Vern Sheridan Poythress (born 1946) is an American philosopher, theologian, New Testament scholar and mathematician, who is currently the New Testament chair of the ESV Oversight Committee. He is also the Distinguished Professor of New Testament, Biblical Interpretation, and Systematic Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary and editor of Westminster Theological Journal.

Biography
Poythress was born in Madera, California in 1946 to Ransom H. Poythress and Carola N. Poythress.  He graduated from Bullard High School in Fresno, California.

At the age of 20, Poythress earned a B.S. in mathematics  with honor (valedictorian) from California Institute of Technology, in the year 1966. While there, he became a Putnam Fellow in 1964. He received his Ph.D. in mathematics from Harvard University, finishing in 1970. Westminster Theological Seminary awarded him both an M.Div and  a Th.M in apologetics for work done in the years 1971-74. He earned an M.Litt from the University of Cambridge in New Testament studies during 1974-76. He received a Th.D. in New Testament from the University of Stellenbosch.

In 1983, Poythress married Diane M. Poythress.  They have two sons, Ransom Poythress and Justin Poythress.

As of 2016, he was teaching New Testament and occasional courses on the philosophies of science and language at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, work he began in 1976. His blog with John M. Frame was listed in early 2018 as one of the top 50 Christian popular culture sites.

Thought
Poythress views scientific law as a form of the word of God. In 1976, Poythress wrote a chapter on "A Biblical View of Mathematics," in which he argued (among other things) that number is eternal because the Trinity is eternal. In a 1983 article, he suggested that mathematics is the rhyme of the universe. His philosophy of science draws on the work of Thomas Kuhn.

Publications
Poythress has published a number of books in different fields — Christian philosophy of science, linguistics, theological method, dispensationalism, biblical law, copyright law, hermeneutics, Bible translation, and eschatology and the Book of Revelation including:

 Philosophy, Science, and the Sovereignty of God. Presbyterian and Reformed: 1976, reprinted 2004. .
 Symphonic Theology: The Validity of Multiple Perspectives in Theology. Zondervan: 1987. .
  Understanding Dispensationalists. 2d ed. Presbyterian and Reformed: 1993. .
 Science and Hermeneutics: Implications of Scientific Method for Biblical Interpretation (Foundations of Contemporary Interpretation series, volume 6). Zondervan: 1988. .
 The Shadow of Christ in the Law of Moses, Wolgemuth & Hyatt: 1991, reprinted Presbyterian & Reformed: 1995. .
 God-Centered Biblical Interpretation. Presbyterian and Reformed: 1999. .
 The Returning King: A Guide to the Book of Revelation, Presbyterian and Reformed: 2000. .
 The Gender-Neutral Bible Controversy: Muting the Masculinity of God's Words (with Wayne Grudem). Broadman and Holman: 2000. .
 The TNIV and the Gender-Neutral Bible Controversy (with Wayne Grudem). Broadman and Holman: 2004. .
 Redeeming Science: A God-Centered Approach. Crossway Books: 2006. .
 In The Beginning Was The Word: Language--A God-Centered Approach. Crossway Books: 2009. .
 What Are Spiritual Gifts? (Basics of the Faith series). Presbyterian and Reformed, 2010. .
 Redeeming Sociology: A God-Centered Approach. Crossway Books: 2011. .
 Inerrancy and Worldview: Answering Modern Challenges to the Bible. Crossway Books: 2012. .
 Inerrancy and the Gospels: A God-Centered Approach to the Challenges of Harmonization. Crossway Books: 2012. .
 Logic: A God-Centered Approach to the Foundation of Western Thought. Crossway Books: 2013. .
 Redeeming Mathematics: A God-Centered Approach. Crossway Books: 2015. .

Additionally, he has published a number of scholarly articles, including:

References

Further reading
  A Festschrift dedicated to Poythress, with contributions from J. I. Packer, Brandon Crowe, Iain M. Duguid, Richard B. Gaffin Jr., Peter Lillback, Carl R. Trueman, Camden Bucey, Robert Cara, In Whan Kim, Lane Tipton, Pierce Taylor Hibbs, Jeff Waddington, Luke Lu, Brian Wood, and others.
 Faculty page of the title subject, at Westminster Theological Seminary, by the title subject.
 Resume of the article subject, by the article subject.
  [Interview with title subject, after publication of Chance and the Sovereignty of God.]

External links
 Frame-Poythress.org, a website that publishes books, articles, and audio by the title subject, and by theologian John Frame

Living people
1946 births
Presbyterian Church in America ministers
Protestant philosophers
American Calvinist and Reformed theologians
Calvinist and Reformed philosophers
California Institute of Technology alumni
Harvard University alumni
Westminster Theological Seminary alumni
Westminster Theological Seminary faculty
Putnam Fellows
Alumni of Clare College, Cambridge
Academic journal editors
Stellenbosch University alumni
California State University, Fresno faculty
People from Madera, California
20th-century American writers
21st-century American non-fiction writers
20th-century Calvinist and Reformed theologians
21st-century Calvinist and Reformed theologians
20th-century American philosophers
21st-century American philosophers
New Testament scholars
American biblical scholars
Editors of Christian publications
Critics of atheism
Writers about religion and science
번 셰리던 포이트레스(, 1946년 ~ )는 미국의 칼빈주의 철학자이며 신학자이며, 신약신학 학자이다. 캘리포니아 공과대학교에서 수학을 전공하였고 하버드 대학교에서 박사학위(Ph.D., 1970)를 받은 후, 웨스트민스터 신학교(M.Div., Th.M. 1974)와 영국 케임브리지 대학교(M. Litt. 1977)에서 공부하였고, 남아프리카 공화국 스텔렌보스 대학교에서 박사 학위를 취득하였다(Th.D., 1981).

사상 
포이트레스는 성경의 완전한 신적 권위를 주장한다. 칼빈주의자로서 그는 하나님의 주권에 강조를 두고, 예수 그리스도는 개인적이며 종교적인 삶의 영역뿐만 아니라 인간 존재의 모든 영역에서 주님되신다는 신 칼뱅주의 개념을 받아들인다. 그는 게할더스 보스의 전통위에 성경신학을 구축하면서도, 동시에 메리디스 클라인의 형상론에서 기초하여 자신의 신학을 발전시켰다. 메리디스 클라인은 <영의 형상>이라는 작품에서 인간에 대한 하나님의 형상론을 넘어서 성경에는 형상화를 이룩하는 하나의 패턴이 있다고 주장한다.

종말론에 있어서는 아우구스티누스적인 무천년설을 주장하며, 신정론과 기독교 재건주의를 반대한다. 밴틸과 존 프레임에게 영향을 많이 받았다.

저서

한국어 번역 
 『세대주의 이해』, 총신대학교출판부, 1990
 『조화신학』, 나침반사, 1993
 『모세율법에 나타나나 그리스도』, 솔로몬, 1995
 『요한계시록 맥잡기』, 크리스챤출판사, 2002

원서 
 Philosophy, Science, and the Sovereignty of God. Presbyterian and Reformed: 1976, reprinted 2004. .
 Symphonic Theology: The Validity of Multiple Perspectives in Theology. Zondervan: 1987. .
 Understanding Dispensationalists. 2d ed. Presbyterian and Reformed: 1993. .
 Science and Hermeneutics: Implications of Scientific Method for Biblical Interpretation (Foundations of Contemporary Interpretation series, volume 6). Zondervan: 1988. .
 The Shadow of Christ in the Law of Moses, Wolgemuth & Hyatt: 1991, reprinted Presbyterian & Reformed: 1995. .
 God-Centered Biblical Interpretation. Presbyterian and Reformed: 1999. .
 The Returning King: A Guide to the Book of Revelation, Presbyterian and Reformed: 2000. .
 The Gender-Neutral Bible Controversy: Muting the Masculinity of Gods Words (with Wayne Grudem). Broadman and Holman: 2000. .
 The TNIV and The Gender-Neutral Bible Controversy (with Wayne Grudem). Broadman and Holman: 2004. .
 Redeeming Science: A God-Centered Approach. Crossway Books: 2006. .
 In The Beginning Was The Word: Language--A God-Centered Approach. Crossway Books: 2009. .
 What Are Spiritual Gifts? (Basics of the Faith series). Presbyterian and Reformed, 2010. .
 Redeeming Sociology: A God-Centered Approach. Crossway Books: 2011. .
 Inerrancy and Worldview: Answering Modern Challenges to the Bible. Crossway Books: 2012. .
 Inerrancy and the Gospels: A God-Centered Approach to the Challenges of Harmonization. Crossway Books: 2012. .
 Logic: A God-Centered Approach to the Foundation of Western Thought. Crossway Books: 2013. .
 Redeeming Mathematics: A God-Centered Approach. Crossway Books: 2015. .

He has contributed to a number of other volumes such as The Foundations of Christian Scholarship, Hermeneutics, Inerrancy, and the Bible, The New Testament Student and His Field, Inerrancy and Hermeneutic: A Tradition, A Challenge, A Debate, Theonomy: A Reformed Critique, Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, New Geneva Study Bible, and The Spirit of the Reformation Study Bible.

Additionally, he has published a number of scholarly articles, including:
 "A Biblical View of Mathematics," in Gary North (ed.), Foundations of Christian Scholarship (Vallecito, CA: Ross House, 1976), 159-188.
 "Structuralism and Biblical Studies," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 21, 1978.
 "Science as Allegory," Journal of the American Scientific Affiliation 35, 1983.
 "Newton's Laws as Allegory," Journal of the American Scientific Affiliation 35, 1983.
 "Mathematics as Rhyme," Journal of the American Scientific Affiliation 35, 1983.
 "The Use of the Intersentence Conjunctions De, Oun, Kai, and Asyndeton in the Gospel of John," Novum Testamentum 26, 1984.
 "Reforming Ontology and Logic in the Light of the Trinity: An Application of Van Til's Idea of Analogy," Westminster Theological Journal 57, 1995.
 "2 Thessalonians 1 Supports Amillennialism," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 37, 1995.
 "Counterfeiting in the Book of Revelation as a Perspective on Non-Christian Culture," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 40, 1997.
 "Keep on Praying!" Decision, 39/10, 1998.
 "Why Scientists Must Believe in God: Divine Attributes of Scientific Law," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 46, 2003.

각주 

1946년 출생
살아있는 사람
미국의 철학자
미국의 목회자
성서학자
성서해석학
20세기 미국 소설가
21세기 미국 작가
20세기 철학자
21세기 철학자
캘리포니아주 출신
캘리포니아 공과대학교 동문
하버드 대학교 동문
웨스트민스터 신학교 동문
케임브리지 대학교 클레어 칼리지 동문
스텔렌보스 대학교 동문
20세기 개신교 신학자
21세기 개신교 신학자