P.B. Payne Essays
Essays in New Testament Studies by Philip B. Payne
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Philip Barton Payne, the founder and president of Linguist's Software, Inc., is a specialist in New Testament Studies. He is well known for his studies on New Testament Textual Criticism, the Parables of Jesus, and Man and Woman in the Teachings of Paul. He and his wife Nancy were missionaries in Japan with the Evangelical Free Church, where they ministered to students in the Kyoto Christian Studies Center and lectured on New Testament in various Japanese Seminaries. They have three children David, Kimiko, and Brendan.
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Academic Qualifications
B.S. (Biology, Pre-Med) Magna Cum Laude, Wheaton College, 1969
M.A. (New Testament Studies) Summa Cum Laude, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 1972
M.Div. Summa Cum Laude, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 1973
New Testament Studies under Martin Hengel and Peter Stuhlmacher, Tübingen University, 1973, 1974
Ph.D. New Testament Studies under J.P.M. Sweet and C.F.D. Moule, Cambridge University, 1976
Teaching Positions
Cambridge University Colleges: Supervisor of New Testament Studies 1974-1975
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 1976
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, 1984-1987
Bethel Theological Seminary, 1986
Fuller Theological Seminary Northwest, 1988-
Selected Publications
Philip B. Payne. Man and Woman, One in Christ: An Exegetical and Theological Study of Paul's Letters. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, 2009. Now shipping.
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This book is a careful exegetical examination of Paul’s teachings regarding women and their standing and ministries in the church and home. It is the condensation of 35 years of research on this topic and is full of insights that shed new light on a host of issues and correct many misconceptions. This work rigorously analyzes both the text of Paul’s statements and the meaning of the text through penetrating exegetical study. It affirms the complete reliability of all of Paul’s teaching.
The work begins with an examination of the influences on Paul, then it explores Paul’s many statements about women who were his colleagues in ministry and Paul’s theological principles that undergird his affirmations of the equal standing of man and women in Christ. In light of Paul’s practice, it examines each of Paul’s statements regarding the standing of women and their ministry in the church.
The book concludes that Paul is consistent in both his practice and his principles, affirming the equal standing of man and woman in Christ.
Read more about this book here.
The author maintains a web site devoted to this book. It includes the entire 250-page bibliography for the book, endorsements, a blog interacting with recent comments about the book, supplementary essays (e.g. Paul's sayings about slavery), and journal articles by P.B. Payne for free download (also available below).
The articles downloaded free from this web site are available with the permission of the publishers.
Philip B. Payne and Paul Canart. "Distigmai Matching the Original Ink of Codex Vaticanus: Do they Mark the Location of Textual Variants?"
pages 199-226 in Patrick Andrist, ed., Le manuscrit B de la Bible (Vaticanus graecus 1209): Introduction au fac-similé, Actes du Colloque de Genève (11 juin 2001), Contributions supplémentaires. Lausanne, Switzerland: Éditions du Zèbre, 2009.
See Le manuscrit B de la Bible for more information.
Philip B. Payne, "1 Tim 2.12 and the Use of ουδε to Combine Two Elements to Express a Single Idea" New Testament Studies 54:2 (April 2008) 235-253. © 2008 Cambridge University Press. (Articles in NTS may also be ordered from Cambridge Journals Online.)
Philip B. Payne, "The Text-Critical Function of the Umlauts in Vaticanus, with Special Attention to 1 Corinthians 14.34-35: A Response to J. Edward Miller" Journal for the Study of the New Testament 27.1 (2004) 105-112.
Philip B. Payne and Paul Canart, "The Originality of Text-Critical Symbols in Codex Vaticanus" Novum Testamentum XLII, 2 (2000) 105-113.
Philip B. Payne, "Ms. 88 as Evidence for a Text Without 1 Cor 14.34-5" New Testament Studies 44 (1998) 152-158.
Philip B. Payne, "Fuldensis, Sigla for Variants in Vaticanus, and 1 Cor 14.34-5" New Testament Studies 41 (1995) 240-262.
Philip B. Payne, "Wild Hair and Gender Equality in 1 Cor 11:2-16." Priscilla Papers 20 number 3 (2006) 9-18.
