Craig L. Blomberg

Dr. Craig Blomberg is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of New Testament at Denver Seminary in Littleton, Colorado. He holds the B.A. from Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois, the M.A. from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois, and the Ph.D. from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. Craig is the author of twenty books and has co-authored or co-edited twelve more, along with more than 150 journal articles or chapters in multi-author works. His books include four on the historical reliability and interpretation of parts or all of the New Testament (esp. the Gospels), two on interpreting and preaching the parables, four commentaries (on 1 Corinthians, James and two on Matthew), a textbook on Jesus and the Gospels and another on Acts through Revelation, a handbook on exegetical method, a New Testament Theology, a theology of James and three books on material possessions in the Bible. He has been a member of the Committee on Bible Translation for the New International Version and of the committee that produced the 35th anniversary edition of the NIV Study Bible. Craig has one wife, two daughters, and three grandchildren, and the highlight of his life as a sports fan was seeing the Chicago Cubs win the World Series in 2016!