Faculty Listing

Scott J. Hafemann, DrTheol

Education:

  • University of Tübingen in Germany, ThD
  • Fuller Theological Seminary, MA
  • Bethel College, BA
  • Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Research Student
  • University of Minnesota, Latin Studies

Teaching Career:

  • Mary French Rockefeller Distinguished Professor of New Testament, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
  • Gerald F. Hawthorne Professor of New Testament Greek and Exegesis, Wheaton College and Graduate School (1995-2004)
  • New Testament Professor (also directed the Greek program for four years), Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (1987-1995)
  • Assistant Professor, Taylor University
  • Visiting Professor, Saint John’s University
  • Annual teacher each year in Chad at the Shalom Evangelical School of Theology
  • Teaching and academic extension work at colleges and seminaries in Croatia, Greece, and India

Other Career Highlights:

  • Ordained with the Baptist General Conference
  • Several part-time pastoral positions across the United States, pastoring Evangelical Mennonite, Community Baptist, and Congregational congregations
  • President of Mission: Chad, a Christian ministry supporting the orphan rescue-work and theological education of the churches of Chad
  • Member of several professional organizations
  • Research in the General Epistles, most notably studying the epistles of I and II Peter and Jude

Publications:

  • Numerous books, including Biblical Theology: Retrospect and Prospect,2 Corinthians (NIV Life Application Series), The God of Promise and the Life of Faith: Understanding the Heart of the Bible, and Central Themes in Biblical Theology: Mapping Unity in Diversity