Dr Nathan Lovell

Director of Research

Subjects: Old Testament, Biblical Hebrew, Biblical Theology

Qualifications: BEng Hons (Newcastle, Australia), BDiv Hons (Moore College, Australia), PhD (Griffith University, Australia), PhD (University of Sydney, Australia)

Nathan joined GWC’s faculty in 2011.He teaches and researches in Old Testament with particular interest in the book of Kings and Isaiah.

Nathan and his wife Diane are missionaries sent by the Church Missionary Society of Australia.

Nathan and Diane have two children, Shiri and Isaac. They worship with God’s people at Gracefields Church in Fish Hoek.

Books and Commentaries:

  • Power and Faith: The Old Testament’s Encounter with Massive Political Power. Baker Academic: Grand Rapids. Forthcoming. (2026).
  • 1&2 Chronicles (Bible in Gods World). Cascade: Eugene. Forthcoming (2028).
  • with Peter Lau. Things Left Over? A Biblical Theology of 1 and 2 Chronicles. (New Studies in Biblical Theology.) IVP Academic: London. Forthcoming (2028).
  • 1&2 Kings. (Hodder Bible Commentary). Hodder: London. 2026.
  • The Book of Kings and Exilic Identity: 1&2 Kings as a Work of Political Historiography. T&T Clark: London. 2021.
  • Sing for Joy. Matthias Media: Sydney. 2011.

Book Chapters and Journal Articles:

  • “Reading Isaiah in South Africa.” in The Old Testament Around the World. (ed. J. Hwang). Baker Academic: Grand Rapids. Forthcoming.
  • "Faith at Home, Fear Abroad: Reassessing Jehoshaphat’s Character in Chronicles.” In Characters and Characterization in the Book of Chronicles (eds. K. Bodner and B. Johnson), T&T Clark: London. Forthcoming.
  • “Pax Assyria or Pax Zion: Micah’s Logic of Peace and Militarism.” In_ Empire, Power, and Politics in the Twelve_. (eds. B. Stovell, D. Timmer, and G. Athas.) T&T Clark: London. Forthcoming.
  • "1&2 Kings" in The T&T Clark Handbook to the Masoretic Text. T&T Clark: London. 2025.
  • ‘Immanuel in Imperial Context’ Bulletin for Biblical Research 32.2. 2022.
  • "A Text-Linguistics Approach to the Literary Structure and Coherence of 2 Kings 17:7–23." Vetus Testamentum 68.2. 2018.
  • “The Evangelical Challenge of Reading Scripture in Culturally Diverse Contexts.” St Mark’s Review. 2017.
  • The Shape of Hope in the Book of Kings: The Resolution of Davidic Blessing and Mosaic Curse.” Journal for the Evangelical Study of the Old Testament 3. 2014

Other:

Nathan is a corpus translator (Old Testament History) for the New Living Translation (NLT), and a consultant in Biblical Hebrew for the Psalms that Sing Bible Translation project.