Description: A respected New Testament scholar introduces epistolary analysis, showing how focusing on the form and function of Paul's letters affects exegesis.
Brief description: Jeffrey A. D. Weima (PhD, Wycliffe College, University of Toronto) is professor of New Testament at Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he has taught for more than twenty-five years. He is the author of Paul the Ancient Letter Writer and 1-2 Thessalonians in the Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament series. He is also the coauthor (with Stanley Porter) of An Annotated Bibliography of 1 and 2 Thessalonians. Weima has taught courses all over the world, has written numerous scholarly articles, conducts preaching seminars for pastors, and leads biblical study tours to Greece, Turkey, Italy, Israel, and Jordan.