Jeannine K. Brown

Jeannine K. Brown is a New Testament scholar who focuses on the Gospels, Hermeneutics and New Testament literary analysis. She currently teaches at Bethel Seminary in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Early Life and education

Brown earned a Bachelor of Music at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire in 1984. She then went on to complete her Master of Divinity at Bethel Seminary in 1991 and her Ph.D at Luther Seminary in 2001.

Career and research

Brown has been a professor of New Testament at Bethel Seminary since 1995. Her primary areas of research and study have included biblical hermeneutics and the Gospels, particularly Matthean studies. Her first published book, Scripture as Communication, was originally published in 2007; the second edition was released in 2021. Other areas of research have included Philippians, 1 Peter, and interdisciplinary work with colleagues in the area of social sciences and theology.

In addition to her research and writing, Brown has been a member of the Committee on Bible Translation since 2010, which revises the NIV translation of the Bible.

Selected Publications

Books

• Philippians: An Introduction and Commentary. Tyndale New Testament Commentaries. Revised Edition. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2022.
• Scripture as Communication: Introducing Biblical Hermeneutics. Second Edition. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2021.
• The Gospels as Stories: Narrative Approaches to Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2020.
• Matthew. Two Horizons Commentary on the New Testament. With Kyle Roberts. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, September, 2018.
• Relational Integration of Psychology and Christian Theology: Theory, Research, andPractice. With Steven J. Sandage. New York: Routledge, 2018.
• Matthew. Teach the Text New Testament Commentary series. Grand Rapids: Baker,

2015.

• Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels. 2d ed. Edited by Joel B. Green, Nicholas Perrin, Jeannine K. Brown. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2013.
• “Matthew” in The Baker Illustrated Bible Commentary. Rev. ed. Edited by Andrew E. Hill and Gary M. Burge. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 2012.
• Becoming Whole and Holy: An Integrative Conversation about Christian Formation.

With Carla M. Dahl & Wyndy Corbin Reuschling. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2011.

• Scripture as Communication: Introducing Biblical Hermeneutics. Grand Rapids: Baker

Academic, 2007.

• The Disciples in Narrative Perspective: The Portrayal and Function of the Matthean

Disciples. SBL Academia Biblica 9. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 2002. Co-published by Brill, 2002.

Articles/Essays

• “Hermeneutics, Interpreting Paul” (with Nicolas Fox) and “Letter to the Philippians.” In Dictionary of Paul and His Letters. 2d ed. Edited by Scot McKnight, Lynn Cohick, Nijay Gupta. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, forthcoming.
• “Exodus in Matthew’s Gospel.” In Exodus in the New Testament, 31-47. Edited by Seth M. Ehorn. New York: T & T Clark, 2022.
• With Kazuhiko Yamazaki-Ransom. “The Parable of the Good Samaritan and the Narrative Portrayal of Samaritans in Luke-Acts.” Journal of Theological Interpretation 15/2 (2021), 233-246.
• “Jesus Messiah as Isaiah’s Servant of the Lord: New Testament Explorations,” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 63.1 (2020), 49-68.
• “The Gospels: Reading for Story.” The Cambridge Companion to the Bible and Literature, 131-148. Edited by Calum Carmichael. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020.
• “Living Out ‘Justice, Mercy, and Loyalty’: Discipleship in Matthew’s Gospel.” In Following Jesus Christ: The New Testament Message of Discipleship for Today, 9-26. Edited by John K. Goodrich and Mark L. Strauss. Grand Rapids: Kregel Academic, 2019.
• “Reconstructing the Historical Pharisees: Does Matthew’s Gospel Have Anything to Contribute?” In Jesus, Skepticism, and the Problem of History: Criteria and Context in the Study of Christian Origins, 164-182. Edited by Darrell L. Bock and J. Ed

Komoszewski. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2019.

• “Matthew’s Christology and Isaiah’s Servant: A Fresh Look at a Perennial Issue.” In Treasures New & Old: Essays in Honor of Donald Hagner, 93-106. Edited by Carl S.Sweatman and Clifford B. Kvidahl. Wilmore, KY: GlossaHouse, 2017.
• “Metalepsis.” In Exploring Intertextuality: Diverse Strategies for New Testament Interpretation of Texts. Edited by B. J. Oropeza and Steve Moyise, 29-41. Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2016.
• With Steven J. Sandage. “Relational Integration, Part I: Differentiated Relationality Between Psychology and Theology.” And “Relational Integration, Part II: Relational Integration as Developmental and Intercultural.” Journal of Psychology and Theology 43 (Fall, 2015), 165-78 and 179-91, respectively.
• “Is the Future of Biblical Theology Story-Shaped?” Horizons in Biblical Theology 37 (2015), 13-31.
• “Matthew, Gospel of” (570-84), “Narrative Criticism” (619-24), and “Justice, Righteousness” (463-67). In Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels. 2d ed. Edited by Joel B. Green, Jeannine K. Brown, Nicholas Perrin. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2013.
• “Matthew’s ‘Least of These’ Theology and Subversion of ‘Us/Other’ Categories.” In Matthew: Texts @ Contexts, 287-301. Edited by Nicole Wilkinson Duran and James P. Grimshaw. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2013.
• “Genesis in Matthew’s Gospel.” In Genesis in the New Testament, 42-59. Edited by Maarten J. J. Menken and Steve Moyise. New York: T & T Clark, 2012.
• With Steven J. Sandage. “Converging Horizons for Relational Integration: Differentiation-Based Collaboration.” Journal of Psychology and Theology 40 (Spring, 2012), 72-76.
• “New Testament Foundations of Christian Spirituality.” In Dictionary of Christian Spirituality, 46-51. Edited by Glen G. Scorgie. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2011.
• “Creation’s Renewal in the Gospel of John.” Catholic Biblical Quarterly 72 (April, 2010),

275-90.

• With Steven J. Sandage, “Monarchy or Democracy in Relation Integration? A Reply to Porter.” Journal of Psychology and Christianity 29 (2010), 20-26.
• “Apostle, N.T.” and “Disciple, Discipleship, N.T.” In Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception. Vol. 2: 471-76 and Vol. 6: 887-889. Berlin: de Gruyter, 2009, 2013.
• “Genre Criticism and the Bible.” In Words and the Word: Explorations in Biblical Interpretation and Literary Theory, 111-50. Edited by Jamie Grant and David Firth. Nottingham: InterVarsity, 2008.
• “Between Text and Sermon: James 2:1-13.” Interpretation 62 (April, 2008), 174-76.
• “The Rhetoric of Hearing: The Use of the Isaianic Hearing Motif in Matt 11:2-16:20.” In Built upon the Rock: Studies in the Gospel of Matthew, 248-69. Edited by Daniel M. Gurtner and John Nolland. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2008.
• “Just a Busybody? A Look at the Greco-Roman Topos of Meddling for Defining allotrieposkopos in 1 Peter 4:15.” Journal of Biblical Literature 150 (Fall, 2006), 527-46.
• “Direct Engagement of the Reader in Matthew’s Discourses: Rhetorical Techniques and Scholarly Consensus.” New Testament Studies 51 (January, 2005), 19-35.
• “Chronology and the New Testament.” In Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible. Edited by Kevin Vanhoozer. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2005.
• “Silent Wives, Verbal Believers: Ethical and Hermeneutical Considerations in 1 Peter 3:1-6 and Its Context.” Word and World 24 (Fall, 2004), 395-403.

References

External Links

• Jeannine Brown Faculty Page. Retrieved 12/25/2022
• Jeannine K. Brown's website

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