About

Mark L. Strauss

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Mark L. Strauss (Ph.D., Aberdeen) is professor of New Testament at Bethel Seminary San Diego, where he has served since 1993. He is the author or coauthor of eleven books and numerous articles, including How to Read the Bible in Changing Times (Baker, 2011); Four Portraits, One Jesus: A Survey of Jesus and the Gospels (Zondervan, 2007); Mark in the Zondervan Exegetical Commentary (2014); The Gospel of Mark in the revised Expositors Bible Commentary, vol. 9 (2010); The Gospel of Luke in the Zondervan Illustrated Bible Background Commentary (Zondervan, 2002); How to Choose a Translation for All It’s Worth (with Gordon D. Fee; 2007); The Essential Bible Companion (with John Walton; 2006), Distorting Scripture? (InterVarsity, 1998), and The Davidic Messiah in Luke-Acts (Sheffield Press, 1996).  He is New Testament editor of the Expanded Bible (Thomas Nelson) and the Teach the Text Commentary Series (Baker).  He also serves as Vice Chair of the Committee for Bible Translation for the New International Version and as an associate editor for the NIV Study Bible. He is a member of the Society of Biblical Literature, the Institute for Biblical Studies and the Evangelical Theological Society.