D. Habil. - Karoli Gaspar Reformatus University, Budapest (2009) Thesis: Jesus and the Fall of Satan: Studies in Demonology and the Early Christian Movement Ph.D.- Claremont Graduate University, California (1983) Thesis: Isaiah 6:9-10 in Early Jewish and Christian Interpretation Advisor: William H. Brownlee (deceased) M.A.- Claremont Graduate University, California (1980) M.Div.- Western Baptist Seminary, Oregon (1977) [Baptist ordination, 1979] B.A. - Claremont McKenna College, California (1974)
PROFESSIONALEMPLOYMENT John Bisagno Distinguished Professor of Christian Origins, Houston Christian University, 2016– Payzant Distinguished Professor of New Testament, Acadia Divinity College, 2002–2015 Professor, Trinity Western University, 1981-2002 (Assistant Professor, 1981-85; Associate Professor, 1985-90; Professor, 1990-2002; Chair of Religious Studies Department, 1981-94; Director of Graduate Program in Biblical Studies, 1994-2000) Senior Research Fellow, University of Surrey Roehampton/London (1998-2001) Sessional Lecturer, Fuller Theological Seminary (1989-2013); University of British Columbia (1988-89); Regent College (1985-87, 1999) Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, McMaster University (1980-81)
PROFESSIONALMEMBERSHIPSANDACTIVITIES Member of the Society of Biblical Literature, the Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas, the Institute for Biblical Research, the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies, and the Catholic Biblical Association (have presented many papers at regional, national, and international meetings) Chairman, SBL’s Scripture in Early Judaism and Christianity Section (1989-96) Chairman, SNTS’s Gospels and Rabbinic Literature Seminar (1996-2003) Editor, Studies in Scripture in Early Judaism and Christianity series (Sheffield Academic Press / T & T Clark International) Editor, Studying the Historical Jesus series (Eerdmans) Editor, Formation and Interpretation of Old Testament Literature series (Brill) Editor-in-Chief of the Bulletin for Biblical Research (1995-2005); editorial board of the Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplements (1992-present); editorial board of Dead Sea Discoveries (1997-present); editorial board of Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus (2002-present); editorial board of Davar Logos (2004-present); and member of the editorial board of New Testament Studies (term: 2005-2007) Visiting Fellow, Princeton Theological Seminary (1987-88)
LECTURESHIPSANDINVITEDLECTURES Annual Biblical Studies Lectureship, Trinity College, Deerfield, Illinois (1989) McManis Lecture, Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois (1996) New Testament Graduate Seminar, University of Durham (1998) Cotner Lecture, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, Nebraska (1998) Biblical Archaeology Society Summer Session, St. Olaf’s College, Northfield, Minnesota (1998) Staley Lectureship, Tyndale College and Seminary, Toronto, Ontario (1999) New Testament Graduate Seminar, Cambridge University (1999) Hayward Lectures, Acadia Divinity College, Wolfville, Nova Scotia (1999) Biblical Archaeology Society SBL Fest series, Boston, Massachusetts (1999) New Testament Graduate Seminar, Oxford University (2000) Eschatology and the Dead Sea Scrolls, Field Museum and University of Chicago (2000) Jesus and the Scrolls, McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago (2000) Biblical Archaeology Society Summer Session, Franciscan Renewal Center, Portland, Oregon (2000) Messianism and the Scrolls, Denver Theological Seminary, Denver, Colorado (2001) Biblical Archaeology Society Spring Session, Santa Clara, California (2001) Biblical Archaeology Society SBL Fest series, Toronto, Ontario (2002) Biblical Archaeology Society Summer Session, Namasté Center, Portland, Oregon (2003) The Dead Sea Scrolls and Christian Origins, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Gatineau, Quebec (2004) The Rachel Zanbergen Lecture, St. Paul University, Ottawa, Ontario (2004) Symposium for Church and Academy lectures, Crichton College, Memphis (2004) Biblical Archaeology Society Summer Session, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina (2004) The Bentall Lecture on Education and Theology, at the University of Calgary, Alberta (2004). Biblical Archaeology Society SBL Fest series, San Antonio, Texas (2004) Palm Beach Atlantic University Lectures, Florida (2005) Greer-Heard Forum on Resurrection, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisiana (2005) International Baptist Seminary Lectures, Prague (2005) Rivendell Lecture at Yale Divinity School, New Haven, Connecticut (2005) Murray Lectures at Atlantic Baptist University, Moncton, New Brunswick (2005) The Lund Lectures at North Park University, Chicago (2006) The Dunning Memorial Lecture at St. Mary’s University and Seminary, Baltimore (2006) Biblical Archaeology Society SBL Fest series, Washington, DC (2006) Biblical Archaeology Society Caribbean Cruise (2007) Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Kansas City, Missouri (2007) Northern Theological Seminary, Lombard, Illinois (2007) Biblical Archaeology Society of Northern Virginia, Alexandria, Virginia (2007) The Edwin Yamauchi Lectures, University of Miami, Oxford, Ohio (2008) The A. O. Collins Lectures, Houston Baptist University, Houston, Texas (2008) The George Rawlyk Lecture, First Baptist Church, Kingston, Ontario (2008) The C. S. Lewis Lecture, Lethbridge, Alberta (2009) Montagu Barker Lecture, Oxford Centre for Mission Study, Oxford, UK (2009) Robert C. Cooley Lectures, Gordon Conwell Seminary, Charlotte, NC (2010) Greer-Heard conference at New Orleans Baptist Seminary, LA (2010) Sola Scriptural Lectures and public lectures in Jakarta and in Surabaya, Indonesia (2010) Lecture at Bethel Bible Seminary, Hong Kong, Republic of China (2010) Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Kansas City, MO (2010) J. Arthur Heck Lectures, United Theological Seminary, Ohio (2010) Deichmann Lectures, Ben Gurion University, Beer-Sheva,Israel (2010) Lecture at Southeastern Bible College, Birmingham, Alabama (2010) Lecture at OCMS, Oxford, UK (2010) Renaissance conference, Dallas, TX (2013) Caspari Centre Lecture, Jerusalem (2013) ATS Luce Fellows Grants conference lecture, Pittsburgh, PA (2013) Hebrew University lecture, Jerusalem (2014) Erasmus conference, Houston, TX (2016) Earle Ellis Lectures, Fort Worth, TX (2016) Deere Lecture, Ontario, CA (2016)
INVITEDPAPERS International Symposium on Hillel and Jesus, Jerusalem (1992) Conference on the Nature of Religious Language, Roehampton Institute London (1995) Conference on Christology: Ancient and Modern, Roehampton Institute London (1996) International Conference on the Dead Sea Scrolls, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah (1996) Conference on the Dead Sea Scrolls Fifty Years After, Roehampton Institute London (1997) Congress on the Dead Sea Scrolls, Hebrew University, Jerusalem (1997) Conference on Jesus in a Judaic Context, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York (1997) Dead Sea Scrolls Jubilee Conference, Princeton Theological Seminary (1997) Conference on Resurrection, Roehampton Institute London (1998) Summit on the Trinity, St. Joseph’s Seminary, Yonkers, New York (1998) Bingham Colloquium on the Parables, McMaster Divinity College, Hamilton, Ontario (1998) Conference on Jewish-Christian Relations, University of Surrey Roehampton (1999) European New Testament Seminar, International SBL Meeting in Helsinki (1999) Bingham Colloquium on Ethics and Ministry, McMaster Divinity College, Hamilton, Ontario (2000) Symposium on Jesus and Archaeology, Notre Dame Centre, Jerusalem (2000) International Congress on Historical Science, Oslo, Norway (2000) Jewish Believers in Jesus Project symposium, Tantur Centre, Bethlehem (2000) Institute for Biblical Research Historical Jesus Study Group, Dallas (2001) Jewish Believers in Jesus Project symposium, Cambridge (2001) Bingham Colloquium on the Gospels, McMaster Divinity College, Hamilton, Ontario (2002) Bingham Colloquium on the Use of the Old Testament in the New Testament, McMaster Divinity College, Hamilton, Ontario (2003) Evangelical Philosophical Society annual meeting, Atlanta (2003) Dead Sea Scrolls and Christian Origins, Hayward Lectures, Acadia Divinity College, Wolfville, Nova Scotia (2004) Bingham Colloquium on the Messiah in the Old and New Testaments, McMaster Divinity College, Hamilton, Ontario (2004) Messianic Hopes and Messianic Figures in Late Antiquity, for Department of Religious Studies Seminar, at the University of Calgary, Alberta (2004) Historical Jesus conference at Charles University, Prague (2005) Guest Plenary Paper at AAR/SBL Rocky Mountain/Great Plains regional meeting, Denver (2005) Evangelical Theological Society annual meeting, Valley Forge, PA (2005) Bingham Colloquium on Mission, McMaster Divinity College, Hamilton, Ontario (2006) Gospel of Judas panel at the SBL annual meeting, Washington, DC (2006) Bingham Colloquium on Empire and the New Testament, McMaster Divinity College, Hamilton, Ontario (2007) Wheaton College conference on the Ten Commandments, Wheaton, Illinois (2008) Evangelical Theological Society annual meeting, Providence, Rhode Island (2008) Psalms Conference, International Baptist Theological Seminary, Prague (2009) Habilitation public lecture, “Sieg uber Satan und der Befreiung Israels: Jesus und die Visionen Daniels,” Karoli Gaspar Reformatus University, Budapest (2009) Greer-Heard conference paper, New Orleans, LA (2011) Secret Mark conference, York, ON (2011) Bingham Colloquium paper, McMaster Divinity College (2012) Tyndale Lecture, Cambridge, UK (2012) SNTS paper, “Jesus, Satan, and Holy War in the Light of the Sea Scrolls,” Leuven (2012) ATS plenary address, Pittsburgh (2013) Faith Forum Lecture, Ozark Christian College, Joplin, MO (2013) Israel and the Jewish People Conference, Chosen People, New York (2013) Plenary address at the Christology Conference, the Vatican, Rome (2013) Passages Conference, “The Longevity of the New Testament Autographs,” Museum of the Bible, Oklahoma City (2014) Scrolls and Bible Conference, University of Edinburgh (2015) Comparative Religions Conference, Oslo, Norway (2015) Erasmus 500th Anniversary conference, Houston Baptist University (2016) Plenary paper, IBR regional meeting, Irving, TX (2016)
GRANTSANDAWARDS John Templeton Foundation Luce Foundation Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Trinity Western University Faculty Research Fund Alumni Association of Acadia University Excellence in Research Award Atlantic Baptist University Leadership Award
AREASOFSPECIALIZATION,RESEARCH,ANDPUBLICATION Historical Jesus Synoptic Gospels Dead Sea Scrolls Scriptural Intertextuality; use of OT in the NT New Testament Background, esp. early Judaica Gospel of John
PRINCIPALPUBLICATIONS Editor, with W. F. Stinespring, Early Jewish and Christian Exegesis: Studies in Memory of William Hugh Brownlee (Homage 10; Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1987). Life of Jesus Research: An Annotated Bibliography (NTTS 13; Leiden: Brill, 1989). To See and Not Perceive: Isaiah 6.9-10 in Early Jewish and Christian Interpretation (JSOTSup 64; Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1989). Luke (NIBC 3; Peabody: Hendrickson, 1990; hardcover reprint, 1999). Noncanonical Writings and New Testament Interpretation (Peabody: Hendrickson, 1992). Luke and Scripture: Essays on the Function of Authoritative Tradition in Luke-Acts, with James A. Sanders (Minneapolis: Fortress, 1993; repr. Eugene: Wipf and Stock, 2001). Editor, with James A. Sanders, Paul and the Scriptures of Israel (JSNTSup 83; SSEJC 1; Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1993). Editor, with Donald A. Hagner, Anti-Semitism and Early Christianity: Issues of Polemic and Faith (Minneapolis: Fortress, 1993). Editor, with Robert L. Webb and Richard A. Wiebe, Nag Hammadi Texts and the Bible: A Synopsis and Index (NTTS 18; Leiden: Brill, 1993). Word and Glory: On the Exegetical and Theological Background of John’s Prologue (JSNTSup 89; Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1993). Editor, with James H. Charlesworth, The Pseudepigrapha and Early Biblical Interpretation (JSPSup 14; SSEJC 2; Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1993). Editor, with Bruce D. Chilton, Studying the Historical Jesus: Evaluations of the State of Current Research (NTTS 19; Leiden: Brill, 1994). Editor, with W. R. Stegner, The Gospels and the Scriptures of Israel (JSNTSup 104; SSEJC 3; Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1994). Jesus and His Contemporaries: Comparative Studies (AGJU 25; Leiden: Brill, 1995). Editor, with Stanley E. Porter, The Historical Jesus: A Sheffield Reader (BibSem 33; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1995). Editor, with Stanley E. Porter, The Synoptic Gospels: A Sheffield Reader (BibSem 31; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1995). Editor, with Stanley E. Porter, The Johannine Writings: A Sheffield Reader (BibSem 32; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1995). Editor, with Stanley E. Porter, The Pauline Writings: A Sheffield Reader (BibSem 34; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1995). Life of Jesus Research: An Annotated Bibliography (NTTS 24; Leiden: Brill, 1996). Jesus in Context: Temple, Purity, and Restoration, with Bruce Chilton (AGJU 39; Leiden: Brill, 1997). Editor, with Craig C. Broyles, Writing and Reading the Scroll of Isaiah: Studies of an Interpretive Tradition (2 vols., VTSup 70; FIOTL 1; Leiden: Brill, 1997). Editor, with Peter W. Flint, Eschatology, Messianism, and the Dead Sea Scrolls (Studies in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Literature 1; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1997). Editor, with Stanley E. Porter, The Scrolls and the Scriptures: Qumran Fifty Years After (Roehampton Institute London Papers 3; JSPSup 26; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1997). Editor, with Stanley E. Porter, New Testament Interpretation and Methods: A Sheffield Reader (BibSem 45; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1997). Editor, with Stanley E. Porter, New Testament Backgrounds: A Sheffield Reader (BibSem 43; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1997). Editor, with Stanley E. Porter, New Testament Text and Language: A Sheffield Reader (BibSem 44; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1997). Editor, with Shemaryahu Talmon, The Quest for Context and Meaning: Studies in Biblical Intertextuality in Honor of James A. Sanders (BIS 28; Leiden: Brill, 1997). Editor, with James A. Sanders, Early Christian Interpretation of the Scriptures of Israel: Investigations and Proposals (JSNTSup 148; SSEJC 5; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1997). Editor, with Bruce Chilton, Authenticating the Words of Jesus (NTTS 28.1; Leiden: Brill, 1998). Editor, with Bruce Chilton, Authenticating the Activities of Jesus (NTTS 28.2; Leiden: Brill, 1998). Editor, with James A. Sanders, The Function of Scripture in Early Jewish and Christian Tradition (JSNTSup 154; SSEJC 6; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1998). Editor, with Bruce Chilton, James the Just and Christian Origins (NovTSup 98; Leiden: Brill, 1999). Editor, The Interpretation of Scripture in Early Judaism and Christianity: Studies in Language and Tradition (JSPSup 33; SSEJC 7; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2000). Editor, with Stanley E. Porter, Dictionary of New Testament Background (Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 2000). [winner of the ECPA Gold Medallion] Mark 8:27-16:20 (WBC 34B; Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2001). [winner of the ECPA Silver Medallion] Editor, with Paul Copan, Who Was Jesus? A Jewish-Christian Dialogue (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2001). Editor, with Bruce Chilton and Jacob Neusner, The Missing Jesus: Rabbinic Judaism and the New Testament (Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2002). The Bible Knowledge Background Commentary: Vol. 1 Matthew-Luke (Colorado Springs: Cook Publications, 2003). Jesus and the Ossuaries (Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2003). Editor, The Bible Knowledge Background Commentary: Vol. 2 Acts-Philemon (Colorado Springs: Cook Publications, 2004). Editor, From Prophecy to Testament (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2004). Editor, The Historical Jesus (4 vols., Routledge Reference Library; London: Routledge, 2004). Editor, Of Scribes and Sages: Studies in Early Jewish Interpretation and Transmission of Scripture (2 vols., LSTS 50-51; SSEJC 9-10; London and New York: T & T Clark, 2004). Ancient Texts for New Testament Studies: A Guide to the Background Literature (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2005). Editor, with Bruce Chilton, The Missions of James, Peter, and Paul: Tensions in Early Christianity (NovTSup 115; Leiden: Brill, 2005). Editor, The Bible Knowledge Background Commentary. Volume 3: John’s Gospel, Hebrews-Revelation (Colorado Springs: Cook Publications, 2005). Editor, with John J. Collins, Christian Beginnings and the Dead Sea Scrolls (Acadia Studies in Bible and Theology; Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2006). Fabricating Jesus: How Modern Scholars Have Distorted the Gospels (Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2006). Editor, with William H. Brackney, From Biblical Criticism to Biblical Faith (Macon GA: Mercer University Press, 2007). Editor, The Encyclopedia of the Historical Jesus (New York: Routledge Press, 2008). Editor, with Emanuel Tov, Exploring the Origins of the Bible: Canon Formation in Historical, Literary, and Theological Perspective (Acadia Studies in Bible and Theology; Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2008). Jesus, The Last Days, with N. T. Wright (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2009). Guide to the Dead Sea Scrolls (Nashville: B&H Publishing). Matthew (New Cambridge Bible Commentary; Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012). Jesus and His World: The Archaeological Evidence (London: SPCK; Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2012). From Jesus to the Church: The First Christian Generation (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2014). From Synagogue to Ecclesia: Matthew’s Community at the Crossroads, with Charles E. Carlston (WUNT 334; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2014). Jesus and the Remains of His Day: Studies in Jesus and the Evidence of Material Culture, with Foreword by J. Harold Ellens (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2015). God Speaks: What He Says, What it Means (Nashville: Worthy Publishing, 2015). Jesus and the Jihadis, with Jeremiah J. Johnston (Shippensburg, PA: Destiny Image, 2015). Editor, with Jeremiah J. Johnston, Searching the Scriptures: Studies in Context and Intertextuality (LNTS 543; SSEJC 19; London and New York: Bloomsbury T & T Clark, 2015). Editor, with Alan J. Avery-Peck and Jacob Neusner, Earliest Christianity within the Boundaries of Judaism: Essays in Honor of Bruce Chilton (The Brill Reference Library of Judaism 49; Leiden: Brill, 2016). Editor, with Lois Fuller Dow and Andrew Pitts, The Language and Literature of the New Testament: Essays in Honor of Stanley E. Porter’s 60th Birthday (Biblical Interpretation Series 150; Leiden: Brill, 2017). Editor, with Jack R. Lundbom, and Bradford A. Anderson, The Book of Jeremiah: Composition, Reception, and Interpretation (VTSup 178; FIOTL 8; Leiden: Brill, 2018). Editor, with David Wenham and Aaron White, The Earliest Perceptions of Jesus in Context: Essays in Honour of John Nolland (LNTS 566; London and New York: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2018). 考古耶穌：解開上帝兒子身分的迷思 (ed. and trans. by Li Chun; Hong Kong: InPress Books, 2019) xv + 131 pp. = Who is Jesus? Archaeology, Text and Context (only published in Chinese). Editor, with David Mishkin, Handbook of the Jewish Roots of Christianity (Peabody MA: Hendrickson, 2019) Jesus and the Manuscripts (Peabody MA: Hendrickson, 2020). With Bart D. Ehrman and Robert B. Stewart, Can We Trust the Bible on the Historical Jesus? (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2020). Editor, with Jeremiah J. Johnston, Scribes and Their Remains (LSTS 94; SSEJC 21; London and New York: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2020). Editor, with Aaron White, Who Created Christianity? Fresh Approaches to the Relationship Between Paul and Jesus (Peabody MA: Hendrickson, 2020). Editor, with B. J. Oropeza and Paul T. Sloan, New Studies in Intertextual Interplay (LNTS 632; SSEJC 20; London and New York: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2020). Editor, with B. D. Chilton, A. Avery-Peck, D. L. Bock, D. M. Gurtner, J. Neusner, L. H. Schiffman, and D. Oden (eds.), A Comparative Handbook to the Gospels of Matthew and Luke: Comparison with Pseudepigrapha, the Qumran Scrolls, and Rabbinic Literature (The New Testament Gospels in their Judaic Contexts 2; Leiden: Brill, 2021).
AREASOFTEACHINGCOMPETENCE New Testament Survey, Language, and Introduction Old Testament Survey, Language, and Introduction Hermeneutics; Exegetical Method Jesus and the Synoptic Gospels, miracles and supernatural Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament Scriptural Intertextuality Early Judaism; Jewish and Christian relations; Rabbinic exegesis Archaeology and the New Testament Gospel of John Paul Intertestamental Literatures Gnosticism and the New Testament
SELECTED MEDIA COVERAGE AND APPEARANCES Featured in the cover story, “The Proof is in the Parchment,” in the Alberta Report, BC Report, andWestern Report(17 April 1995) 28-32. Featured in “The War of the Scrolls,” in Christianity Today (6 October 1997) 38-45. Guest on seven segments of Faith and Reason, which aired on Odyssey Cable Network (1997-98). Featured in “In Search of the Historic Jesus,” in Claremont McKenna College Magazine (Spring 1999) 20-23. Interviewed in “Jesus: The Search Continues,” which aired on the John Ankerberg Show (April 2001) — John Ankerberg. Interviewed in “In the Footsteps of Jesus,”History Channel (15-18 April 2003). Interviewed on the “Don Connolly Show,”The CBC (18 December 2003). Interviewed in “Ancient Evidence: Peter—Jesus’ Fisherman,”Discovery Channel (29 October 2003). Interviewed in “The Last Days of Jesus,”Dateline NBC (20 February 2004; rebroadcast 4 April 2004) — Stone Phillips [24.8 million viewers]. Interviewed in “Jesus the Healer,”Dateline NBC (27 February 2004) — Rob Stafford Interviewed in “Bible Mysteries: Peter the Rock,”The BBC (25 March 2004). Interviewed in “The Search for John the Baptist,”History Channel (25 and 26 March 2005). Interviewed in “The Mystery of Miracles,”Dateline NBC (18 May 2005) — Stone Phillips. Interviewed in “The Birth of Jesus,”Dateline NBC (11 November 2005) — Keith Morrison. Interviewed in “The Miracles of Jesus,”Discovery Channel (24 December 2005); to be rebroadcast on The BBC (April 2006). Interviewed in “The Mystery of the Jesus Papers,”Dateline NBC (2 April 2006) — Sara James. Interviewed in “The Gospel of Judas,”National Geographic Channel (9 April 2006). Interviewed in “CBC News Hour,”CBC (13 April 2006) — Jim Nunn. Interviewed in “Secret Lives of Jesus,”National Geographic Channel (17 December 2006). Featured in “Deciphering Jesus,”Chronicle Herald (30 December 2006) p. F4. Interviewed in “Open Line,”Moody Broadcasting Network (27 February 2007) — Steve Moore. Interviewed in “100 Huntley Street,”Global TV (6 March 2007) — Ron and Ann Mainse. Interviewed in The Michael Coren Television Show (7 March 2007) — Michael Coren. Interviewed in “The Agenda,”TVOntario (12 March 2007) — Steve Paikin. Interviewed in “Open Line,”Moody Broadcasting Network (6 April 2007) — Chris P. Interviewed in “Listen Up,”Global TV (8 April 2007) — Lorna Dueck. Interviewed in “The Miracles of Jesus,”Discovery Channel (8 April 2007). Interviewed in “Amplify,”KDKA (8 April 2007) — Fr. Ronald Lengwin. Interviewed in TransWorld Radio Today, UK (11 April 2007) — Brent Siddall. Featured in Metro Voice News (April 2007) p. 7. Featured in “Jesus’ Family Tomb hasn’t been Found,”The Advertiser (3 July 2007). Interviewed in “Tomb Be or Not Tomb Be: The Lost Tomb of Jesus?”SETI Institute Radio (16 July 2007) — Molly Bentley andSeth Shostak. Interviewed on “Front Page,”CDR Radio Network (2 August 2007) — Chad Bresson. Interviewed in “Unearthed: The Talpiot Tomb,”Vision TV (12 November 2007). Interviewed in “The Lost Tomb of Jesus: Second Thoughts”Discovery Channel (23 December 2007). Interviewed on “KNIS/KCVT,”Issues, etc., St. Louis (24 January 2008) [broadcast on 50 stations] — Todd Wilkens. Interviewed in “The Lost Years of Jesus”National Geographic Channel (2008) Interviewed in “100 Huntley Street” (3 April 2008) — Ron Mainse. Interviewed in “Is ‘Let Him Who Is Without Sin Cast the First Stone’ Biblical? John 7:53–8:11,”Christianity Today (23 April 2008) — Sarah Zylstra. Featured in “The Lost Gospels,”National Geographic Channel (16 December 2008)./span> Featured in “Jesus and the Gospels: Answers to Tough Questions 1,”Day of Discovery (18 January 2009) [broadcast throughout North America]. Featured in “Jesus and the Gospels: Answers to Tough Questions 2,”Day of Discovery (25 January 2009) [broadcast throughout North America]. Featured in “Jesus: Man, Messiah, or More? Part 1-8,”Day of Discovery (February-April 2009 and fall 2009). Interviewed on “Information Morning,”CBC Radio 1 (9 April 2009) - Don Connolly. Interviewed on “100 Huntley Street,”Global TV (12 April 2009) - Denise Lodde. Interviewed on “ListenUp TV,”Global TV (12 April 2009) - Lorna Dueck. Interviewed on “100 Huntley Street,”Global TV (19 May 2009)-Jim Cantelon. Interviewed on “100 Huntley Street,” Global TV (20 May 2009)-Jim Cantelon. Featured in “Who Framed Jesus?” Day of Discovery (14 March 2010). Interviewed on “Prime Time America,” Moody Broadcasting Network (29 March 2010)—Tracy Haney. Interviewed on “ABQ Connect,” KNKT Radio (29 March 2010) — Peter Benson. Interviewed on “Christianity in a Changing Culture,” WCTS Radio – AM 1030 (30 March 2010) — Steve Davis. Featured in “Investigating Easter,” The Washington Post (2 April 2010) — Lee Strobel. Interviewed on “American Family Radio News,” American Family Radio (3 April 2010) — Allie Martin. Interviewed on “Perspective,” WTLN Radio (4 April 2010) — Allan Dempsey. Featured in “Jesus: Man, Messiah, or More?” Day of Discovery (25 April 2010). Featured in “The Missing Years of Jesus,” National Geographic Channel (23 December 2010). Featured in “Jesus and the Gospels (Part I),” Day of Discovery (30 January 2011). Featured in “Jesus and the Gospels (Part II),” Day of Discovery (6 February 2011). Featured in “Full Circle,” Crossroads Television (8 Feb 2011) — Ann Mainse. Featured in “100 Huntley Street,” Crossroads Television (19 April 2011) — Denise Lodde. Featured in “What Jesus Said about Resurrection,” Day of Discovery (24 April 2011). Interviewed on “Main Street,” CBC Radio (20 January 2012) — Stephanie Domet. Interviewed on “Talk Back,” Issues, etc. (23 April 2012) — Todd Wilken. Interviewed on “100 Huntley Street,” Crossroads Television (8 June 2012) — Jim Cantelon. Interviewed (with Professor James VanderKam) on “Extension 720,” WGN Radio 720 Chicago (18 November 2012) — Milt Rosenberg. Interviewed in “Who was the Virgin Mary?” CBS Sunday Morning (31 March 2013) — Martha Teichner. Interviewed on “The White Horse Inn Talk Show,” White Horse Inn Radio (5 May 2013) — Mike Horton. Interviewed in “100 Huntley Street,” Crossroads Television (28 March 2014) — Jerry Johnston. Interviewed on “Point of View,” www.pointofview.net (9 April 2014) — Kerby Anderson. Interview on “Issues, etc.,” Lutheran Public Radio (11 April 2014) — Todd Wilken. Interviewed in “100 Huntley Street,” Crossroads Television (14 April 2014) — Ron Mainse. Interviewed in “100 Huntley Street,” Crossroads Television (15 April 2014) — Ron Mainse. Interviewed on “On the Burial and Empty Tomb Traditions,” Trinities (28 April 2014) — Dale Tuggy. Interviewed on “Dr. Bart Ehrman’s Historical Methodology,” Trinities (5 May 2014) — Dale Tuggy. Interviewed on “Issues, etc.,” Lutheran Public Radio (6 May 2014) — Todd Wilken. Featured in “Church of the Annunciation — Unwrapping the Greatest Gift,” Crossroads Television (10 December 2014) — Moira Brown. Featured in “Nazareth — Unwrapping the Greatest Gift,” Crossroads Television (12 December 2014) — Moira Brown. Featured in “Shepherd’s Fields — Unwrapping the Christmas Story,” Crossroads Television (15 December 2014) — Moira Brown. Featured in “Church of the Nativity — Unwrapping the Christmas Story,” Crossroads Television (18 December 2014) — Moira Brown. Featured in “Judean Hills and Wadi Kelt — Unwrapping the Christmas Story,” Crossroads Television (23 December 2014) — Moira Brown. Interviewed on “Issues, etc.,” Crossroads Television (3 March 2015) — Todd Wilken Featured in “Exploring Easter in the Holy Land,” on “100 Huntley Street” Crossroads Television (27 March 2015) — Moira Brown. Featured in “Exploring Easter in the Holy Land,” on “100 Huntley Street” Crossroads Television (30 March 2015) — Moira Brown. Featured in “Exploring Easter in the Holy Land,” on “100 Huntley Street” Crossroads Television (31 March 2015) — Moira Brown. Featured in “Exploring Easter in the Holy Land,” on “100 Huntley Street” Crossroads Television (1 April 2015) — Moira Brown. Featured in “Exploring Easter in the Holy Land,” on “100 Huntley Street” Crossroads Television (2 April 2015) — Moira Brown. Interviewed on “100 Huntley Street: The Politics of the Passion,” Crossroads Television (3 April 2015) — John Hull. Interviewed in “God Talks,” Moody Radio (16 April 2015) — Jonathan Armstrong. Interviewed in “The Doc Side: The Shroud of Turin,” Yes TV (16 March 2015) — Magdalene John. Interviewed on “Insight,” Miracle Channel (21 April 2015) — Paul Arthur. Interviewed on “Vexhilla Regis,” IPBN Radio (3 July 2015) — Fr. Jack Ashcraft. Interviewed on “Live from Seattle,” 829 AM KGNW (14 July 2015) — Michelle Mendoza. Interviewed on “The Bob Dutko Show,” WRUZ Detroit (2 Sept 2015) — Bob Dutko. Interviewed on “Live,” WTKF FM (3 Sept 2015) — Ben Ball. Interviewed on USA Radio Network (25 Sept 2015) — John Clemens. Interviewed on “The Georgene Rice Show” (5 October 2015) — Georgene Rice. Interviewed on “In the Market,” Moody Radio (9 December 2015) — Janet Parshall. Interviewed in “Getting Jesus Right,” on “100 Huntley Street” Crossroads Television (18 January 2016) — Carey Nieuwhof. Featured in “Unearthing the World of Jesus,” Smithsonian (January–February 2016) 42–55, 122–30 — Ariel Sabar. Featured in “The Evil Threat of ISIS,” Decision (January 2016) 10–15 — Charles Chandler. Interviewed on “Book Talk,” KFUO Radio (12 February 2016) — Rod Zwonitzer. Interviewed on “The Drew Marshall Show” (20 February 2016) — Drew Marshall. Interviewed on “Connecting Faith,” My Faith Radio (23 February 2016) — Jo Bender. Interviewed on “100 Huntley Street” Crossroads Television (21 March 2016) — Carey Nieuwhof. Interviewed on “100 Huntley Street” Crossroads Television (22 March 2016) — Carey Nieuwhof. Interviewed on “100 Huntley Street” Crossroads Television (23 March 2016) — Carey Nieuwhof. Interviewed on “100 Huntley Street” Crossroads Television (24 March 2016) — Carey Nieuwhof. Interviewed on “Insight,” Miracle Channel (24 March 2016) — Paul Arthur. Interviewed on “Crosswalk,” KRKS-FM 94.7 (24 March 2016) — Gino Geraci. Interviewed on “100 Huntley Street” Crossroads Television (25 March 2016) — Carey Nieuwhof. Interviewed in “God Speaks,” on “100 Huntley Street” Crossroads Television (7 April 2016) — Carey Nieuwhof. Interviewed on “God-Talk” (1 May 2016) — Andrew Wyant. Interviewed on “Crosswalk,” KRKS Radio (30 June 2016) — Gino Geraci. Featured in “Houston Baptist University to Launch Theological Seminary,” The Baptist Standard (13 July 2016). Featured in “Houston Baptist University Launches Seminary, Masters Degree of Divinity,” Houston Chronicle (3 September 2016) — Allan Turner. Interviewed on “Issues, etc.,” Lutheran Public Radio (25 October 2016) — Todd Wilken. Interviewed on “Issues, etc.,” Lutheran Public Radio (27 October 2016) — Todd Wilken. Interviewed on “Issues, etc.,” Lutheran Public Radio (5 December 2016) — Todd Wilken. Interviewed on “Issues, etc.,” Lutheran Public Radio (4 January 2017) — Todd Wilken. Interviewed on “Issues, etc.,” Lutheran Public Radio (8 February 2017) — Todd Wilken. Author, with Jeremiah Johnston, “Why an incredible new discovery proves that the Dead Sea Scrolls belong to Israel,” Fox News Opinion (9 February 2017). Interviewed on “The God Solution,” KDUR (10 February 2017) — Nate Herbst and Grant Bresett. Interviewed on The HUB of New Mexico (15 February 2017) — Dan Rosecrans. Interviewed on “Insight,” Miracle Channel (15 February 2017) — Paul Arthur. Interviewed on “In the Market,” Moody Radio (22 February 2017) — Janet Parshall. Interviewed on “Insight,” Miracle Channel (23 February 2017) — Paul Arthur. Interviewed on “Issues, etc.,” Lutheran Public Radio (20 March 2017) — Todd Wilken. Featured in “Jesus’ Likely Tomb Studied,” Decision (April 2017) — Jerry Pierce. Interviewed on Fox 26 Morning News Houston (16 April 2017) — José Griñan. Featured in “The Gospel of Judas,” National Geographic Channel (16 April 2017). Interviewed on “Live from Seattle,” 829 AM KGNW (18 April 2017) — Michelle Mendoza. Author, with Jeremiah Johnston, “Was there a Jewish temple in Jerusalem? Were the pyramids built in Egypt?” Fox News Opinion (5 August 2017). Interviewed on “Issues, etc.,” Lutheran Public Radio (8 August 2017) — Todd Wilken. Interviewed on “Issues, etc.,” Lutheran Public Radio (25 August 2017) — Todd Wilken.
REFERENCES Prof. James A. Sanders, School of Theology at Claremont; Ancient Biblical Manuscript Center, Claremont, CA 91711 [retired] Prof. James H. Charlesworth, Princeton Theological Seminary, CN 821, Princeton, NJ 08542-0803 Prof. Bruce D. Chilton, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504 Prof. James D. G. Dunn, University of Durham, Durham DH1 3RS, U.K. [retired] Prof. Charles E. Carlston, Andover Newton Theological School, Newton Centre, MA 02159 [retired] Prof. Robert W. Wall, School of Theology, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA 98119 Dr. Lee M. McDonald, President, Acadia Divinity College, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia B4P 2R6 Dr. Don Page, Dean of Graduate Studies, Trinity Western University, Langley, British Columbia V2Y 1Y1 CANADA [retired] Colleague at Trinity Western University: Martin G. Abegg Jr. ([email protected])
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ENDORSEMENTS Prof. Marcus Borg Prof. John Dominic Crossan Prof. Jacob Neusner Prof. Alan F. Segal Rev. Dr. N. T. Wright