From an academic perspective, you might consider adding a more recent article that highlights the role of the Holy Spirit in participation theology:

Feng, Jacob Chengwei. 2023. Pneumasis/Pneumafication Based on Romans 8:1–17: Highlighting the Spirit’s Role in Deification. Religions 14: 1210. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel14091210

The article argues that much recent work on theosis and participatio Christi has emphasized Christ while sometimes underemphasizing the Spirit’s role. Feng proposes the term “pneumasis” to highlight how the Spirit facilitates and effectuates the mutual indwelling of Christ and believers in Romans 8.

From a more practical and spiritual formation perspective, the works of Dallas Willard are also worth considering, particularly The Divine Conspiracy and Living in Christ’s Presence. While not academic treatments in the same sense, Willard offers a thoughtful exploration of what union with Christ looks like in lived discipleship and the “with-God life.”

Thanks again for putting together such a helpful resource

Sorry. Just seeing this. You can send it to me via email. I’ll send you an email shortly. Thanks!

Where can I send you a copy of my dissertation?

Logos sold Lexham to Baker, so the publishing we do now is really just direct self-publishing. If you wanted to bring it to Logos without editing it or handle the editing on your end, let me know and I’ll make the right connections.

I’m eager to study more deeply the Angel of Yahweh. I’d love to have access to your dissertation as I do so—preferably in Logos! :)

Also, I’m curious if you’ve explored the possibility of Melchizedek as the Angel of Yahweh and whether you deal with that in your dissertation.

Praying for you as you navigate those issues. We’re in the midst of similar considerations on our end.

Blessings!

Great to hear from you, Phil! I think about you and your family often. I remember praying for your family and daughter Giana especially when she was going through so much. I hope you all are well.

My dissertation remains unpublished. As to connecting with someone who might be interested, I would love to publish it. I’m actually thinking about writing a paper on the English Puritans and their view of the Angel of Yahweh. There’s enough interest in Puritan studies right now that I think it might garner some interest. There’s more depth there than I explored in my dissertation. I’m assuming my dissertation would need additional editing and maybe some rewriting. I have not sought and don’t have connections with any publishers or agents. BJU began publishing some doctoral dissertations through the years, but mine didn’t make the cut. I don’t think I’d want them to publish it now anyway for various reasons.

I have the Van Dorn and Foreman work and have read some of it. They actually used some of my research in chapter 16 and they have an appendix that looks remarkably similar to one of my charts on a harmony between 1 Chronicles 21 and 2 Samuel 24. I like what they did with the systematic. That’s one aspect of the doctrine that I think needs some work once the biblical theology foundation is laid properly. One of the reasons I wrote my dissertation is that I saw many authors stopping after their work on Judges, and I didn’t believe that it should stop there in light of later OT passages about the Angel of Yahweh.

On a personal note, I would appreciate prayer. My parents are aging and could use some support in Illinois, and we are pondering some kind of shift to remote work that would enable me to be closer to them or another ministry role (though I don’t know what or where that would be).

In Jesus Christ,

Joel

Thanks, Joel. Good to hear from you. Did you ever publish your dissertation? Would you like me to make a connection with the right people at Logos to explore that?

Also, I’m curious if you’ve read The Angel of the LORD: A Biblical, Historical, and Theological Study by Douglas Van Dorn and Matt Foreman. I’ve heard Doug talk about it on a couple of podcasts and found several of the insights helpful.

A friend of mine, who has been pulled into the Hebrew Roots movement, now no longer believes in the Trinity. I put this verse list and article together to gather my thoughts to engage with him on the subject of Jesus’ identity.

Thanks, Bo. Credit to the late Mike Heiser for many of the insights that led me to study these topics.

Thanks, Patricio, and for taking the time to comment and share your encouragement. It’s great to hear that you’re doing work in this space. We love it when people are as excited as we are to leverage advances in technology for the good of the church. We’re not able to share much about our approach at this time, but maybe in the future. Blessings!

Anyway, this is amazing work and very exciting. Huge Congratulations!

Thanks, Russ, for dropping by and leaving a comment. I’m sure I’ve just scratched the surface of all the applications that our users will come up with.