REL 2006 
HONORS: Jesus in
History
and Tradition 

REL 3051 
Apocalypse Then
and Now

REL 4050 
A History of God

REL 4060
Ideas of the
Afterlife

Delbert Burkett teaches courses in the history, religion, and literature of early Christianity. He has also developed several courses on the history of particular religious ideas.  His series of books Rethinking the Gospel Sources provides new perspectives on the sources of the New Testament gospels. He has also published two books on the New Testament title "Son of Man" and an introduction to the New Testament and the origins of Christianity. Most recently, he has edited The Blackwell Companion to Jesus.

ACADEMIC TRAINING: 

Ph.D.      Duke University, Durham NC (1989) 
M.T.S.    Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge MA (1973 ) 
B.A.       Abilene Christian College, Abilene TX (1971) 

BOOKS: 

• The Blackwell Companion to Jesus, edited by Delbert Burkett. Wiley-Blackwell, forthcoming.
• Rethinking the Gospel Sources, Volume 2: The Unity and Plurality of Q. Society of Biblical Literature, 2009.
• Rethinking the Gospel Sources: From Proto-Mark to Mark. T. & T. Clark International, 2004.
• An Introduction to the New Testament and the Origins of Christianity. Cambridge University Press, 2002.
• The Son of Man Debate: A History and Evaluation.  NTS Monograph Series 107. Cambridge University Press, 1999. 
• The Son of the Man in the Gospel of John. JSNT Supplement Series 56. Sheffield Academic Press, 1991. 

ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS: 

• "Images of Jesus: An Overview." In The Blackwell Companion to Jesus, edited by Delbert Burkett. Wiley-Blackwell, forthcoming.
• "Jesus in Luke-Acts." In The Blackwell Companion to Jesus, edited by Delbert Burkett. Wiley-Blackwell, forthcoming.
• "The Return of Proto-Mark: A Response to David Neville." Ephemeridae Theologicae Lovanienses 85/1 (2009) 129-49.
• "Two Accounts of Lazarus' Resurrection in John 11." Novum Testamentum 36 (1994) 209-32. 
• "The Nontitular Son of Man: A History and Critique." New Testament Studies 40 (1994) 504-21. 
• "Four Sahidic Songs to St. John the Evangelist." Coptic Church Review 9 (1988) 83-86. 

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