LivingToGod: Scholar's Corner: Introducing Dr. Daniel Wallace

Every week or so, I am going to devote a post to introducing folks to Biblical scholars who are doing important work in some field of biblical or theological studies. This week I have chosen Dan Wallace, Professor of New Testament at Dallas Theological Seminary.

For over 26 years Dr. Wallace has been guiding students through the Greek of the New Testament, and in that time has become one of the preeminant experts in the field of New Testament textual criticism. He is the executive director of The Center for the Study of the New Testament Manuscripts, a non-profit organization which travels around the world taking digital photographs of the manuscripts of the New Testament in order to preserve them for generations to come. He also served as managing editor of the NET Bible.

Dr. Wallace is also well known for his debates with skeptical biblical scholars such as Bart Ehrman. During last month's debate, Dr. Wallace revealed the exciting news that a fragment of the Gospel of Mark dating back to the 1st century has recently been found, which, if true, makes it the oldest recovered manuscript of the New Testament! I will pass on new information on this discovery as it becomes available.

Here are links to several audio interviews of Dr. Wallace in which he discusses topics such as Bible translations, New Testament textual criticism, Bart Ehrman, as well as the archeological discovery of the Gospel of Mark.

Daniel Wallace discusses text criticism over coffee at The Credo House.

Debate Between Dan Wallace and Bart Ehrman 2012

New Testament Scholar Interview: Daniel B. Wallace (discussion includes Dr. Wallace's background, the trustworthiness of the Bible, the meaning and effect of textual variants, advice for apologists, and do's and don'ts for defending the Bible)

Audio interview with Dr. Wallace on the reliability of the NT text

Books by Dr. Wallace: