Dale Allison

Dale C. Allison Jr. (born November 25, 1955) is an American New Testamentscholar and historian of early Christianity. His areas of expertise include the historical Jesus, the Gospel of Matthew, Second Temple Jewish literature, and the history of the interpretation and reception of the Bible.

Since 2013, Allison has been the Richard J. Dearborn Professor of New Testament at Princeton Theological Seminary. He was previously the Erret M. Grable Professor of New Testament at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary (1997–2013). From 2001 to 2014, he was an editor for the multi-volume Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception.