Daniel B. Wallace | |
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Professor Wallace in 2004
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Born |
California |
June 5, 1952
Occupation | Professor of New Testament |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Dallas Theological Seminary (PhD) |
Thesis year | 1995 |
School or tradition | Evangelical Christian and New Testament textual critic |
Academic work | |
Discipline | New Testament Textual Criticism, Koine Grammar |
Institutions |
Dallas Seminary Grace Theological Seminary |
Main interests | New Testament authentication, early Christian writings, Koine Greek grammar |
Daniel Baird Wallace (born June 5, 1952) is an American professor of New Testament Studies at Dallas Theological Seminary. He is also the founder and executive director of the Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts, the purpose of which is digitizing all known Greek manuscripts of the New Testament via digital photographs.
Wallace was born June 5, 1952, in California. He earned his B.A.(1975) from Biola University, and his Th.M. (1979) and Ph.D. (1995) in New Testament studies from Dallas Theological Seminary. He also pursued postdoctoral studies in a variety of places, including in Cambridge at Tyndale House, Christ's College, Clare College, and Westminster College, and in Germany at the Institute for New Testament Textual Research, University of Tübingen, and the Bavarian State Library.
Wallace began his academic career teaching at Dallas Seminary from 1979 until 1981 and then at Grace Theological Seminary from 1981 until 1983, before returning to Dallas where he has been tenured since 1995. He published his first edition of Greek Grammar Beyond The Basics in 1996. It has since become a standard work in the field. Two-thirds of schools that teach the subject use the textbook. He also served as senior New Testament editor for the NET Bible and has founded the Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts. In 2016 he was the president of the Evangelical Theological Society.