Benjamin L. Merkle Explained

Benjamin Lee Merkle (born 1971) is an American New Testament scholar. He is Associate Professor of New Testament and Greek at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Merkle studied at Kuyper College, Westminster Seminary California, and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He served as Professor of New Testament at Malaysia Baptist Theological Seminary before coming to SEBTS.^[1]

Merkle specializes in the issue of eldership, and has written The Elder and Overseer: One Office in the Early Church (2003), 40 Questions about Elders and Deacons (2008), and Why Elders? A Biblical and Practical Guide for Church Members (2009). He argues that elders and bishops are the same in the New Testament and "normally function in plurality in a local church."^[2]

Merkle also argues for gender distinctions on the basis of 1 Corinthians 11.^[3]

Works

Books

• Book: Merkle . Benjamin L. . The Elder and Overseer: one office in the early church. Studies in biblical literature . 57 . New York . Peter Lang . 2003 . 9780820462349 . 50192542 .
• Book: Merkle . Benjamin L. . 3 . 40 Questions about Elders and Deacons . Grand Rapids, MI . Kregel Publications . 2008 . 9780825433641 . 172980402 .
• Book: Merkle . Benjamin L. . 3 . Why elders? : a biblical and practical guide for church members . Grand Rapids, MI . Kregel Publications . 2009 . 9780825433511 . 320434753 .
• Book: Merkle . Benjamin L. . 3 . Ephesians . Exegetical Guide to the Greek New Testament . Nashville, TN . B&H Publishing Group . 2016 . 9781433676116 . 929590220 .
• Book: Merkle . Benjamin L. . 3 . Plummer . Robert L. . Robert L. Plummer . Greek for Life: strategies for learning, retaining, and reviving New Testament Greek . Grand Rapids, MI . Baker Academic . 2017 . 9780801093203 . 961153121 .

Edited by

• Book: Merkle . Benjamin L. . 3 . Schreiner . Thomas R. . Thomas R. Schreiner . Shepherding God's Flock: biblical leadership in the New Testament and beyond . Grand Rapids, MI . Kregel Publications . 2014 . 9780825442568 . 881313167 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Merkle, Benjamin Lee. Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. 8 May 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150518070946/http://apps.sebts.edu/FacultyInfo/FacultyPage.cfm?id=)%23*W%22R_S%22K*%3D4%0A. 18 May 2015. dead.
2. Book: Brown. Jeff. Corporate Decision-Making in the Church of the New Testament. 2014. James Clarke & Co.. 14. 9780227902790. 8 May 2015.
3. Book: De Young. James B.. Women in Ministry: Neither Egalitarian Nor Complementary: A New Approach to an Old Problem. 2010. Wipf and Stock. 32–33. 9781606088494. 8 May 2015.