Dr. Alan Bandy | How well do you really know the apostle Paul?

[ep 156] Dr. Alan Bandy is the Associate Dean of Research Doctorate Programs and The Robert Hamblin Chair of New Testament Exposition, Professor of NT and Greek at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Formerly he served as the Rowena R. Strickland Associate Professor of New Testament and Greek at Oklahoma Baptist University for eleven years. Prior to that he was the Assistant Director of the Ph.D. program at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, and an Assistant Professor of Christian Studies at Louisiana College.

His area of expertise is the New Testament with a specialization in The Apocalypse of John.

He earned a B.A. in Ministry from Clear Creek Baptist Bible College in Pineville, KY (May 1998) and an M.Div. from Mid-America Seminary in Memphis, TN with an emphasis in Biblical Studies (May 2002). He completed a Ph.D. in Biblical Studies from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in 2007.

He has published The Prophetic Lawsuit in the Book of Revelation in the New Testament Monograph Series by Sheffield Phoenix Press (2010). He co-authored a book with Benjamin L. Merkle entitled Understanding Prophecy: A Biblical-Theological Approach (Kregel: 2015). He edited and compiled the notes for the Greek Reader’s Apostolic Fathers (Cascade: 2018). He has also published several chapters and articles in various books (Devotions on the Greek New Testament [Zondervan, 2012]; Holy War in the Old Testament [IVP, 2013]; Baker Dictionary of Biblical Backgrounds; and journals (JSNTS; Neotestamentica). Most recently he published An Illustrated Life and Ministry of the Apostle Paul (Baker, 2021). He is currently writing Reading Revelation with the Church: A History of Interpretation (Zondervan) and An Illustrated Guide to the Seven Cities of the Book of Revelation (Baker).

He has over twenty years of experience in Christian ministry since 1992 serving as a youth minister, an associate pastor, and a pastor of churches in Kentucky, Tennessee, and North Carolina. He has served as interim pastor of various churches in Oklahoma and Louisiana. He also regularly leads academic study tours in Turkey and Israel. Alan married his high school sweetheart, Necoe, in 1995. Together they have five children: Alexandra, Josiah, Victoria, Mackenzie, and Titus.

Alan’s life verse is:
Acts 20:24 But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.

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An Illustrated Guide to the Apostle Paul – http://bakerpublishinggroup.com/books/an-illustrated-guide-to-the-apostle-paul/377970

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