The Seminary Professors of Dallas Theological Seminary wrote the Bible Knowledge Commentary.
Here is as short Biography of Dr. John MacArthur's background:
in Sun Valley, California, as well as an author, conference speaker, president of
, and featured teacher with the Grace to You media ministry.
. The emphasis of his pulpit ministry is the careful study and verse-by-verse exposition of the Bible, with special attention devoted to the historical and grammatical background behind each passage. Under John’s leadership, Grace Community Church's two morning worship services fill the 2,600-seat auditorium to capacity.
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series was completed. In its thirty-three volumes, John takes you detail by detail, verse by verse, through the entire New Testament.
The following are notes that I have prepared from my own study of the Scriptures. I have distributed them to my students in my Bible classes at Dallas Theological Seminary for many years. I have also made them available to the people in my church. They provide more information than a study Bible, but they are less technical than many commentaries.
These are working documents. I retired from teaching at DTS in June of 2011. Since then I have been giving my full attention to producing these notes, as well as preaching and teaching as I have opportunity. Whenever I teach a class and distribute them, I print out the most current edition and name it for the year in which I teach the class. So the edition year indicates the last time I taught the book using the notes.
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Thomas L. Constable, Th.D.
Senior Professor Emeritus of Bible Exposition
Dallas Theological Seminary
Dallas, Texas
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Education Background:[/SIZE]
Moody Bible Institute, Diploma (1960)
Wheaton College, AB (1962)
Dallas Theological Seminary, Th.M. (1966), Th.D. (1969)
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[TD="colspan: 2"]Instructor, Dallas Bible College (1966-67)[/TD]
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[TD="colspan: 2"]Dallas Theological Seminary:[/TD]
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[TD]Teaching Fellow (1966-69)[/TD]
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[TD]Taught Pastoral Ministry courses (1966-80)[/TD]
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[TD]Taught Field Education courses (1966-85)[/TD]
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[TD]Supervisor of Practical Work (1969-70)[/TD]
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[TD]Assistant to the Academic Dean (1969-70)[/TD]
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[TD]Founder and Director of Field Education department (1970-82)[/TD]
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[TD]Instructor in Practical Theology (1971-74)[/TD]
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[TD]Founder and Director of Lay Institute (1973-85)[/TD]
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[TD]Assistant Professor of Practical Theology (1974-77)[/TD]
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[TD]Taught Bible Exposition courses (1975-2011)[/TD]
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[TD]Director of the Doctor of Ministry degree program (1979-96)[/TD]
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[TD]Department Chairman and Professor of Field Education (1982-85)[/TD]
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[TD]Associate Professor of Bible Exposition (1985-89)[/TD]
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[TD]Professor of Bible Exposition (1989-96)[/TD]
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[TD]Department Chairman of Bible Exposition (1996–2009)[/TD]
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[TD]Senior Professor of Bible Exposition (1996–2011)[/TD]
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[TD]Senior Professor Emeritus of Bible Exposition (2011–)[/TD]
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[TD]Word of Life Hungary Bible School (2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013).[/TD]
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[TD]Word of Life Korea Bible School (2010, 2011)[/TD]
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[TD]Word of Life Philippines Bible School (2011)[/TD]
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[TD]Word of Life Germany Bible School (2013)[/TD]
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Pulpit Ministry:[/SIZE]
Founder (1968), Pastor (1968-80), and Elder (1970–) of Plano Bible Chapel, Plano, Texas
Bible teaching, pulpit supply, and Bible conference ministries.
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Honors:
[/SIZE]C. I. Scofield Award in Missions (1964), Dallas Theological Seminary
Loraine Chafer Award in Systematic Theology (1966), Dallas Theological Seminary
Graduated with honors from Dallas Theological Seminary (1966)
Listed in
Outstanding Young Men of America (1971)
Selected as an Outstanding Educator of America (1975)
Received senior class award for Teaching Excellence (1988, 1994, 2005),
from Dallas Theological Seminary
Visiting Scholar, Tyndale House, Cambridge, England (1992)
Listed in
Who's Who Among American Teachers (1998)
The David L. Edwards Servant-Leader Award for Faculty Excellence in Spirit and
Service from the DTS faculty (2001)