• Peter J. Gentry is the Donald L. Williams Professor of Old Testament Interpretation at Southern Seminary.

ARTICLES 4

  • Forum: On the Image of God (Peter Gentry)

    Editor’s Note: The following forum contribution appears in the Fall 2025 issue of Eikon. What, in a nutshell, is the image of God? In the past, a majority of Christians have taken the view that since God...

    Peter J. Gentry  /  November 19, 2025  /  Articles  / 


  • Understanding the Image of God: A Response to Mary L. Conway, “Gender in Creation and Fall”

    Chapter two of Discovering Biblical Equality is on “Gender in Creation and Fall” and is authored by Mary L. Conway. Much of her exegesis and interpretation represents a fair treatment of the text. Nonetheless, she...

    Peter J. Gentry  /  June 22, 2023  /  CBMW  /  Eikon


  • Sexuality: On Being Human and Promoting Social Justice

    Editor’s note: The following essay appears in the Fall 2020 issue of Eikon. This brief essay considers the main thesis of the book, Kingdom through Covenant, and the relation of that thesis to human sexuality.[1]...

    Peter J. Gentry  /  November 20, 2020  /  CBMW  /  Eikon


  • Humanity as the Divine Image in Genesis 1:26–28

    Editor’s Note: The following essay appears in the Spring 2020 issue of Eikon. So much ink has been spilled debating and discussing the imago dei. Can anyone possibly improve our thinking on this topic? Is...

    Peter J. Gentry  /  June 10, 2020  /  CBMW  /  Eikon