Craig S. Keener Explained
Craig S. Keener |
Birth Date: | 4 July 1960 |
Nationality: | American |
F. M. and Ada Thompson Professor of New Testament at Asbury Theological Seminary |
Spouse: | Médine Moussounga Keener |
Education: | Duke University, Central Bible College/Evangel University, Assemblies of God Theological Seminary of Evangel University |
Alma Mater: | Duke University |
Thesis Year: | 1991 |
Doctoral Advisor: | D. Moody Smith |
Workplaces: | Palmer Theological Seminary Asbury Theological Seminary |
Notable Works: | Acts: An Exegetical Commentary (in four volumes)(2012-2015) |
Website: | http://www.craigkeener.com/ |
Craig S. Keener (born July 4, 1960) is an American Protestant theologian, Biblical scholar and professor of New Testament at Asbury Theological Seminary.
Biography
Early life
Keener was born on 4 July 1960.
Education
He studied at Central Bible College (now part of Evangel University) and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1982, then studied theology at Assemblies of God Theological Seminary (now of Evangel University) and earned a Master's degree in 1982 and a Master of Divinity in 1987. He also studied at Duke University in New Testament and Christian origins and has earned a Doctor of Philosophy in 1991.
Career
In 1991 he was ordained as a minister by the National Baptist Convention, USA. In 2001, he became an associate pastor at Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church in Philadelphia until 2011.
Keener became a professor at Hood Theological Seminary, then professor of New Testament at Palmer Theological Seminary at Eastern University for nearly 15 years. Since 2011, Keener has been (F. M. and Ada Thompson) professor of New Testament at Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky. Keener has taught in various countries, especially countries in Africa.
From 2014 to 2019, Keener was the editor of the Bulletin for Biblical Research. He has authored a number of commentaries on New Testament books as well as books and articles. His popular IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament (1993) has sold over half a million copies.
In 2020, he served as the president of the Evangelical Theological Society.
Scholarly expertise and views
Keener's expertise lies in New Testament Background, the book of Acts, Jesus, Miracles, the Gospels and Ethnic/racial Reconciliation.
Bruce Chilton lauded Keener's 2009 book The Historical Jesus of the Gospels, writing that it "marks a notable moment in the critical study of Jesus." He based this claim on the fact that Keener uses the study of Jesus' Jewish environment to argue for the authenticity of the Gospels. Keener has an Arminian theological standpoint on soteriology, supporting conditional preservation of the believer. Keener holds egalitarian, and continuationist views.
Awards
The NIV Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible, for which Keener authored most of the New Testament notes, won Bible of the Year in the 2017 Christian Book Awards, and also won Book of the Year in the Religion: Christianity category of the International Book Awards.
Personal life
He is married to Médine Moussounga Keener, who holds a Ph.D. from University of Paris 7. He and his wife have two children, David and Keren.
Works
Books
- Book: Keener . Craig S. . And Marries Another: divorce and remarriage in the teaching of the New Testament . Peabody, MA . Hendrickson . 1991 . 978-0-943-57546-9 . 24787129 . registration .
- Book: Keener . Craig S. . 3. Paul, Women & Wives . Peabody, MA . Hendrickson . 1992 . 978-0-943-57596-4 . 26363900 .
- Book: Keener . Craig S. . 3 . The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament . Downers Grove, IL . InterVarsity Press . 1994 . 978-0-830-81405-3 . 29313370 .
- Book: Keener . Craig S. . 3 . The Spirit in the Gospels and Acts: divine purity and power . Peabody, MA . Hendrickson . 1997 . 9781565631694 . 1124144441 . - based on the author's Ph.D. thesis
- Book: Keener, Craig S. . 3. Matthew . IVP New Testament commentary series . 1 . Downers Grove, IL . InterVarsity Press . 1997. 978-0-830-81801-3 . 35723512 .
- Book: Keener, Craig S. . 3. A Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew . Grand Rapids, MI . Eerdmans . 1999 . 978-0-802-83821-6 . 40473792 .
- Book: Keener, Craig S. . 3. Revelation . NIV Application Commentary . Grand Rapids, MI . Zondervan . 2000 . 978-0-3102-3192-9 . 41924712 .
- Book: Keener, Craig S. . 3. Gift & Giver: The Holy Spirit for Today . Grand Rapids, MI . Baker Academic . 2001 . 978-0-8010-2266-1 . 45162181 .
- Book: Keener, Craig S. . 3. The Gospel of John: A Commentary (2 vols.) . Peabody, MA . Hendrickson . 2003 . 978-1-5656-3378-0 . 52750146 .
- Book: Keener, Craig S. . 3. 1-2 Corinthians . New Cambridge Bible Commentary . Cambridge . Cambridge University Press . 2006 . 978-0-521-83462-9 . 56840215 .
- Book: Keener, Craig S. . 3. The Historical Jesus of the Gospels . Grand Rapids, MI . Eerdmans . 2009 . 978-0-802-86292-1 . 368046328 .
- Book: Keener, Craig S. . 3. Romans . New Covenant Commentary Series . Cascade Books . 2009 . 978-1-6060-8156-3 . 437054246 .
- Book: Keener, Craig S. . 3. Miracles: The Credibility of the New Testament Accounts . Grand Rapids, MI . Baker Academic . 2011 . 978-0--801-03952-2 . 699760418 .
- Book: Keener, Craig S. . 3. Acts: An Exegetical Commentary, vol. 1: Introduction and 1:1-2:47 . Grand Rapids, MI . Baker Academic . 2012 . 978-0-8010-4836-4 . 844024128 .
- Book: Keener, Craig S. . 3. Acts: An Exegetical Commentary, vol. 2: 3:1-14:28 . Grand Rapids, MI . Baker Academic . 2013 . 978-0-8010-4837-1 . 864430825 .
- Book: Keener, Craig S. . 3 . Acts: An Exegetical Commentary, vol. 3: 15:1-23:35 . Grand Rapids, MI . Baker Academic . 2014 . 978-0-8010-4838-8 . 861208882 .
- Book: Keener, Craig S. . 3 . Acts: An Exegetical Commentary, vol. 4: 24:1-28:31 . Grand Rapids, MI . Baker Academic . 2015 . 978-0-8010-4839-5 . 903675668 .
- Book: Keener, Craig S. . 3 . The Mind of the Spirit: Paul's Approach to Transformed Thinking . Grand Rapids, MI . Baker Academic . 2016 . 978-0801-09776-8 .
- Book: Keener, Craig S. . 3 . Spirit Hermeneutics: Reading Scripture in Light of Pentecost . Grand Rapids, MI . Eerdmans . 2016 . 978-0802-87439-9 .
- Book: Keener, Craig S. . 3 . Galatians . New Cambridge Bible Commentary . Cambridge . Cambridge University Press. 2018. 978-1108-44557-3.
- Book: Keener, Craig S. . 3 . Galatians: A Commentary . Grand Rapids, MI . Baker Academic . 2018 . 978-154-096007-8.
- Book: Keener . Craig S. . 3 . Christobiography: Memories, History, and the Reliability of the Gospels . Grand Rapids, MI . Eerdmans . 2019 . 9780802876751 .
- Book: Keener . Craig S. . 3 . Brown . Michael L. . Michael L. Brown . Not Afraid of the Antichrist . Grand Rapids, MI . Chosen Books . 2019 . 978-0800-79916-8 .
Articles and chapters
(n.b. partial list)
- Keener . Craig S. . 3 . Matthew 5:22 and the Heavenly Court . Expository Times . 99 . 2 . 1987 . 46 .
- Book: Keener, Craig S. . 3 . Marriage . Evans . Craig A. . Craig A. Evans . Porter . Stanley E. . Stanley E. Porter . Dictionary of New Testament Background . limited . Downers Grove, IL . Intervarsity Press . 2000 . 680-93 . 9780830817801 .
- Keener . Craig S. . 3. Some New Testament Invitations to Ethnic Reconciliation . Evangelical Quarterly . 75 . 3 . 2003 . 195–213 . 10.1163/27725472-07503001 .
- Book: Keener, Craig S. . 3 . Spirit, Holy Spirit, Advocate, Breath, Wind . Evans . Craig A. . Craig A. Evans . Gowan . Donald E. . Donald E. Gowan . Westminster Theological Wordbook of the Bible . Louisville, KY . Westminster/John Knox Press . 2003 . 484–96 .
- Keener . Craig S. . 3 . 'Brood of Vipers' (Mt. 3.7; 12.34; 23.33) . Journal for the Study of the New Testament . 28 . 1 . 2005 . 3–11 . 10.1177/0142064X05057771 . 163128593 .
- Keener . Craig S. . 3 . Paul's 'Friends' the Asiarchs (Acts 19.31) . Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism . 3 . 2006 . 134–41 .
- Keener . Craig S. . 3 . Novel's 'Exotic' Places and Luke's African Official (Acts 8:27) . Andrews University Seminary Studies . 46 . 1 . 2008 . 5–20 .
- Keener . Craig S. . 3 . Between Asia and Europe: Postcolonial Mission in Acts 16:8-10 . Asian Journal of Pentecostal Studies . 11 . 1–2 . 2008 . 3–14 .
- Book: Keener, Craig S. . 3 . Some Rhetorical Techniques in Acts 24:2-21 . Porter . Stanley E. . Stanley E. Porter . Paul's World . limited . Leiden . E. J. Brill . 2008. 221-51 . 9789004162723 .
- Keener . Craig S. . 3. Fever and Dysentery in Acts 28:8 and Ancient Medicine . Bulletin for Biblical Research . 19 . 3 . 2009 . 393–402 . 10.2307/26424217 . 26424217 . 248445562 .
- Book: Keener, Craig S. . 3 . We Beheld his Glory (Jn 1:14) . Anderson . Paul N. . Paul N. Anderson . Just . Felix . Felix Just . Thatcher . Tom . Tom Thatcher . Aspects of Historicity in the Fourth Gospel Vol. 2 of John, Jesus and History. SBL Early Christianity and Its Literature 2 . Atlanta, GA . Society of Biblical Literature . 2009 . 15–25 .
- Keener . Craig S. . 3 . The Nativity Cave and Gentile Myths . Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism . 7 . 2010 . 59–67 .
- Keener . Craig S. . 3 . The Pillars and the Right Hand of Fellowship in Galatians 2:9 . Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism . 7 . 2010 . 51–58 .
- Keener . Craig S. . 3 . Spirit Possession as a Cross-Cultural Experience . Bulletin for Biblical Research . 20 . 2 . 2010 . 215–36 . 10.2307/26424297 . 26424297 . 40571982 .
- Book: Keener, Craig S. . 3. We Beheld his Glory (Jn 1:14) . Westerholm . Stephen . Stephen Westerholm . The Blackwell Companion to Paul . Malden, MA . Blackwell. 2011 . 46–62 .
- Keener . Craig S. . 3 . Paul and Sedition: Pauline Apologetic in Acts . Bulletin for Biblical Research . 22 . 2 . 2012 . 201–24 . 10.2307/26424753 . 26424753 . 248459393 .
- Book: Keener, Craig S. . 3 . John, Gospel of . Green . Joel B. . Joel B. Green . Brown . Jeannine K. . Jeannine K. Brown . Perrin . Nicholas . Nicholas Perrin . Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels . 2nd . Downers Grove, IL . Intervarsity Press . 2013 . 419–36 .
- Book: Keener, Craig S. . 3 . Youthful Vigor and the Maturity of Age: Peter and the Beloved Disciple in John 20—21 . Chrupcala . L. Daniel . L. Daniel Chrupcala . John: Essays on the Fourth Gospel in Honour of Frédéric Manns . Milan . Rdizioni Terra Santa . 2013 . 559–75 .
- Book: Keener, Craig S. . 3 . Luke-Acts and the Historical Jesus . Charlesworth . James . James Charlesworth . Rhea . Brian . Brian Rhea . Pokorny . Petr . Petr Pokorný (theologian) . Jesus Research: New Methodologies and Perceptions. The Second Princeton-Prague Symposium on Jesus Research . Grand Rapids, MI . Eerdmans . 2014 . 600–623 .
- Book: Keener, Craig S. . 3 . Miracle Reports: Perspectives, Analogies, Explanations . Charlesworth . James . James Charlesworth . Rhea . Brian . Brian Rhea . Hermeneutik der frühchristlichen Wundererzählungen: Historiche, literarische und rezeptionsästhetische Aspekte . WUNT . 339 . Tübingen . Mohr Siebeck. 2014 . 53–65 .
- Book: Keener, Craig S. . 3 . Miracles . Balentine . Samuel E. . Samuel E. Balentine . The Oxford Encyclopedia of Bible and Theology . 2 . New York . Oxford University Press . 2015 . 101–7.
- Book: Keener, Craig S. . 3 . Paul’s Positive Madness in Acts 26:24-25 . Lang . Manfred . Manfred Lang . Verheyden . Joseph . Joseph Verheyden . Goldene Anfänge und Aufbrüche: Johann Jakob Wettstein und die Apostelgeschichte . Arbeiten zur Bibel und Ihrer Geschichte . Leipzig . . 2016 . 311–20 .
- Keener . Craig S. . 3 . Transformed Thinking in Paul's Letters . Doon Theological Journal . 13 . 2016. 5–24 .
- Book: Keener, Craig S. . 3 . ‘What Is Truth?’: Pilate’s Perspective on Jesus in John 18:33-38 . Anderson . Paul N. . Paul N. Anderson . Just . Felix . Felix Just . Thatcher . Tom . Tom Thatcher . Glimpses of Jesus through the Johannine Lens, Vol. 3 of John, Jesus and History. SBL Early Christianity and Its Literature 18 . Atlanta, GA . Scholars Press . 2016 . 77–94 .
- Book: Keener, Craig S. . 3 . Rhetoric . Thatcher . Tom . Tom Thatcher . Keith . Chris . Chris Keith . Person . Raymond F. Jr. . Raymond F. Person Jr. . Stern . Elsie R. . Elsie R. Stern . Odor . Judith . Judith Odor . The Dictionary of the Bible and Ancient Media . New York . T&T Clark . 2017 . 337–41 .
Notes and references
Sources
- Web site: en . AS . Craig S. Keener's Asbury faculty page . 2020 . Asbury Theological Seminary . 2020-12-13.
- en . Chilton . Bruce. Bruce Chilton. The Historical Jesus of the Gospels . Catholic Biblical Quarterly. 2011. 73. 393–394.
- Book: en . Doriani . Daniel M. . A Redemptive-Historical Model . Four Views on Moving beyond the Bible to Theology . Zondervan Academic . 2009.
- Web site: en . ETS . Craig S. Keener, Past President 2020 . 2021 . The Evangelical Theological Society . 2020-12-13.
- Book: en . Hauerwas . Stanley . Wells . Samuel . The Blackwell Companion to Christian Ethics . John Wiley & Sons . 2011.
- en . Hardman . Randall . Craig Keener. Miracles: The Credibility of the New Testament Accounts. . American Theological Inquiry . 2012 . 5. 2.
- Web site: en . Keener . Craig S. . About Craig Keener . 2024 . Bible Background . 2024-02-02.
- Web site: en . LC . Keener, Craig S., 1960- . 2019 . Library of Congress . 2020-12-13.
- Book: en . Marberry . Thomas . "Matthew" in the IVP New Testament Commentary Series By Craig S. Keener . Contact: Official Publication of the National Association of Free Will Baptists . The Association . 45 . 1998.
- Book: Oliverio, L. William . en . Pentecostal Hermeneutics in the Late Modern World: Essays on the Condition of Our Interpretation . Eugene, OR . Wipf and Stock Publishers . 2022 .
- Web site: en . Stovell . Beth M. . A Short History of IBR . 2020 . Institute for Biblical Research. 2020-12-13.
- Web site: en . TBT . White scholar to join black church . 1991 . Tampa Bay Times . Times Publishing Company . 2024-02-02.
- Web site: en . Wilkin . Bob . Leading Evangelical Craig Keener Says Arminians and Calvinists Question Once-Saved-Always-Saved As It Is Commonly Taught . 2019 . 2020-12-13 . Grace Evangelical Society .
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