Essay Contributers

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ESSAY CONTRIBUTORS

How to Read and Study the Bible

George H. Guthrie

Union University

Ph.D., Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

Reading the Bible for Transformation

Brian H. Cosby

Wayside Presbyterian Church (PCA), Signal Mountain, Tennessee

Ph.D., Australian College of Theology

The Origin, Transmission, and Canonization of the Old Testament Books

Jeremy Royal Howard

B&H Publishing Group

Ph.D., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

Introduction to the Pentateuch

Daniel I. Block

Wheaton College

Ph.D., University of Manchester

The Uniqueness of the Genesis Creation Story—Genesis 2

Kenneth A. Mathews

Beeson Divinity School

Ph.D., The University of Michigan

The Historical Reliability of the Old Testament—Genesis

Kenneth A. Kitchen

University of Liverpool (Emeritus)

Ph.D., University of Liverpool

Introduction to the Historical Books

Kenneth A. Mathews

Beeson Divinity School

Ph.D., University of Michigan

The Exiles of Israel—2 Kings 17

Duane A. Garrett

Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

Ph.D., Baylor University

Introduction to the Books of Poetry and Wisdom

Duane A. Garrett

Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

Ph.D., Baylor University

Introduction to the Old Testament Prophets

E. Ray Clendenen

B&H Publishing Group

Ph.D., University of Texas at Arlington

Significance of the Dead Sea Scrolls—Isaiah 6-7

Peter W. Flint

Trinity Western University

Ph.D., The University of Notre Dame

The Origin, Transmission, and Canonization of the New Testament Books

Jeremy Royal Howard

B&H Publishing Group

Ph.D., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

Introduction to the Gospels and Acts

Andreas J. Köstenberger

Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary

Ph.D., Trinity Evangelical Divinity School

Differences in the Gospels—Matthew 3:17

Robert H. Stein

Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

Ph.D., Princeton Theological Seminary

Church Discipline—Matthew 18:15-20

Mark E. Dever

Capitol Hill Baptist Church, Washington, D.C.

Ph.D., Cambridge University

The Metanarrative of God’s Mission

Christopher Wright

International Ministries Director of the Langham Partnership

Ph.D., Cambridge University

The Resurrection of Jesus as a Historical Event—Mark 16

Gary R. Habermas

Liberty University

Ph.D., Michigan State University

Messianic Expectations—Luke 7:20

Craig A. Evans

Acadia Divinity College

Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University

Christ in the Old Testament—Luke 24:27

Craig A. Blaising

Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

Ph.D., University of Aberdeen

Incarnation and Christology—John 1

Stephen J. Wellum

Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

Ph.D., Trinity Evangelical Divinity School

Is Jesus the Only Way? —John 14:6

Robert M. Bowman, Jr.

Institute for Religious Research

Ph.D., South African Theological Seminary

The Cross and the Gospel —John 19:17

Bruce A. Ware

Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

Ph.D., Fuller Theological Seminary

The Missional Church—John 20:21

Ed Stetzer

Wheaton College

Ph.D., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

Opportunities and Challenges in Global Missions—Acts 1:8

M. David Sills

Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

D.Miss.; Ph.D., Reformed Theological Seminary

Introduction to the New Testament Letters

Charles L. Quarles

Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary

Ph.D., Mid-America Theological Seminary

Salvation in the Old Testament—Romans 4

Paige Patterson

Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

Ph.D., New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary

The Message and Lifestyle of the Apostles—1 Corinthians 4:9ff.

Michael J. Wilkins

Talbot School of Theology, Biola University

Ph.D., Fuller Theological Seminary

The Bible and Sexuality—1 Corinthians 7

Daniel L. Akin

Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary

Ph.D., University of Texas at Arlington

Perseverance of the Saints—Ephesians 1:13-14

Daniel B. Wallace

Dallas Theological Seminary

Ph.D., Dallas Theological Seminary

The Bible and Women—2 Timothy 1

Mary A. Kassian

Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

D.Th. Candidate, University of South Africa

The Bible and Civil Rights—Philemon

Kevin L. Smith

Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

Ph.D., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

Jesus and Atonement in the Old Testament—Hebrews 9

Eugene H. Merrill

Dallas Theological Seminary

Ph.D., Columbia University

Faith and Works—James 2:18

Mark DeVine

Beeson Divinity School

Ph.D., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

The Historical Reliability of the New Testament—2 Peter 1:16

Craig L. Blomberg

Denver Seminary

Ph.D., University of Aberdeen

What Really Happened to the Apostles?

Sean McDowell

Biola University

Ph.D., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary