C O V E N A N T T H E O L O G I C A L S E M I N A R Y

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C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E

Dr. Robert W. Yarbrough Professor of New Testament

Contact

To reach me, please call or e-mail Gerry Reimer, our Faculty Secretary, at

314.434.4044, ext. 4201, or gerry.reimer@covenantseminary.edu

Faculty Member Since 1991-96; 2010-

Select Courses Taught

Hellenistic Greek (all levels)

Acts and Paul Jeremiah

Electives

Education

University of Tubingen and Albrecht-Bengel-Haus, Tubingen, Germany Post-Doctoral Study (1995–95 winter semester)

University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK PhD (1985); dissertation: “The heilsgeschichtliche Perspective in Modern New Testament Theology”

Wheaton College Graduate School, Wheaton, IL

MA, Theological Studies—New Testament (1982); thesis: “The Date of the Writings of Papias of Hieropolis” Southwest Baptist College, Bolivar, MO

BA, English and Religion (1979)

Ministry Experience

St. Mark Lutheran Church, ELCA, Lindenhurst, IL

Pastoral Assistant, Adult Education Leader, Children’s Sermon Specialist (2002–10)

Transferred Ordination to PCA (1991)

Preaching and Teaching Duties

in Scotland, West Germany, Virginia, Wisconsin, Iowa, and other states (1976– )

Pastoral, Interim Pastoral, and Associate Pastoral Service

in Montana, Missouri, Illinois, North Carolina (1976– )

Trinity Baptist Church, Missoula, MT

Ordained to gospel ministry, Southern Baptist Convention (1980) Licensed to preach, Southern Baptist Convention (1976)

Teaching Experience

IN NORTH AMERICA:

Covenant Theological Seminary, St. Louis, MO

Professor of New Testament (2010– )

Associate Professor of New Testament (1991–96) Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, IL

Professor of New Testament (2009–10)

Associate Professor of New Testament (1996–2009) Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL

Associate Professor of New Testament Studies (1990–91)

Assistant Professor of New Testament Studies (1987–90)

Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA

Associate Professor of Biblical and Theological Studies, 1985–87

O V E R S E A S :

Karoli Gaspar Reformed University, Budapest, Hungary

Annual Lecturer (2001-present)

Center for Biblical Studies, Africa

Twice-annual transdenominational pastoral training conference (1999–present)

Nile Thological College, Khartoum, Sudan (Summer 1995)

Emmanuel University, Oradea, Romania

Lecturer in Theological and Exegetical Department on multiple one-week teaching visits (1994–2006)

Wheaton Faculty Missions Project

Cluj-Napoca, Romania (Summer 1990) Evangelical Theological Seminary, Cairo, Egypt (Summer 1989)

Presbytery and Denominational Service

Member, Candidates and Credentials Committee, Chicago Metro Presbytery, PCA (2007– )

Charter Member, Chicago Metro Presbytery, PCA, new district of former Northern Illinois Presbytery (2005– )

Service on various committees for PCA, 1991–97 and 1998–2003

Member, Candidates and Credentials Committee, Northern Illinois Presbytery, PCA (1998)

Professional Societies and Memberships

Evangelical Theological Society

Institute of Biblical Research

Society of Biblical Literature Tyndale Fellowship

Books

Encountering the New Testament: A Historical and Theological Survey, 2nd. ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2005.

Co-authored with Walter Elwell. First edition published 1998.

1, 2, and 3 John. Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: BakerAcademic, 2008.

The Gospel of John. Chicago: Moody Press, 1991.

The Kregel Pictorial Guide to the New Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel, 2009. Readings From the First-Century World: Primary Sources for New Testament Study. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker,

1998. Co-authored with Walter Elwell. The Salvation History Fallacy? Reassessing the History of New Testament Theology. Leiden: Deo Publishing,

2004.

Book Chapters or Sections

“Adolf Schlatter.” In Biblical Interpreters of the Twentieth Century: A Selection of Evangelical Voices. Ed. Walter

Elwell and J. D. Weaver. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 1999, 59–72.

“Adolf Schlatter (1852–1938).” In Historical Handbook of Major Bible Interpreters. Ed. Donald McKim. Downers

Grove, IL: IVP, 1998, 518–22. Revised version appears in Dictionary of Major Bible Interpreters. Ed. Donald

McKim. Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2007.

“Christ and the Crocodiles: Eleven Theses on the Contemporary Significance of the Issue of Suffering and God’s

Goodness.” In Suffering and the Goodness of God. Ed. Robert A. Peterson and Christopher W. Morgan.

Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2008.

“Divine Election in the Gospel of John.” In The Grace of God and the Bondage of the Will, vol. 1. Ed. Thomas

Schreiner and Bruce Ware. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 1995, 47–62.

“Eta Linnemann: Friend or Foe of Scholarship?” In The Jesus Crisis. Ed. Robert L. Thomas. Grand Rapids, MI:

Kregel, 1998, 158–84. This chapter also appeared in The Master’s Seminary Journal 8, no. 2 (Fall 1997): 163–89.

“Godet, Frederic Louis (1812–1900).” In Dictionary of Major Bible Interpreters. Ed. Donald McKim. Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2007.

“The Hermeneutics of 1 Timothy 2:9–15.” In Women in the Church: A Fresh Analysis of 1 Timothy 2:9-15, 2nd

ed. Ed. Thomas Schreiner and Andreas Kostenberger. Grand Rapids, MI: 2005, 121–48, 229–41. First edition ed. by Schreiner, Kostenberger, and H. Scott Baldwin, published in 1995.

“Jesus’ Teaching on Hell.” In Hell Under Fire: Modern Scholarship Reinvents Eternal Punishment. Ed. Robert A.

Peterson and Christopher W. Morgan. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2004, 67–90.

“Johannine Epistles.” In Zondervan Illustrated Bible Background Commentary, vol. 4. Grand Rapids, MI:

Zondervan, 2002, 176–227.

“Moses Stuart (1780–1852).” In Historical Handbook of Major Bible Interpreters. Ed. Donald McKim. Downers

Grove, IL: IVP, 1998, 368-72. Revised version appears in Dictionary of Major Bible Interpreters. Ed. Donald

McKim. Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2007.

“New Testament Studies in Africa.” Festschrift chapter forthcoming. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2011.

“New Testament Studies in Europe.” Festschrift chapter forthcoming. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2011.

“Oscar Cullmans progressiv-heilsgeschichtliche Konzeption.” In Glaube und Geschichte: Heilsgeschichte als Thema der Theologie. Ed. Helge Stadelmann. Giessen/Wuppertal: Brunnen/ Brockhaus, 1986, 319–47. Co-

authored with Hans Bayer.

“Paul and Salvation History.” In Justification and Variegated Nomism: A Fresh Appraisal of Paul and Second Temple Judaism. Ed. D. A. Carson, P. T. O’Brien, and M. A. Seifrid. Tubingen/Grand Rapids, MI: Mohr-

Siebeck/Baker, 2004, 297–342.

“Schlatter on the Pastorals: Mission in the Academy.” Festschrift chapter forthcoming. Leiden: Brill, 2011.

“Schlatter Reception Then and Now: His New Testament Theology.” In Adolf Schlatter, The Theology of the Apostles. Trans. Andreas Kostenberger. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 1999, 417–31.

Articles

“Adolf Schlatter.” In The Dictionary of Historical Theology. Ed. Trevor Hart. Carlisle, UK: Paternoster, 2000, 505 07.

“Adolf Schlatter’s ‘The Significance of Method for Theological Work’: Translation and Commentary.” The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology 1, no. 2 (Summer 1997): 64–76.

“Atonement,” “Forgiveness and Reconcilation,” Revelation.” In New Dictionary of Biblical Theology. Ed.

Desmond Alexander and Brian Rosner. Leicester: Inter-Varsity, 2000.

“The Bible in a Post-Liberal Church.” Christianity Today 38 (April 25, 1994): 52–53. “Biblical Authority and the

Ethics Gap: The Call to Faith in James and Schlatter.” Presbyterion 22, no. 2 (1996): 67–75.

“Biblical Criticism (America/US).” In Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception. New York/Berlin: DeGruyter. Forthcoming.

“Biblical Theology,” “Eternal, Eternity,” “Paul the Apostle,” “Perfect, Perfection”; and “God,” “Lord,” and “Only

Begotten” under “Jesus Christ, Names of.” In Baker Dictionary of Biblical Theology. Ed. by Walter Elwell. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1996.

“Completing the Reformation: The Challenge of Romans 1:16–17 for Romanian Evangelicals.” Perichoresis 1,

no. 1 (2003): 35–44.

“Consistent Eschatology,” “History of Religion School,” “Oscar Cullmann,” “Edward Schillebeeckx,” “Myth of God Incarnate Debate,” “Jesus Seminar,” “New Age Movement,” “Heilsgeschichte.” In Evangelical Dictionary of Theology, 2nd ed. Ed. by Walter Elwell. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 2001.

“The Date of Papias: A Reassessment.” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 26 (1983): 181–91.

“The Embattled Bible: Four More Books.” Themelios 34, no. 1 (April 2009): 6–25.

“Eta Linnemann: Friend or Foe of Scholarship?” The Master’s Seminary Journal 8, no. 2 (Fall 1997): 163–89.

“Evangelical Theology in Germany.” Evangelical Quarterly 65, no. 4 (1993): 329–53.

“Excellence in Christian Living: Sex Ethics à la First Thessalonians 4:3-8.” Reformation and Revival 5, no. 4 (Fall 1996): 67–78.

“The Gospel According to the Jesus Seminar.” Presbyterion 20, no. 1 (Spring 1994): 8–20

“I Suffer Not a Woman: A Review Essay.” Presbyterion 18, no. 1 (Spring 1992): 25–33.

“James Barr and the Future of Revelation in History in New Testament Theology.” Bulletin for Biblical Research

14, no. 1 (2004): 105–126.

“The Last and Next Christendom: Implications for Interpreting the Bible.” Themelios 29, no. 1 (Autumn 2003):

30–37.

“Modern Wise Men Encounter Jesus.” Christianity Today 38 (December 12, 1994): 38–45.

“A Milestone in the History New Testament Research: Review Essay.” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 46, no. 2 (June 2003): 299–308.

“New Light on Paul and Women?” Christianity Today 37 (October 4, 1993): 68–70.

“New Testament Christology and the Jesus of Islam.” Evangelical Review of Theology 14, no. 2 (1990): 113–25.

Pastoral Wisdom on the Struggle to Pray: Oscar Cullmann’s New Book in Critical Review.” Presbyterion 21, no. 1

(1995): 49–56.

“The Power and Pathos of Professor Ehrman’s NT Introduction.” Perspectives in Religious Studies 27, no. 4

(Winter 2000): 363–70.

“The Practice and Promise of Biblical Theology: A Response to Hamilton and Goldsworthy.” The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology 12, no. 4 (Winter 2009): 78–86.

“The Quest of the Historical Jesus.” In Baker Dictionary of Christian Education. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2000.

“Redaction Criticism.” In Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible, vol. 2. Ed. Walter Elwell. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1988,

1825–27.

“Response to Professor Ehrman’s Review.” Perspectives in Religious Studies 27, no. 4 (Winter 2000): 359–62.

“Resurrection.” In New Twentieth-Century Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge. Ed. J. D. Douglas. Grand

Rapids: Baker, 1991, 710–12.

“Retreating Authority: Evangelical-Liberal Rapprochement?” Christian Scholar’s Review 19, no. 2 (December

1989): 149–62.

“St. Thomas.” In Great Lives from History: Ancient and Medieval Series. Ed. Frank N. Magill. Pasadena: Salem Press, 1988, 2138–44.

“The SBJT Forum: Biblical Theology for the Church.” The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology 10, no. 2

(Summer 2006): 98–100.

“Schlatter Reception Now: His New Testament Theology.” The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology 3, no. 1

(Spring 1999): 52–65.

“Sexual Gratification in 1 Thessalonians 4:1—8.” Trinity Journal 20NS, no. 2 (1999): 215–32.

“The Theology of Romans in Future Tense.” The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology 11, no. 3 (Fall 2007): 46

62.

“Tübingen School.” In Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible. Ed. Kevin J. Vanhoozer. Grand

Rapids: Baker, 2005.

“Variation on a Theme: History’s nth Great Hermeneutical Crisis.” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society

39, no. 3 (1996): 443–55.

“Witness to the Gospel in Academe: Adolf Schlatter as a Teacher of the Church.” Perichoresis 4, no. 1 (2006).

“Women and Ministry: Fidelity to Scripture in the Unity of the Faith.” Presbyterion 35, no. 1 (Fall 2009): 65–81.

Reviews and Translations

Numerous reviews published in a variety of scholarly journals, as well as several translations of important works

by Eta Linnemann, Gerhard Maier, and Adolf Schlatter.

Study Bible Projects

ESV Study Bible. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2008. Introduction and notes for 1, 2, and 3 John

Holman Christian Standard Bible. Nashville: Holman, forthcoming. Introduction and notes for 1, 2, and 3 John.

The Liberty Annotated Study Bible. Lynchburg, VA: Old Time Gospel Hour, 1988. Introduction and notes for

Mark, Luke, Johannine Epistles, and Jude; various editorial and consulting duties.

Lockman Study Bible. La Habra, CA: Lockman Foundation. Introduction and notes for the Gospel of John.

New International Version. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1984. Cross-references for Job.

Quest Study Bible. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1994. Introduction and notes for Philippians and Colossians.

Editorial Responsibilities

Co-Editor (with Robert Stein), Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament Board of Referees, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society

Editorial Board, Evangelical Theological Society Dissertation and Monograph Series

Peer Reviewer, Aorist (Danish online journal)

Editor, Trinity Journal (2001–10) Editorial Board, Bulletin for Biblical Research (2006–09)

Editorial Committee, Presbyterion: Covenant Seminary Review (2010–present ); Editor (2016–present)