Ethan Jones

Ethan C. Jones was a recent Visiting Fellow at Magdalene College (University of Cambridge). He is the author of Psalms in an Age of Distraction (Baker Academic), the forthcoming Psalms as Poetry (Baylor University Press), as well as many other articles and essays. He is Associate Professor of Old Testament and Hebrew at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.
Articles by Ethan Jones
The Language of Joy: The Allure of Three Insatiable Letters
Joy is a little word: three letters, one syllable. It is luminous. It is impenetrable. It is a word that offers much, if it doesn’t slip out of your hand.
In Praise of the Inefficient
This year I’m renewing my commitment to the sentence.
Bowels, Diets, and Other Lies: An essay on God and Food
Ethan Jones explores the harmful ways our culture relates to food, and concludes that food’s purpose is not beautification of the body. Rather, food itself is beauty. Inside and outside…


