David Alan Black

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David Alan Black (born 9 June 1952, Honolulu, Hawaii) is Professor of New Testament and Greek and the Dr. M. O. Owens Jr. Chair of New Testament Studies at the

Biography

Black was born in Honolulu, Hawaii.^[2] In 1975, Black finished his studies at the Biola University. In 1983 he received a D.Theol. at the University of Basel. He taught at the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary since 1998, and taught Greek to seminary students and church leaders in several different countries.

David Alan Black argues that Greek is an essential language to learn to understand the Bible (thus his 1993 book Learn to Read New Testament Greek), and seeks to connect his students with the holiness of the Greek grammar.^[3]

In April 2012, he became the first recipient of the Dr. M.O. Owens Jr. Chair of New Testament Studies endowed by the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.^[4]

Works

n.b. Black has written extensively - particularly on the subject of the biblical languages.^[5]

Books

• Black, David Alan (1984). Paul, Apostle of Weakness: Astheneia and its Cognates in the Pauline Literature. American University Studies, Series VII, Theology and religion. Vol. 3. New York: Lang.
  OCLC 10532252
  .
• ——— (1988). Linguistics for Students of New Testament Greek: A Survey of Basic Concepts and Applications. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House.
  OCLC 17388265
  .
• ——— (1993). Using New Testament Greek in Ministry: A Practical Guide for Students and Pastors. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House.
  OCLC 27143979
  .
• ——— (1993). Learn to Read New Testament Greek. Nashville, TN: Broadman Press.
  OCLC 26397439
  .
• ——— (1994). Learn to Read New Testament Greek: Expanded Edition (2nd ed.). Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman.
  OCLC 30544768
  .
• ——— (1994). New Testament Textual Criticism: A Concise Guide. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House.
  OCLC 29637978
  .
• ——— (1995). Linguistics for Students of New Testament Greek: essays on discourse analysis. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House.
  OCLC 26262110
  .
• ——— (1998). It's Still Greek to Me: An Easy-to-Understand Guide to Intermediate Greek. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House.
  OCLC 39085320
  .
• ——— (1999). The Myth of Adolescence: Raising Responsible Children in an Irresponsible Society. Yorba Linda, CA: Davidson Press.
  OCLC 41353736
  .
• ——— (2001). Why Four Gospels?. Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel.
  OCLC 48955857
  .
• ———;
  OCLC 54207001
  .
• ——— (2004). Why I Stopped Listening to Rush: Confessions of a Recovering Neocon. Baltimore, MD: Publish America.
  OCLC 61249183
  .
• ——— (2009). Learn to Read New Testament Greek (3rd ed.). Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman.
  OCLC 233935327
  .
• ——— (2009). The Jesus Paradigm. Gonzalez, FL: Energion Publications.
  OCLC 457935462
  .
• ——— (2010). Why Four Gospels?: The Historical Origins of the Gospels (2nd revised ed.). Gonzalez, FL: Energerion Press.
  OCLC 702346794
  .
• ——— (2012). Will You Join the Cause of Global Missions?. Gonzalez, FL: Energerion Press.
  OCLC 940451521
  .
• ——— (2012). Paul, Apostle of Weakness: Astheneia and its Cognates in the Pauline Literature (2nd revised ed.). Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications.
  OCLC 813930456
  .
• ——— (2013). The Authorship of Hebrews: The Case for Paul. Topical line drives. Vol. 1. Gonzalez, FL: Energerion Press.
  OCLC 859384096
  .
• ——— (2014). It's All Greek to Me: Confessions of an Unlikely Academic. Gonzalez, FL: Energerion Press.
  OCLC 889218379
  .
• ——— (2014). Seven Marks of a New Testament Church: A Guide for Christians of All Ages. Gonzalez, FL: Energerion Press.
  OCLC 889218445
  .
• ——— (2016). Running My Race: Reflections on Life, Loss, Aging, and 40 Years of Teaching. Gonzalez, FL: Energerion Press.
  OCLC 975272820
  .

• ———;
  OCLC 796956018
  .
• ———, ed. (1992). Linguistics and New Testament Interpretation: Essays on Discourse Analysis. Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman.
  OCLC 925117114
  .
• ———, ed. (1992). Scribes and Scripture: New Testament Essays in Honor of J. Harold Greenlee. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns.
  OCLC 25163998
  .
• ———, ed. (1999). The Holy Bible: International Standard Version New Testament - (New Testament editor). Yorba Linda, CA: Davidson Press.
• ———;
  OCLC 44877664
  .
• ———;
  OCLC 469272035
  .
• ———;
  OCLC 46884283
  .
• ———, ed. (2002). Rethinking New Testament Textual Criticism. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic.
  OCLC 994773970
  .
• ———, ed. (2008). Perspectives on the Ending of Mark. Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman.
  OCLC 717936145
  .
• ———; Bevere, Allan R., eds. (2009–2014). Areopagus: Critical Christian Issues Series - (series general editors). Gonzalez, FL: Energion.
• ———;
  OCLC 7390638845
  .

• OCLC 1002272976
  .
• OCLC 1048450434
  .

External links

• Black, David Alan at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary's faculty page
• Dave Black Online