Gordon Donald Fee
Well loved Bible scholar and teacher, Dr. Fee was born in
1934. He taught briefly at Wheaton College in Illinois,
and for several years at Vanguard
University of Southern California. Then he taught at Gordon-Conwell Theological
Seminary in South Hamilton, Massachusetts until 1986. He then moved
to Regent College in Vancouver, Canada where
he was Professor Emeritus. He serves on the advisory board of the
International Institute for Christian Studies.
Dr.
Fee (seated left) was born in 1934 in Ashland, Oregon,
to Donald Horace Fee (1907-1999, seated right) and Gracy Irene Jacobson
(1906-1973).
He has one older sister, Donna Mae. His father pastored several
churches in Washington state. Dr.
Fee
received his B.A. and M.A. degrees from Seattle Pacific University and
his Ph.D. from the University of Southern
California.
Dr. Fee is one of the leading experts in pneumatology
and the
textual criticism of the New Testament Bible. He is the author of
several books on Biblical exegesis, including How to Read the
Bible for All Its Worth (co-authored with Douglas Stuart), the
"sequel," How to Read the Bible Book by Book, and How to
Choose a Translation for all its Worth (co-authored with Mark L.
Strauss) and a major commentary on 1
Corinthians as well as numerous other commentaries on various
books in the New Testament. In the 1990s he succeeded F.F. Bruce to become the editor of the
evangelical commentary series, the New
International Commentary of
the New Testament of which his commentary on 1 Corinthians is a part.
Dr. Fee is a member of the CBT (Committee on Bible Translation) that translated the New International Version (NIV) and its revision, the Today's New International Version (TNIV). He is also a member of the "board of reference" for "Christians for Biblical Equality," a group of Evangelical Christians that believes that the Bible advocates complete equality between men and women in both home and ministry. He was a contributing editor to the key Christian egalitarian book Discovering Biblical Equality: Complementarity without hierarchy (2004). His abovementioned commentary consistently translates the generic "men" as "men and women" with an explanatory footnote.
Dr. Fee is an ordained minister and identifies himself as Pentecostal, even though he has written articles disagreeing with a few of the AG's fundamental Pentecostalism-specific doctrines. Dr. Fee is a strong opponent of the "prosperity gospel" (see his booklet entitled "The Disease of the Health and Wealth Gospel", Regent College Publishing, January 1, 1985, ISBN 1573830666).
links
- Gordon Fee - Regent College
- Gordon Fee and Basic Rules for New Testament Exegesis
- The Priority Of Spirit-Gifting For Church Ministry (Gordon Fee)
- See also the FaceBook The Gordon Fee Appreciation Society
Works
- The First Epistle to the Corinthians, NICNT 1987, 904 pages. ISBN 978-0-8028-2507-0
- Paul's Letter to the Philippians, NICNT, 1995, 543 pages. ISBN 978-0-8028-2511-7
- The First and Second Letter to the Thessalonians, NICNT, 2009, 400 pages. ISBN 978-0-8028-6362-1
