Charles A. Wanamaker
# Charles A. Wanamaker

Charles A. Wanamaker (born 1949) is the Professor of Christian Studies at the University of Cape Town. He specializes in New Testament and Early Christianity studies, with a special interest in the application of socio-rhetorical analysis to the study of the writings of Paul. Wanamaker was educated at the University of Durham. Currently working on a socio-rhetorical commentary on 1 Corinthians.

His doctoral thesis earned at Durham University in 1980 was entitled "The Son and the Sons of God : a study in the elements of Paul's christological and soteriological thought".

Wanamaker is married to Helena.

## Current Research

He has a Socio-Rhetorical Commentary on 1 Corinthians in preparation to be published by Deo Press and Westminster/John Knox Press. Also, he is preparing a translation of 3 Maccabees for The Lexham Greek-English Interlinear Septuagint.

## Selected works

### Books

* The Epistle to the Thessalonians: A Commentary on the Greek Text. New International Greek Testament Commentary. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans. 1990. ISBN 978-0-8028-7092-6.

### Articles

* Wanamaker, Charles A. (1986). "Christ as Divine Agent in Paul". Scottish Journal of Theology. 39 (4): 517–528. doi:10.1017/S0036930600031100.
* Wanamaker, Charles A. (2003). "Philippians". In Dunn, James D. G.; Rogerson, John W. (eds.). Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans. pp. 1394–1403. ISBN 0-8028-3711-5.
