Darrell L. Bock
Dr. Bock has earned recognition as a Humboldt Scholar (Tübingen University in Germany), is the author of over 40 books, including well-regarded commentaries on Luke and Acts and studies of the historical Jesus, and work in cultural engagement as host of the seminary’s Table Podcasts. He was president of the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS) from 2000–2001, served as a consulting editor for Christianity Today, and serves on the boards of Wheaton College and Chosen People Ministries. His articles appear in leading publications. He is often an expert for the media on NT issues. Dr. Bock has been a New York Times best-selling author in nonfiction and is elder emeritus at Trinity Fellowship Church in Dallas. When traveling overseas, he will tune into the current game involving his favorite teams from Houston—live—even in the wee hours of the morning. Married for over 40 years to Sally, he is a proud father of two daughters and a son and is also a grandfather.
Darrell L. Bock’s Books
Studying the Historical Jesus: A Guide to Sources and Methods
Interest in the historical Jesus continues to occupy much of today¹s discussion of the Bible. The…
Darrell L. Bock’s Publication Articles
- “‘Who Is This Son of Man?’ The Latest Scholarship on a Puzzling Expression of the Historical Jesus.” Library of New Testament Studies (JSNTS) (390). 2011. 78-100.
- “Is That All There Is? A Response To Lara Guglielmo’s’ 11Q13, Malchisedek, Coreference, and Restoration of 2 18.” Enoch (33). 2011. 73-76.
- “Faith and the Historical Jesus: Does a Confessional Position and Respect for the Jesus Tradition Preclude Serious Historical Engagement?.” Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus (9). 2011. 3-25.
- “A Brief Reply to Robert Miller and Amy-Jill Levine.” Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus (9). 2011. 106-10.
- “Embracing Jesus in a First Century Context: What Can It Teach Us About Spiritual Commitment?.” Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care (3). 2010. 128-39.
- “Who Do My Opponents Say that I Am? An Investigation of the Accusations against the Historical Jesus.” Library of New Testament Studies (328). 2008. 76-94.
- “Blasphemy and the Jewish Examination of Jesus.” Bulletin for Biblical Research (17:1). 2007. 53-114.
- “The Jesus and Judas Papers: A Look at Recent Claims about Jesus.” www.christianitytoday.com 2006.
- “Will the Real Judas Please Stand Up?.” www.beliefnet.org 2006.
- “The Good News of Da Vinci: How a Ludicrous Book Can Become an Opportunity to Engage the Culture.” Christianity Today (48:1). 2004. 62-62.
- Review of “Paul on Trial: the Book of Acts As a Defense of Christianity.” Bibliotheca Sacra (160:640). 2003. 501-502.
- “The State of Missions: an Interview with Luis Bush.” Christianity Today (47:7). 2003. 26-26.
- Review of “Studying the Historical Jesus: a Guide to Sources and Methods.” Evangelical Review of Theology (27:2). 2003. 189-189.
- “Darrell Bock: ‘Public Square’ Societies Keep Us Honest.” Christianity Today (47:2). 2003. 86-86.
- “Do Gender-sensitive Translations Distort Scripture? Not Necessarily.” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society (45:4). 2002. 651-669.
- Review of “The Four Gospels and the One Gospel of Jesus Christ: an Investigation of the Collection and Origin of the Canonical Gospels.” Bibliotheca Sacra (159:636). 2002. 498-499.
- Review of “The Unity of Luke-Acts.” Bibliotheca Sacra (159:635). 2002. 376-377.
- Review of “Jesus and the Heritage of Israel: Luke’s Narrative Claim upon Israel’s Legacy.” Bibliotheca Sacra (159:634). 2002. 250-250.
- “The Purpose Driven ETS: Where Should We Go? A Look at Jesus Studies and Other Example Cases.” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society (45:1). 2002. 3-33.
- Review of “The Criteria for Authenticity in Historical-Jesus Research: Previous Discussion and New Proposals.” Bibliotheca Sacra (159:633). 2002. 125-127.
- Review of “Jesus outside the New Testament: an Introduction to the Ancient Evidence.” Bibliotheca Sacra (158:631). 2001. 381-381.
- Review of “Story As History, History As Story: the Gospel Tradition in the Context of Ancient Oral History.” Bibliotheca Sacra (158:630). 2001. 245-245.
- Review of “The Greco-Roman World of the New Testament Era: Exploring the Background of Early Christianity.” Bibliotheca Sacra (158:629). 2001. 125-126.
- Review of “Jesus the Miracle Worker: a Historical and Theological Study.” Bibliotheca Sacra (157:628). 2000. 503-505.
- “No More Hollow Jesus : In Focusing so Intently on Jesus the Man, Peter Jennings’ Report Missed the Big Picture.” Christianity Today (44:9). 2000. 73-73.
- Review of “The Jesus Crisis: the Inroads of Historical Criticism into Evangelical Scholarship.” Bibliotheca Sacra (157:626). 2000. 232-236.
- Review of “The Historical Jesus in the 20th Century: 1900-1950.” Bibliotheca Sacra (157:625). 2000. 115-116.
- Review of “Das Evangelium Nach Lukas. Bd 3/2, Lk 9.51-14.35.” Review of Biblical Literature (1). 1999. 274-276.
- “Why I Am a Dispensationalist with a Small “D”.” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society (41). 1998. 383-396.
- Review of “Luke-Acts: Angels, Christology and Soteriology.” Bibliotheca Sacra (155). 1998. 245-246.
- “Jesus V Sanhedrin : Why Jesus “Lost” His Trial.” Christianity Today (42). 1998. 48-50.
- Review of “The Book of Acts and Paul in Roman Custody.” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society (40). 1997. 469-470.
- Review of “Jesus’ Exposition of the Old Testament in Luke’s Gospel.” Evangelical Quarterly (69). 1997. 160-161.
- “Key Jewish Texts on Blasphemy and Exaltation and the Jewish Examination of Jesus.” Society of Biblical Literature Seminar Papers (36). 1997. 115-160.
- “The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus and the Ethics of Jesus.” Southwestern Journal of Theology (40). 1997. 63-72.
- Review of “Theological Lexicon of the New Testament, 3 V.” Bibliotheca Sacra (153). 1996. 249-250.
- Review of “Septuagint Quotations in the Context of the Petrine and Pauline Speeches of the Acta Apostolorum.” Biblica (77:4). 1996. 567-570.
- “My Un-American Faith : Why I Stopped “Doing” All I Could for God.” Christianity Today (40). 1996. 21-23.
- “Scandal? A Forum On the Evangelical Mind.” Christianity Today (39). 1995. 21-27.
- Review of “Stewardship and the Kingdom of God: An Historical, Exegetical and Contextual Study of the Parable of the Unjust Steward in Luke 16:1-13.” Evangelical Quarterly (67). 1995. 270-271.
- Review of “Luke 9:21-18:34.” Themelios (20). 1995. 23-24.
- Review of “Issues in Dispensationalism.” Bibliotheca Sacra (152). 1995. 98-101.
- Review of “Rethinking the Unity of Luke and Acts.” Bibliotheca Sacra (152). 1995. 116-117.
- Review of “The Death of the Messiah: from Gethsemane to the Grave: a Commentary on the Passion Narratives of the Four Gospels, 2 V.” Christianity Today (38). 1994. 34-34.
- “Charting Dispensationalism : A Group of Progressive Scholars Is Mapping out a Dispensational Theology for a New Era.” Christianity Today (38). 1994. 26-29.
- Review of “The Acts of the Apostles.” Bibliotheca Sacra (151). 1994. 371-372.
- “Current Messianic Activity and OT Davidic Promise : Dispensationalism, Hermeneutics, and NT Fulfillment.” Trinity Journal (15:1). 1994. 55-87.
- Review of “Historiography and Self-definition: Josephus, Luke-Acts and Apologetic Historiography.” Westminster Theological Journal (56:1). 1994. 193-195.
- “The Son of David and the Saints’ Task : The Hermeneutics of Initial Fulfillment.” Bibliotheca Sacra (150). 1993. 440-457.
- Review of “Centering on God: Method and Message in Luke-Acts.” Bibliotheca Sacra (150). 1993. 375-376.
- Review of “Luke 1-9:20.” Bibliotheca Sacra (150). 1993. 376-376.
- Review of “Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament, V 2: Ex-Ophōnion.” Bibliotheca Sacra (150). 1993. 111-112.
- Review of “Ephesians, Colossians, and Philemon.” Bibliotheca Sacra (150). 1993. 124-124.
- Review of “From Jewish Prophet to Gentile God: The Origins and Development of New Testament Christology.” Criswell Theological Review (6). 1993. 327-329.
- “Arrogance Is Not a Family Value.” Christianity Today (36). 1992. 10-10.
- Review of “Gospel and Spirit: Issues in New Testament Hermeneutics.” Bibliotheca Sacra (149). 1992. 496-496.
- Review of “To Touch the Text: Biblical and Related Studies in Honor of Joseph A Fitzmyer.” Evangelical Quarterly (64). 1992. 178-179.
- Review of “Acts.” Criswell Theological Review (6). 1992. 138-140.
- Review of “Narrative Theology in Early Jewish Christianity.” Bibliotheca Sacra (149). 1992. 124-125.
- Review of “A Midrash Reader.” Bibliotheca Sacra (148). 1991. 374-375.
- “Understanding Luke’s Task : Carefully Building on Precedent (Luke 1:1-4).” Criswell Theological Review (5). 1991. 183-201.
- Review of “The Progress of Redemption.” Themelios (16). 1990. 28-29.
- “The Use of the Old Testament in Luke-Acts : Christology and Mission.” Society of Biblical Literature Seminar Papers (29). 1990. 494-511.
- Review of “Understanding Dispensationalists.” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society (32). 1989. 542-544.
- Review of “Rethinking Realized Eschatology.” Bibliotheca Sacra (146). 1989. 469–470.
- Review of “Interpreting the Synoptic Gospels.” Bibliotheca Sacra (146). 1989. 353-354.
- Review of “Luke the Theologian: Thirty-Three Years of Research (1950-1983).” Bibliotheca Sacra (146). 1989. 354-354.
- Review of “Jerusalem: The Temple and the New Age in Luke-Acts.” Bibliotheca Sacra (146). 1989. 355-355.
- Review of “Sharing the Eucharistic Bread: The Witness of the New Testament.” Bibliotheca Sacra (146). 1989. 355-355.
- “A Review of The Gospel According to Jesus, by J F MacArthur, Jr, 1988.” Bibliotheca Sacra (146). 1989. 21-40.
- Review of “The Gospel According to Jesus.” Bibliotheca Sacra (146). 1989. 21-40.
- Review of “The First Epistle to the Corinthians.” Bibliotheca Sacra (146). 1989. 101-102.
- Review of “A Rabbinic Commentary on the New Testament: The Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke.” Bibliotheca Sacra (146). 1989. 111-111.
- Review of “The Bible in the Churches: How Different Christians Interpret the Scriptures.” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society (30). 1987. 231-233.
- “Is Matthew Midrash.” Bibliotheca Sacra (144). 1987. 157-180.
- Review of “New Gospel Parallels, V 1: The Synoptic Gospels.” Bibliotheca Sacra (144). 1987. 234-235.
- Review of “New Gospel Parallels, V 2: John and the Other Gospels.” Bibliotheca Sacra (144). 1987. 234-235.
- Review of “A Student’s Manual of New Testament Greek Accents.” Bibliotheca Sacra (144). 1987. 116-117.
- Review of “The Uses of the Old Testament in the New.” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society (29:4). 1986. 488-490.
- Review of “The Message of 1 Corinthians.” Bibliotheca Sacra (143). 1986. 376-377.
- Review of “The Uses of the Old Testament in the New.” Bibliotheca Sacra (143). 1986. 279-280.
- “Jesus As Lord in Acts and in the Gospel Message.” Bibliotheca Sacra (143). 1986. 146-154.
- Review of “The Spirit and the Congregation: Studies in 1 Corinthians 12-15.” Bibliotheca Sacra (143). 1986. 182-183.
- Review of “Daniel and Revelation: Riddles or Realities.” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society (29:1). 1986. 106-108.
- Review of “Theological Dictionary of the New Testament.” Bibliotheca Sacra (143). 1986. 85-86.
- “Evangelicals and the Use of the Old Testament in the New.” Bibliotheca Sacra (142). 1985. 306-319.
- Review of “The Ascension of Our Lord.” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society (28:3). 1985. 346-347.
- “Evangelicals and the Use of the Old Testament in the New.” Bibliotheca Sacra (142). 1985. 209-223.
- Review of “The Resurrection Narratives: A Redactional Study.” Bibliotheca Sacra (142). 1985. 282-283.
- Review of “Colossians, Philemon.” Bibliotheca Sacra (142). 1985. 187-188.
- Review of “Semantics of New Testament Greek.” Bibliotheca Sacra (141). 1984. 371-371.
- Review of “Biblical Words and Their Meaning: An Introduction to Lexical Semantics.” Bibliotheca Sacra (141). 1984. 280-281.
- Review of “Typos: The Typological Interpretation of the Old Testament in the New.” Bibliotheca Sacra (140). 1983. 274-275.
- Review of “The Other Gospels: Non-Canonical Gospel Texts.” Bibliotheca Sacra (140). 1983. 282-282.
- Review of “A Christological Catechism.” Bibliotheca Sacra (140). 1983. 79-80.
Darrell L. Bock’s Contributions
Global Perspectives: United Kingdom
In this episode, Darrell Bock and Krish Kandiah discuss what Christianity is like in the United…
Christianity, Politics, and the Public Space: What is the Connection?
In this episode, Darrell Bock and Patrick Schreiner discuss how to live as ambassadors for Christ…
The Church as a Blended Family
In this episode Darrell Bock and Ron Deal explore the metaphor of the Church being like…
Understanding Your Neighbor in the Urban Church
In this episode, Darrell Bock and Zion McGregor explore the intricacies of the Urban Church, particularly…
From Womb to Tomb
In this episode, Darrell Bock discusses with Jocelyn and Ric Sun their work with Life International,…
Discipleship Curriculum
In this episode, Darrell Bock, Ken Horton, and John Tolson discuss how to approach discipleship with…
Apologetics and Legacy of Norman Geisler
In this episode Darrell Bock and David Geisler discuss the growing need for apologetics in culture…
Old Testament Fulfillment in the Christmas Story – Classic
In this episode, Mikel Del Rosario, Drs. David K. Lowery, Gordon H. Johnston, and Darrell L.…
Should Christians Use IVF?
In this episode, Darrell Bock, Jeff Barrows, Scott Rae and Christina Crenshaw discuss the ethical, medical…
Maturing a Ministry
In this episode, Darrell Bock and Melissa K. Russell discuss the International Justice Mission and their…
How Nonprofits Can Serve the Church
In this episode, Darrell Bock and Milyce Pipkin interview Mike Wiltz, the President and CEO of…
What Makes a School Christian?
In this episode, Darrell Bock, Christina Crenshaw, and Perry Glanzer highlight the importance of Christian higher…
Getting Equipped for Spiritual Warfare – Classic
In this classic episode, Drs. Darrell Bock, Michael Pocock, and Scott Horrell discuss spiritual warfare, focusing…
Why Israel Matters for the Promises of God
In this episode, Darrell Bock and Mitch Glaser discuss the important role that Israel plays in…
A Christian Perspective on Transhumanism – Classic
In this classic episode, Drs. Darrell Bock and Fazale “Fuz” Rana discuss artificial intelligence, focusing on…
An Atheist, Gay Activist Discovers Jesus – Classic
In this classic episode, Dr. Darrell L. Bock and David Bennett discuss his journey to faith…
The Relationship of the Old Testament to the New Testament – Classic
In this classic episode, Drs. Mark Yarbrough, Darrell L. Bock, Mark Bailey, and Pastor Andy Stanley…
Freedom from Pornography – Classic
In this classic episode, Dr. Darrell L. Bock, Josh McDowell, Joy Pedrow, and Josh Proctor discuss…
POIEMA: An Interview with Dr. Darrell L. Bock
Our summer issue’s theme is engaging outsiders. Let’s consider what it means that “we are his…
Reflections on 10 Years of the Table Podcast
In this episode, Kymberli Cook, Bill Hendricks, Drs. Darrell Bock, and Mikel Del Rosario reflect on…
Orality in Missions
In this episode, Dr. Darrell Bock and Ted Crump discuss orality in missions, focusing on ministering…
Serving Your Community
In this episode, Drs. Darrell Bock and Brian Fikkert discuss alleviating poverty, focusing on how best…
The Evangelical Church and LGBTQ Issues – Classic
In this classic episode, Dr. Darrell L. Bock and Sam Allberry discuss evangelical engagement of LGBTQ…
When Films Reflect Culture
In this episode, Dr. Darrell Bock, Claude Alexander, and John Priddy highlight films from the Sundance…
