Biblical and Theological Publications

Academic and Peer-Reviewed Scholarship

 

Melvin L. Otey, Light Shining Out of Darkness: Race, Churches of Christ, and the Death of Botham Jean, __ Restoration Quarterly __ (accepted and forthcoming).

Melvin L. Otey, Christian Faith and Marijuana Use After Federal Rescheduling, 22.2 Indiana Health Law Review __ (2025) (accepted and forthcoming).

Melvin L. Otey, Toward a Broader Theocentric Environmentalism, 35 Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum 1–32 (2024).

Melvin L. Otey, Luke’s Invitation to a Life of Prayer, 51.4 Currents in Theology and Mission 20–26 (2024).

Melvin L. Otey, The Unity of the Shrewd Steward Pericope (Luke 16:1–13) Reconsidered, __ Bibliotheca Sacra __ (accepted and forthcoming).

Melvin L. Otey, The Ancient Pedigree of Homosexuality as the Sin of Sodom, 49.1 Themelios 32–43 (2024).

Melvin L. Otey, What Churches Should Do When Civil Authorities Restrict their Assemblies, 81.2 Theology Today 126–135 (2024).

Melvin L. Otey, A Modern Reflection on Premodern Allegory, 1:1 Studies of Biblical Interest 21–30 (2023/2024).

Melvin L. Otey, Jesus’ High Priestly Inquisitor in John Eighteen, 26.1 Stone-Campbell Journal 81–95 (2023).

Melvin L. Otey, The Propriety of Multiple Meanings in Scripture, 65:2 Restoration Quarterly 94–102 (2023).

Melvin L. Otey, What Christians Need to Know About “Legalized” Marijuana, 48.2 Themelios 395–403 (2023).

Melvin L. Otey, Witness Sequestration and the Failure of Proof in Jesus’s Sanhedrin Trial (Mark 14:55–59), 65:3 Restoration Quarterly 149–160 (2023).

Melvin L. Otey, Jesus's Objections During His Preliminary Examination and Modern Notions of Due Process, 35:1 Regent Law Review 91–134 (2022).

(Select) Other Publications

Glenn Colley, Ben Giselbach, Hiram Kemp, and Melvin L. Otey. It’s There in Black and White: Scriptural Answers to 37 Questions People Are Asking about Racial Tension in the Church. PlainSimpleFaith, 2020.

Melvin L. Otey, Medical Marijuana: The Legal Aspects, Sufficient Evidence: A Journal of Christian Apologetics, 2017, at 123.

Melvin L. Otey, What Does the Bible Say about Having a Sex Change? Reason and Revelation, Nov. 2016.

Melvin L. Otey, Fostering Unity Through Sound Doctrine, Gospel Advocate, Apr. 2016, at 16.

Melvin L. Otey, That the World May Believe, Gospel Advocate, Feb. 2016, at 23.

Melvin L. Otey, A Christian Response to the Homosexual Agenda, Gospel Advocate, Apr. 2014, at 23.

Melvin L. Otey, Communicating the Gospel in America’s Emerging Culture, Gospel Advocate, Apr. 2013, at 37.

Book Reviews

Melvin L. Otey. Review of A Life of Alexander Campbell by Douglas A. Foster in Church History and Religious Culture 104:1 (2024): 143–145

Melvin L. Otey. Review of Hard-Fighting Soldiers: A History of African American Churches of Christ by Edward J. Robinson in Church History and Religious Culture 103:3–4 (2023): 425–427.

Melvin L. Otey. Review of Luke-Acts in Modern Interpretation by Stanley E. Porter and Ron C. Fay (eds.) in Stone-Campbell Journal 26:1 (2023): 147–148.

Melvin L. Otey. Review of The Innocence of Pontius Pilate by David Lloyd Dusenbury in Religious Studies Review 49:2 (2023): 213–214.

Melvin L. Otey. Review of The Septuagint: What it is and Why it Matters by Gregory R. Lanier and William A. Ross in Restoration Quarterly 65:2 (2023): 115–116.

Melvin L. Otey. Review of Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope by Esau McCaulley in Restoration Quarterly 64:4 (2022): 249–250.

Melvin L. Otey. Review of Ethics Beyond Rule by Keith D. Stanglin in The Christian Chronicle (March 2022): 36.