Mark L. Strauss, PhD
Professor (New Testament)
About
Dr. Mark L. Strauss serves as professor of New Testament at Pacific Theological Seminary and as University Professor of New Testament at Bethel Seminary, where he has been since 1993. He is the author/coauthor of 20 books and many articles, and editor/co-editor of 40 volumes. His works include Four Portraits, One Jesus (Zondervan, 2007; 2020), commentaries on Mark’s Gospel in the Zondervan Exegetical Commentary Series (2014) and Expositors Bible Commentary, vol. 9 (2010) and on Luke in the Illustrated Bible Background Commentary (2002); Jesus Behaving Badly (InterVarsity, 2015); How to Read the Bible in Changing Times (Baker, 2011) and The Davidic Messiah in Luke-Acts (Sheffield Press, 1996). He serves as Vice Chair of the Committee on Bible Translation for the New International Version and as an associate editor for the NIV Study Bible.
Education
PhD, University of Aberdeen
ThM, Talbot School of Theology
MDiv, Talbot School of Theology
BA, Westmont College.
Recent Work
Four Portraits, One Jesus, 2nd Edition: A Survey of Jesus and the Gospels. (Zondervan Academic, 2020).
Leadership in Christian Perspective: Biblical Foundations and Contemporary Practices for Servant Leaders [with Justin A. Irving]. (Baker Academic, 2018).
How to Read the Bible in Changing Times: Understanding and Applying God's Word Today. (Baker, 2011).