Craig Blomberg

Craig L. Blomberg is an American New Testament scholar. Since 1986 he has been Distinguished Professor of the New Testament at Denver Seminary in Colorado.^[1]

Life

He received his Ph.D. from University of Aberdeen, Scotland; his M.A. from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and completed his B.A., Summa Cum Laude, at Augustana College. He was an assistant professor of Religion at Palm Beach Atlantic College from 1982–85 and took a leave of absence to accept a one-year research fellowship in Cambridge, England with the British wing of the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship from 1985-86. During this time, he co-edited Gospel Perspectives, vol. 6: The Miracle of Jesus and wrote The Historical Reliability of the Gospels.^[2]

Blomberg stands in the conservative evangelical tradition, but has been known for his wide interaction with mainstream scholarship and his willingness to challenge the evangelical status quo. For example, he chided some evangelicals for their blanket condemnation of Liberation Theology, in " 'Your Faith Has Made You Whole’: The Evangelical Liberation Theology of Jesus,” in Jesus of Nazareth, Lord and Christ, ed. Joel B. Green and Max Turner (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1994), 75-93. and he controversially fostered a dialogue with Mormon professor Stephen E. Robinson of BYU, which resulted in the book How Wide the Divide? An Evangelical and a Mormon in Conversation (see the bibliography below). He was also one of several scholars interviewed for The Case for Christ, a popular book by Lee Strobel, and has served on translation committees or as a consultant for the New Living Translation, the English Standard Version, the Holman Christian Standard Bible and the updated New International Version.

Blomberg has written on a diverse range of issues including wealth and poverty, parables, eschatology, hermeneutics, and women in ministry. However, his academic work has tended to focus on the Historical Jesus and Gospels research (see the bibliography below).

He regularly speaks and teaches at home and overseas at a variety of churches and educational institutions. In Denver, he is involved with Scum of the Earth Church, where his wife Fran Blomberg also volunteers her time while also pursuing a doctorate in missiology and teaching occasionally as an adjunct in that field at Denver Seminary. The Blombergs have two grown daughters.

Works

• Gospel Perspectives, vol. 6, The Miracles of Jesus (co-ed. with D. Wenham), 1986, repr. 2004
• The Historical Reliability of the Gospels, 1987, rev. 2007
• Interpreting the Parables, 1990
• Matthew - The New American Commentary, 1992
• Introduction to Biblical Interpretation, with W. W. Klein and R. L. Hubbard, 1993, rev. 2004
• 1 Corinthians - The NIV Application Commentary, 1994
• Jesus and the Gospels: An Introduction and Survey, 1997, rev. 2009
• How Wide the Divide?: A Mormon and an Evangelical in Conversation, with S. Robinson, 1997
• Neither Poverty Nor Riches: A Biblical Theology of Material Possessions, 1999
• Heart, Soul and Money, 2000
• The Historical Reliability of John's Gospel: Issues and Commentary, 2001
• Two Views on Women in Ministry, co-ed. with J. R. Beck, 2001, rev. 2005
• Making Sense of the New Testament: Three Important Questions, 2004
• Preaching the Parables: From Responsible Interpretation to Powerful Proclamation, 2004
• Contagious Holiness: Jesus' Meals With Sinners, 2005
• From Pentecost to Patmos: An Introduction to Acts Through Revelation, 2006
• James - Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament, with M. J. Kamell, 2008
• A Case for Historical Premillennialism, co-ed. with S. W. Chung, 2009
• A Handbook of New Testament Exegesis, with J. F. Markley, 2010

References

1. ^ "Denver Seminary > Dr. Craig L. Blomberg". Denverseminary.edu. 2010-03-05. http://www.denverseminary.edu/about-us/our-faculty/dr-craig-l-blomberg/. Retrieved 2010-03-09. 
2. ^ https://www.ivpress.com/cgi-ivpress/author.pl/author_id=200

External links

• Craig Blomberg's Blog: New Testament Musings
• Denver Seminary
• A video interview with Craig Blomberg on why he is an Evangelical on Patheos
• Craig Blomberg (Theopedia)
• TNIV: The Untold Story of a Good Translation by Craig Blomberg
• Dr. Craig Blomberg on the Bones of Jesus Controversy
• An Interview with Craig Blomberg

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