Charles B. Puskas

Charles earned a Ph.D. in biblical languages and literature and has extensive experience in university teaching, academic publishing, and parish ministry. Several times Charles has traveled to Europe and the Middle East on study tours. See his noteworthy publications in New Testament studies:

for samples, see https://independent.academia.edu/CharlesPuskas

Now available: Hardness of Heart in Biblical Literature (Cascade Books, 2022)

The Conceptual Worlds of the Fourth Gospel

(with C. Michael Robbins; Cascade Books, 2021)

Hebrews, General Letters, and Revelation

(Cascade Books; Wipf and Stock, 2016)

An Introduction to the New Testament

with C. Michael Robbins,

Cascade/Wipf and Stock, 2011); also

published by Cambridge: Lutterworth Press, 2012

An Introduction to the Gospels and Acts

with David Crump (Wm. B. Eerdmans,

2008); also available on Kindle and Logos.com

The Letters of Paul: An Introduction

with Mark Reasoner (2nd ed.; Liturgical Press, 2013);

The Conclusion of Luke-Acts: The

Significance of Acts 28:16-31

(Pickwick Publications; Wipf & Stock,

2010);

All of the above are available on Kindle!

*Ph.D. in Biblical Languages and Literature from

Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri (doctoral advisor, Robert F. O'Toole, S.J.; first reader, F. W. Danker). Charles is currently an adjunct professor at North Central University, Minneapolis, and has taught at numerous universities, both private (Evangel, Drury, Bethel/MN, St. Catherine) and public (MSU/MO; U of MN, Metro State Univ.), serving as a pastor (United Methodist/MO) in several congregations, currently an active member of a Lutheran (ELCA, MN) congregation and a long-time member of the Society of Biblical Literature. Charles was an academic editor for Fortress Press (Minneapolis) and Abingdon Press (Nashville). He also managed academic sales for Augsburg Fortress, Wm. B. Eerdmans, Orbis, and Convivium Press.

REVIEWS of his Books: "Puskas tackles one of the most intractable interpretive problems in the Bible. He draws from his deep knowledge of both testaments to demonstrate the pervasiveness of the 'hardness of heart' theme...He casts his net wide, examining rabbinic teachers, church fathers, Reformation theologians, and modern thinkers. His evenhandedness and erudite scholarship make this an eye-opening journey into these difficult 'problem passaes.'" -- David Penchansky, University of St. Thomas on Puskas, Hardness of Heart in Biblical Literature.

"The book fills a lacuna in Johannine scholarship" --- Joerg Frey, Univ. of Zurich

"Well-documented and offering a probing critical framework" -- Harold Attridge, Yale Divinity School. "The authors have generated a substantive and compelling volume" --Christopher Skinner, Loyola University, Chicago on Puskas and Robbins, Conceptual Worlds of the Fourth Gospel (2021)

“Extraordinarily clear, graciously concise, and superbly competent”-- Gene L. Green, Trinity International University on Puskas, Heb, Gen Let. & Rev (2016).

“Deftly facing the challenges to a discriminating study of the Gospels, they deal with the problems in a fair-minded manner, providing readers with the scholarly information necessary to make their own decisions.”-- Charles W. Hedrick on Puskas and

Crump, Gospels and Acts (2008).

“It is an excellent resource ...for colleges and seminaries.  Students with no previous foundation in academic study...will find this book especially valuable”-- Robert Van Voorst on Puskas and Crump, Gospels and Acts. 

“What a gift to college and seminary teachers” --Paul R. Hinlicky on Puskas & Reasoner,  Letters of Paul (2013).

“They provide abundant background and reference information, review of scholars’ various interpretations, make careful and

balanced judgments and offer detailed and clear explanations of why they opt for a given understanding .  As is appropriate, their readers are allowed to draw their own conclusions” Robert F. O’Toole on Puskas and Reasoner, Letters of Paul (2013).

“The author of this work has undertaken a formidable task and accomplished it in a masterful and quite balanced fashion,

with a firm grasp of scholarly integrity” Frederick W. Danker on Puskas, Intro to the NT (1st ed).

“C. B. Puskas is undoubtedly an authority on the New Testament. All readers interested in the NewTestament will welcome this work.”  --Neotestamentica. 

“Puskas has written a remarkable book...The man does the job admirably.” -- W. R. Stegner on Puskas , Intro to the NT (1st ed).