Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society explained

The Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society (JETS) is a refereed theological journal published by the Evangelical Theological Society. It was first published in 1958 as the Bulletin of the Evangelical Theological Society, and was given its present name in 1969.^{[1] [2]} It is a "major journal of conservative American theology."^[3]

History

The journal has been published continuously since 1958. The first issue of the Bulletin contained a single article, Ned B. Stonehouse's presidential address to the society's annual meeting, entitled "The Infallibility of Scripture and Evangelical Progress."^[4] In 1969 the publication attained its present title.^[2] In 1988 the circulation was approximately 2500;^[5] by 2016 it had increased to 5000.^[6] The society provides free online access to digitized back issues.^[7] For 22 years until 2021, the editor was Andreas J. Köstenberger; Dorian Coover-Cox succeeded him.^[8]

Contents and outlook

The Evangelical Theological Society is composed of Christians who affirm the inerrancy of the Bible.^[2] The journal is focused predominantly on biblical studies.^{[2] [5]} In its early years, it provided a venue for evangelicals questioning dispensationalism.^[9] While at first sympathetic to neo-orthodoxy and the work of Karl Barth, it turned sharply against Barth in the mid-1960s.^[2]

Editors

Editors without a direct reference were compiled by referencing the JETS archives.^[10]

Year	Editor	Volumes
1958–1959	Stephen Barabas[11]	1–2
1960–1961		3–4
1962–1975		5–18
1976–1999		19–42
2000–2020	Andreas J. Köstenberger[12]	43–63
2021–present	Dorian Coover-Cox[13]	64–present

External links

• • Archives in PDF format

Notes and References

1. Book: Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism . 2002 . . 202 . 27 July 2022 . Evangelical Theological Society. 9780664224097 .
2. Encyclopedia: Swinson . Daniel L. . Lippy . Charles H. . Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society . Religious Periodicals of the United States: Academic and Scholarly Journals . 1986 . Westport, Connecticut . Greenwood Press . 305–309 . 978-0-313-23420-0 .
3. Book: Shults . F. LeRon . Reforming Theological Anthropology: After the Philosophical Turn to Relationality . 2003 . . 204 . 9780802848871 .
4. Web site: The Evangelical Theological Society. JETS main page. 7 October 2015.
5. Encyclopedia: Fieg . Eugene C. . Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society . Religion Journals and Serials: An Analytical Guide . 1988 . New York . Greenwood Press . 978-0-313-24513-8 . 115–116 .
6. Book: Magazines for Libraries . 2016 . LaGuardia . Cheryl . New Providence, NJ . 700–701 . 978-1-60030-663-1 .
7. Smith . Gregory . Hidden Under a Bushel? Evangelical Journals in an Era of Web-Based Communications . . 2008 . 51 . 1 . 3–11 . 2572-7478.
8. Web site: Dr. Coover-Cox Appointed as Editor of the Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society (JETS) - DTS Voice .
9. Book: Hart . D. G. . D. G. Hart . That Old-Time Religion in Modern America: Evangelical Protestantism in the Twentieth Century . 2002 . Chicago . Ivan R. Dee . 978-1-56663-460-1 . 126 .
10. Web site: The Evangelical Theological Society. JETS PDF Archives. 19 June 2014.
11. Samuel J. Schultz, "Editorial", JETS 12.1 (1969), p. 1.
12. Web site: Publications. November 20, 2023. From 1999-2020, Andreas Köstenberger served as editor..
13. Web site: Dr. Coover-Cox Appointed as Editor of the Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society (JETS) . Dallas Theological Seminary . 28 July 2022 . 8 January 2021.