Frederick F. Bruce (1910-1990), scholar

Frederick F. Bruce

Frederick F. Bruce (1910-1990) was a Scottish evangelical biblical scholar. Bruce was as much an apologist for the Christian faith as he was a scholar. His most popular work is probably the little volume The New Testament Documents: Are They Reliable? (1943), but Paul: Apostle of the Heart Set Free (1977) is Bruce’s primary contribution to Paul scholarship and a text that typifies evangelical scholarship on Paul. Bruce was the Rylands Professor of Biblical Criticism and Exegesis at the University of Manchester, England from 1959 until his retirement in 1978. He also taught at Edinburgh, Leeds and Sheffield. Bruce served as the Editor of the Evangelical Quarterly and the Palestinian Exploration Quarterly, as well as the General Editor of the New International Commentary on the New Testament series from 1962 until his death in 1990. Although considered a specialist in Paul, Bruce devoted special attention to the Dead Sea Scrolls and Second Temple Jewish History.

Works

Books

• The Dawn of Christianity (1950 Bruce), book

• Second Thoughts on the Dead Sea Scrolls (1956 Bruce), book
  • Sahae sabon (1982 Bruce), book (Korean ed.)

• The Teacher of Righteousness in the Qumran Texts (1956 Bruce), book

• Biblical Exegesis in the Qumran Texts (1960 Bruce), book

• Paul and His Converts: 1 and 2 Thessalonians, 1 and 2 Corinthians (1962 Bruce), book

• The Epistle of Paul to the Romans (1963 Bruce), book

• Israel and the Nations: from the Exodus to the Fall of the Second Temple (1963 Bruce), book

• The Epistle to the Hebrews (1964 Bruce), book

• New Testament History (1969 Bruce), book

• Jesus and Christian Origins Outside the New Testament (1974 Bruce), book
  • Gesù visto dai contemporanei: le testimonianze non bibliche (1989 Bruce), book (Italian ed.)

• Paul and Jesus (1974 Bruce), book

• Paul: Apostle of the Heart Set Free (1977 Bruce), book

• The Epistle to the Galatians (1982 Bruce), book

• 1 & 2 Thessalonians (1982 Bruce), book

• The Gospel of John (1983 Bruce), book

• The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon, and to the Ephesians (1984 Bruce), book

• The Pauline Circle (1985 Bruce), book

Biography

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References

• Historical Handbook of Major Biblical Interpreters (1998 McKim), edited volume