Klyne Snodgrass

{{short description|American theologian and author (born 1944)}} {{Infobox person |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1944|12|28}} |alma_mater=Columbia Bible College }} '''Klyne Ryland Snodgrass''' (born December 28, 1944) is an American theologian and author, who served as professor of New Testament Studies at the North Park Theological Seminary in Chicago, Illinois from 1974 to 2015. His publication ''Stories with Intent: A Comprehensive Guide to the Parables of Jesus''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eerdmans.com/Products/4241/stories-with-intent.aspx |title=Stories with Intent - Klyne R. Snodgrass : Eerdmans |website=www.eerdmans.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111217121347/http://www.eerdmans.com/Products/4241/stories-with-intent.aspx |archive-date=2011-12-17}} </ref> garnered a 2009 ''Christianity Today'' Book Award.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/special/bkawards.html#biblicalstudies|title=2009 Christianity Today Book Awards - Biblical Studies|access-date=2009-10-20|archive-date=April 22, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120422162026/http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/special/bkawards.html#biblicalstudies|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Early life and education== Snodgrass grew up in Tennessee.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXg6e7btGn8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/PXg6e7btGn8 |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Who God Says You Are - Klyne Snodgrass and Darrell L. Bock|last=Dallas Theological Seminary|date=September 17, 2018 |publisher=|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He earned his B.A. from Columbia Bible College, his M.Div. from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and his Ph.D. in 1973 from the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, where he completed a dissertation on "The Christological Stone Testimonia in the New Testament."<ref name="bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.northpark.edu/Seminary/About-the-Seminary/Full-Time-Faculty/Klyne-Snodgrass|title=North Park Theological Seminary website - Klyne Snodgrass|access-date=2015-12-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055548/http://www.northpark.edu/Seminary/About-the-Seminary/Full-Time-Faculty/Klyne-Snodgrass|archive-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Career== Snodgrass taught at Georgetown College in Kentucky from 1973 to 1974, when he joined the faculty of North Park Theological Seminary. From 1988 to 1993, he served as dean of faculty there, and currently holds the Paul W. Brandel Chair of New Testament Studies.

Snodgrass is ordained by the Southern Baptist Convention and has been a visiting scholar at Tyndale House, Cambridge, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, the University of Tübingen, Princeton Theological Seminary, and Duke Divinity School.<ref name="bio"/>

In 2014 a ''Festschrift'' was published in his honor. ''Doing Theology for the Church: Essays in Honor of Klyne Snodgrass'' include contributions from Darrell L. Bock, Richard Longenecker, Scot McKnight, John Painter, and N. T. Wright.

==Selected publications== === Articles ===

*{{cite journal|year=1976|title=Exegesis and Preaching: The Principles and Practice of Exegesis|journal=The Covenant Quarterly|volume=34|issue=3}} *{{cite journal|year=1978|title=I Peter 2.1-10: Its Formation and Literary Affirmities|journal=New Testament Studies}} *{{cite journal|year=1980|title=Streams of Tradition Emerging from Isaiah 40:1-5 and Their Adaptation in the New Testament|journal=Journal for the Study of the New Testament|volume=VIII}} *{{cite journal|year=1984|title=A Biblical and Theological Basis for Women in Ministry|journal=Covenant Ministerium of the Evangelical Covenant Church of America}} *{{cite journal|year=2001|title=The task of interpreting Scripture theologically|journal=Ex Auditu|volume=16}}

=== Books === *''The Parable of the Wicked Tenants: An Inquiry into Parable Interpretation'' (1983) {{ISBN|3-16-144610-0}} *''Ephesians'' in ''The NIV Application Commentary'' (1996) {{ISBN|0-340-67108-4}} *''Between Two Truths: Living with Biblical Tensions'' (2004) {{ISBN|1-59244-914-X}} *''Stories With Intent: A Comprehensive Guide to the Parables of Jesus''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://newtestamentperspectives.blogspot.com/2008/03/stories-with-intent-interview-with.html|title=New Testament Perspectives: Stories With Intent: An Interview with Klyne Snodgrass|first=Matthew D.|last=Montonini|date=March 17, 2008|publisher=}}</ref> (2008) {{ISBN|0-8028-4241-0}} *''Who God Says You Are: A Christian Understanding of Identity'' (2018) {{ISBN|978-0-8028-7518-1}} *''You Need a Better Gospel: Reclaiming the Good News of Participation with Christ'' (2022) {{ISBN|9781540965042}}

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