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Greg Carey
Professor of New Testament
Degrees/Education
B.A., Rhodes College, 1987
M.A., Vanderbilt University, 1995
Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, 1996
 

Greg Carey has taught at Lancaster Seminary since 1999. He had previously taught at Rhodes College and Winthrop University. His publications include numerous studies on the book of Revelation and ancient apocalyptic literature, rhetorical analysis of the New Testament, and (coming soon) Sinners: Jesus and His Earliest Followers.

Greg serves as chair of the Rhetoric and the New Testament Section of the Society of Biblical Literature and as chair for the Apocalyptic Literature Section of the Society of Biblical Literature International Meeting. In addition to his work on the editorial board of Out In Scripture, an LGBT-friendly lectionary resource, he maintains a (too occasional) blog site.

An Alabama native, Greg is a graduate of Rhodes College and Vanderbilt University (PhD, 1996). Greg is an active layperson in the United Church of Christ. He lives in Lancaster with his daughters Erin and Emily.

 
Jesus and the Gospels
Paul and the Early Church
Introduction to Biblical Interpretation
Parables of Jesus
Luke and Acts
Romans
Apocalyptic Literature
 
The Book of Revelation and Apocalyptic Literature
The Art of Teaching
Early Christian Social Practices
Literary and Rhetorical Interpretations of
the Bible
The Parables of Jesus
 
Sinners: Jesus and His Earliest Followers
(Waco: Baylor University Press,  2009)
 
Ultimate Things: An Introduction to Jewish and Christian Apocalyptic Literature
(St. Louis: Chalice Press, 2005)
 
Vision and Persuasion: Rhetorical Dimensions of Apocalyptic Discourse
Co-editor with L. Gregory Bloomquist. (St. Louis: Chalice Press, 1999)
 
Elusive Apocalypse: Reading Authority in the Revelation to John
Studies in American Biblical Hermeneutics 15. (Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 1999)
 
Parables of Jesus
Early Christians among Their Neighbors
The Book of Revelation
The Bible and Sexuality