Zachary Hedges, PhD

Biography

Dr. Zachary Hedges joined the Cedarville faculty in 2025, after previously teaching at Trinity College of Florida and serving as an adjunct instructor and on staff at Southern Seminary. His research focuses on early Christian theology and exegesis. In teaching, his aim is to help students pursue "faith seeking understanding," so that they grow in their fellowship with God in Christ by his Spirit through the riches of scriptural truth and the theological heritage of the Christian faith.

Education and Credentials

• Ph.D. in Church History and Historical Theology, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
• Th.M. in Church History and Historical Theology, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
• M.Div. in Biblical and Theological Studies, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
• B.A. in History, University of Cincinnati

Scholarly Works

• "A New People: Covenant and the Shaping of Early Christian Identity" (forthcoming)
• "Clement of Alexandria" in Reception of the Bible in Early Christianity (forthcoming)
• Conference Presentations (Evangelical Theological Society)
• “Which Four Covenants? The Greek Covenant List as Original in Irenaeus’s Against Heresies 3.11.8 (2021)
• “‘People of Another Type’: Covenant Holiness and Identity Formation in the Epistle of Barnabas” (2022)
• “‘The New and Young People’: Covenant as Anthropology in Clement of Alexandria” (2023)
• “‘The Hellenic Training’: Covenant as Philosophy in Clement of Alexandria’s Apologetic Appeal” (2024)
• “Faith Seeking Knowledge: Clement of Alexandria’s ‘Ruled’ Intellectual Framework” (2025)
• Book Reviews (Presbyterion, Reviews in Religion and Theology, Bryn Mawr Classical Review, Themelios)

Interests

• Coffee
• Bookstores
• Board games
• Cincinnati sports

Expert Topics

• Church History
• Patristics/Early Christianity
• Theology

Why Cedarville?

I love teaching at Cedarville because of its unique integration of biblical authority and academic excellence, outstanding faculty, and thriving, Christ-oriented campus culture.