John Lightfoot (1602-1675), scholar

John Lightfoot (1602-1675) was a British scholar, and a specialist in Second Temple Studies, New Testament Studies, and Early Jewish Studies.

Works on Second Temple Judaism & Christian Origins

The English churchman and rabbinic scholar John Lightfoot was one of the major contributors to the Walton Polyglot Bible and wrote the first comprehensive commentary of New Testament based on Jewish, mostly halakhic, literature.

Books

• Harmony of the Four Evangelists (1644-47 Lightfoot), book

• A Commentary upon the Acts of the Apostles (1645 Lightfoot), book

• The Temple Service, as it Stood in the Dayes of Our Saviour (1649 Lightfoot), book

• The Harmony, Chronicle and Order of the New Testament (1655 Lightfoot), book

• Horae Hebraicae et Talmudicae (1658-1674 Lightfoot), book

Online biographies

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References

• William Baird, in History of New Testament Research: 1. From Deism to Tübingen (1992 Baird), book / pp. 11-17
• Historical Handbook of Major Biblical Interpreters (1998 McKim), edited volume