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You’re invited to Regent's 2025 Evening Public Lecture series! Join us in the chapel or tune in online to explore theology, culture, and much more with this year’s summer faculty.

To livestream this and other Evening Public Lectures, visit us at rgnt.net/live.

About the Lecture

How was the tradition of Jesus preserved during the time between the event and the writing down of a gospel 30 years later? Many suggest this tradition was free floating and much happened to the portrayal of the core event in that time. We will examine that premise and suggest that it does not take into account how tradition could be passed on when the content mattered.

About the Speaker

Darrell L. Bock is Senior Research Professor of New Testament Studies at Dallas Theological Seminary in Dallas, Texas, where he serves as Executive Director of Cultural Engagement at the Hendricks Center for Christian Leadership. He is also an Elder-Staff Advisor at Bent Tree Fellowship in Carrolton, Texas, and has served on the board of Chosen People Ministries for over two decades. In addition, he serves on the board at Wheaton College, currently chairing the Academic Affairs subcommittee, as well as on the boards of the Institute for Global Engagement, the Hope Center in Dallas, and Christians in Public Service. He has had four stints of post doctoral study at the University of Tübingen, the second through fourth as an Alexander von Humboldt scholar (1989–90, 1995–96, 2004–05, 2010–11).

Dr. Bock has authored or edited over forty-five books, including a New York Times best seller in non-fiction, numerous works on Jesus and the gospels, and the recently released Cultural Intelligence: Living for God in a Diverse, Pluralistic World.

Dr. Bock is teaching Historical Jesus from June 9 to June 13 as part of Regent’s 2025 Summer Programs.