biographical
Name: Craig
Alan Evans
Citizenship:
Canada and USA
Marital
Status: Married 33 years to Virginia Anne McKee
Children: Two
daughters, Carrie and Jill, ages 29 and 27;
one grandchild.
Office
Address: Acadia Divinity College
(902) 585-2221
Fax: (902)
585-2233; Email: craig.evans@acadiau.ca
education
Ph.D.
- Claremont Graduate University,
California (1983)
Thesis:
Isaiah 6:9-10 in Early
Jewish and
Christian Interpretation
Advisor:
William H. Brownlee (deceased)
M.A.
- Claremont Graduate University,
California (1980)
M.Div. -
Western Baptist Seminary, Oregon (1977) [Baptist ordination,
1979]
B.A.
- Claremont McKenna College, California
(1974)
professional
employment
Payzant
Distinguished
Professor of New Testament, Acadia Divinity College, 2002-
Professor,
Trinity
Western University, 1981-2002 (Assistant Professor, 1981-85; Associate
Professor, 1985-90; Professor, 1990-2002; Chair of Religious Studies
Department, 1981-94; Director of Graduate Program in Biblical Studies,
1994-2000)
Senior
Research
Fellow, University of Surrey Roehampton/London (1998-2001)
Sessional
Lecturer,
Fuller Theological Seminary (1989-2007); University of British Columbia
(1988-89);
Regent College (1985-87, 1999)
Assistant
Professor of Religious Studies, McMaster University (1980-81)
professional
memberships and activities
Member of the
Society
of Biblical Literature, the Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas, the
Institute for
Biblical Research, the International Organization for Septuagint and
Cognate
Studies, and the Catholic Biblical Association (have presented many
papers at
regional, national, and international meetings)
Chairman,
SBL's
Scripture in Early Judaism and Christianity Section (1989-96)
Chairman,
SNTS's
Gospels and Rabbinic Literature Seminar (1996-2003)
Editor,
Studies in
Scripture in Early Judaism and Christianity series (Sheffield Academic
Press /
T & T Clark International)
Editor,
Studying the
Historical Jesus series (Eerdmans)
Editor,
Formation and
Interpretation of Old Testament Literature series (Brill)
Editor-in-Chief
of
the Bulletin for Biblical Research
(1995-2005); editorial board of the Journal
for the Study of the New Testament Supplements
(1992-present); editorial
board of Dead Sea Discoveries
(1997-present);
editorial board of Journal for the Study
of the Historical Jesus (2002-present); editorial board of Davar Logos (2004-present); and member
of the editorial board of New Testament
Studies (term: 2005-2007)
Visiting
Fellow,
Princeton Theological Seminary (1987-88)
lectureships
and invited
lectures
Annual
Biblical
Studies Lectureship, Trinity College, Deerfield, Illinois (1989)
McManis
Lecture,
Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois (1996)
New Testament
Graduate Seminar, University of Durham (1998)
Cotner
Lecture,
Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, Nebraska (1998)
Biblical
Archaeology
Society Summer Session, St. Olaf’s College, Northfield,
Minnesota (1998)
Staley
Lectureship,
Tyndale College and Seminary, Toronto, Ontario (1999)
New Testament
Graduate Seminar, Cambridge University (1999)
Hayward
Lectures,
Acadia Divinity College, Wolfville, Nova Scotia (1999)
Biblical
Archaeology
Society SBL Fest series, Boston, Massachusetts (1999)
New Testament
Graduate
Seminar, Oxford University (2000)
Eschatology
and the
Dead Sea Scrolls, Field Museum and University of Chicago (2000)
Jesus and the
Scrolls, McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago (2000)
Biblical
Archaeology
Society Summer Session, Franciscan Renewal Center, Portland, Oregon
(2000)
Messianism and
the
Scrolls, Denver Theological Seminary, Denver, Colorado (2001)
Biblical
Archaeology
Society Spring Session, Santa Clara, California (2001)
Biblical
Archaeology
Society SBL Fest series, Toronto, Ontario (2002)
Biblical
Archaeology
Society Summer Session, Namasté Center, Portland, Oregon
(2003)
The Dead Sea
Scrolls
and Christian Origins, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Gatineau,
Quebec (2004)
The Rachel
Zanbergen
Lecture, St. Paul University, Ottawa, Ontario (2004)
Symposium for
Church
and Academy lectures, Crichton College, Memphis (2004)
Biblical
Archaeology
Society Summer Session, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North
Carolina
(2004)
The Bentall
Lecture
on Education and Theology, at the University of Calgary, Alberta (2004).
Biblical
Archaeology
Society SBL Fest series, San Antonio, Texas (2004)
Palm Beach
Atlantic
University Lectures, Florida (2005)
Greer-Heard
Forum on
Resurrection, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisiana (2005)
International
Baptist
Seminary Lectures, Prague (2005)
Rivendell
Lecture at
Yale Divinity School, New Haven, Connecticut (2005)
Murray
Lectures at
Atlantic Baptist University, Moncton, New Brunswick (2005)
The Lund Lectures at North Park University, Chicago (2006)
The Dunning Memorial Lecture at St. Mary's University and Seminary, Baltimore (2006)
Biblical Archaeology Society SBL Fest series, Washington, DC (2006)
Biblical Archaeology Society Caribbean Cruise (2007)
Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Kansas City, Missouri (2007)
Northern Theological Seminary, Lombard, Illinois (2007)
Biblical Archaeology Society of Northern Virginia, Alexandria, Virginia (2007)
invited
papers
International
Symposium on Hillel and Jesus, Jerusalem (1992)
Conference on
the
Nature of Religious Language, Roehampton Institute London (1995)
Conference on
Christology: Ancient and Modern, Roehampton Institute London (1996)
International
Conference on the Dead Sea Scrolls, Brigham Young University, Provo,
Utah
(1996)
Conference on
the
Dead Sea Scrolls Fifty Years After, Roehampton Institute London (1997)
Congress on
the Dead
Sea Scrolls, Hebrew University, Jerusalem (1997)
Conference on
Jesus
in a Judaic Context, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York (1997)
Dead Sea
Scrolls
Jubilee Conference, Princeton Theological Seminary (1997)
Conference on
Resurrection, Roehampton Institute London (1998)
Summit on the
Trinity, St. Joseph's Seminary, Yonkers, New York (1998)
Bingham
Colloquium on
the Parables, McMaster Divinity College, Hamilton, Ontario (1998)
Conference on
Jewish-Christian
Relations, University of Surrey Roehampton (1999)
European New
Testament Seminar, International SBL Meeting in Helsinki (1999)
Bingham
Colloquium on
Ethics and Ministry, McMaster Divinity College, Hamilton, Ontario (2000)
Symposium on
Jesus
and Archaeology, Notre Dame Centre, Jerusalem (2000)
International
Congress on Historical Science, Oslo, Norway (2000)
Jewish
Believers in
Jesus Project symposium, Tantur Centre, Bethlehem (2000)
Institute for
Biblical Research Historical Jesus Study Group, Dallas (2001)
Jewish
Believers in
Jesus Project symposium, Cambridge (2001)
Bingham
Colloquium on
the Gospels, McMaster Divinity College, Hamilton, Ontario (2002)
Bingham
Colloquium on
the Use of the Old Testament in the New Testament, McMaster Divinity
College,
Hamilton, Ontario (2003)
Evangelical
Philosophical Society annual meeting, Atlanta (2003)
Dead Sea
Scrolls and
Christian Origins, Hayward Lectures, Acadia Divinity College,
Wolfville, Nova
Scotia (2004)
Bingham
Colloquium on
the Messiah in the Old and New Testaments, McMaster Divinity College,
Hamilton,
Ontario (2004)
Messianic
Hopes and
Messianic Figures in Late Antiquity, for Department of Religious
Studies
Seminar, at the University of Calgary, Alberta (2004)
Historical
Jesus
conference at Charles University, Prague (2005)
Guest Plenary
Paper at
AAR/SBL Rocky Mountain/Great Plains regional meeting, Denver (2005)
Evangelical
Theological Society annual meeting, Valley Forge, PA (2005)
Bingham
Colloquium on
Mission, McMaster Divinity College, Hamilton, Ontario (2006)
Gospel of Judas panel at the SBL annual meeting, Washington, DC (2006)
Bingham Colloquium on Empire and the New Testament, McMaster Divinity College, Hamilton, Ontario (2007)
grants
and awards
John Templeton
Foundation
Luce Foundation
Social
Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Trinity
Western University Faculty Research Fund
Alumni Association of Acadia University Excellence in Research Award
Atlantic Baptist University Leadership Award
areas
of specialization,
research, and publication
Historical
Jesus
Synoptic
Gospels
Dead
Sea Scrolls
Scriptural
Intertextuality; use of OT in the NT
New
Testament Background, esp. early Judaica
Gospel
of John
principal
publications
Editor, with
W. F.
Stinespring, Early Jewish and Christian
Exegesis: Studies in Memory of William Hugh Brownlee (Homage
10; Atlanta:
Scholars Press, 1987).
Life of Jesus
Research: An Annotated Bibliography (NTTS 13;
Leiden: Brill, 1989).
To See and Not
Perceive: Isaiah 6.9-10 in Early Jewish and
Christian Interpretation (JSOTSup 64;
Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1989).
Luke (NIBC 3;
Peabody: Hendrickson, 1990; hardcover reprint, 1999).
Noncanonical
Writings and New Testament Interpretation (Peabody:
Hendrickson, 1992).
Luke and
Scripture: Essays on the Function of
Authoritative Tradition in Luke-Acts, with James
A. Sanders (Minneapolis: Fortress, 1993;
repr. Eugene: Wipf and Stock, 2001).
Editor, with
James A.
Sanders, Paul and the Scriptures of
Israel (JSNTSup 83; SSEJC 1; Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1993).
Editor, with
Donald
A. Hagner, Anti-Semitism and Early
Christianity: Issues of Polemic and Faith (Minneapolis:
Fortress, 1993).
Editor, with
Robert
L. Webb and Richard A. Wiebe, Nag Hammadi
Texts and the Bible: A Synopsis and Index (NTTS 18; Leiden:
Brill, 1993).
Word and
Glory: On the Exegetical and Theological
Background of John’s Prologue (JSNTSup 89;
Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1993).
Editor, with
James H.
Charlesworth, The Pseudepigrapha and
Early Biblical Interpretation (JSPSup 14; SSEJC 2;
Sheffield: JSOT Press,
1993).
Editor, with
Bruce D.
Chilton, Studying the Historical Jesus:
Evaluations of the State of Current Research (NTTS 19;
Leiden: Brill,
1994).
Editor, with
W. R.
Stegner, The Gospels and the Scriptures
of Israel (JSNTSup 104; SSEJC 3; Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1994).
Jesus and His
Contemporaries: Comparative Studies (AGJU 25;
Leiden: Brill, 1995).
Editor, with
Stanley
E. Porter, The Historical Jesus: A
Sheffield Reader (BibSem 33; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic
Press, 1995).
Editor, with
Stanley
E. Porter, The Synoptic Gospels: A
Sheffield Reader (BibSem 31; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic
Press, 1995).
Editor, with
Stanley
E. Porter, The Johannine Writings: A
Sheffield Reader (BibSem 32; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic
Press, 1995).
Editor, with
Stanley
E. Porter, The Pauline Writings: A
Sheffield Reader (BibSem 34; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic
Press, 1995).
Life of Jesus
Research: An Annotated Bibliography (NTTS 24;
Leiden: Brill, 1996).
Jesus in
Context: Temple, Purity, and Restoration, with Bruce
Chilton (AGJU 39;
Leiden: Brill, 1997).
Editor, with
Craig C.
Broyles, Writing and Reading the Scroll
of Isaiah: Studies of an Interpretive Tradition (2 vols.,
VTSup 70; FIOTL
1; Leiden: Brill, 1997).
Editor, with
Peter W.
Flint, Eschatology, Messianism, and the
Dead Sea Scrolls (Studies in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related
Literature 1;
Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1997).
Editor, with
Stanley
E. Porter, The Scrolls and the
Scriptures: Qumran Fifty Years After (Roehampton Institute
London Papers 3;
JSPSup 26; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1997).
Editor, with
Stanley
E. Porter, New Testament Interpretation
and Methods: A Sheffield Reader (BibSem 45; Sheffield:
Sheffield Academic
Press, 1997).
Editor, with
Stanley
E. Porter, New Testament Backgrounds: A
Sheffield Reader (BibSem 43; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic
Press, 1997).
Editor, with
Stanley
E. Porter, New Testament Text and
Language: A Sheffield Reader (BibSem 44; Sheffield: Sheffield
Academic
Press, 1997).
Editor, with
Shemaryahu Talmon, The Quest for Context
and Meaning: Studies in Biblical Intertextuality in Honor of James A.
Sanders
(BIS 28; Leiden: Brill, 1997).
Editor, with
James A.
Sanders, Early Christian Interpretation
of the Scriptures of Israel: Investigations and Proposals
(JSNTSup 148;
SSEJC 5; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1997).
Editor, with
Bruce
Chilton, Authenticating the Words of
Jesus (NTTS 28.1; Leiden: Brill, 1998).
Editor, with
Bruce
Chilton, Authenticating the Activities of
Jesus (NTTS 28.2; Leiden: Brill, 1998).
Editor, with
James A.
Sanders, The Function of Scripture in
Early Jewish and Christian Tradition (JSNTSup 154; SSEJC 6;
Sheffield:
Sheffield Academic Press, 1998).
Editor, with
Bruce
Chilton, James the Just and Christian
Origins (NovTSup 98; Leiden: Brill, 1999).
Editor, The Interpretation of Scripture in Early
Judaism and Christianity: Studies in Language and Tradition
(JSPSup 33;
SSEJC 7; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2000).
Editor, with
Stanley
E. Porter, Dictionary of New Testament
Background (Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 2000). [winner of
the ECPA Gold
Medallion]
Mark 8:27-16:20 (WBC 34b;
Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2001). [winner of the ECPA Silver Medallion]
Editor, with
Paul
Copan, Who Was Jesus? A Jewish-Christian
Dialogue (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press,
2001).
Editor, with
Bruce
Chilton and Jacob Neusner, The Missing
Jesus: Rabbinic Judaism and the New Testament (Leiden and
Boston: Brill,
2002).
The Bible
Knowledge Background Commentary: Vol. 1 Matthew-Luke (Colorado
Springs: Cook Publications, 2003).
Jesus and the
Ossuaries (Waco, TX:
Baylor University Press, 2003).
Editor, The Bible Knowledge Background Commentary: Vol.
2 Acts-Philemon (Colorado Springs:
Cook Publications, 2004).
Editor, From Prophecy to Testament (Peabody, MA:
Hendrickson, 2004).
Editor, The Historical Jesus (4 vols., Routledge
Reference Library; London: Routledge, 2004).
Editor, Of Scribes and Sages: Studies in Early
Jewish Interpretation and Transmission of Scripture
(2 vols., LSTS 50-51;
SSEJC 9-10; London and New York: T & T Clark, 2004).
Ancient Texts
for New Testament Studies: A Guide to the
Background Literature
(Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2005).
Editor, with
Bruce
Chilton, The Missions of James, Peter,
and Paul: Tensions in Early Christianity (NovTSup 115;
Leiden: Brill,
2005).
Editor, The Bible Knowledge Background Commentary.
Volume 3: John's Gospel,
Hebrews-Revelation
(Colorado Springs: Cook Publications, 2005).
Editor, with
John J.
Collins, Christian Beginnings and the
Dead Sea Scrolls (Acadia Studies in Bible and Theology; Grand
Rapids: Baker
Academic, 2006).
Fabricating
Jesus: How Modern Scholars Have Distorted the
Gospels (Downers
Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2006).
Editor, with William H. Brackney,
From Biblical Criticism to Biblical Faith (Macon GA: Mercer University Press, 2007).
Editor,
The Encyclopedia of the Historical Jesus (New York: Routledge Press) forthcoming.
Matthew (New
Cambridge Bible Commentary; Cambridge and New York: Cambridge
University Press) in preparation.
The Dead Sea
Scrolls and Christian Faith (Grand
Rapids: Baker Academic) in
preparation.
Jesus and the Fall of Satan (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans) in preparation.
Pesharim (Eerdmans
Commentaries on the Dead Sea Scrolls; Grand
Rapids: Eerdmans) in preparation.
Mark 1:1-8:26 (WBC 34a;
Nashville: Thomas Nelson) in preparation.
areas
of teaching
competence
New Testament
Survey, Language, and Introduction
Old Testament
Survey, Language, and Introduction
Hermeneutics;
Exegetical Method
Jesus
and the Synoptic Gospels, miracles and supernatural
Dead
Sea Scrolls and the New Testament
Scriptural
Intertextuality
Early
Judaism; Jewish and Christian relations; Rabbinic exegesis
Archaeology
and the New Testament
Gospel
of John
Paul
Intertestamental
Literatures
Gnosticism
and the New Testament
media
coverage and appearances
Featured in
the cover story, "The
Proof is in the Parchment," in the Alberta
Report, BC Report, and Western Report (17 April 1995) 28-32.
Featured in
"The War of the Scrolls,"
in Christianity Today (6 October
1997) 38-45.
Guest on seven
segments of "Faith
and Reason," which aired on Odyssey Cable Network (1997-98).
Featured in
"In Search of the
Historic Jesus," in Claremont McKenna
College Magazine (Spring 1999) 20-23.
Interviewed in
"Jesus: The Search
Continues," which aired on the John
Ankerberg Show (April 2001) — John Ankerberg.
Interviewed in
"In the Footsteps of
Jesus," History Channel (15-18
April
2003).
Interviewed on
the "Don Connolly
Show," The CBC (18 December 2003).
Interviewed in
"Ancient Evidence:
Peter—Jesus' Fisherman," Discovery
Channel (29 October 2003).
Interviewed in
"The Last Days of
Jesus," Dateline NBC (20 February
2004; rebroadcast 4 April 2004) — Stone Phillips [24.8 million
viewers].
Interviewed in
"Jesus the Healer," Dateline NBC
(27 February 2004) — Rob
Stafford
Interviewed in
"Bible Mysteries:
Peter the Rock," The BBC (25 March
2004).
Interviewed in
"The Search for John the Baptist," History
Channel (25 and 26 March 2005).
Interviewed in
"The Mystery of Miracles," Dateline NBC
(18 May 2005) — Stone Phillips.
Interviewed in
"The Birth of Jesus," Dateline NBC
(11 November 2005) — Keith Morrison.
Interviewed in
"The Miracles of
Jesus," Discovery Channel (24
December 2005); to be rebroadcast on The
BBC (April 2006).
Interviewed in
"The Mystery of the
Jesus Papers," Dateline NBC (2
April
2006) — Sara James.
Interviewed in
"The Gospel of
Judas," National Geographic Channel
(9 April 2006).
Interviewed in
"CBC News Hour," CBC (13 April
2006) — Jim Nunn.
Interviewed in "Secret Lives of Jesus," National Geographic Channel (17 December 2006).
Featured in "Deciphering Jesus," Chronicle Herald (30 December 2006) p. F4.
Interviewed in "Open Line," Moody Broadcasting Network (27 February 2007) — Steve Moore.
Interviewed in "100 Huntley Street" television program (6 March 2007) — Ron and Ann
Mainse.
Interviewed in "The Michael Coren Television Show" (7 March 2007) — Michael
Coren.
Interviewed in "The Agenda," TVOntario (12 March 2007) — Steve
Paikin.
Interviewed in "Open Line," Moody Broadcasting Network (6 April 2007) — Chris
Fabry.
Interviewed in "Listen Up," Global TV (8 April 2007) — Lorna
Dueck.
Interviewed in "The Miracles of Jesus," Discovery Channel (8 April 2007).
Interviewed in "Amplify," KDKA (8 April 2007) — Fr. Ronald
Lengwin.
Interviewed in "TransWorld Radio Today" UK (11 April 2007) — Brent
Siddall.
Featured in Metro Voice News (April 2007) p. 7.
Featured in "Jesus' Family Tomb hasn't been Found," The Advertiser (3 July 2007) 7.
Interviewed in "Tomb Be or Not Tomb Be: The Lost Tomb of Jesus?" SETI Institute Radio (16 July 2007) —
Molly Bentley and Seth
Shostak.
Interviewed on "Front Page," CDR Radio Network (2 August
2007) — Chad Bresson.
references
Prof. James A.
Sanders, School of Theology at Claremont; Ancient Biblical Manuscript
Center,
Claremont, CA 91711 [retired]
Prof. James H.
Charlesworth, Princeton Theological Seminary, CN 821, Princeton, NJ
08542-0803
Prof. Bruce D.
Chilton, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504
Prof. James D.
G.
Dunn, University of Durham, Durham DH1 3RS, U.K. [retired]
Prof. Charles
E.
Carlston, Andover Newton Theological School, Newton Centre, MA 02159
[retired]
Prof. Robert
W. Wall,
School of Theology, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA 98119
Dr. Lee M.
McDonald,
President, Acadia Divinity College, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova
Scotia
B4P 2R6
Dr. Don Page,
Dean of
Graduate Studies, Trinity Western University, Langley, British Columbia
V2Y 1Y1
CANADA [retired]
Colleagues at
Trinity
Western University: Martin G. Abegg Jr. (abegg@twu.ca); Peter W. Flint
(flint@twu.ca)
other
professional endorsements
Prof. Marcus
Borg
Prof. John
Dominic
Crossan
Prof. Jacob
Neusner
Prof. Alan F.
Segal
Rev. Dr. N. T.
Wright
