Author: Tapio Leinonen

Tapio Leinonen (ThD, University of Helsinki) is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Eastern Finland. In 2026–2027 he is a Fulbright Visiting Fellow at Yale Divinity School. He is an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland.

Martin Luther’s Deuteronomy: Perspectives on Law, Punishment, and Faith

A version of this paper was presented as a lectio praecursoria, an opening lecture before the defense of Dr. Leinonen’s dissertation Martin Luther and the Theology of Moses: Examining the Lectures and Sermons on Deuteronomy on December 18, 2025. http://hdl.handle.net/10138/604312   Introduction [1] The year 1525 was a busy one for Martin Luther and the […]