Robert McLachlan Wilson (1916-2010), scholar

Robert McLachlan Wilson (1916-2010) was a British scholar.

Biography

Professor of Biblical Criticism at St Andrews, from 1953 to 1983. Specialist in Gnosticism, NT Apocrypha and the New Testament.

Works on Second Temple Judaism

Books

• The Gnostic Problem: A Study of the Relations between Hellenistic Judaism and the Gnostic Heresy (1958 Wilson), book

• Gnosis and the New Testament (1968 Wilson), book
  • La Gnose et le Nouveau Testament (1969 Wilson / Ménard), book (French ed.)
  • Gnosis und Neues Testament (1971 Wilson / Kaufmann), book (German ed.)

• A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on Colossians and Philemon (2005 Wilson), book

Edited volumes

• Text and Interpretation: Studies in the New Testament Presented to Matthew Black (1979 Best, Wilson), edited volume