Gregory Beale

Gregory K. Beale (born 1949 in Dallas, Texas) (also known as G. K. Beale) is a biblical scholar, currently a Professor of New Testament and Biblical Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary.^[1] He is an ordained minister in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. He has made a number of contributions to conservative Biblical hermeneutics, particularly in the area of the use of the Old Testament in the New Testament. He served as the president of the Evangelical Theological Society in 2004. In 2013, he was elected by Westminster Theological Seminary to be the first occupant of the J. Gresham Machen Chair of New Testament.^[2] At his inauguration he delivered an address titled The Cognitive Peripheral Vision of Biblical Writers.^[3]

Positions Held

• Grove City College (1980–1984)
• Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (1984–2000)
• Wheaton College (2000–2010)
• Westminster Theological Seminary (2010-current)^[1]

Works Published

• Handbook on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament: Exegesis And Interpretation (2012)
• A New Testament Biblical Theology: The Unfolding of the Old Testament in the New (2011)
• We Become What We Worship: A Biblical Theology of Idolatry (2008)
• The Erosion of Inerrancy in Evangelicalism: Responding to New Challenges to Biblical Authority (2008)
• Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament Editor, with D.A. Carson (2007)
• The Temple and the Church's Mission: A Biblical Theology of the Dwelling Place of God (2004)
• 1-2 Thessalonians IVP New Testament Commentary Series (2003)
• The Book of Revelation: A Commentary on the Greek Text – New International Greek Testament Commentary Series (1999)
• The Right Doctrine from the Wrong Texts?: Essays on the Use of the Old Testament in the New (1994)

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