Dr. Paul Owen has been teaching at 含羞草研究所 since 2001. He is a graduate of Life Pacific College (B.A., 1993), Talbot School of Theology (M.A., 1997), and the University of Edinburgh (PhD, 2000). He also did graduate studies at Dallas Theological Seminary (1993-94). His research interests are varied, including subjects such as the historical Jesus, Paul鈥檚 view of the Law, Jewish apocalyptic texts, and the Mormon religion. Dr. Owen鈥檚 publications have appeared in the Journal of Biblical Literature, Journal for the Study of the New Testament, Calvin Theological Journal, and other academic journals and monographs. He is a member of the Society of Biblical Literature and the Evangelical Theological Society. His favorite creative writers are Rick Bass, Edward Abbey and Jack London. He loves dogs (owns five of them!), and enjoys coaching high school wrestling when he is not busy with students and classes at 含羞草研究所. His religious affiliation is Anglican.
Dr. Paul Owen
Studies in Bible, Theology, and Ministry
Faculty of Christianity, Culture, and Human Expression
Degrees
B.A., Life Pacific College
M.A., Talbot School of Theology, Biola University
Ph.D., University of Edinburgh
Bibliography
Owen, Paul L. Review of Torah Ethics and Early Christian Identity: Essays in Honor of Stephen Westerholm, in the Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 60/2 (2017): 428-430.
Owen, Paul L. Chapter: 鈥淛esus as God鈥檚 Chief Agent in Mark鈥檚 Christology.鈥� Mark, Manuscripts, and Monotheism: Essays in Honor of Larry W. Hurtado. Eds. Chris Keith and Dieter T. Roth. New York: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2014.
Owen, Paul L. 鈥淭heological Apostasy and the Role of Canonical Scripture: A Thematic Analysis of 1 Nephi 13-14.鈥� Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 23 (2014): 81-100.
Owen, Paul L. Chapter: 鈥淎ramaic and Greek Representations of the 鈥楽on of Man鈥� and the Importance of the Parables of Enoch.鈥� Parables of Enoch: A Paradigm Shift. Eds. Darrell Bock and James H. Charlesworth. New York: T&T Clark, 2014.
Owen, Paul L. Chapter: 鈥淭he Book of Mormon.鈥� The Mormon World. Eds. Carl Mosser and Richard Sherlock. London: Routledge, (forthcoming).
Owen, Paul L. Review of What Jesus Didn鈥檛 Say by Gerd Ludemann. Catholic Biblical Quarterly 75.4 (October 2013): 806-807.
Owen, Paul L. 鈥淐hapter 6: The Enigma of Mormonism: Ruminations of an Anglican Friend and Critic.鈥� In Mormonism at the Crossroads of Philosophy and Theology; Essays in Honor of David L. Paulsen. Ed. Jacob T. Baker. Draper, UT: Greg Kofford Books, 2012, 109-129.
Owen, Paul L. and Larry W. Hurtado. 鈥淲ho is This Son of Man?鈥�: The Latest Scholarship on a Puzzling Expression of the Historical Jesus. New York: T&T Clark, 2011.
Owen, Paul L. Review of Did the First Christians Worship Jesus? The New Testament Evidence by James D.G. Dunn. Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 54.3 (September 2011): 645-647.
Owen, Paul L. 鈥淭he Last Wolf of Carolina.鈥� Valley Voices: A Literary Review (Spring/Summer 2011).
Owen, Paul L. The Long Winter: One Man鈥檚 Journey Through the Darkness of Foster Care. Bloomington, IN: Authorhouse, 2010.
Owen, Paul L. Review of Are You the One Who Is to Come? The Historical Jesus and the Messianic Question by Michael F. Bird and Stanley Porter. Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 53.2 (June 2010): 398-400.
Owen, Paul L. Review of The Solution to the 鈥楽on of Man鈥� Problem by Maurice Casey. Review of Biblical Literature 11 (2009): 351-355.
Owen, Paul L. 鈥淭he 鈥榃orks of the Law鈥� in Romans and Galatians: A New Defense of the Subjective Genitive.鈥� Journal of Biblical Literature 126.3 (Fall 2007): 553-578.
Owen, Paul. Chapter: 鈥淭he Relationship of Eschatology to Esoteric Wisdom in the Jewish Pseudepigraphal Apocalypses.鈥� Studies in Scripture in Early Judaism and Christianity, Volume 1: Ancient Versions and Traditions. Ed. Craig A. Evans. London: T & T Clark International, 2004.
Owen, Paul and Carl Mosser. 聽鈥淐hapter 19: Mormonism.鈥� 聽To Everyone an Answer: a Case for the Christian Worldview. 聽Eds. Francis J. William L. Beckwith, 聽Craig, and J.P. Moreland. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2004.
Owen, Paul L., Francis J. Beckwith, and Carl Mosser. The New Mormon Challenge: Responding to the Latest Defenses of a Fast-growing Movement. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2002.
Owen, Paul L. 鈥�.鈥� Element: An E-Journal of Mormon Philosophy and Theology聽1:1 (2002).
Owen, Paul L. 鈥淪peaking Up for Qumran, Dalman, and the Son of Man: Was Bar Enasha a Common Term for 鈥楳an鈥� in the Time of Jesus?鈥� Journal for the Study of the New Testament 81.1 (2001): 81-122.
Owen, Paul L. 鈥淐alvin and Catholic Trinitarianism: An Examination of Robert Reymond鈥檚 Understanding of the Trinity and His Appeal to John Calvin.鈥� Calvin Theological Journal 35.2 (November 2000): 262-281.
Owen, Paul L. Review of How Wide the Divide? A Mormon and an Evangelical in Conversation by Craig L. Blomberg and Stephen E. Robinson. 聽FARMS Review of Books 11.2 (1999): 1-102.
Owen, Paul L. 鈥淢ormon Scholarship, Apologetics, and Evangelical Neglect: Losing the Battle and Not Knowing It.鈥� 聽Trinity Journal 19.2 (Fall 1998): 179-205.