarm: Rethinking the Temperature Metaphor in Revelation 3:15–16 | Published in Tyndale Bulletin
By Mark Wilson. Recent archaeological discoveries undermine the prevailing hydrological understanding of the temperature metaphor in Revelation 3:15-16; a fresh hypothesis relates the metaphor to Laod...
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June 3, 2025 at 9:07 AM
New article by Mark Wilson (Director – Asia Minor Research Center, Antalya) now available: Neither Cold nor Hot but Lukewarm: Rethinking the Temperature Metaphor in Revelation 3:15–16 👇
www.tyndalebulletin.org/article/1322...
www.tyndalebulletin.org/article/1322...
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New article by Luuk van de Weghe now available: Luke the Physician: Some Notes on the Internal Evidence www.tyndalebulletin.org/article/1332...
Luke the Physician: Some Notes on the Internal Evidence | Published in Tyndale Bulletin
By Luuk van de Weghe. Scholars have widely abandoned the traditional identification of Luke as a physician, substantially because of Henry Cadbury’s arguments; this paper reconsiders these arguments, ...
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June 9, 2025 at 8:37 AM
New article by Luuk van de Weghe now available: Luke the Physician: Some Notes on the Internal Evidence www.tyndalebulletin.org/article/1332...
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New article by David Firth (Tutor in Old Testament, Trinity College Bristol) now available: God’s Reign in the Psalms and the Kingdom of God www.tyndalebulletin.org/article/1323...
God’s Reign in the Psalms and the Kingdom of God | Published in Tyndale Bulletin
By David G. Firth. Canonical approaches illuminate how language about God’s reign in the Psalms is applied to the needs of the community. Jesus’s proclamation of the Kingdom likewise addressed his hea...
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June 10, 2025 at 7:59 AM
New article by David Firth (Tutor in Old Testament, Trinity College Bristol) now available: God’s Reign in the Psalms and the Kingdom of God www.tyndalebulletin.org/article/1323...
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New PhD dissertation summary: Dr John Percival – The Plan of Salvation in the Letters to Timothy and Titus: www.tyndalebulletin.org/article/1295...
The Plan of Salvation in the Letters to Timothy and Titus | Published in Tyndale Bulletin
By John Percival. A dissertation employing a narrative approach to analyse the salvation-historical outlook found in the letters to Timothy and Titus.
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April 9, 2025 at 10:31 AM
New PhD dissertation summary: Dr John Percival – The Plan of Salvation in the Letters to Timothy and Titus: www.tyndalebulletin.org/article/1295...
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Alan Millard passed away shortly after this article was accepted for publication. Two short reflections on his life from scholars who knew him are available here: tyndalehouse.com/updates/news...
Obituary: Professor Alan R Millard (1937–2024)
When I was a teenager I came to know the name of Alan Millard as someone who was a genuine expert on archaeology and the Bible.
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December 17, 2024 at 12:08 PM
Alan Millard passed away shortly after this article was accepted for publication. Two short reflections on his life from scholars who knew him are available here: tyndalehouse.com/updates/news...
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New article by Professor Alan Millard ✝ (Rankin Professor Emeritus of Hebrew and Ancient Semitic Languages, University of Liverpool) now available: Patriarchal Names in Context www.tyndalebulletin.org/article/1176...
Patriarchal Names in Context | Published in Tyndale Bulletin
By Alan Millard. Comparison of Amorite and Patriarchal names suggests that the composer(s) of the Patriarchal and Exodus narratives, writing during or after the Hebrew monarchy, drew on reliable ancie...
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December 17, 2024 at 12:08 PM
New article by Professor Alan Millard ✝ (Rankin Professor Emeritus of Hebrew and Ancient Semitic Languages, University of Liverpool) now available: Patriarchal Names in Context www.tyndalebulletin.org/article/1176...
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This is an excellent, hope-filled look at the possibilities of a cultural moment where Christian faith has receded -- what it reveals, how we can respond. From Glen Scrivener www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/low-...
Low-Tide Evangelism
Christianity's tide has gone out in the secular West. How could this be an opportunity for evangelism?
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December 4, 2024 at 1:26 PM
This is an excellent, hope-filled look at the possibilities of a cultural moment where Christian faith has receded -- what it reveals, how we can respond. From Glen Scrivener www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/low-...
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We are now on BlueSky! Here's a cute little angel from our Gutenberg Bible (Inc.1.A.1.1[3761]). Follow us for all the best special collections content!
December 3, 2024 at 3:25 PM
We are now on BlueSky! Here's a cute little angel from our Gutenberg Bible (Inc.1.A.1.1[3761]). Follow us for all the best special collections content!
Excellent article by Stephen McAlpine:
"Here we were thinking that if we got rid of the vengeful, judgey, judgey God-thing, we would become a culture of harmony and acceptance. Turns out all we did was outsource the vengeance to ourselves." stephenmcalpine.com/futureproof-...
Futureproof Forgiveness - Stephen McAlpine
Whatever the post-Christian future looks like, one thing is for certain, it would look less forgiving. Here we were thinking that if we got rid of the vengeful, judgey, judgey God-thing, we would beco...
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December 4, 2024 at 8:57 PM
Excellent article by Stephen McAlpine:
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Dr. James Eglinton on the tragic consequence of absolutizing what are in actuality relative goods, and the Christian alternative
www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/assi...
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England’s Assisted Suicide Bill and the Disordered Western Soul
The distressing news from Westminster opens the clearest window into the disordered Western soul and the devaluation of human dignity.
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December 2, 2024 at 10:42 PM
Dr. James Eglinton on the tragic consequence of absolutizing what are in actuality relative goods, and the Christian alternative
www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/assi...
www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/assi...