[1] He earned his B.A in history and philosophy from Claremont McKenna College, a Master of Divinity from Western Baptist Seminary in Portland, Oregon, and his Master of Arts and Ph.D. in Biblical studies from Claremont Graduate University in southern California.
[2] Prior to Houston Christian (formerly Houston Baptist University), he was Payzant Distinguished Professor of New Testament and director of the graduate program at Acadia Divinity College in Wolfville, Nova Scotia,[3] a visiting assistant professor of religious studies at McMaster University and a professor of biblical studies at Trinity Western University.
[5] Evans published the book Fabricating Jesus: How Modern Scholars Distort the Gospels in 2008.
Another chapter of the book dismisses The Da Vinci Code by the American novelist Dan Brown, which Evans (and all biblical scholars, in fact[citation needed]) sees as nothing more than a sensationalist stunt.
[6] The book's "Advance Praise" section includes endorsements from several prominent scholars of the New Testament, such as James H. Charlesworth, Gerd Theissen, John P. Meier, Darrel L. Bock, Ben Witherington III and James D.G.