Craig A. Evans (1952-), scholar

Craig A. Evans is a Canadian scholar.

Biography

PhD from Claremont. Professor of New Testament at Acadia Divinity College (Wolfville, NS).

Works on Second Temple Judaism

Books

• Life of Jesus Research (1989 Evans), book
• Non-Canonical Writings and New Testament Interpretation (Peabody Mass. 1992)
• Jesus and His Contemporaries: Comparative Studies (Leiden 1995)
• Of Scribes and Sages: Early Jewish Interpretation and Transmission of Scripture (London 2004)

• Ancient Texts for New Testament Studies (2005 Evans), book

• Fabricating Jesus: How Modern Scholars Distort the Gospels (2006 Evans), book

Edited volumes

• The Pseudepigrapha and Early Biblical Interpretation (1993 Charlesworth/Evans), edited volume
• Eschatology, Messianism and the Dead Sea Scrolls (1997 Evans/Flint), edited volume
• (with James A. Sanders). Early Christian Interpretation of the Scriptures of Israel Investigations and Proposals (Sheffield 1997)
• The Scrolls and the Scriptures: Qumran Fifty Years After (1997 Porter/Evans), edited volume
• (with Stanley E. Porter).New Testament Backgrounds (Sheffield 1997)

• Dictionary of New Testament Background (2000 Evans/Porter), edited volume

• The Interpretation of Scripture in Early Judaism and Christianity (2000 Evans), edited volume