Understanding Scripture: An Overview of the Bible''s Origin, Reliability, and Meaning

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Wayne Grudem (PhD University of Cambridge) is Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus of Theology and Biblical Studies at Phoenix Seminary in Phoenix Arizona. He is the author of more than twenty-five books including Bible Doctrine and Christian Beliefs.C. John Collins (PhD University of Liverpool) is professor of Old Testament at Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis Missouri. He has been a research engineer church-planter and teacher. He was the Old Testament Chairman for the English Standard Version Bible and is author of The God of Miracles Science and Faith: Friends or Foes? and Genesis 14: A Linguistic Literary and Theological Commentary. He and his wife have two grown children.Thomas R. Schreiner (PhD Fuller Theological Seminary) is the James Buchanan Harrison Professor of New Testament Interpretation and associate dean of the School of Theology at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.J. I. Packer (19262020) served as the Board of Governors Professor of Theology at Regent College. He authored numerous books including the classic bestseller Knowing God. Packer also served as general editor for the English Standard Version Bible and as theological editor for the ESV Study Bible.John Piper is founder and lead teacher of desiringGod.org and chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary. He served for thirty-three years as a pastor at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis Minnesota and is the author of more than fifty books including Desiring God; Dont Waste Your Life; and Providence.R. Kent Hughes (DMin Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is senior pastor emeritus of College Church in Wheaton Illinois and former professor of practical theology at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. Hughes is also a founder of the Charles Simeon Trust which conducts expository preaching conferences throughout North America and worldwide. He serves as the series editor for the Preaching the Word commentary series and is the author or coauthor of many books. He and his wife Barbara live in Spokane Washington and have four children and an ever-increasing number of grandchildren.Leland Ryken (PhD University of Oregon) served as professor of English at Wheaton College for nearly fifty years. He served as literary stylist for the English Standard Version Bible and has authored or edited over sixty books including The Word of God in English and A Complete Handbook of Literary Forms in the Bible.Vern S. Poythress (PhD Harvard University; ThD University of Stellenbosch) is Distinguished Professor of New Testament Biblical Interpretation and Systematic Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia Pennsylvania where he has taught for four decades. In addition to earning six academic degrees he is the author of numerous books and articles on biblical interpretation language and science.John D. Currid (PhD University of Chicago) is the Carl W. McMurray Professor of Old Testament at Reformed Theological Seminary. He is currently an adjunct faculty member at the Jerusalem Center for Biblical Studies in Jerusalem Israel and serves as project director of the Bethsaida Excavations Project in Israel (1995-present). He lectures and preaches worldwide.Peter J. Gentry (PhD University of Toronto) is professor of Old Testament interpretation at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and director of the Hexapla Institute.Daniel B. Wallace (PhD Dallas Theological Seminary) is professor of New Testament studies at Dallas Theological Seminary and the founder of the Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts an institute purposed to preserve Scripture by taking digital photographs of all known Greek New Testament manuscripts. Dr. Wallace influences students across the country through his textbook on Greek grammar Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics as it is used in more than two-thirds of the nations schools for the study of Greek. His postdoctoral work includes work on Greek grammar at Tyndale House in Cambridge and textual criticism studies at the Institut für Neutestamentliche Textforschung in Münster. When he is not involved in scholarly pursuits Dr. Wallace and wife Pati enjoy spending time with their boys and beagles.Peter J. Williams (PhD University of Cambridge) is the principal of Tyndale House Cambridge the chair of the International Greek New Testament Project and a member of the ESV Translation Oversight Committee. He is the author of Can We Trust the Gospels? and Early Syriac Translation Technique and the Textual Criticism of the Greek Gospels.David Chapman (PhD University of Cambridge) is professor of New Testament and Archaeology at Covenant Theological Seminary. He is also the author of Ancient Jewish and Christian Perceptions of Crucifixion. He presents research and lectures worldwide.Dan Doriani (PhD Westminster Theological Seminary) serves as the vice president of strategic academic projects and professor of theology at Covenant Seminary. He previously served as the senior pastor of Central Presbyterian Church in Clayton Missouri and has been involved in several planning and study committees at the presbytery level in both the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) and the Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC). Dan lives with his wife Debbie in Chesterfield Missouri and has three grown daughters.John D. Hannah (PhD University of Texas at Dallas) is research professor of theological studies and distinguished professor of historical theology at Dallas Theological Seminary. He is a frequent church and conference speaker both at home and abroad. He remains active in church ministries and serves on the boards of several organizations.Charles E. Hill (PhD Cambridge University) serves as John R. Richardson Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at Reformed Theological Seminary. He is the author of Who Chose the Gospels? and a coeditor of The Early Text of the New Testament.David Powlison (19492019) was a teacher a counselor and the executive director of the Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation. He received his PhD from the University of Pennsylvania and was also the senior editor of the Journal of Biblical Counseling. He wrote a number of books including How Does Sanctification Work?; Making All Things New; and God's Grace in Your Suffering.