Craig A. Evans
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Craig Alan Evans is a biblical scholar and author.

He earned his Bachelor of Arts in history and philosophy from Claremont McKenna College
Claremont McKenna College
Claremont McKenna College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college and a member of the Claremont Colleges located in Claremont, California. The campus is located east of Downtown Los Angeles...

, a Master of Divinity from Western Baptist Seminary in Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...

, and his Master of Arts and Ph.D. in Biblical Studies from Claremont Graduate University
Claremont Graduate University
Claremont Graduate University is a private, all-graduate research university located in Claremont, California, a city east of downtown Los Angeles...

 in southern California.

He is Payzant Distinguished Professor of New Testament and director of the graduate program at Acadia Divinity College
Acadia Divinity College
Acadia Divinity College is a seminary of the Convention of Atlantic Baptist Churches and is located on the campus of Acadia University in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley...

 in Wolfville, Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...

. Prior to coming to Acadia, he was a visiting assistant professor of religious studies at McMaster University
McMaster University
McMaster University is a public research university whose main campus is located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on of land in the residential neighbourhood of Westdale, adjacent to Hamilton's Royal Botanical Gardens...

 and a professor of biblical studies at Trinity Western University
Trinity Western University
Trinity Western University is a private, Christian liberal arts university located in Langley, British Columbia, Canada.The school was founded in 1962 as Trinity Junior College, and now enrolls approximately 4000 students and sits on a campus....

. Dr. Evans' research has led to conferences on subjects including the Dead Sea Scrolls
Dead Sea scrolls
The Dead Sea Scrolls are a collection of 972 texts from the Hebrew Bible and extra-biblical documents found between 1947 and 1956 on the northwest shore of the Dead Sea, from which they derive their name...

, issues related to the image and perception of Jesus Christ and archaeology of the Bible
Biblical archaeology
For the movement associated with William F. Albright and also known as biblical archaeology, see Biblical archaeology school. For the interpretation of biblical archaeology in relation to biblical historicity, see The Bible and history....

. He writes extensively on the historical Jesus
Historical Jesus
The term historical Jesus refers to scholarly reconstructions of the 1st-century figure Jesus of Nazareth. These reconstructions are based upon historical methods including critical analysis of gospel texts as the primary source for his biography, along with consideration of the historical and...

 and the Jewish background of the New Testament era.

Papers

  • Assessing Progress in the Third Quest of the Historical Jesus, Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus
    Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus
    is designed to 'provide a forum for academic discussion of Jesus within the context of 1st-century Palestine'. It is intended to be accessible to a non-scholarly readership who are interested in this field....

    , Vol. 4, No. 1, 35-54 (2006), DOI: 10.1177/1476869006061777

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