Grant R. Osborne


Grant R. Osborne was an American theologian and New Testament scholar. He was Professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.

Education

Osborne had degrees from Fort Wayne Bible College, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and the University of Aberdeen.

Career

Osborne specialised in biblical hermeneutics. He is best known for his concept of the "hermeneutical spiral", 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."
Osborne was a member of the Bible Translation Committee for the Holy Bible: New Living Translation. He served as General Translator for the Gospels and Acts.

Theology

Osborne held to Arminian soteriological views. In "A classical Arminian view", he wrote in favour of a possible apostasy for the genuine believer.

Works

Books