Grant R. Osborne

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Grant R. Osborne
Aberdeen University (PhD)
ThesisHistory and Theology in the Resurrection Narratives: A Redactional Study (1974)
Doctoral advisorI. Howard Marshall
Academic work
DisciplineBiblical hermeneutics
Sub-disciplineNew Testament studies
Notable worksThe Hermeneutical Spiral

Grant R. Osborne (July 7, 1942 – November 4, 2018)[1] was an American theologian and New Testament scholar. He was Professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.

Biography

Education

Osborne got a B.A. from the Fort Wayne Bible College, a M.A. from the Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and a PhD from the University of Aberdeen.[2] He also has done postdoctoral research at the university of Cambridge and University of Marburg.[2]

Career

Osborne taught at Winnipeg Theological Seminary and the university of Aberdeen and has pastored churches in Ohio and Illinois.[2] From 1977 to 2016, he was professor of New Testament at the Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.[1][2]

He specialized in biblical hermeneutics, the Gospels and the book of Revelation.[2] He is best known for his concept of the "hermeneutical spiral",[3] denoting an "upward and constructive process of moving from earlier pre-, understanding to fuller understanding, and the returning back to check and to review the need for correction or change in this preliminary understanding."[4]

He was a member of the Bible Translation Committee for the Holy Bible: New Living Translation.[2] He served as General Translator for the Gospels and Acts.[2]

He was a member of the Society of Biblical Literature, the Evangelical Theological Society, and the Institute of Biblical Research.[2]

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Theology

Osborne held Arminian soteriological views.[5][6][7] In "A classical Arminian view",[8] he wrote in favour of a possible apostasy for the genuine believer.[9]

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Notes and references

Citations

  1. ^ a b McKnight 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h TIU 2019.
  3. ^ Melick 2013.
  4. ^ Thiselton 2009.
  5. ^ Whright 1996, p. 154. "Typical Arminian treatment of important verses can be found in Grant Osborne's articles in Clark Pinnock, ed., Grace Unlimited (Minneapolis: Bethany, 1975) and The grace of God, the Will of Man."
  6. ^ Osborne, Trueman & Hammett 2015, p. 134. "[...] Osborne Wesleyan-Arminian perspective."
  7. ^ Osborne 2007, p. 7.
  8. ^ Osborne 2007, pp. 86–128.
  9. ^ Allen 2010, p. 537. "By definition, an Arminian believes it is possible for a truly born again Christian to lose one's salvation. Arminian interpreters correctly recognize that the author of Hebrews addresses his readers as believers throughout the epistle. [...] Grant Osborne, in his chapter "A classical Arminian view" in Four Views on the Warning Passages in Hebrews, 86-128, informs his readers in the second paragraph that Heb 6:4-6 speaks of genuine believers who commit apostasy which is the unpardonable sin, and thus lose their salvation forever."

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