I am President and Samuel C. Patterson Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at Reformed Theological Seminary, Charlotte, NC. In addition, I serve part-time as Teacher in Residence at Christ Covenant Church (part of the Presbyterian Church in America ) and am married to Melissa Kruger, Director of Women’s Content at The Gospel Coalition. You can find her blog Wit’s End at The Gospel Coalition website.
Education
• Ph.D., University of Edinburgh (advisor Larry W. Hurtado)
• M.Div. Westminster Theological Seminary in California
• B.S. The University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill
Recent Academic Activities
• Editorial Review Board, Bulletin for Biblical Research (2019-)
• Editorial Review Board, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society (2018-2021)
• President (2018-19); President-elect (2017-18); Vice-President (2016-17); Evangelical Theological Society
• Co-chair and co-founder of the New Testament Canon, Textual Criticism, and Apocryphal Literature study section for the Evangelical Theological Society, 2007-Present
Research Interests
• Development of the NT Canon; particularly fourfold gospel collection
• Gospels, General/Catholic Epistles
• Christian origins; development of early Christianity in the second century
• Apocryphal gospels and the transmission of Jesus tradition
• Palaeography, codicology, ancient manuscripts
Professional Memberships
• Society for New Testament Studies
• American Academy of Religion
• Society of Biblical Literature
• Evangelical Theological Society
• Institute for Biblical Research
Contact Info
Michael J. Kruger
Reformed Theological Seminary
2101 Carmel Rd.
Charlotte, NC 28226
