Gregory Beale

Gregory K. Beale
Born	1949 (age 66–67) Dallas, Texas
Residence	Pennsylvania
Nationality	American
Occupation	Theologian, professor
Years active	1976-
Title	Professor of New Testament and Biblical Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary
Religion	Christian (Evangelical, Reformed, Orthodox Presbyterian)
Academic background
Education	Southern Methodist University, Dallas Theological Seminary
Alma mater	Cambridge University
Thesis title	The Use of Daniel in Jewish Apocalyptic Literature and in the Revelation of St. John
Thesis year	1980
Academic work
Era	Late 20th and Early 21st Centuries
Institutions	Grove City College Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary Wheaton College Westminster Theological Seminary
Main interests	Old Testament in the New, Biblical hermeneutics
Notable works	The Book of Revelation: A Commentary on the Greek Text, A New Testament Biblical Theology: The Unfolding of the Old Testament in the New

Gregory K. Beale (born 1949 in Dallas, Texas) (also known as G. K. Beale) is a biblical scholar, currently a Professor of New Testament and Biblical Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary.^[1] He is an ordained minister in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. He has made a number of contributions to conservative Biblical hermeneutics, particularly in the area of the use of the Old Testament in the New Testament. He served as the president of the Evangelical Theological Society in 2004. In 2013, he was elected by Westminster Theological Seminary to be the first occupant of the J. Gresham Machen Chair of New Testament.^[2] At his inauguration he delivered an address titled The Cognitive Peripheral Vision of Biblical Writers.^[3]

Positions Held

• Grove City College (1980–1984)
• Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (1984–2000)
• Wheaton College (2000–2010)
• Westminster Theological Seminary (2010-current)^[1]

Works

Thesis

• Beale, Gregory K. (1980). The Use of Daniel in Jewish Apocalyptic Literature and in the Revelation of St. John (Ph.D.). Cambridge: Cambridge University.

Books

• Beale, Gregory K. (1984). The Use of Daniel in Jewish Apocalyptic Literature and in the Revelation of St. John. Lanham, MD: University Press of America. ISBN 978-0-819-14290-0. OCLC 11091372. - published revision of Beale's 1980 Cambridge Ph.D. dissertation
• ——— (1994). The Right Doctrine from the Wrong Texts?: Essays on the Use of the Old Testament in the New. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books. ISBN 978-0-801-01088-0. OCLC 31207689.
• ——— (1998). John's Use of the Old Testament in Revelation. Journal for the study of the New Testament, Supplement Series 166. Sheffield, England: Sheffield Academic Press. ISBN 978-1-850-75894-5. OCLC 40981843.
• ——— (1998). The Book of Revelation: A Commentary on the Greek Text. New International Greek Testament Commentary. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. ISBN 978-0-802-82174-4. OCLC 38096989.
• ——— (2003). 1-2 Thessalonians. IVP New Testament Commentary. Downers Grove, IL: Inter-Varsity Press. ISBN 978-0-830-81813-6. OCLC 52509447.
• ——— (2004). The Temple and the Church's Mission: A Biblical Theology of the Dwelling Place of God. New Studies in Biblical Theology 17. Downers Grove, IL: Inter-Varsity Press. ISBN 978-0-830-82618-6. OCLC 54073461.
• ———; Carson, D. A., eds. (2007). Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic. ISBN 978-0-801-02693-5. OCLC 370811667.
• ——— (2008). The Erosion of Inerrancy in Evangelicalism: Responding to New Challenges to Biblical Authority. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books. ISBN 978-1-433-50203-3. OCLC 227205757.
• ——— (2008). We Become What We Worship: A Biblical Theology of Idolatry. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic. ISBN 978-0-830-82877-7. OCLC 223907846.
• ——— (2011). A New Testament Biblical Theology: The Unfolding of the Old Testament in the New. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic. ISBN 978-0-801-02697-3. OCLC 699760262.
• ——— (2012). Handbook on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament: Exegesis And Interpretation. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic. ISBN 978-0-801-03896-9. OCLC 775419951.
• ——— (2013). The Morality of God in the Old Testament. Christian Answers to Hard Questions. Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing. ISBN 978-1-596-38852-9. OCLC 857893420.
• ——— (2014). God Dwells Among Us: expanding Eden to the ends of the earth. Downers Grove, IL: Inter-Varsity Press. ISBN 978-0-830-84414-2. OCLC 880200011.
• ———; Gladd, Benjamin L. (2014). Hidden But Now Revealed: a biblical theology of mystery. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic. ISBN 978-0-830-82718-3. OCLC 880199622.
• ———; Ross, William A.; Brendsel, Daniel J. (2014). An Interpretive Lexicon of New Testament Greek: analysis of prepositions, adverbs, particles, relative pronouns, and conjunctions. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan. ISBN 978-0-310-49411-9. OCLC 874734046.
• ——— (2015). Revelation: a shorter commentary. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. ISBN 978-0-802-86621-9. OCLC 885378238.

Articles and chapters

• ——— (1980). "The Danielic Background for Revelation 13-18 and 17:9". Tyndale Bulletin 31: 163–170.
• ——— (Dec 1984). "The influence of Daniel upon the structure and theology of John's Apocalypse". Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 27 (4): 413–423.
• ——— (1994). "Review Article: J. W. Mealy - After the Thousand Years". Evangelical Quarterly 66 (3): 229–249.
• ——— (March 2005). "Eden, the Temple, and the Church's Mission in the New Creation". Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 48 (1): 5–31.
• ——— (2006). "Myth, History, and Inspiration: A Review Article of Inspiration and Incarnation by Peter Enns". Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 49: 287–312.
• ——— (Spring 2007). "A Surrejoinder to Peter Enns's Response to G. K. Beale's JETS Review Article of His Book, Inspiration and Incarnation". Southern Baptist Journal of Theology 11 (1): 16–37.
• ——— (2006). "Did Jesus and the Apostles Preach the Right Doctrine from the Wrong Texts? Revisiting the Debate Seventeen Years Later in the Light of Peter Enns's Book, Inspiration and Incarnation". Themelios 32 (1): 18–43.
• ——— (2006). "A Surrejoinder to Peter Enns". Themelios 32 (3).

Festschrift

• Gurtner, Daniel M.; Gladd, Benjamin L., eds. (2013). From Creation to New Creation: biblical theology and exegesis: essays in honor of G. K. Beale. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers. ISBN 978-1-598-56837-0. OCLC 871022733.

References

1. Gregory K. Beale, retrieved 2014-01-23
2. "Machen Chair Inauguration". Retrieved 2014-01-23.
3. "Recap of Beale Inauguration". Retrieved 2014-01-23.