Media Involvement
He has written opinion page or expertise pieces for the ABC News.com, Beliefnet.com, Christianity Today.com, Bibleinterp.com, Dallas Morning News, Los Angeles Times and Kansas City Star, and is a frequent guest on interview shows and has offered theological background information for numerous publications and TV shows, including an ABC News Prime Time specials on the Da Vinci Code and on Mel Gibson's The Passion, NBC Today Show, NBC Nightly News, and Dateline, ABC Good Morning America, 20/20, CNN, Anderson Cooper 360, The O’Reilly Factor, Mad Money, Scarborough Country, CNN Daytime, Ted Koppel’s Special on the Jesus Tomb: A Critical Look, as well as on NPR News and news talk shows hosted by Richard Land, Janet Parshall, the BBC, and the Australian Broadcasting Company. His book, Breaking the Da Vinci Code made the New York Times Best Seller List in non-fiction in 2004 and was nominated for both the Gold Medallion Award in cultural engagement and was a Retailers’ Choice Winner in non-fiction for 2005 at the Christian Booksellers Association. He was recently featured on a segment on ABC Nightline. Topics of his media work have ranged from defining who evangelicals are for the media, to questions surrounding Jesus studies and the gospels, to issues tied to eschatology, the Middle East and Israel, to how Christianity relates to other world religions (especially Judaism and Islam), Christian views of war, issues tied to European’s reaction to US politics and religious views, and how Christianity and culture interact. He was a resource figure on the movie the Passion and has done consultation work with the Discovery Channel on various projects.
Professional Involvement
He is on the Board of Chosen People Ministries and on the Editorial Board for the Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus. He has served as a translation consultant to The Message, The New Living Translation, The NET Bible, The English Standard Version, and The Voice. He is an editor at large for Christianity Today and served as President of the Evangelical Theological Society for the year 2000-2001. He is co-convener of the IBR Jesus Group.
Contact Information
E-Mail: DBockDTS@aol.com
Link to DTS Dialogue God in Culture Podcasts
2009 Events:
September 5 Saddleback Church, Los Angeles California.
September 6-11 Transform World New York, New York City
September 11-14 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
October 9-11 Stonebrier Men’s Retreat. Dallas, Tx
October 16-17 Evangelical Free Great Lakes Region, Deerfield, Illinois
October 19 Bible and the American Future Conference, Omaha, Nebraska
Bock’s Blog: http://www.bible.org/bock
Name: Darrell L. Bock
Age: 55
Birthday: December 8
College: University of Texas
Graduate School: Dallas Theological Seminary (ThM); University of Aberdeen (PhD)
Major: New Testament
Position: Research Professor of New Testament Studies, Dallas Theological Seminary; Professor of Spiritual Development and Culture, Center for Christian Leadership
Research Sabbaticals:
University of Tübingen (Germany) 1989-90; 1995-96 (Humboldt Scholar); 2004-2005 (Humboldt Scholar)
Main Areas of Study: Gospel Studies, Luke-Acts, Historical Jesus, Hermeneutics, Integration of theology and culture
Family: Wife, Sally; Children: Elisa (husband: Ray Laird), Lara (husband: Chris Stone), Stephen; Grandchildren: Aidan Laird
Recent Books:
Dethroning Jesus: Exposing Public Culture’s Quest to Unseat the Biblical Jesus
Acts (BECNT)
Interpreting the New Testament Text: Introduction to the Art and Science of Exegesis, co-editor
The Bible Knowledge Key Word Study: Volume 1 (Gospels) and Volume 2 (Acts through Ephesians), editor
The Missing Gospels; Unearthing the Truth Behind Alternative Christianities
Mark (Cornerstone Commentary, New Living Translation)
Breaking the DaVinci Code
Jesus in Context
Jesus According to Scripture
Studying the Historical Jesus
Blasphemy and Exaltation in Judaism and the Jewish Examination of Jesus
Luke 1:1-9:51
Luke 9:52-24:53