Gary M. Burge

Gary M. Burge (Ph.D., Aberdeen University, Scotland) served on the faculty of Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL, from 1992. In 2017 he moved to the faculty of Calvin Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, MI. Gary also keeps an active speaking schedule. In addition he has accepted invitations to lecture in the Middle East, Africa, and Europe.

Gary has authored a number of books both on the New Testament and the Middle East. His theological works include commentaries on the Gospel and Letters of John, a textbook on the New Testament, four volumes explaining the cultural background of Jesus and the gospels, and technical volumes on the study of Johannine theology. His book Whose Land? Whose Promise? (2003; 2nd ed. 2013) won national awards as a critical analysis of the current Arab-israeli conflict from a Christian perspective. His recent Jesus and the Land (2010) is a theological examination of this same conflict. He has recently released Theological Questions Everyone Asks (2014) and A Week in the Life of a Roman Centurion (2015). In 2020 he completed the second edition of his popular textbook, The New Testament in Antiquity (with G. Green). His most recent publications are commentaries on Galatians and Ephesians (2025) and a technical commentary of Colossians and Philemon (2026).