[2] He studied at Point Loma College, San Diego (B.A., English), Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, California (M.A., English), Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, Illinois (M.A., New Testament), and earned his Ph.D. at the University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK, in 1988, in both the biblical studies and linguistics departments.
Since 2001, he has served as president, dean, and professor of New Testament at McMaster Divinity College (MDC) in Hamilton, Ontario.
[8] He has also resurrected the argument, developing the ideas of William Ramsay, Johannes Weiss, and James Hope Moulton, that Paul had likely met Jesus before his crucifixion as a young Pharisee in Jerusalem.
In addition to his extensive publishing activities, Porter has served as editor, co-editor, or editorial board member for numerous book series, journals, and publishers, including: Porter was presented a Festschrift in November 2016 during the Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting on the occasion of his 60th birthday: The Language and Literature of the New Testament: Essays in Honor of Stanley E. Porter’s 60th Birthday (ed.
Lois K. Fuller Dow, Craig A. Evans, and Andrew W. Pitts; Biblical Interpretation Series 150; Leiden: Brill, 2017).