Clifton Black, Princeton Theological Seminary’s Otto A. Piper Professor
of Biblical Theology, earned his M.A. in Theology from the University of
Bristol, the M.Div. from Emory University, and his Ph.D. from Duke
University. He is an ordained elder in the Western North Carolina
Conference of The United Methodist Church. Though his research
interests concentrate in the New Testament’s Gospels, particularly in
Mark, he publishes in a wide range of fields that include biblical
theology, New Testament rhetoric, and the history of biblical
interpretation. Likewise, the array of courses he regularly offers is
broad: New Testament introduction, the exegesis of Mark’s Gospel,
biblical theology and the practice of ministry, the parables of Jesus,
major themes in New Testament theology, the Biblical and Shakespearean
visions, prayer in the New Testament, and several seminars at the
doctoral level.
Professor Black is the author, editor, or
collaborating author of eight books, including The Disciples According
to Mark (1989), Mark: Images of an Apostolic Interpreter (1994; 2001),
Exploring the Gospel of John (1996), The Eighth Day of Creation (2008),
and the sixth edition of the widely used textbook, Anatomy of the New
Testament (2007). A founding editor of The New Testament Library
(Westminster John Knox, 1996– ), PAIDEIA Commentaries (Baker Academic,
2004– ), and Book Editor of Theology Today (2001–06), he currently
serves as an associate editor of The Catholic Biblical Quarterly and
Horizons in Biblical Theology. Black has published some 200 essays,
articles, and reviews in many books and such periodicals as the Journal
of Biblical Literature, Interpretation, Novum Testamentum, The Harvard
Theological Review, The Scottish Journal of Theology, The Expository
Times, The Journal of Theological Studies, and Pro Ecclesia. He is a
regular contributor of exegetical and reference resources for pastors
and teachers in the church, such as The New Interpreter’s Bible (1998),
The New Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible (2009), and The New
Interpreter’s One–Volume Commentary on the Bible (forthcoming). His
current projects include the Abingdon New Testament Commentary on Mark, a
commentary on The Lord’s Prayer WJK Interpretation Supplements), and a
programmatic monograph on scriptural theology.
Professor Black is an
active member of the Society of Biblical Literature, Studiorum Novi
Testamenti Societas, the American Theological Society, the Center of
Theological Inquiry, and the American Association of University
Professors. Like his Princeton Seminary colleagues, he delivers
lectures and sermons to scholars and pastors, students and laity,
throughout the United States and abroad.
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