Gregory Kimball Beale | |
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| Born | Gregory Kimball Beale 1949 (age 74–75) Dallas, Texas, US |
| Occupation(s) | Theologian, professor |
| Years active | 1976-present |
| Title | Professor of New Testament and Biblical Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | |
| Thesis | The Use of Daniel in Jewish Apocalyptic Literature and in the Revelation of St. John (1980) |
| Academic work | |
| Era | Late 20th and early 21st centuries |
| Institutions | Grove City College Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary Wheaton College Westminster Theological Seminary Reformed Theological Seminary |
| Main interests | Old Testament in the New, biblical hermeneutics |
| Notable works | The Book of Revelation: A Commentary on the Greek Text, A New Testament Biblical Theology: The Unfolding of the Old Testament in the New |
Gregory Kimball Beale (born February 10, 1949, in Dallas, Texas; also known as G. K. Beale) is a biblical scholar, currently a Professor of New Testament and Biblical Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary in Dallas, Texas.[1] He is an ordained minister in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church.[2] 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 and is one of the most influential and prolific active New Testament scholars in the world. 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.[3] At his inauguration he delivered an address titled The Cognitive Peripheral Vision of Biblical Writers.[4]
In 2013, a Festschrift was published in his honor, called From Creation to New Creation: Biblical Theology and Exegesis. It included contributions by Richard J. Bauckham, Daniel I. Block, C. Hassell Bullock, D. A. Carson, Douglas J. Moo, and David F. Wells.