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Craig L. Blomberg | |
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Born | August 3, 1955 |
Nationality | American |
Known for | New Testament Matthew, parables, miracles, historical Jesus, Luke-Acts, John, 1 Corinthians, James), historical trustworthiness, New Testament theology, stewardship and money matters, and gender roles. |
Spouse | Frances Fulling Blomberg |
Children | Elizabeth Little and Rachel Blomberg |
Academic background | |
Education | Augustana College, B.A. Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, M.A. |
Alma mater | University of Aberdeen, Ph.D. |
Thesis | The Tradition History of the Parables Peculiar to Luke's Central Section (1982) |
Doctoral advisor | I. Howard Marshall |
Academic work | |
Institutions | Distinguished Professor Emeritus of New Testament at Denver Seminary,Colorado |
Craig L. Blomberg (born August 3,1955) is an American New Testament scholar. He is currently the Distinguished Professor Emeritus of the New Testament at Denver Seminary in Colorado where he has been since 1986. [1] [2] He currently serves as the president of the Evangelical Theological Society. [3]
Blomberg's area of academic expertise is the New Testament, [1] including subjects relating to The Law's fulfillment in Christ,parables,miracles,the historical Jesus,Luke-Acts,John,1 Corinthians,James,the historical trustworthiness of Scripture,financial stewardship,gender roles,the Latter Day Saint movement,hermeneutics,New Testament theology,and exegetical methods,involving understanding the ancient's robust literary toolkit including thematic-structural chiams. [1] [2] Blomberg has written and edited multiple books.
In 1977,he graduated from Augustana College in Rock Island,Illinois,which is also his hometown. [4] [1] After college,he attended Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield,Illinois and completed an M.A. in 1979. His Ph.D. was completed in 1982 at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland under the direction of I. Howard Marshall with research on the topic of the parables in the Gospel of Luke.
Throughout his career he has taught and guest lectured widely on six continents. He is a member of the Evangelical Theological Society,the Tyndale Fellowship,the Institute for Biblical Research,the Society of Biblical Literature,the Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas,and the Committee on Bible Translation for the New International Version of the Scriptures. Prior to being hired at Denver Seminary he was a research fellow at Tyndale House Cambridge and an assistant professor of religion at Palm Beach Atlantic College in West Palm Beach,Florida.
Blomberg was born in a mainline Protestant family and was a member of the Lutheran Church in America.
While he was in high school,he joined the Youth for Christ and became a born again Evangelical;he is currently a member of the Evangelical Covenant Church. [5]