Murray J. Harris, PhD

Murray J. Harris is professor emeritus of New Testament exegesis and theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. Before his retirement in 1997, he served for 11 years as professor of New Testament exegesis and theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Prior to that he taught at Trinity during the 1967-68 academic year and from 1971-1978.

Dr. Harris has been an educator for more than thirty years. For seven years he was an assistant master in Public Schools in Auckland, New Zealand. He taught at the Bible College of New Zealand and was a faculty member of the Divinity School in the University of Cambridge, England. He was also director of a biblical research library in Cambridge, a member of the New Zealand Council of Wycliffe Bible Translators, and founder of Tyndale College in Auckland, New Zealand. In addition to his educational responsibilities, Dr. Harris serves as a translator on the New International Version Committee on Bible Translation.

Dr. Harris received the Bachelor of Arts in classics from the University of Auckland, New Zealand; the diploma in theology from the University of London; the Master of Arts in Latin and the diploma in education from the University of Auckland; the Bachelor of Divinity from the University of Otago, New Zealand; and the Doctor of Philosophy in Biblical Studies from the University of Manchester.

Dr. Harris's areas of expertise include evidence for the existence, resurrection, and deity of Jesus; New Testament Greek grammar; the Corinthian letters of Paul; Pauline theology; and expository preaching. He is a member of the Society of Biblical Literature, the Tyndale Fellowship for Biblical and Theological Research, the Society for New Testament Studies, and the Institute for Biblical Research. He has been awarded a Tyndale House Research Grant and received the Teacher of the Year award at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in 1973 and 1989.

Dr. Harris has published numerous articles and books. Articles have been published in books such as The New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology, the InterVarsity Press Dictionary of Theology, and The Miracles of Jesus. Harris's published books include Raised Immortal (Eerdmans 1983), From Grave to Glory (Zondervan 1990), Colossians and Philemon (Eerdmans 1990), Jesus as God (Baker 1992), and Three Crucial Questions about Jesus (Baker 1994). He also edited Pauline Studies (Eerdmans 1980). Harris is currently working on a twenty-volume series: Exegetical Guide to the Greek New Testament (Eerdmans).

Dr. Harris and his wife, Jennifer, reside in Auckland, New Zealand. They have two children. In his spare time, Dr. Harris enjoys classical music, reading, and rugby.