Jonny was primarily trained as a New Testament scholar and is interested in how Scripture is used – and should be used – in and by the Church. As such, his interests often sit at the points where biblical studies and systematic theology begin to overlap.

In The Metaphysics of Historical Jesus Research (his PhD thesis and now first book), Jonny examines the philosophical and theological presuppositions that underpin modern historical Jesus research. He is currently finishing his second book (called Befriending Scripture) which will focus on the question of what it means to read Scripture well as the Church.

He has also written for the Church Times, Premier Christianity, and is a regular contributor to Seen & Unseen and BBC Radio 2’s Pause for Thought programme.

Books

• Befriending Scripture: A Theology of Reading (forthcoming; T&T Clark).
• The Metaphysics of Historical Jesus: A Prolegomenon to a Future Quest for the Historical Jesus (London: Routledge, 2022).

• “Five Seminal Works in New Testament Studies,” Religious Studies Review (forthcoming).
• “What Next for Theological Interpretation of Scripture?” Modern Theology 40.4 (2024), 900-20.
• “The Faithful Son: Re-Reading Heb. 1.3b.” Journal of Biblical Literature 142.4 (2023). 699-716.
• “Prayer, Formation, and Scriptural Interpretation.” Scottish Journal of Theology 76.3 (2023), 269-82.
• “In Defence of ‘Theological’ Readings of the New Testament.” Journal for the Study of the New Testament 45.3 (2023), 243-63.
• “On Chickens, Eggs, and the Birthplace of Jesus.” Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus 20.3 (2022), 218-38.
• “The Theological Lineage of N.T. Wright’s Historical Method.” Journal of Theological Interpretation 16.1 (2022), 110-31.
• “Dissertation Summary: The Metaphysics of Historical Jesus Research: An Argument for Increasing the Plurality of Metaphysical Frameworks within Historical Jesus Research,” Tyndale Bulletin 72 (2021), 101-4.
• “Jesus and the Wings of YHWH: Bird Imagery in the Lament Over Jerusalem (Matt. 23.37-39; Luke 13.34-35).” Novum Testamentum 61.2 (2019), 115-36.
• “Reception History, Theological Interpretation of Scripture, and the Future of New Testament Studies.” Journal of Theological Interpretation 13.2 (2019), 147-67.
• “John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme as Prayed Glossolalia: A Suggestion.” Journal of Pentecostal Theology 28.1 (2019), 84-102.
• “Difficult Texts: ‘A Dog at the Table’ in Matthew 15.21-28.” Theology 122.4 (2019), 285-88.

• PhD in Theology and Religious Studies, University of Nottingham (2020).
• MPhil in New Testament Studies, Jesus College, Cambridge (2015).
• BA (Hons) in Theology and Religious Studies, University of Nottingham (2014).

• 4G – Elementary Biblical Greek
• 4IB – Introduction to the Bible
• 5G – Intermediate Greek
• 6G -Advanced Greek
• 6NTCH – New Testament in Context: Hebrews
• 7ANTS – Advanced New Testament Studies

• The Doctrine of Scripture
• Theological and philosophical hermeneutics
• Hebrews
• Matthew’s Gospel
• Methods in theology