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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Rob Boss, (PhD, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary) is engaged in writing and editing books, alongside developing software aimed at visualizing the writings of Jonathan Edwards and other significant historical and theological texts. In October 2017, he initiated the Visual Edwards Project, designed to creatively visualize Edwards' complex theology in a manner conducive to exploration and study. This project began with a focus on Edwards' natural typology but has since expanded to encompass all of Yale's 73 volumes of the Works of Jonathan Edwards, leveraging the contemporary demand for visual and technology-enhanced learning.

The project first emerged as a prototype using the Processing programming language, showcased at Gateway Seminary, Yale Divinity School, and Karoli Gaspar University in Budapest during 2019. By December 2019, Boss began translating this work into Python, merging coding with historical theology—a fascinating interdisciplinary process. Calvin Theological Journal praised his “JEViewer,” a visual mapping tool that is revolutionizing the study of Edwards’ intricate typological theology.

Boss has authored several recent publications including Theology & the Art of Temptation (JESociety Press, 2026), Bright Shadows of Divine Things, Second Edition, (JESociety Press, 2026) and Jonathan Edwards Commentaries on the New Testament (Reformation Heritage Books, forthcoming). He expresses enthusiasm for future collaborative projects that aim to illustrate the lasting impact of Edwards' theology.

Praise for the First Edition

DOUGLAS A. SWEENEY
Dean and Professor of Divinity, Beeson Divinity School

“Rob Boss, Director of the JESociety, is the most thoughtful and creative independent Edwards scholar at work today. All of his books are privately published and usually fall below the radar screens of mainstream academics. Nonetheless, Boss has built a large network of followers with his passion for Edwards’ writings and his knack for social media.

“This most recent, little book, nicely illustrated throughout, offers extended rumination on Edwards’ natural typology (i.e. his investigation of the natural world for emblems of the divine). It is pitched as a devotional aimed at other serious Christians as well as seekers who are lovers of the beauty of the world. It uses Edwards’ famous notebook, “Images of Divine Things,” as a deep well of insight into the “nature” of reality, a nature that was made by God, Boss contends with Edwards, to reflect God’s glory and point sensitive souls to Scripture which interprets its worldly sights and sounds in comprehensible ways.

“As Boss explains his book’s message in a brief epilogue, “The Book of Nature is full of correspondences and similitudes that echo and illustrate the Book of Scripture.... Behind every bush and under every rock and within every tree, creature, and event is a voice of Wisdom crying out to those who have ears to hear and eyes to see.”

“This foretaste of the meal Boss has readied for hungry readers is enough to give you the flavor of the feast on offer. Spiritually-minded nature lovers will eat it up.”