Rev. Joshua J. Hayes
Dean of Chapel
Assistant Professor of Classical Languages and Theology
Walter C. Dissen Chair of Confessional Lutheranism
M.A. in Classics, Washington University in St. Louis
Research Interests
Johann Gerhard, Sebastian Schmidt, and the era of Lutheran Orthodoxy • Latin and Greek pedagogy • Medieval Canon Law, its reception and later use in the Reformation • Greco-Roman Classics (especially Cicero and Horace)
Joshua Hayes has over 15 years of pastoral experience and has served congregations and campus ministries in Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas, and now Wyoming. He served as editor for Johann Gerhard’s Theological Commonplaces (CPH) and is a contributing translator to the American Edition of Luther’s Works. His love of the Latin and Greek languages animates his classroom and informs his teaching of the Scriptures and the Lutheran Confessions. He and his wife, Diane, have six children. Together they enjoy playing music, fishing, gardening, and exploring Wyoming.
Courses Taught at LCC
- LAT 131-2: Introductory Latin I-II
- LAT 233: Intermediate Latin Prose
- LAT 345: Patristic Latin
- LAT 356: Reformation Latin
- LIT 132: Roman Literature
- GRE 121-2: Introductory Greek
Academic Publications and Presentations
Popular Publications and Media Appearances
Academic Publications and Presentations
- Hayes, Joshua J. “Review: Johann Gerhard (1582–1637) and the Conceptualization of Theologia at the Threshold of the ‘Age of Orthodoxy’: The Making of a Theologian By Glenn K. Fluegge.” Logia: A Journal of Lutheran Theology 29, no. 1 (2020).
- Hayes, Joshua J. “Review: Cicero in Heaven by Carl P.E. Springer.” Logia: A Journal of Lutheran Theology 28, no. 2 (2019).
- Hayes, Joshua J. “Sebastian Schmidt (1617-96): Seventeenth-Century ‘Jerome.’” In Lives and Writings of the Great Fathers of the Lutheran Church, edited by Timothy Schmeling. Concordia Publishing House, 2016.
- Hayes, Joshua J. “The Muses Play David’s Cithara: Helius Eobanus Hessus’ Latin Versification of the Psalter.” In Ad Fontes Witebergenses, edited by James A. Kellerman and Carl P. E. Springer. Lutheran Legacy, 2014.
- Gerhard, Johann. Commentary on 1 Timothy and Commentary on 2 Timothy. Translated by Joshua J. Hayes. Concordia Publishing House, 2017.
- Gerhard, Johann. On Creation and Angels: On Providence ; On Election and Reprobation ; On the Image of God in Man before the Fall. Edited by Benjamin T. G. Mayes and Joshua J. Hayes. Translated by Richard J. Dinda. Theological Commonplaces, VIII–XI. Concordia Publishing House, 2013.
- Gerhard, Johann. On Death: Part One. Edited by Joshua J. Hayes and Benjamin T. G. Mayes. Translated by Richard J. Dinda. Theological Commonplaces XXIX/1. Concordia Publishing House, 2023.
- Gerhard, Johann. On Death: Part Two. Edited by Joshua J. Hayes and Benjamin T. G. Mayes. Translated by Richard J. Dinda. Theological Commonplaces XXIX/2. Concordia Publishing House, 2024.
- Gerhard, Johann. On Eternal Life. Edited by Joshua J. Hayes and Benjamin T. G. Mayes. Translated by Richard J. Dinda. Theological Commonplaces XXXIV. Concordia Publishing House, 2022.
- Gerhard, Johann. On Good Works. Edited by Joshua J. Hayes. Translated by Richard J. Dinda. Theological Commonplaces XX, edited by Benjamin T. G. Mayes. Concordia Publishing House, 2019.
- Gerhard, Johann. On Interpreting Sacred Scripture and Method of Theological Study. Edited by Benjamin T. G. Mayes. Translated by Joshua J. Hayes. Theological Commonplaces I–II. Concordia Publishing House, 2017.
- Gerhard, Johann. On Justification through Faith. Edited by Benjamin T. G. Mayes and Joshua J. Hayes. Translated by Richard J. Dinda. Theological Commonplaces XIX. Concordia Publishing House, 2018.
- Gerhard, Johann. On the End of the World and On Hell. Edited by Joshua J. Hayes and Benjamin T. G. Mayes. Translated by Richard J. Dinda. Theological Commonplaces XXXII–XXXIII. Concordia Publishing House, 2021.
- Gerhard, Johann. On the Law of God: On the Ceremonial and Forensic Laws. Edited by Benjamin T. G. Mayes and Joshua J. Hayes. Translated by Richard J. Dinda. Theological Commonplaces, XV–XVI. Concordia Publishing House, 2015.
- Gerhard, Johann. On the Resurrection of the Dead and on the Last Judgement. Edited by Joshua J. Hayes and Benjamin T. G. Mayes. Translated by Richard J. Dinda. Theological Commonplaces XXX–XXXI. Concordia Publishing House, 2020.
- Kellerman, James A., E. J. Hutchinson, and Joshua J. Hayes, eds. Ad Fontes Witebergenses: Select Proceedings of Lutheranism and the Classics III: Lutherans Read History. Lutheran Press, 2017.
- Hochstetter, Andreas. “A Short Treatise on How to Preach Aright.” In The Pastor, translated by Joshua J. Hayes. Concordia Publishing House, 2015.
- Luther, Martin. “Against the Asses of Paris and Louvain (1546).” In Luther’s Works, vol. 61, edited by Benjamin T. G. Mayes, translated by Joshua J. Hayes. Concordia Publishing House, 2021.
- Luther, Martin. “Circular Disputation on the Wedding Garment (June 15, 1537).” In Luther’s Works, vol. 72, edited by Christopher Boyd Brown, translated by Joshua J. Hayes. Concordia Publishing House, 2025.
- Luther, Martin. “Compilation or Ideas for a Book on the Article of Justification, with Other Things Added in Passing (1530/1907).” In Luther’s Works, vol. 61, edited by Benjamin T. G. Mayes, translated by Joshua J. Hayes. Concordia Publishing House, 2021.
- Luther, Martin. “Disputation against the Private Mass (January 29, 1536).” In Luther’s Works, vol. 72, edited by Christopher Boyd Brown, translated by Joshua J. Hayes. Concordia Publishing House, 2025.
- Luther, Martin. “Disputation on the Distinction of Persons in the Trinity and on the Origin of Souls (Doctoral Disputation for Peter Hegemon) (July 3, 1545).” In Luther’s Works, vol. 73, edited by Christopher Boyd Brown, translated by Joshua J. Hayes. Concordia Publishing House, 2020.
- Luther, Martin. “Documents Concerning the Kassel Negotiations (1534).” In Luther’s Works, vol. 61, edited by Benjamin T. G. Mayes, translated by Joshua J. Hayes. Concordia Publishing House, 2021.
Popular Publications and Media Appearances
- Issues, Etc.
- March 2, 2023, “The Word of God in the Home,” https://issuesetc.org/2023/03/02/0611-the-word-of-god-in-the-home-pr-joshua-hayes-3-2-23/
- August 15, 2019, “The Life and Work of 17th Cenutry Lutheran Theologian, Johann Gerhard,” https://issuesetc.org/2019/08/15/2273-the-life-and-work-of-17th-lutheran-theologian-johann-gerhard-pr-joshua-hayes-8-15-19/
- August 17, 2012, “Seventheenth Century Lutheran Theologian Johann Gerhard,” https://issuesetc.org/2012/08/17/1-seventeenth-century-lutheran-theologian-johann-gerhard-pr-joshua-hayes-81712/
- May 30, 2012, “Confessing the Faith,” https://issuesetc.org/2012/05/30/3-confessing-the-faith-pr-joshua-hayes-53012/
- May 8, 2012, “Prayers of Thanksgiving,” https://issuesetc.org/2012/05/08/1-prayers-of-thanksgiving-pr-joshua-hayes-582012/
- The Lutheran Witness
- April 4, 2024, “Cohabitation Hurts More Than a Couple,” https://witness.lcms.org/2024/cohabitation-hurts-more-than-a-couple/
- December 11, 2023, “Against the Headwinds: Navigating childcare in an anti-family society,” https://witness.lcms.org/2023/against-the-headwinds-navigating-childcare-in-an-anti-family-society/
- March 1, 2023, “Reversing the Trend,” https://witness.lcms.org/2023/reversing-the-trend/
- May 2020, “Before the Wedding Day,” https://witness.lcms.org/2020/lutheran-witness-may-2020/
Education
MA | Washington University in St. Louis | Classics | 2010
MDiv | Concordia Seminary | 2011
BA | Concordia University Chicago | Biblical Languages and Theology | 2006
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