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| - Daniel B. Wallace is a New Testament scholar who specializes in textual criticism. He is currently a professor of New Testament studies at Dallas Theological Seminary, where he earned his Ph.D in 1995. Wallace served as the senior New Testament editor for the NET Bible and "has founded The Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts, an institute with an initial purpose to preserve Scripture by taking digital photographs of all known Greek New Testament manuscripts." [1] Wallace has done postdoctoral work at Tyndale House in Cambridge. His Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics is currently used as a standard textbook in seminaries throughout the United States.
- Daniel Baird Wallace is a professor of New Testament Studies at Dallas Theological Seminary where he has been tenured since 1995. Wallace was born in California in 1954 and originally planned to attend Talbot School of Theology after he graduated from Biola University. But circumstances put Wallace at Dallas Seminary (unaccredited at the time) where he graduated in 1979 with a Master's of Theology in New Testament Studies. He taught at Grace Theological Seminary from 1981-1983. In 1995, he earned his Doctorate of Philosophy and became a full-time professor at DTS. In May 1997, Wallace suffered a crippling bout with viral encephalitis that continues to cause him some minor health problems. Wallace has earned a reputation as one of the foremost authorities on textual criticism. In 1991, he published an article in Grace Theological Journal titled, "Inspiration, Preservation, and New Testament Textual Criticism." He also appeared on the 1995 video series of the John Ankerberg Show that discussed the controversy of King James Onlyism. Also included on that show were King James Only advocates Samuel Gipp, Thomas Strouse, and Joseph Chambers and new version advocates Don Wilkins, James White, Kenneth Barker, and the late Art Farstad, also a professor at Dallas Theological Seminary. His mentor at Biola was the published Greek scholar Dr. Harry B. Sturz. Sturz influenced Wallace to adopt a text critical position of Byzantine primacy. Over the years, however, Wallace's textual views have evolved to be classified as 'reasoned eclecticism,' the view that each variant is to be considered on its own apart from text-type priorities.[1] Wallace published his first edition of Greek Grammar Beyond The Basics, the standard second-year Greek grammar, in 1996. He also served as editing consultant for the NET Bible. In 2002, he took a year-long sabbatical from teaching to examine biblical manuscripts at the Institute for New Testament Studies in Munster, Germany. He is on the pastoral staff of Stonebriar Community Church, pastored by fellow DTS alumnus Chuck Swindoll. He currently heads the Center for New Testament Manuscript Studies in Frisco, Texas.
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