# Craig Blomberg

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. He currently serves as the president of the Evangelical Theological Society.
Blomberg's area of academic expertise is the New Testament, 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. Blomberg has written and edited multiple books.

## Education

In 1977, he graduated from Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois, which is also his hometown. 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.

## Career

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.

## Personal life

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.

## Works
### Books

* Blomberg, Craig L. (1987). The Historical Reliability of the Gospels. Leicester, UK: Inter-Varsity Press. ISBN 9780877849926. OCLC 15415029., 2nd ed. 2007
* ——— (1990). Interpreting the Parables. Downers Grove, IL: Inter-Varsity Press. ISBN 9780830812714. OCLC 20216995., 2nd ed. 2012
* ——— (1992). Matthew. New American Commentary. Vol. 22. Nashville, TN: Broadman Press. ISBN 9780805401226. OCLC 25631492.
* ———; Klein, William W.; Hubbard, Robert L. (1993). Introduction to Biblical Interpretation. Dallas, TX: Word. ISBN 9780849907746. OCLC 27432086., 2nd ed. Nashville: Nelson, 2004; 3rd ed. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2017
* ——— (1994). 1 Corinthians. NIV Application Commentary. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan. ISBN 9780310484905. OCLC 30593909.
* ——— (1997). Jesus and the Gospels: An Introduction and Survey. Nashville, TN: Broadman Press. ISBN 9780805410587. OCLC 36261237., 2nd ed. 2009, 3rd ed. 2022.
* ———; Robinson, Stephen E. (1997). How Wide the Divide? A Mormon and an Evangelical in Conversation. Downers Grove, IL: Inter-Varsity Press. ISBN 9780830819911. OCLC 36059991.
* ——— (1999). Neither Poverty nor Riches: A Biblical Theology of Possessions. New Studies in Biblical Theology. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. ISBN 9780802844019. OCLC 41039759.
* ——— (2001). The Historical Reliability of John's Gospel. Downers Grove, IL: Inter-Varsity Press. ISBN 9780830826858. OCLC 48123191.
* ——— (2004). Preaching the Parables: from responsible interpretation to powerful proclamation. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic. ISBN 9780801027499. OCLC 53331710.
* ——— (2004). Making Sense of the New Testament: Three Crucial Questions. 3 crucial questions. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic. ISBN 9780801027475. OCLC 53231874.
* ——— (2005). Contagious Holiness: Jesus' Meals with Sinners. New Studies in Biblical Theology. Vol. 19. Leicester, UK & Downers Grove, IL: Apollos & InterVarsity Press. ISBN 9780830826209. OCLC 61391335.
* ——— (2006). From Pentecost to Patmos: An Introduction to Acts through Revelation. Nashville, TN: B & H Academic. ISBN 9780805432480. OCLC 71520543., 2nd ed. 2021
* ———; Kamell, Mariam J. (2008). James. Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament. Vol. 16. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. ISBN 9780310244028. OCLC 232636475.
* ———; Markley, Jennifer Foutz (2010). A Handbook of New Testament Exegesis. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic. ISBN 9780801031779. OCLC 548412761.
* ——— (2013). Christians in an Age of Wealth: A Biblical Theology of Stewardship. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Academic. ISBN 9780310318989.
* ——— (2014). Can We Still Believe the Bible? An Evangelical Engagement with Contemporary Questions. Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos Press. ISBN 9781587433214. OCLC 865711214.
* ———; Sbanotto, Elisabeth A. Nesbit (2016). Effective Generational Ministry: Biblical and Practical Insights for Transforming Church Communities. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic. ISBN 9780801049484.
* ——— (2016). The Historical Reliability of the New Testament: The Challenge to Evangelical Christian Beliefs. Nashville, TN: B&H Academic. ISBN 9780805464375.
* ——— (2018). A New Testament Theology. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press. ISBN 9781481302272.
* ———; Stecher, Carl (2019). Resurrection: Faith or Fact?. Durham, NC: Pitchstone. ISBN 9781634311748. OCLC 1065947071.
* _____ (2020). Can We Still Believe in God? Answering Ten Contemporary Challenges to Christianity. Grand Rapids: Brazos.
* _____ (2023). Jesus the Purifier: John's Gospel and the Fourth Quest for the Historical Jesus. Grand Rapids: Baker.

### As editor

* ———; Wenham, David, eds. (1986). Gospel Perspectives, vol. 6: The Miracles of Jesus. Sheffield, UK: JSOT Press.
* ———; Beck, James R., eds. (2001). Two Views on Women in Ministry. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan. ISBN 9780310231950. OCLC 45888775., 2nd ed. 2005
* ———; Chung, Sung Wook, eds. (2009). A Case for Historic Premillennialism: an alternative to "left behind" eschatology. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic. ISBN 9780801035968. OCLC 243941651.

### Articles and chapters

* ——— (1984). "The Law in Luke-Acts". Journal for the Study of the New Testament. 7 (22): 53–80. doi:10.1177/0142064X8400702204.
* ——— (1991). "The Liberation of Illegitimacy: Women and Rulers in Matthew 1-2". Biblical Theology Bulletin. 21 (4): 145–150. doi:10.1177/014610799102100403.
* ——— (1991). "Hear Then the Parable: A Commentary on the Parables of Jesus". Journal of Biblical Literature. 110 (4): 720–722. doi:10.2307/3267678. JSTOR 3267678.
* ——— (1992). "DEGREES OF REWARD IN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN?". Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society. 35 (2): 159–172.
* ——— (1998). "Eschatology and the Church: Some New Testament Perspectives". Themelios. 23 (3): 3–26.
* ———; Robinson, Stephen E.; Connelly, Matthew R. (1999). "Sizing Up the Divide: Reviews and Replies". BYU Studies. 38 (3): 163–190. OCLC 9976745225.
* ——— (2004). "Better Things in this Case: The Superiority of Today's New International Version in Hebrews". The Bible Translator. 55 (3): 310–318. doi:10.1177/026009350405500303.
* ——— (2009). "Jesus, Sinners, and Table Fellowship". Bulletin for Biblical Research. 19 (1): 35–62. doi:10.2307/26423798. JSTOR 26423798.
* ——— (2017). "Parabolic Figures or Narrative Fictions? Seminal Essays on the Stories of Jesus by Charles W. Hedrick". Catholic Biblical Quarterly. 79 (3): 546–548. doi:10.1353/cbq.2017.0157.
* ——— (2019). "The Centrality of Scripture in 2 Corinthians 8–9". In Porter, Stanley E. (ed.). Paul and Scripture. Leiden, Netherlands: Koninklijke Brill. pp. 303–322. doi:10.1163/9789004391512_015. ISBN 978-90-04-39218-2.
* ——— (2020). "Missional Economics: Biblical Justice and Christian Formation". Theology Today. 77 (1): 105–106. doi:10.1177/0040573620916724c.
* ——— (2022). "The Perfect Law of Liberty on Poverty and Wealth: A Precursor to Paul?". Tyndale Bulletin. 73: 171–199. doi:10.53751/001c.39764.
* ——— (2023). "Jesus the Purifier: John's Gospel and the Fourth Quest for the Historical Jesus". Interpretation. 77 (4): 402. doi:10.1177/00209643231184867e.