Luke Timothy Johnson (b.1943), scholar

Luke Timothy Johnson (b.1943) is an American scholar.

Biography

NT scholar. Born at Park Falls, WI, from 1963 to 1972 Johnson joined the Benedictine monk. He then earned his PhD (1976) from Yale University. He is R.W. Woodruff Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins at Candler School of Theology and a Senior Fellow at the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University.

Works on Second Temple Judaism

Books

• The Writings of the New Testament (1986 Johnson), book

• 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus (1987 Johnson), book

• The Gospel of Luke (1991 Johnson), book

• The Acts of the Apostles (1992 Johnson), book

• The Letter of James (1995 Johnson), book

• Reading Romans (1997 Johnson), book

• The Real Jesus: The Misguided Quest for the Historical Jesus and the Truth of the Traditional Gospels (1996 Johnson), book

• Letters to Paul's Delegates: 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus (1996 Johnson), book

• The First and Second Letters to Timothy (2001 Johnson), book

• Brother of Jesus, Friend of God: Studies in the Letter of James (2004 Johnson), book

• Hebrews (2006 Johnson), book

• The New Testament: A Very Short Introduction (2010 Johnson), book

External links

• Wikipedia