I am President and Samuel C. Patterson Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at Reformed Theological Seminary, Charlotte, NC. In addition, I am an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church in America and serve as an Associate Pastor (part-time, of course) at my home church, Uptown PCA. I am married to Melissa Kruger, Women’s ministry coordinator at Uptown PCA. 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, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society (2018-2021)
• Vice-President of the Evangelical Theological Society, 2016-2017
• Visiting Scholar, St. Edmund’s College, University of Cambridge, 2009-2010 research sabbatical
• Visiting Scholar, Tyndale House, University of Cambridge, 2009-2010 research sabbatical
• 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
• Second Temple Judaism; early Jewish-Christian communities
• Palaeography, codicology, ancient manuscripts
Professional Memberships
• 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
