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Joel B. Green

American theologian and academic

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American theologian and academic

Field	Value
name	Joel B. Green
birth_name
birth_date
death_date
nationality	American
occupation	Professor of New Testament Interpretation at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California.
boards	Editorial boards of the journals Science and Theology and Science & Christian Belief
known_for	New Testament scholar, theologian, author
discipline	Biblical studies
sub_discipline	New Testament studies
movement
education	Texas Tech University, Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University
alma_mater	University of Aberdeen
workplaces	American Baptist Seminary of the West
Graduate Theological Union
Fuller Theological Seminary
notable_works	Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels
The Gospel of Luke (NICNT)
website	www.fuller.edu/faculty/joel-b-green/

Graduate Theological Union Fuller Theological Seminary The Gospel of Luke (NICNT)

Joel B. Green (born May 7, 1956) is an American New Testament scholar, theologian, author, Associate Dean of the Center for Advanced Theological Study, and Professor of New Testament Interpretation at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. Green is a prolific author who has written on a diverse range of topics related to both New Testament scholarship and theology. He is an ordained elder of the United Methodist Church.

Education

Green holds the academic degrees of Bachelor of Science, conferred by Texas Tech University in 1978, Master of Theology, received in 1982 from the Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University; and Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, obtained in 1985.

Career

From 1992 to 1997 Green was Associate Professor of New Testament Interpretation at the American Baptist Seminary of the West and the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. From 1997 to 2007 he was a professor at Asbury Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky, dean of the School of Theology, and provost, before taking up the post of Professor of New Testament Interpretation at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. In 2011, Green was named as the general editor of the New International Commentary on the New Testament (NICNT). He has served as chair of the Council of the Society of Biblical Literature and a member of the board of directors of the Institute for Biblical Research.

Theology

Green adheres to Wesleyan-Arminian theology and is an advocate for the Theological Interpretation of Scripture.

Publications

He has written and edited some fifty-five books. They include Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels, Dictionary of Scripture and Ethics, and In Search of the Soul: Four Views of the Mind-Body Problem.

He has also written many articles and chapters, both for academic study and for general readership. He is the General Editor of the Wesley Study Bible. He is also the editor of the Journal of Theological Interpretation, and serves on the editorial board of such journals as Science and Theology and Science & Christian Belief.

In July 2025, Green began a newsletter at Joel B. Green on Substack. His newletter is written for popular audiences and includes in-depth explorations on atonement, the Epistle of James, Luke-Acts, and Theological Interpretation of Scripture.

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References

Biologos, [https://biologos.org/author/joel-green Joel Green], accessed June 28, 2018
[https://asburyseminary.edu/about/faculty/bios/joel_green.php Asbury Seminary: Joel Green]{{Dead link. (February 2020)
(January 5, 2018). "Fuller Theological Seminary: Joel B. Green".
[http://eerdword.wordpress.com/2011/11/16/introducing-the-new-general-editor-of-the-nicnt NICNT]
(2012-12-17). "ATLA Religion Database with ATLAS. Titles (11-25-2012) [HTML]". archive.ph.
"Common English Bible Board of Editors".
Green, Joel B.. (2025-12-15). "Index".

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