Vernon Kay Robbins (born March 13, 1939, in
Wahoo, Nebraska)[1] is an American
New Testament scholar and historian of
early Christianity. He is currently Winship Distinguished Research Professor of New Testament and Comparative Sacred Texts at
Emory University, as well as visiting professor of New Testament at the
University of Stellenbosch in South Africa.[2] He is a major figure in Markan scholarship (scholarship related to the
Gospel of Mark) and is the creator and a prominent proponent of socio-rhetorical criticism in New Testament studies.[3]
In 1991, Robbins founded the monograph series Emory Studies in Early Christianity. Then in 2015, he launched the Rhetoric of Religious Antiquity series with the Society of Biblical Literature Press, which contains within it Sociorhetorical Exploration Commentaries.
In 2003, a
festschrift was published in his honor, Fabrics of Discourse: Essays in Honor of Vernon K. Robbins, edited by David B. Gowler, L. Gregory Bloomquist, and Duane F. Watson (
ISBN1563383659).[5] In 2014, Robbins was featured as one of the five pioneers of New Testament rhetorical criticism in Genealogies of New Testament Rhetorical Criticism, Fortress Press (
ISBN9780800699741)
Works
Robbins, Vernon K. (1984). Jesus the Teacher: A Socio-Rhetorical Interpretation of Mark. Philadelphia, PA: Fortress Press.
ISBN9780800607197.
OCLC9918718.
——— (1989). Ancient Quotes and Anecdotes: From Crib to Crypt. Sonoma, CA: Polebridge.
ISBN9780944344026.
OCLC17871751.
——— (1994). New Boundaries in Old Territory: Forms and Social Rhetoric in Mark. Emory studies in early Christianity. Vol. 3. New York: Peter Lang.
ISBN9780820419114.
OCLC28503116.
——— (1996). The Tapestry of Early Christian Discourse: Rhetoric, Society and Ideology. London & New York: Routledge.
ISBN9780415139977.
OCLC924617297.
——— (1996). Exploring the Texture of Texts: A Guide to Socio-Rhetorical Interpretation. Valley Forge, PA: Trinity Press International.
ISBN9781563381836.
OCLC35325390.
———;
Lightstone, Jack N. (2006). Mishnah and the Social Formation of the Early Rabbinic Guild: a Socio-Rhetorical Approach. Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press.
ISBN9780889207295.
OCLC753479530.
——— (2009). Invention of Christian Discourse. Rhetoric of religious antiquity series. Vol. 1. Blandford Forum, UK: Deo Press.
ISBN9789058540218.
OCLC232128222.
——— (2010). Sea Voyages and Beyond: Emerging Strategies in Socio-Rhetorical Interpretation. Emory studies in early Christianity. Vol. 14. Blandford Forum, UK: Deo Press.
ISBN9781905679133.
OCLC666224068.
——— (2013). Who do People Say I Am?: Rewriting Gospel in Emerging Christianity. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.
ISBN9780802868398.
OCLC841201194.
——— (2015). Jesus and Mary: Reimagined in Early Christian Literature. Writings from the Greco-Roman world supplement series. Vol. 6. Atlanta, GA: SBL Press.
ISBN9781628370638.
OCLC908376672.
——— (2016). Foundations For Sociorhetorical Exploration: A Rhetoric of Religious Antiquity Reader. Vol. 4. Atlanta, GA: SBL Press.
ISBN9780884141686.
OCLC950902161.
——— (2017). The Art of Visual Exegesis: Rhetoric, Texts, Images. Emory studies in early Christianity. Vol. 19. Atlanta, GA: SBL Press.
ISBN9780884142133.
OCLC988084140.