John Samuel Feinberg (born April 2, 1946) is an American theologian, author, and professor of biblical and systematic theology. He is currently listed as Professor of Biblical and Systematic Theology (retired) atTrinity Evangelical Divinity School inDeerfield, Illinois. He is noted for his expertise intheodicy.^[2]

Feinberg was born in 1946 toCharles Lee and Anne Priscilla (Fraiman) Feinberg in Dallas, Texas. His family moved fromDallas, Texas toLos Angeles, California in 1948 when his father became the first dean ofTalbot Theological Seminary. Feinberg earned hisBachelor of Arts degree in English from theUniversity of California at Los Angeles, hisMaster of Divinity fromTalbot Theological Seminary, hisMaster of Theology degree (1972) in systematic theology from Trinity, and hisMaster of Arts (1971) andDoctor of Philosophy (1979) degrees from theUniversity of Chicago.

Feinberg lives inVernon Hills, Illinois, with his wife Patricia, with whom he has three children. His brotherPaul David (1938 - 2004) also taught Systematic Theology and Philosophy of Religion at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School for thirty years.

In his early career, Feinberg served as a missionary in Los Angeles on staff for theAmerican Board of Missions to the Jews. He began his teaching career in 1969 at the Los Angeles Bible Training School inWatts, California. Feinberg was ordained to ministry in 1971 and served as pastor of the Elmwood Park Bible Church inElmwood Park, Illinois, from 1974 to 1976. He resumed teaching in 1976 atWestern Conservative Baptist Seminary inPortland, Oregon, before moving in 1981 to teach atLiberty Baptist Seminary and College inLynchburg, Virginia. In 1983, he joined the faculty of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.

During the mid-1980s, Feinberg served on the national membership committee of theEvangelical Theological Society. He also served as editor of theBulletin of the Evangelical Philosophical Society from 1982 to 1983, and from 1985 to 1986 he served a term as president of theEvangelical Philosophical Society. Since then, he has authored several books and serves as a theological consultant for the academic division ofCrossway Books. He serves as general editor for the seriesFoundations of Evangelical Theology.

In 2015 aFestschrift was published in his honor.Building on the Foundations of Evangelical Theology: Essays in Honor of John S. Feinberg includes contributions fromKevin Vanhoozer,Bruce A. Ware, andWalter Kaiser Jr.

• Feinberg, John S. (1979).Theologies and Evil. Washington, DC: University Press of America.ISBN 978-0-819-10839-5.OCLC 5819758.
• ———;Feinberg, Paul D. (1993).Ethics for a Brave New World. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books.ISBN 978-1-433-51696-2.^[3]
• ——— (1994).The Many Faces of Evil: Theological Systems and the Problem of Evil (1st ed.). Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan.ISBN 978-1-433-51696-2.^[4]
• ——— (1997).Deceived By God?: A Journey Through Suffering. Wheaton, IL: Good News Publishing.ISBN 978-0-891-07886-9.^[5]
• ——— (2004).Where Is God: A Personal Story of Finding God in Grief and Suffering (Revised ed.). B&H Publishing.ISBN 978-0-805-43041-7.
• ——— (2004).The Many Faces of Evil: Theological Systems and the Problem of Evil (Revised and expanded ed.). Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books.ISBN 978-1-581-34567-4.
• ——— (2005).No One Like Him: The Doctrine of God. Foundations of Evangelical Theology. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books.ISBN 978-1-581-34275-8.^[6]
• ———;Feinberg, Paul D. (2010).Ethics for a Brave New World (2nd ed.). Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books.ISBN 978-1-58134-712-8.
• ——— (2013).Can you believe it's true?: Christian apologetics in a modern and postmodern era. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books.ISBN 978-1-433-53900-8.OCLC 821025154.
• ——— (2016).When there are no easy answers: thinking differently about god, suffering and evil, and ... evil. Kregel Publications.ISBN 978-0-825-44412-8.OCLC 923650452.
• ——— (2018).Light in a Dark Place: The Doctrine of Scripture. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books.ISBN 978-1-4335-3927-5.^[7]

• ———;Feinberg, Paul D., eds. (1981).Tradition and Testament: essays in honor of Charles Lee Feinberg. Chicago, IL: Moody Press.ISBN 978-0-802-42544-7.OCLC 7653379.
• ———, ed. (1988).Continuity and Discontinuity: Perspectives on the Relationship Between the Old and New Testaments: Essays in Honor of S. Lewis Johnson, Jr. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books.ISBN 0-89107-468-6.

• ——— (1986)."God Ordains All Things". InBasinger, David; Basinger, Randall (eds.).Predestination & Free Will: Four Views of Divine Sovereignty & Human Freedom. Spectrum Multiview Book Series. Downers Grove, IL: Inter-Varsity Press. pp. 19–44.ISBN 978-0-877-84567-6. - plus his responses
• ——— (1988). "Systems of Discontinuity". In Feinberg, John S. (ed.).Continuity and Discontinuity: Perspectives on the Relationship Between the Old and New Testaments: Essays in Honor of S. Lewis Johnson, Jr. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books.ISBN 0-89107-468-6.

• ——— (Fall 1989). "Review Article: Rationality, Objectivity, and Doing Theology: Review and Critique of Wentzel Van Huysteen's Theology and the Justification of Faith".Trinity Journal. New Series.10 (2):161–184.
• ——— (Fall 1993). "A Baby At Any Cost And By Any Means? The Morality Of In Vitro Fertilization And Frozen Embryos".Trinity Journal. New Series.14 (2):143–173.
• ——— (1986). "1 Peter 3:18-20, Ancient Mythology, and the Intermediate State".Westminster Theological Journal.48 (2):303–336.

• Wellum, Stephen J.; Allison, Gregg R., eds. (2015).Building on the Foundations of Evangelical Theology. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books.ISBN 978-1-433-53817-9.

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