Paul J. Achtemeier is Professor Emeritus of Biblical Interpretation at Union Presbyterian Seminary

Union Theological Seminary & Presbyterian School of Christian Education

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 in Richmond, Virginia

Richmond, Virginia

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. He is a widely respected authority on the Bible

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, the author or co-author of 14 books, former editor of the quarterly Interpretation, and New Testament editor of the Interpretation Biblical Commentary Series. He has also served as chief executive officer and president of the Society of Biblical Literature

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 and as the president of the Catholic Biblical Association.

Works

• Jesus and the Miracle Tradition (2008)
• Mark (2004)
• Invitation to the Gospels (2002)
• The Forgotten God: Perspectives in Biblical Theology (2002)
• (with Joel B. Green and Marianne Meye Thompson), Introducing the New Testament: Its Literature and Theology (2001)
• Inspiration and Authority: Nature and Function of Christian Scripture (1999)
• HarperCollins Bible Dictionary (1996)
• 1 Peter A Commentary on First Peter (1996) in Hermenia Series of Augsburg Press
• The Old Testament Roots of Our Faith (1995)
• Interpreting the Prophets (1987)
• Paul and the Jerusalem Church: An Elusive Unity (1987)
• Romans (Interpretation, a Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching) (1985)
• The Inspiration of Scripture: Problems and Proposals (1980)