Nijay Gupta
Programs
Bio
Nijay Gupta (DPhil, University of Durham) has written several academic books including A Beginner’s Guide to New Testament Studies, Paul and the Language of Faith, 15 New Testament Words of Life, and Tell Her Story: How Women Led, Taught, and Ministered in the Early Church. He has co-edited The State of New Testament Studies, Dictionary of Paul and His Letters (2nd ed.), and The State of Pauline Studies. Nijay co-chairs the Pauline Theology seminar of the Institute for Biblical Research and serves as a senior translator for the New Living Translation.
Nijay blogs here and co-hosts the Slow Theology podcast.
Areas of Expertise
- Pauline Theology and Ethics
- Greco-Roman and Jewish Context
- Bible Translation
- Women in the Ancient World
- Biblical Hermeneutics
Education
University of Durham (UK), 2006-2009
Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Theology & Religion
Thesis title: “Worship That Makes Sense: A Cognitive and Socio-Literary Approach to the Theology of Paul’s Non-Atonement Cultic Metaphors”
Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary (Massachusetts), 2001-2005
Master of Theology (summa cum laude), Master of Divinity (summa cum laude)
Miami University (Ohio), 1997-2001
Bachelor of Arts
Professional Affiliations/Memberships
- Society of Biblical Literature
- Catholic Biblical Association
- Institute for Biblical Research
- Society of New Testament Studies
Courses Taught
- WT512-513 Thesis
- IN 304 Biblical interpretation
- NT 300B Bible Study on Philippians
- NT 307 Gospels and Acts
- NT 308 Letters to Revelation
- NT 406 NT Context/TE 416 Christoform Ethics
- NT 488 Ten Big Questions about Paul
- NT 412 NT Theology I
- NT 413 NT Theology II
- NT 511/512/513 NT Project
- DM 7015 Becoming Doctors of the Church
- DM 7851 NT and its World
- DM 7852 NT and Its World II
- WT 308 Women in the NT
- DM 7045 Biblical and Theological Reflection
- BL 101-103 Biblical Greek
Books & Resources
Books in Process of Publication
- The State of Pauline Studies. Coeditors: Scot McKnight and Erin Heim. Baker, slated 2023
- Dictionary of Paul and His Letters. 2nd Ed. Co-edited with Scot McKnight and Lynn Cohick. IVP Academic, slated 2023
- The Beginning of Paul’s Gospel: Theological Explorations of Romans 1-4. Cascade, slated late 2022. Co-edited with John K. Goodrich
- Galatians. Grand Rapids: Zondervan. Story of God Bible Commentary. December 2023
- Strange Religion: Why the First Christians Were Bizarre, Dangerous, and Attractive. Brazos, Spring 2024
- Galatians. New Word Biblical Commentary. Zondervan Academic. Slated 2024
- The Affections of Jesus Christ. Eerdmans, slated 2024
- Philippians and Philemon. New Testament Theology. Cambridge University Press, slated 2024
- Paul’s Worldly Theology: What It Means to Live in the Here and Now. Baker Academic, slated 2025
- 1-2 Timothy, Titus. Reading the New Testament. Second Series. Helwys. Edited by Todd D. Still. 2026/2027
- Philippians and Philemon. New Testament Library. Westminster John Knox. Slated for 2027/2028
2023 Publications to Date
- Tell Her Story. IVP Academic, March 2023
See additional books and articles in his Curriculum Vitae.