Daniel Timmer, Ph.D.

«L’Esprit de Dieu est si étroitement uni à la vérité de Dieu exprimée dans les Saintes Ecritures, qu’il ne manifeste sa puissance que là où la Parole de Dieu est accueillie avec le respect requis» (Jean Calvin, Institution de la religion chrétienne I.ix.3)

Diplômes

• B.Sc. (Génie mécanique), Western Michigan University, Michigan, É-U. 1996
• M.A. (Religion), Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, Michigan, É-U. 2001
• M.Th. (Ancien Testament), Trinity International University, Deerfield, Illinois, É-U. 2004
• Ph.D. (Ancien Testament), Trinity International University, Deerfield, Illinois, É-U. 2006

Domaines et thèmes de recherche

Corpus: Livres prophétiques (Ésaïe, les Douze petits prophètes), Pentateuque (Exode, Deutéronome), Sagesse (Job)
Thèmes: l’identité religieuse dans le monde ancien; l'impérialisme et idéologie dans le Proche-Orient ancien; la théodicée, la souffrance et la connaissance de Dieu; la méthodologie; la théologie biblique

Recherches actuelles

Les nations non-israélites dans le livre d'Ésaïe; la theologie et l'impérialisme du Proche-Orient ancien; la théologie du livre de Deutéronome; le rôle de la philosophie dans l'interprétation biblique

Projets de recherches actuels

​Les origines de l’universalisme dans la littérature prophétique de l’Ancien Testament.

Aperçu de publications

Monographies

• Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Tyndale Old Testament Commentary 26 (Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2021). 
• Nahum: A Discourse Analysis of the Hebrew Bible, Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the Old Testament 30 (Grand Rapids: Zondervan Academic, 2020). 
• The Non-Israelite Nations in the Book of the Twelve: Thematic Coherence and the Diachronic-Synchronic Relationship in the Minor Prophets, BINS 135 (Leiden: Brill, 2015). 
• “A Compassionate and Gracious God”: Mission, salvation, and spirituality in Jonah, New Studies in Biblical Theology 26 (Leicester: Apollos, 2011). 
• Creation, Tabernacle, and Sabbath: The Sabbath Frame of Exodus 31:12-17; 35:1-3 in Exegetical and Theological Perspective, FRLANT 227 (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2009). 

Volumes édités

• Prophetic Otherness: Constructions of Otherness in Prophetic Literature, ed. S. V. Davidson and D. C. Timmer, LHBOTS 687 (London: T & T Clark, 2021). 
• Theodicy and Hope in the Book of the Twelve, ed. G. Athas, B. Stovell, D. C. Timmer, and C. Toffelmire, LHBOTS 705 (London: T & T Clark, 2021). 

Chapitres parus dans les livres édités

• “Law and Mission: A Neglected but Foundational Biblical Pair,” in God’s Grace Shining Through the Law, ed. J. R. Beeke (Grand Rapids: Reformation Heritage, 2021), 131–46. 
•  “‘Ah, Assyria Is No More!’ Retribution, Theodicy, and Hope in Nahum,” in Theodicy and Hope in the Book of the Twelve, ed. G. Athas, B. Stovell, D. C. Timmer, and C. Toffelmire, LHBOTS (London: T & T Clark, 2021), 159–75. 
• “The Construction and Deconstruction of Ethnic/National Othering in the Book of the Twelve,” in Prophetic Otherness: Constructions of Otherness in Prophetic Literature, ed. S. V. Davidson and D. C. Timmer, LHBOTS (London: T & T Clark, 2021), 175–93. 
• “Unity and Diversity in the Book of the Twelve,” in The Law, The Prophets, and the Writings: Studies in Evangelical Old Testament Hermeneutics in Honor of Duane A. Garrett, ed. A. King, W. Osborne, and J. Philpot  (Nashville: B & H Academic, 2021), 187–200. 
• “The Nations in the Minor Prophets,” in The Oxford Handbook of the Minor Prophets, ed. Julia M. O’Brien (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021), 130–45. 
• “Nahum in the Book of the Twelve,” in The Book of the Twelve: Composition, Reception, and Interpretation, ed. L.-S. Tiemeyer and J. Wöhrle, VTSup 184 (Leiden: Brill, 2020), 186–200. 
• “Growing in the Fear of the Lord,” in Growing in Grace, ed. J. R. Beeke (Grand Rapids: Reformation Heritage, 2020), 33–52. 
• “Reading the Old Testament as Part of a Two-Testament Witness to Christ,” in Interpreting the Old Testament Theologically: Essays in Honor of Willem VanGemeren, ed. A. Abernethy (Grand Rapids: Zondervan Academic, 2018), 95–108. 
• “The Wisdom of Solomon: Subaltern Existence as the Path to Perfect Empire,” in Postcolonial Commentary and the Old Testament, ed. H. Gossai (London: Bloomsbury/T & T Clark, 2018), 142–60. 
• “Where Shall Wisdom Be Found (in the Book of the Twelve)?” in Riddles and Revelations: Explorations into the Relationship between Wisdom and Prophecy in the Hebrew Bible, ed. M. Boda, R. Meek, and W. Osborne (LHBOTS; London: T & T Clark, 2018), 147–63. 
• “Nahum,” in Daniel–Malachi, ESV Expository Commentary, vol. 7, ed. Jay Sklar, Iain M. Duguid, and James M. Hamilton, Jr. (Crossway: Carol Stream, 2018), 503–32. 
•  “Joshua,” in A Biblical-Theological Introduction to the Old Testament: The Gospel Promised, ed. M. V. Van Pelt (Wheaton: Crossway, 2016), 159–76. 
• “The Twelve,” in A Biblical-Theological Introduction to the Old Testament: The Gospel Promised,ed. M. V. Van Pelt (Wheaton: Crossway, 2016), 321–40. 
• “The Non-Israelite Nations in Zephaniah: Conceptual Coherence and the Relationship of the Parts to the Whole,” in The New Form Criticism and the Book of the Twelve, ed. M. Boda, M. Floyd, and C. Toffelmire (SBLANEM 10; Atlanta: SBL, 2015), 245–63. 
• “Nahum, Prophet of the God Who Avenges Injustice,” in The Lion Has Roared: Theological Themes in the Prophetic Literature of the Old Testament, ed. H. G. L. Peels and S. D. Snyman (Eugene: Pickwick, 2012), 79–86. 

Articles scientifiques

• “The Material and Immaterial Significance of the Feast in Isaiah 25:6–8,” Biblical Interpretation 30 (2022) 66–82. 
• “Interpreter, Author, History, and Canon: Four Key Hermeneutical Domains That Bear on Christological Interpretation of the Old Testament,” Puritan Reformed Journal 13 (2021) 5–20. 
• “When is a Moabite a Moabite? Selectivity, Stereotypes, and Identity in the Gemeindegesetz, Deut 23:2–9 [Eng 1–8],” Horizons in Biblical Theology 43/2 (2021) 187–204. 
• “Observations linguistiques en lien avec le débat entre approches synchroniques et diachronique dans le livre d’Ésaïe,” Théologie Évangélique 20 (2021) 19–45. 
• “Possessing Edom and All the Nations over Whom Yhwh’s Name Is Called: Understanding ירשׁ in Amos 9:12,” Bulletin for Biblical Research 29.4 (2019) 468–87. 
• “Job, Suffering, and the Gospel,” Puritan Reformed Journal 9/2 (2017) 5–20. 
• “Amos 9 and Jesus Christ’s Kingship,” Puritan Reformed Journal 9/1 (2017) 15–26. 
• “Political Models and the End of the World in Zephaniah,” Biblical Interpretation 24 (2016) 310–31. 
• “Empire Here or Hereafter? A postcolonial reading of the Wisdom of Solomon,” Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses 44 (2015) 77–90. 
• “Nahum’s Representation of and Response to Neo-Assyria: Imperialism as a Multifaceted Point of Contact in Nahum,” Bulletin for Biblical Research 24.3 (2014) 349–62. 
• “The Use and Abuse of Power in Amos: Identity and Ideology,” Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 39.1 (2014) 101–118. 
• “Introducing Interpretation of Historiographic Texts,” Teaching Theology & Religion 17/2 (2014) 140. 
• “Is Monotheism Particularly Prone to Violence? An Historical Critique,” Journal of Religion & Society 15 (2013) (online) 1–15. 
• “Jonah’s Theology of the Nations: The Interface of Religious and Ethnic Identity,” Revue biblique 120 (2013) 13–23. 

Ouvrage grand publique

• Judah among the Empires: The Seventh Century Prophets Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah (Grand Rapids: Reformation Heritage Books, 2022)

Articles de dictionnaire

• “Bible en accompagnement,” Dictionnaire de Théologie Pratique, ed. C. Paya, Collection Ouvrages de Référence (Charols: Éditions Excelsis, 2011), 148–54. 

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