Joel B. Green (born May 7, 1956) is an American New Testament scholar,

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, author, Associate Dean of the Center for Advanced Theological Study, and Professor of New Testament Interpretation at

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in Pasadena, California. Green is a prolific author who has written on a diverse range of topics related to both New Testament scholarship and theology. He is an ordained elder of the

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Education

Green holds the academic degrees of Bachelor of Science, conferred by

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in 1978, Master of Theology, received in 1982 from the

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; and Doctor of Philosophy from the

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, obtained in 1985.

Career

From 1992 to 1997 Green was Associate Professor of New Testament Interpretation at the American Baptist Seminary of the West and the Graduate Theological Union in

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. From 1997 to 2007 he was a professor at

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, dean of the School of Theology, and provost, before taking up the post of Professor of New Testament Interpretation at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California.Asbury Seminary: Joel Green
/ref> In 2011, Green was named as the general editor of the New International Commentary on the New Testament (NICNT).NICNT
/ref> He has served as chair of the Council of the Society of Biblical Literature and a member of the board of directors of the

Institute for Biblical Research The Institute for Biblical Research established in 1973 is "an organization of evangelical Christian scholars with specialties in Old and New Testament and in ancillary disciplines". It describes its vision as "to foster excellence in the pursuit ...

Theology

Green has a

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approach of the Scripture.

Publications

He has written and edited some fifty-five books. They include ''Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels'', ''Dictionary of Scripture and Ethics'', and ''In Search of the Soul: Four Views of the Mind-Body Problem''. He has also written many articles and chapters, both for academic study and for general readership. He is the General Editor of the Wesley Study Bible. He is also the editor of the '' Journal of Theological Interpretation'', and serves on the editorial board of such journals as ''Science and Theology'' and '' Science & Christian Belief''. He is the New Testament editor for the

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Selected works

Books

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Edited by

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References

Citations

Sources

External links

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Asbury Seminary: Joel Green

* ttp://www.abingdonpress.com/forms/authors.aspx?contributorid=13455 Abingdon Press
List of thirty books by Joel B. Green

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