Professor of New Testament
Reformed Theological Seminary
Dr. Gregory K. Beale is Professor of New Testament at Reformed Theological Seminary in Dallas, Texas since 2021. He has held teaching positions respectively at Grove City College (4 years), Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary 16 years), Wheaton Graduate School (10 years), and Westminster Theological Seminary (11 years). Before joining the RTS Dallas faculty in 2021, he served as Westminster’s J. Gresham Machen Chair and Research Professor of New Testament and Biblical Interpretation. He is a past president of the Evangelical Theological Society.
He is ordained in the Presbyterian Church in America, is a member of the North Texas Presbytery, and is an Assistant Pastor of Theology and Teaching at Town North PCA in the north Dallas area. Dr. Beale is a native Texan and a graduate of Southern Methodist University (SMU, B.A. and M.A.), Dallas Theological Seminary (Th.M.), and Cambridge University (Ph.D.).”
Among his publications are: (1) The Book of Revelation: A Commentary on the Greek Text (1999); (2) The Temple and the Church’s Mission: A Biblical Theology of the Dwelling Place of God (2004); (3) Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament (2007, co-editor); (4) We Become What We Worship: A Biblical Theology of Idolatry (2008); (5) A New Testament Biblical Theology: The Unfolding of the Old Testament in the New (2011); (6) Handbook on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament (2012); (7) Colossians and Philemon (2019; BECNT).
He has been married for forty-eight years to his wife, Dorinda, and they have three children, a son and two daughters and five grandchildren.
Thursday, May 28 | 9:30-10:20 | Main Room
The Editio Critica Major’s New Preferred Readings of the Solecisms in the Book of Revelation
Out of about 25 chosen solecisms in the Book of Revelation, the paper discusses the ECM’s new preferred readings of some of these solecisms. The ECM prefers the less difficult readings in seven of these cases instead of the more difficult grammatical form previously preferred by NA28 and most past commentators. The ECM’s Coherence Based Genealogical Method will be considered in each case. The paper attempts an overall evaluation of the ECM’s new proposed readings by utilizing an eclectic method, part of which the ECM consistently ignores.