Nijay Gupta (PhD, University of Durham) is associate professor of New Testament at Portland Seminary. He was born and raised in Ohio, but has lived in many places, including Boston, Durham (England), Seattle, Philadelphia, Rochester (New York) and Portland.

Gupta is passionate about academic scholarship that also serves pastors and the church. In the summer of 2019, he published two books, a reference work on 1-2 Thessalonians and a second edition of his Prepare, Succeed, Advance: A Guidebook to Getting a PhD in Biblical Studies. Due out in the fall of 2019 are three more books – an edited volume of 22 essays called The State of New Testament Studies (coedited with Scot McKnight), a theological study entitled Paul and the Language of Faith, and a primer for laypeople called Reading Philippians Theologically.

In 2020, Gupta will release another five books: a textbook entitled A Beginner's Guide to New Testament Studies, a handbook for pastors called The Lexham Guide to New Testament Commentaries, a commentary on Philippians coauthored with Michael F. Bird, and two edited volumes – one on sin language in Paul and the other a collection of essays by Gupta's seminary students on the subject of "suffering, pain, and hope in the letters of Paul." 

Primary Teaching Areas: New Testament, Greek and English translation exegesis, biblical theology

Research Interests: Biblical theology, biblical hermeneutics and exegesis, Pauline literature, the Gospel of John, New Testament ethics

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