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Dr. Jannes Smith

Professor of Old Testament

Vice-Principal

Registrar

 

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  • BA, Wilfrid Laurier University, 1994
  • MDiv, Theological College of the Canadian Reformed Churches, 1998
  • MA, University of Toronto, 1999
  • PhD, University of Toronto, 2005

Dr. Smith is professor of Old Testament, prior to which he served as a pastor in Australia for five years. He completed a PhD at the University of Toronto on the Septuagint version of the Hallelujah psalms.

 

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  • Dissertation
    • Translated Hallelujah’s: A Linguistic and Exegetical Commentary on Select Septaugint Psalms.   CBET 56. Louvain: Peeters, 2011 (Publication version of the dissertation.)
    • A Linguistic and Exegetical Commentary on the Hallelouia Psalms Of The Septuagint.  PhD dissertation, University of Toronto, 2005.
  • Books
    • Biblical Hebrew: An Intermediate Grammar. Hamilton: Lucerna: CRTS Publications, 2018 (2nd ed., 2019; 3rd ed., 2020).
    • Walking and Talking with God. Armadale: Pro Ecclesia, 2016.
    • Restorative Justice: Righting the Relational Wrongs. ARPA Canada, 2014.
    • Prayers of the Saints. The Reformed Guardian. New Series 33. Armadale: Pro Ecclesia, 2010.
  • Articles and Essays
    • “Heaven and Earth at the Beginning,” Clarion 70.15 (July 23, 2021): 427-31.
    • “Covid-19 and the Leprosy Laws,” Clarion 69.15 (July 24, 2020): 403-06.
    • “Psalm 7 in Greek: Three Forays into the Secret World of OG,” Journal of Septuagint and Cognate Studies 52 (2019): 133-43.
    • “The Cities of Refuge.” Clarion 68.23 (November 15, 2019): 655-57; 68.24 (November 29, 2019): 682-83.
    • “Just How Tall was Goliath?” Clarion 67.14 (July 13, 2018): 375-77.
    • “God, Judges, Snakes, and Sinners: A Commentary on the Old Greek Text of Psalm 57 (MT 58).” In The SBL Commentary on the Septuagint: An Introduction. SBLSCS 67. Ed. Dirk L. Büchner, 241-56. Atlanta: SBL, 2017.
    • “Psalms, Section 10.3.1: Septuagint.” Textual History of the Bible. Vol. 1. Ed. Armin Lange and Emanuel Tov, 82-88. Leiden: Brill, 2017.
    • “Finding Eschatology in the Old Testament: The Psalms as Case in Point.” In As You See the Day Approaching: Reformed Perspectives on the Last Things. Ed. T. G. Van Raalte, 36-53. Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications,
    • “The Structure of Jeremiah: Confessional Integrity and Quality Control.” In Correctly Handling the Word of Truth. Eds. G.H. Visscher and M. te Velde, 127-141. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2014.
    • “What Is the Septuagint (and why does it matter)?” Bible Odyssey Website [launched June 2014]. Online: http://www.bibleodyssey.com/passages/related-articles/what-is-the-septuagint.aspx#contrib_smith-jannes
    • “Be My Witnesses…in Samaria!” Clarion 63.18 (September 12, 2014): 458-61.
    • “Walton’s World.” Review of John H. Walton, Genesis 1 as Ancient Cosmology (Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 2011). Clarion, Year-End 2013 (December 13, 2013): 628-31.
    • “Visual Worship.” Una Sancta 61.2 (19 October 2013): 36-38.
    • “Did God speak all these words?” Clarion 62.18 (September 6, 2013): 423-25.
    • “Marriage vs. Mawwiage: What the Bible has to say.” Reformed Perspective 32.9/10 (September 2013): 20-24.
    • “Don’t toot your own horn—God doesn’t!” Clarion 62.13 (June 28, 2013): 314-16.
    • “The Text-Critical Significance of Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 5101 (Ra 2227) for the Old Greek Psalter,” Journal of Septuagint and Cognate Studies 45 (2012): 5-22.
    • “A Doorkeeper in the House of My God.” Clarion 61.23 (November 9, 2012): 572-77.
    • “Preaching the Gospel from the Law.” Diakonia 26.2, 3 (September, December 2012): 50-56.
    • “Out of the House of Bondage: The Old Testament Slavery Laws and Our Redemption in Christ.” Clarion 61.3 (February 3, 2012): 58-62.
    • “Faith and Shame.” Clarion 61.15 (July 20, 2012): 388-89.
    • “Cosmic Praise.” Clarion 61.13 (June 22, 2012): 330-31.
    • “Stolen Goods, Broken Trust: The Law and Gospel of Restitution.” Reformed Perspective 31.1 (November 2011): 20-24.
    • “Social Injustice and the Existence of God: A Commentary on the Old Greek Text of Psalm 57.” Living Waters from Ancient Springs: Essays in Honour of Cornelis Van Dam. Ed. J. Van Vliet. Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2011.
    • Review of Peter Holtvlüwer, Foundations: Sermons on Genesis 1-3, in Reformed Academic (9 June 2011): http://reformedacademic.blogspot.com/2011/06/book-review-holtvluwers-foundations.html
    • “The Meaning and Function of Hallelouia in the Old Greek Psalter.” XII Congress of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies: Leiden, 2004. SBLSCS 54. Ed. M.K.H. Peters. Atlanta: SBL, 2006.
    • “Jeremiah 52: Thackeray and Beyond.” Bulletin of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies 35 (2002): 55-96.