Osborne taught at Winnipeg Theological Seminary and the university of Aberdeen and has pastored churches in Ohio and Illinois.[2] From 1977 to 2016, he was professor of New Testament at the Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.[1][2]
He specialized in
biblical hermeneutics, the
Gospels and the
book of Revelation.[2] He is best known for his concept of the "hermeneutical spiral",[3] denoting an "upward and constructive process of moving from earlier pre-, understanding to fuller understanding, and the returning back to check and to review the need for correction or change in this preliminary understanding."[4]
He was a member of the Bible Translation Committee for the Holy Bible:New Living Translation.[2] He served as General Translator for the Gospels and Acts.[2]
——— (1984). The Resurrection Narratives: a redactional study. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House.
ISBN978-0-801-02707-9.
OCLC53231282.
——— (1997). The Hermeneutical Spiral: A Comprehensive Introduction to Biblical Interpretation (1st ed.). Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press.
ISBN978-0-830-81272-1.
OCLC24378043.
——— (1994). Three Crucial Questions about the Bible. 3 crucial questions. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House.
ISBN978-0-801-05273-6.
OCLC33407867.
——— (2002). Revelation. Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic.
ISBN978-0-801-02299-9.
OCLC49226276.
——— (2010). Matthew. Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament. Vol. 1. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan.
ISBN978-0-310-24357-1.
OCLC286514436.
——— (2010). The Hermeneutical Spiral: A Comprehensive Introduction to Biblical Interpretation (Revised ed.). Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press.
ISBN978-0-8308-7877-2.
^Whright 1996, p. 154. "Typical Arminian treatment of important verses can be found in Grant Osborne's articles in Clark Pinnock, ed., Grace Unlimited (Minneapolis: Bethany, 1975) and The grace of God, the Will of Man."
^Allen 2010, p. 537. "By definition, an Arminian believes it is possible for a truly born again Christian to lose one's salvation. Arminian interpreters correctly recognize that the author of Hebrews addresses his readers as believers throughout the epistle. [...] Grant Osborne, in his chapter "A classical Arminian view" in Four Views on the Warning Passages in Hebrews, 86-128, informs his readers in the second paragraph that Heb 6:4-6 speaks of genuine believers who commit apostasy which is the unpardonable sin, and thus lose their salvation forever."
Sources
Allen, David L. (2010). Hebrews: An Exegetical and Theological Exposition of Holy Scripture. Nashville: B&H Publishing.
Melick, Richard R. (2013).
"Can We Understand the Bible?". In Defense of the Bible: A Comprehensive Apologetic for the Authority of Scripture. p. 114.
ISBN9781433676789. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
McKnight, Scot (2018).
"Grant Osborne". Jesus Creed. Patheos. Retrieved 2021-01-16.