Jim Edwards returns in 2011

Posted by West Coast Pastors on Apr 17, 2010 in Conference Info, Featured, WCPPC Blog | 0 comments

Jim Edwards returns in 2011

Jim Edwards is the Bruner-Welch Professor of Theology at Whitworth University.  Jim joins us again as our Morning Bible Speaker for 2011.  Jim has been a regular speaker at WCPPC and this will be his fourth visit to the conference.  Jim taught for 19 years at Jamestown College, ND and has been at Whitworth since 1997.

You can listen to past sessions from Jim here:  Jim Edwards Audio

 

Education:

  • Ph.D. Fuller Theological Seminary
  • New Testament Studies, University of Zürich, Switzerland; University of Tübingen, Germany
  • M.Div. Princeton Theological Seminary
  • B.A. Whitworth University

 

Areas of Specialization / Expertise:

Old and New Testament; the Gospels and life of Jesus; Biblical Hebrew; Koine Greek; history of early Christianity; Reformation; German church struggle, communist East Germany; the Holocaust.

 

Selected Publications / Presentations / Honors:

Books include: The Hebrew Gospel and the Development of the Synoptic Tradition (Eerdmans, 2009); Is Jesus the Only Savior? (Eerdmans, 2005); The Divine Intruder (NavPress, 2000).

Commentaries include: commentary on Hebrews in Renovare Study Bible (Harper, 2005); commentary on Romans in New Interpreter’s Study Bible (Abingdon, 2003); commentary on The Gospel of Mark, PNTC (Eerdmans, 2002); commentary on Romans, NIBC (Hendrickson’s 1992).

The Hebrew Gospel and the Development of the Synoptic Tradition by James R. Edwards: Book CoverIs Jesus the Only Savior? by James R. Edwards: Book CoverThe Divine Intruder by James R. Edwards: Book CoverThe Gospel According to Mark by James R. Edwards: Book CoverRomans by James R. Edwards: Book Cover

Also publishes numerous articles in scholarly and popular journals, and is a frequent speaker at churches, conferences, and lectureships.

Member of the Center of Theological Inquiry, Princeton, N.J. (2007). Recipient of several teaching awards, including Outstanding Professor at Jamestown College and Whitworth University; former scholar for North Dakota Humanities Council; recipient of Templeton Grant in Science and Religion (1996); recipient of Deutsche Akademische Austausch Dienst Award (1993).

Leader of study programs to Luther’s Germany; church struggle in Germany; ancient Christian sites in Turkey; historical geography of Israel and Palestine.

Ordained minister, PCUSA. Contributing editor of Christianity Today. Climbed the Mittellegi Ridge of the Eiger in 2003.

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