Brian M. Rapske, PhD

Biography

Professor of New Testament Studies
Northwest Baptist Seminary
brian.rapske@twu.ca

Brian enjoys drawing, sketching, painting, wire sculpture, and photography. He’s provided cover design concepts for the multi-volume series The Book of Acts in Its First Century Setting and designed the cover for the J.B. Torrance Festschrift entitled Christ in Our Place. He’s also provided cartoon concepts for "Partnership" magazine and was for a number of years the staff cartoonist for the Vancouver newspaper "Christian Info" (1985-1987). Brian enjoys landscaping, weight training and jogging. 

Education

BA (Psychology) - University of British Columbia 

MDiv (New Testament Studies) - Northwest Baptist Seminary 

MTh (New Testament Studies) - Regent College 

PhD (New Testament Studies) - University of Aberdeen 

Research

New Testament Studies 
Pauline Studies 
Greco-Roman Backgrounds to the NT 

Courses Taught: 
New Testament Studies 
Pauline Letters 
Catholic Epistles 

Memberships: 
Fellow of the Northwest Centre for Biblical and Theological Literacy 
Evangelical Theological Society 
New Testament Backgrounds Institute for Biblical Research 
Evangelical Theological Society 
Society of Biblical Literature