Eckhard Schnabel, PhD
Eckhard J. Schnabel is professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. He has been at Trinity since 1998.
Dr. Schnabel came to Trinity from the faculty of the Freie Theologische Akademie in Giessen, Germany, where he served as chair of the New Testament Department. He also taught at Wiedenest Bible College in Bergneustadt, Germany, and at Asian Theological Seminary in Manila, Philippines. He has served with Operation Mobilisation in Latin America and Europe, and with the Overseas Missionary Fellowship in Asia.
Dr. Schnabel graduated from the Staatsunabhängige Theologische Hochschule in Basel, Switzerland, with the equivalent of a Master of Theology. He received the Doctor of Philosophy in New Testament from the Aberdeen University, Scotland. Dr. Schnabel's areas of expertise include early Jewish history and theology, Pauline exegesis and theology, early Christian history, biblical theology, and hermeneutics. He can read about a dozen ancient and modern languages.
He is a member of Arbeitskreis für evangelikale Theologie, Evangelical Theological Society, Fellowship of European Evangelical Theologians, Society for New Testament Studies, Society of Biblical Literature, Tyndale Fellowship, and the Institute for Biblical Research. Dr. Schnabel has written Law and Wisdom from Ben Sira to Paul (Mohr-Siebeck, 1985), Inspiration und Offenbarung (Brockhaus, 1986), Das Reich Gottes als Wirklichkeit und Hoffnung (Brockhaus, 1993), Sind Evangelikale Fundamentalisten (Brockhaus, 1995), and has coedited the two-volume work Studium des Neuen Testaments (Brockhaus, 1999/2000; revised edition, 2006), Die urchristliche Mission (Wuppertal: R. Brockhaus, 2002), and Early Christian Mission (InterVarsity Press, 2004). He has published widely in journals, Festschriften, and volumes of collected essays. He is coeditor of the commentary series Historisch-Theologische Auslegung des Neuen Testaments. His latest publication is a commentary on First Corinthians (Der erste Brief des Paulus an die Korinther. HTANT. R. Brockhaus, 2006).
Dr. Schnabel and his wife, Barbara, reside in Gurnee, Illinois. They have two children. In his spare time, Dr. Schnabel enjoys reading, hiking, and running.