Cor is an Evangelical Christian and has a passion to train and motivate Christians to think biblically, critically and contextually in order to prepare them for service in the church and society. He has taught New Testament courses at BA, MA/MDiv, MTh and DMin levels, supervised research at MTh and PhD levels and published research internationally. He has been actively involved in various churches in diverse cultural environments in The Netherlands, the UK and India. Before coming to WEST, he taught at a theological seminary in India for 11 years. For his academic profile, see further http://west.academia.edu/CornelisBennema
Qualifications
PhD BA Hons (Brunel)
Research Interests
The Gospel of John
Character and Characterization in the New Testament
New Testament Pneumatology
The Gospel of Mark
New Testament Ethics
Salvation in the New Testament
Recent Publications
Authored Books:
Encountering Jesus: Character Studies in the Gospel of John (2d ed.; Minneapolis: Fortress Press, forthcoming 2014)
A Theory of Character in New Testament Narrative (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, forthcoming 2014).
Encountering Jesus: Character Studies in the Gospel of John (Milton Keynes: Paternoster, 2009)
Edited Books:
I. Howard Marshall, Volker Rabens and Cornelis Bennema (eds), The Spirit and Christ in the New Testament and Christian Theology: Essays in Honor of Max Turner (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2012)
Cornelis Bennema and Paul Joshua Bhakiaraj (eds), Indian and Christian: Changing Identities in Modern India (Bangalore: SAIACS Press/Oxford: Oxford House, 2011)
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles and Quality-Assured Essays in Books:
‘Mimesis in John 13: Cloning or Creative Articulation?’, Novum Testamentum (forthcoming)
‘Figurenanalyse und Wundererzählungen im Markusevangelium’ in B. Kollmann and R. Zimmermann (eds), Hermeneutik der frühchristlichen Wundererzählungen (WUNT; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, forthcoming 2014)
‘Gentile Characters and the Motif of Proclamation in the Gospel of Mark’ in C. Skinner and M. Hauge (eds), Character Studies and the Gospel of Mark (LNTS; New York: T&T Clark, forthcoming 2014)
‘The Ethnic Conflict in Early Christianity: An Appraisal of Bauckham’s Proposal on the Antioch Crisis and the Jerusalem Council’, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society (forthcoming 2013)
‘The Johannine Crowd: A Faceless, Divided Mass’ in S.A. Hunt, D.F. Tolmie and R. Zimmermann (eds), Character Studies in the Fourth Gospel: Narrative Approaches to Seventy Figures in John (WUNT; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2013), 347-55
2013c ‘Judas the Betrayer: The Black Sheep of the Family’ in S.A. Hunt, D.F. Tolmie and R. Zimmermann (eds), Character Studies in the Fourth Gospel: Narrative Approaches to Seventy Figures in John (WUNT; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2013), 360-72
‘The Chief Priests: Masterminds of Jesus’ Death’ in S.A. Hunt, D.F. Tolmie and R. Zimmermann (eds), Character Studies in the Fourth Gospel: Narrative Approaches to Seventy Figures in John (WUNT; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2013), 382-7
2013e ‘Virtue Ethics in the Gospel of John: The Johannine Characters as Moral Agents’ in L.D. Chrupcała (ed.), Rediscovering John: Essays on the Fourth Gospel in Honour of Frédéric Manns (Studium Biblicum Franciscanum 80; Milan: Edizioni Terra Santa, 2013), 167-181
‘A Comprehensive Approach to Understanding Character in the Gospel of John’ in C.W. Skinner (ed.), Characters and Characterization in the Gospel of John (LNTS 461; New York: T&T Clark, 2013), 36-58
‘The Character of Pilate in the Gospel of John’ in C.W. Skinner (ed.), Characters and Characterization in the Gospel of John (LNTS 461; New York: T&T Clark, 2013), 240-53
‘The Giving of the Spirit in John 19–20: Another Round’ in I.H. Marshall, V. Rabens and C. Bennema (eds), The Spirit and Christ in the New Testament and Christian Theology: Essays in Honor of Max Turner (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2012), 86-104
‘Spirit and Mission in the Bible: Toward a Dialogue between Biblical Studies and Missiology’, Trinity Journal 32 (2011): 237-58
‘Early Christian Identity Formation and Its Relevance for Modern India’ in C. Bennema and P. Joshua Bhakiaraj (eds), Indian and Christian: Changing Identities in Modern India (Bangalore: SAIACS Press/Oxford: Oxford House, 2011), 59-76.
‘Spirit and Mission in the Bible: The Spirit as the Agent of Life-Giving Communion’ in F.F. Fox (ed.), Edinburgh 1910 Revisited—‘Give Us Friends’ (Bangalore: ATC/CMS, 2010), 9-37
‘Religious Violence in the Gospel of John: A Response to the Hindutva Culture in Modern India’ in F.F. Fox (ed.), Violence and Peace: Creating a Culture of Peace in the Contemporary Context of Violence (Bangalore: ATC/CMS, 2010), 129-61
‘The Identity and Composition of οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι in the Gospel of John’, Tyndale Bulletin 60 (2009): 239-63
‘A Theory of Character in the Fourth Gospel with Reference to Ancient and Modern Literature’, Biblical Interpretation 17 (2009): 375-421
‘The Character of John in the Fourth Gospel’, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 52 (2009): 271-84