Mary Redington Ely Lyman (1887-1975), scholar

Mary Redington Ely Lyman (1887-1975) was an American scholar.

Biography

Born in Vermont, Mary Lyman received her PhD (1924) from the University of Chicago. One of the first American women professors in the field of New Testament Studies, taught at Vassar, Barnard, Sweet Bryar Colleges, and finally in 1950, was named Jesup Professor of English Bible at Union Seminary.

Works on Second Temple Judaism

Books

• Jesus (1937 Lyman), book
• Knowledge of God in Johannine thought (1925 Lyman), book

References

• William Baird, in History of New Testament Research: 1. From Deism to Tübingen (1992 Baird), book

External links

• [ Wikipedia]