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Joel B. Green
Associate Dean for the Center for Advanced Theological Studies and Professor of New Testament Interpretation
School of Theology
Contact Information:
jbgreen@fuller.edu
626-304-3741
Education:
BS, Texas Tech University
MTh, Perkins School of Theology
PhD, University of Aberdeen

Biographical Information:
Joel B. Green has been associate dean for the Center for Advanced Theological Studies since 2008 and professor of New Testament interpretation at Fuller since 2007; prior to that, he served for ten years at Asbury Theological Seminary as professor of New Testament Interpretation, as dean of the School of Theology, and as provost.

Green has written or edited more than 30 books, including four that have won awards: In Search of the Soul: Four Views of the Mind-Body Problem (with Stuart Palmer, 2005), Introducing the New Testament: Its Literature and Theology (with Paul J. Achtemeier and Marianne Meye Thompson, 2001), The Gospel of Luke (1997), and Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels (with Scot McKnight, 1992). Among his most recent publications are Practicing Theological Interpretation: Engaging Biblical Texts for Faith and Formation (2011), Dictionary of Scripture & Ethics (2011), Recovering the Scandal of the Cross: The Atonement in New Testament and Contemporary Contexts (2nd ed., 2011), Reading Scripture as Wesleyans (2010), Methods for Luke (2010), 1 Peter, in the Two Horizons New Testament Commentary (2007), Seized by Truth: Reading the Bible as Scripture (2007), and Body, Soul, and Human Life: The Nature of Humanity in the Bible (2008). He is New Testament editor of the Common English Bible (2011), the New Testament editor of New Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible (5 vols., 2006-09), and general editor of the forthcoming Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels (2nd ed.). He has also written scores of essays and reviews.

Green has 12 years of pastoral ministry, and is currently Teaching Pastor at La Cañada United Methodist Church. He has more than 25 years of seminary teaching experience in multiple countries. He is editor of the Journal of Theological Interpretation and serves on the editorial boards of the journals Bulletin for Biblical Research, Theology and Science and Science & Christian Belief, as well as such book series as the Two Horizons New Testament Commentary, Studies in Theological Interpretation, and Kingswood Books. Green has been elected to membership in both the Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas (SNTS) and the International Society for Science and Religion (ISSR).
Courses Taught:
MT800A Tutorial in Mission Theology
NE502 Exegetical Method & Practice
NE506 New Testament Exegesis: Acts
NE506 New Testament Exegesis: James and 1 Peter
NE506 New Testament Exegesis: Gospel of Luke
NS500 New Testament 1: Gospels
NS512 Jesus and the Kingdom of God
NS581/NT801 New Testament Seminar: Research Methods
NS589 The Human Personality in New Testament Perspective
NT500 New Testament Introduction
NT823 Critical Issues in Luke-Acts
NT525/825 Biblical Theology and Theological Hermeneutics
NT526/826 Advanced Greek: Historians and Historiography
Areas of Expertise, Research, Writing, and Teaching:
Biblical hermeneutics, theological interpretation, Luke-Acts, 1 Peter, the significance of Jesus’ death, the interface of science and theology
Additional Information:
Dr. Green's  CV and personal website.