Robert Horton Gundry (born 1932) is an American scholar and retired professor of New Testament studies and Koine Greek.
Students of Gundry who have made notable scholarly contributions in biblical studies and theology include: Gregory L. Bahnsen, Philip Clayton, Kathleen E. Corley, Stephen C. Daley, Gary W. Deddo, C. Rosalee Velloso Ewell, Judith M. Gundry, Dennis E. Johnson, Roy D. Kotansky, Brian Lugioyo, Jennifer Powell McNutt, J. Webb Mealy, William B. Nelson, Roger J. Newell, Benjamin E. Reynolds, Mark L. Strauss, James E. Taylor, and Kevin J. Vanhoozer.
Using redaction criticism, Gundry argued that Matthew tailored the story of Jesus, sometimes unhistorically, to meet the needs of the Gospel’s intended audience.
Gaebelein pronounced acceptable Gundry’s successive revised versions as well; but Tenney and Boice objected again, to both of them, so that D. A. Carson of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School was assigned to write on Matthew.
[4] Against his critics, Gundry has contended that he treats biblical wording more seriously than they do when they construct strained harmonizations to maintain historicity at every point.
Gundry’s other published books include The Use of the Old Testament in St. Matthew’s Gospel (based on his doctoral dissertation), Sōma in Biblical Theology (arguing for a physical meaning of “body,” even in figurative usage), and The Old Is Better (containing new and revised essays on various topics).
Extracurriculars: Teaching Christianly Outside Class contains talks delivered on various occasions at Westmont College, and the title Peter: False Disciple and Apostate according to Saint Matthew is self-explanatory.
Gundry's latest book, Re-Views by an Evangelical Biblical Critic, gathers lightly edited, previously published review essays of books and films dealing in biblical text and translation, higher critical issues, literary portraits of Jesus, the relation between the Bible and tradition, and biographical portrayals of people associated with Scripture and its interpretation.