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Dr. Dvorak

Dr. Jim Dvorak is Vice President Academic and Professor of New Testament at McMaster Divinity College in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

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ETS and SBL

Made the long flight from Toronto to San Diego today for the ETS and SBL conferences. I present a paper (response to a book) on Thursday at ETS and then moderate a session on Sunday at SBL. Both are related to Biblical Greek and Linguistics. đŸ™‚ No...

MDC Chapel on Nov. 5, 2024

Here is the chapel talk I gave on Nov. 5 at McMaster Divinity College, in which I preached from the Letter of Jude in the New Testament—a short letter that suffers much neglect. I think its message is relevant in today's world (as is that of 2 Pet...

Now Available: Putting the Pieces Together

Click here to view details and/or purchase. In addition to editing, I also contributed a chapter to this book.

Now in Print

My article on the constraints of context in exegesis is now available in print in the following journal (click here to purchase the print journal):Please note that the electronic version of the article is still available for FREE at the BAGL websi...

2 Peter, Jude

In the coming Fall term (begins September 9, 2024) here at MDC, I will be teaching a graduate course on 2 Peter and Jude. Also, next week at CBOQ Assembly, I will be teaching a short Bible lesson from 2 Peter. Below is an article I wrote about 2 P...

In press...

Way back in 2018, I presented a paper at a Bingham colloquium conference at McMaster Divinity College. That paper was submitted for publication in an edited volume to be published by MDC Press. Due to a number of factors, including a pandemic, the...

What often happens when I am asked to preach...

I will be preaching this coming Sunday (May 5, 2024) at the Tintern Church of Christ. I'll be preaching Hebrews 3. So, as I always do, I translated the text from the Greek New Testament as part of my textual study. My translation is based on Nestl...

Guest spot on Bible and Friends podcast

I was a guest on the Bible and Friends podcast quite awhile ago, when I still lived in Oklahoma and was working at Oklahoma Christian University. In the summer of 2022, we moved to Ontario, Canada, where I serve as VP Academic at McMaster Divinity...

Now available...

At the annual meeting of the ETS in San Antonio last November (2023), I presented a paper in the New Testament Greek Language and Exegesis section. The theme of the session was the question, "What is lacking in Exegesis?" I presented a paper entit...

Preaching tomorrow (March 24, 2024)

I'll be preaching at the Tintern Church of Christ tomorrow morning. I'll be commenting on Matt 21, since it will be Palm Sunday.