Klyne Ryland Snodgrass is an American theologian, author and professor of New Testament

New Testament

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 Studies at the North Park Theological Seminary

North Park Theological Seminary

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 in Chicago, Illinois. His publication Stories with Intent: A Comprehensive Guide to the Parables of Jesus garnered a 2009 Christianity Today

Christianity Today

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Book Award.

Education and background

Snodgrass earned his B.A.

Bachelor of Arts

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 from Columbia Bible College, his M.Div. from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School

Trinity Evangelical Divinity School

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, and his Ph.D.

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 in 1973 from the University of St. Andrews, Scotland

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, where he completed a dissertation on "The Christological Stone Testimonia in the New Testament." He taught at Georgetown College in Kentucky from 1973 to 1974, when he joined the faculty of North Park Theological Seminary

North Park Theological Seminary

North Park Theological Seminary is a seminary located in the North Park neighborhood of the city of Chicago, Illinois. It is the sole graduate theological school of the Evangelical Covenant Church...

. From 1988 to 1993, he served as dean of faculty there, and currently holds the Paul W. Brandel Chair of New Testament Studies.

Snodgrass is ordained by the Southern Baptist Convention

Southern Baptist Convention

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 and has been a visiting scholar at Tyndale House

Tyndale House

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, Cambridge

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, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

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, the University of Tübingen, Princeton Theological Seminary

Princeton Theological Seminary

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, and Duke Divinity School

Duke Divinity School

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Books

• The Parable of the Wicked Tenants: An Inquiry into Parable Interpretation (1983) ISBN 3161446100
• Ephesians in The NIV Application Commentary (1996) ISBN 0340671084
• Between Two Truths: Living with Biblical Tensions (2004) ISBN 159244914X
• Stories With Intent: A Comprehensive Guide to the Parables of Jesus (2008) ISBN 0802842410