Klyne Ryland Snodgrass (born December 28, 1944) is an American theologian and author, who served as professor of

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Studies at the

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from 1974 to 2015. His publication ''Stories with Intent: A Comprehensive Guide to the Parables of Jesus'' garnered a 2009 ''

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'' Book Award.

Early life and education

Snodgrass grew up in Tennessee. He earned his

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from

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, his

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from

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, and his

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in 1973 from the

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, where he completed a dissertation on "The Christological Stone Testimonia in the New Testament."

Career

Snodgrass taught at Georgetown College in Kentucky from 1973 to 1974, when he joined the faculty of

. From 1988 to 1993, he served as dean of faculty there, and currently holds the Paul W. Brandel Chair of New Testament Studies. Snodgrass is ordained by the

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and has been a visiting scholar at

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, the

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, and

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. In 2014 a ''

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'' was published in his honor. ''Doing Theology for the Church: Essays in Honor of Klyne Snodgrass'' include contributions from

Darrell L. Bock Darrell L. Bock (born December 12, 1953) is an American evangelical Christian New Testament scholar. He is Executive Director of Cultural Engagement aThe Hendricks Centerand Senior Research Professor of New Testament studies at Dallas Theological S ...

Richard Longenecker Richard N. Longenecker (July 21, 1930 - June 7, 2021) was a prominent New Testament scholar. He held teaching positions at Wheaton College and Graduate School (1954-57; 1960-63); Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (1963-72); Wycliffe College (T ...

Scot McKnight Scot McKnight (born November 9, 1953) is an American New Testament scholar, historian of early Christianity, theologian, and author who has written widely on the historical Jesus, early Christianity and Christian living. He is currently Profes ...

, John Painter, and

N. T. Wright Nicholas Thomas Wright (born 1 December 1948), known as N. T. Wright or Tom Wright, is an English New Testament scholar, Pauline theologian and Anglican bishop. He was the bishop of Durham from 2003 to 2010. He then became research profe ...

Selected publications

Articles

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Books

*''The Parable of the Wicked Tenants: An Inquiry into Parable Interpretation'' (1983) *''Ephesians'' in ''The NIV Application Commentary'' (1996) *''Between Two Truths: Living with Biblical Tensions'' (2004) *''Stories With Intent: A Comprehensive Guide to the Parables of Jesus'' (2008) *''Who God Says You Are: A Christian Understanding of Identity'' (2018)

References

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