Scott J. Hafemann

SCOTT J. HAFEMANN, Dr. theol.,
Mary French Rockefeller Distinguished Professor of New Testament
B.A. (Bethel College); M.A. (Fuller Theological Seminary); Dr.theol. (Eberhard-Karls-Universitat Tubingen).

Dr. Hafemann rejoined Gordon-Conwell in 2004 after having served since 1995 as the Gerald F. Hawthorne Professor of New Testament Greek and Exegesis at Wheaton College and Graduate School. He formerly served as Professor of New Testament at Gordon-Conwell (1987 to 1995) and directed the Greek program for four years. He was also Assistant Professor of New Testament at Taylor University and Visiting Assistant Professor of New Testament at Saint John’s University.

Dr. Hafemann serves as President of Mission: Chad, a Christian ministry supporting the orphan rescue-work and theological education of the churches of Chad, where he also regularly teaches at Shalom Evangelical School of Theology. He is also active teaching in Bible colleges and seminaries in the majority world. Besides Chad, he has taught most recently in Greece, Croatia and India.

Dr. Hafemann is a licensed minister with the Baptist General Conference. He has served in part-time pastoral positions in Evangelical Mennonite, Baptist and Congregational (Baptistic) churches. From 1990-1993, he served as Associate Pastor of First Congregational Church, Boxford, MA.

Dr. Hafemann’s scholarly interests include working on commentaries on 1 and 2 Peter and Jude and a book on Pauline theology.

Dr. Hafemann’s personal interests include following his wife Debara’s artistic career in sea glass and watercolor painting. They live in Gloucester, MA, and have two sons, John, a JAG lawyer; and Eric, a youth minister.

Dr. Scott J. Hafemann’s Publications

Books
•    Central Themes in Biblical Theology: Mapping Unity in Diversity, co-edited with Paul R. House (Baker Books, 2007)
•    Biblical Theology: Retrospect and Prospect, editor (InterVarsity Press, 2002)
•    The God of Promise and the Life of Faith: Understanding the Heart of the Bible (Crossway Books, 2001)
•    The Christian and New Testament Theology (Institute of Theological Studies, 2001)
•    NIV Application Commentary: 2 Corinthians (Zondervan, 2000)
•    Paul, Moses, and the History of Israel (J. C. B. Mohr, 1995)
•    Paul’s Letter to the Romans: A Commentary, translator (Westminster John Knox, 1994)
•    Suffering and Ministry in the Spirit (Eerdmans, 1990)
•    Suffering and the Spirit: An Exegetical Study of II Corinthians 2:14-3:3 within the Corinthian Correspondence (Tuebingen: J.C.B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck), 1986)

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Articles
Dr. Hafemann has written a number of articles in scholarly and professional journals. His most recent articles are “Paul’s ‘Jeremiah’ Ministry in Reverse and the Reality of the New Covenant,” in Simon Samuel and P. V. Joseph, ed., Remapping Mission Discourse, Festschrift for Rev. George Kuruvila Chavanikamannil (Dehradum/Delhi: NTC Publications and ISPCK, 2008), pp. 72-83 and “Missions, the Judgment of God, and the Centrality of Scripture—A Response to David MacDonald Paton from 2 Peter,” in Bible and Mission. A Conversation Between Biblical Studies and Missiology, ed. Rollin G. Grams, I. Howard Marshall, Peter F. Penner and Robin L. Routledge (Schwarzenfeld, Germany: Neufeld Verlag, 2008), pp. 220-245.