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Craig A. Evans

New Testament scholar, prolific author, and popular teacher/speaker, Craig A. Evans, is well-known for his contribution to the study of the Gospels, the Historical Jesus, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the archaeology of the New Testament.

Craig A. Evans is the John Bisagno Distinguished Professor of Christian Origins at Houston Baptist University in Texas. A graduate of Claremont McKenna College, he received his M.Div. from Western Baptist Seminary in Portland, Oregon, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Biblical Studies from Claremont Graduate University in southern California. He has also been awarded the D.Habil. by the Karoli Gaspar Reformed University in Budapest. A well-known evangelical scholar, Evans is an elected member of the prestigious SNTS, a society dedicated to New Testament studies. He also serves as the Director of the Christian Thinkers Society Fellows Program and Strategic Studies.

Professor Evans, the founder of the Dead Sea Scrolls Institute. He is the author and editor of more than seventy books and hundreds of articles and reviews. He has given lectures at Cambridge, Oxford, Durham, Yale, and other universities, colleges, seminaries, and museums, covering topics such as the historical Jesus, archaeology, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the Bible. He is a contributor to Fox News Opinion and actively participates in archaeological excavations and tours in the Holy Land.

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