Andrés Vera, Ph.D., Th.M.

CST 130 - Survey of New Testament
CST 230 - Jesus and the Gospels
CST 240 - Paul and the Early Church
CST 440 - Romans
GRK 213 - Intro to Koine Greek I
GRK 223 - Intro to Koine Greek II

▪ Romans
▪ Pauline soteriology
▪ Pauline ethics
▪ Pauline metaphors
▪ Metaphor Theory
▪ Cognitive Linguistics

Adjunct Professor of New Testament Interpretation (The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)
▪ 20400 (Elementary Greek)
▪ 20400H (Griego Basico)
▪ 20440H (Sintaxis de Griego)
▪ 22200H (Introduccion al Nuevo Testamento I)
▪ 22220H (Introduccion al Nuevo Testamento II)

Authored Works
Vera, Andrés D. A New Identity of Obligation: Metaphors and Paul’s Ethical Argument in Romans 6:1–14. Leiden: Brill, 2025.

Contributions to Edited Works
Tremper Longman III and Mark Strauss eds. Expository Dictionary of Old Testament and New Testament Words. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2023
Nuñez, Miguel ed. NBLA Biblia Temática de Estudio. Nashville, TN: B&H Español, 2022.

Reviews
Review of Metaphors in the Narrative of Ephesians 2:11–22: Motion Towards Maximal Proximity and Higher Status, by Oscar Jiménez, Bulletin for Biblical Research (forthcoming).
Review of Faith in the Son of God: The Place of Christ-Oriented Faith within Pauline Theology, by Kevin McFadden, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 65 no. 3 (Sep 2022): 601–603.
Review of Key Approaches to Biblical Ethics: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue, by Volker Rabens, Jacqueline N. Grey, and Mariam Kamell Kovalishyn eds., Bulletin of Biblical Research 31 no. 4 (Dec 2021): 556-558.
Review of Pauline Hamartiology: Conceptualisation and Transferences, by Steffi Fabricius, Journal of Biblical and Theological Studies 6 no.1 (June 2021).
Review of Conformed to the Image of His Son: Reconsidering Paul’s Theology of Glory in Romans, by Haley Goranson Jacob, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 62 no. 4 (Dec 2019): 839–841.

Presentations
“Paul’s Literal, Metaphorical, and Metonymical Baptismal Language in Romans 6.3–4” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society (November 2024)
“Am I First or Last? Self-Perception and Reward in the Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard (Matt 20:1-16)” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society (November 2020)
“Removal from the Covenant Community: Paul’s Use of Deuteronomy in 1 Corinthians 5.” Presented at the Southeast Regional Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, Louisville, KY (March 2017)

Elder at Fellowship Church (Beaumont, CA)
Pastor of Young Adults
Small Group Leader
Violinist/Vocalist

▪ Reading
▪ Swimming
▪ Volleyball
▪ Photography
▪ Violin