Craig L. Blomberg

Craig L. Blomberg is one of my favorite New Testament Scholars. He's usually balanced in evaluating the evidence on a given issue, but what standouts is the erudition he demonstrates in dealing with any given topic. Of course, I don't agree with every conclusion he draws [Trinity, bodily resurrection, etc.], but I find him to be a fine academic when defending the reliability of the Bible. He's written many helpful books on this issue, one of which I'm currently reading and plan to review in my WordPress blog.

To quote Denver Seminary's page:

Dr. Craig Blomberg joined the faculty of Denver Seminary in 1986. He is currently a distinguished professor of New Testament.

"Dr. Blomberg completed his PhD in New Testament, specializing in the parables and the writings of Luke-Acts, at Aberdeen University in Scotland. He received an MA from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and a BA from Augustana College. Before joining the faculty of Denver Seminary, he taught at Palm Beach Atlantic College and was a research fellow in Cambridge, England with Tyndale House. In addition to writing numerous articles in professional journals, multi-author works and dictionaries or encyclopedias, he has authored or edited 15 books, including The Historical Reliability of the Gospels (now revised in a 21st century edition), Interpreting the Parables, Matthew for the New American Commentary series, 1 Corinthians for the NIV Application Commentary series, Jesus and the Gospels: An Introduction and Survey; Neither Poverty nor Riches: A Biblical Theology of Possessions;Making Sense of the New Testament; Preaching the Parables; Contagious Holiness: Jesus’ Meals with Sinners; and From Pentecost to Patmos: An Introduction to Acts through Revelation. [hyperlinks, mine]"

For more information about Dr. Blomberg or of his publications see here: http://www.denverseminary.edu/craig-blombergs-blog-new-testament-musings/