Craig A. Evans
Author of Dictionary of New Testament Background
About the Author
Craig A. Evans is Payzant Distinguished Professor of New Testament and director of the graduate program at Acadia Divinity College in Wolfville, Nova Scotia.
Series
Works by Craig A. Evans
How God Became Jesus: The Real Origins of Belief in Jesus' Divine Nature---A Response to Bart D. Ehrman (2014) 208 copies
Exploring the Origins of the Bible: Canon Formation in Historical, Literary, and Theological Perspective (Acadia… (2008) 106 copies
Christian Beginnings and the Dead Sea Scrolls (Acadia Studies in Bible and Theology) (2006) 95 copies
Jesus and the Ossuaries: What Jewish Burial Practices Reveal about the Beginning of Christianity (2003) 47 copies
Jesus and His Contemporaries: Comparative Studies (Arbeiten Zur Geschichte Des Antiken Judentums Und Des… (1995) 39 copies
New Testament Interpretation and Methods: A Sheffield Reader (The Biblical Seminar No. 45) (1997) 35 copies
Anti-Semitism and Early Christianity: Issues of Polemic and Faith (1993) — Editor; Contributor — 30 copies
Who Created Christianity?: Fresh Approaches To The Relationship Between Paul And Jesus (2020) 30 copies
Word and Glory: On the Exegetical and Theological Background of John's Prologue (Journal for the Study of the New… (1993) 27 copies
The World of Jesus and the Early Church: Identity and Interpretation in Early Communities of Faith (2011) 25 copies
Jesus and the Jihadis: Confronting the Rage of ISIS: The Theology Driving the Ideology (2015) 19 copies
Interpretation Of Scripture In Early Judaism And Christianity: Studies In Language And Tradition (Academic Paperback) (2000) 19 copies
The Missions Of James, Peter, And Paul: Tensions In Early Christianity (Supplements to Novum Testamentum) (2004) — Editor — 18 copies
To See and Perceive: Isaiah 6.9-10 in Early Jewish and Christian Interpretation (JSOT Supplement) (1989) 16 copies
Of Scribes And Sages: Early Jewish Interpretation And Transmission Of Scripture . Volume 1: Ancient Versions and… (2004) 16 copies
The Scrolls and the Scriptures: Qumran Fifty Years After (The Library of Second Temple Studies) (1997) 15 copies
The Book of Genesis: Composition, Reception, and Interpretation (Supplements to Vetus Testamentum) (2012) 15 copies
Jesus and the Remains of His Day: Studies in Jesus and the Evidence of Material Culture (2015) 15 copies
Function of Scripture in Early Jewish and Christian Tradition (Library Of New Testament Studies) (1998) 14 copies
Studying the Historical Jesus: Evaluations of the State of Current Research (1994) — Editor — 13 copies
Early Christian interpretation of the scriptures of Israel : investigations and proposals (1997) 13 copies
‘What Does the Scripture Say?': Studies in the Function of Scripture in Early Judaism and Christianity, Volume 1: The… (2012) 11 copies
Early Christian Literature and Intertextuality: Volume 1: Thematic Studies (Library of New Testament Studies) (2009) 10 copies
Early Christian Literature and Intertextuality: Volume 2: Exegetical Studies (The Library of New Testament Studies) (2009) 7 copies
Jewish and Christian Scripture as Artifact and Canon (The Library of Second Temple Studies) (2009) 6 copies
‘What Does the Scripture Say?': Studies in the Function of Scripture in Early Judaism and Christianity, Volume 2: The… (2013) 3 copies
Matthew–Luke 3 copies
The Quest for Context and Meaning: Studies in Biblical Intertextuality in Honor of James A. Sanders (1997) — Editor; Contributor — 2 copies
Studies in the Synoptic Gospels 2 copies
New Testament: Mark Vol 34B 2 copies
Archaeology and the New Testament 2 copies
The Historical Jesus: Jesus' Mission, Death, and Resurrection, Vol. 3 (Critical Concepts in Religious Studies) (2004) 2 copies
Gods, Spirits, and Worship in the Greco-Roman World and Early Christianity (Jewish and Christian Texts,Studies in… (2023) 1 copy
Acts?Philemon 1 copy
Matthew?Luke 1 copy
Bible Knowledge Background Commentary - Mathew - Luke by Craig Evans (February 19,2003) (1657) 1 copy
The Gospel of Judas 1 copy
Exorcisms and the Kingdom: Inaugurating the Kingdom of God and Defeating the Kingdom of Satan 1 copy
Yeshua, Paul and the Targums 1 copy
The Pauline writings 1 copy
The Old Testament in the New 1 copy
History Connection 1: "Medieval Realms, 1066-1500" and "the World of Islam": 1 (History connections) (1995) 1 copy
Messianic Expectations 1 copy
Associated Works
Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible (2005) — Contributor, some editions — 530 copies
Evidence for God: 50 Arguments for Faith from the Bible, History, Philosophy, and Science (2010) — Contributor — 194 copies
Hearing the Old Testament in the New Testament (Mcmaster New Testament Studies) (2006) — Contributor — 95 copies
The Bible at Qumran: Text, Shape, and Interpretation (Studies in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Literature) (2001) — Contributor — 87 copies
The Reliability of the New Testament: Bart Ehrman and Daniel Wallace in Dialogue (2011) — Contributor — 63 copies
Oxford Readings in Philosophical Theology: Volume 1: Trinity, Incarnation, and Atonement (2009) — Contributor — 33 copies
Approaches to New Testament Study (Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement) (1995) — Contributor — 27 copies
Memories of Jesus: A Critical Appraisal of James D. G. Dunn's Jesus Remembered (2010) — Contributor — 20 copies
When Judaism and Christianity began : essays in memory of Anthony J. Saldarini (2004) — Contributor — 16 copies
Exile: Old Testament, Jewish, and Christian Conceptions (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism, Vol 56) (1997) — Contributor — 12 copies
Christian Mission: Old Testament Foundations and New Testament Developments (2010) — Contributor — 10 copies
The Book of Psalms: Composition and Reception (Supplements to Vetus Testamentum) (2004) — Contributor — 8 copies
"Non-canonical" religious texts in early Judaism and early Christianity (2012) — Contributor — 8 copies
Christian Thought in the Twenty-First Century: Agenda for the Future (2012) — Contributor — 2 copies
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- Legal name
- Evans, Craig Alan
- Birthdate
- 1952-01-21
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Canada
USA - Birthplace
- Ontario, Canada
- Places of residence
- Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Education
- Claremont McKenna College (BA|1974)
Western Baptist Seminary (MDiv|1977)
Claremont Graduate University (MA|1980, PhD|1983)
Karoli Gaspar Reformatus University (DHabil|2009) - Organizations
- Society of Biblical Literature
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