William Mitchell Ramsay (1851-1939), scholar
William Mitchell Ramsay (1851-1939) was a Scottish scholar.
Biography
Archaeologist and NT scholar. Born in Glasgow, Scotland. Studied at the Universities of Aberdeen and Oxford. First Professor of Classical Archaeology at Oxford University. In 1886 was appointed Regius Professor of Humanity at the University of Aberdeen.
Works on Second Temple Judaism
Ramsay was a pioneer in the study of Asia Minor sites related to Paul.
Books
- The Church in the Roman Empire before AD 170 (1893 Ramsay), book
- St. Paul the Traveller and the Roman Citizen (1895 Ramsay), book
- A Historical Commentary on St. Paul's Epistle to the Galatians (1899 Ramsay), book
- The Letters to the Seven Churches of Asia (1904 Ramsay), book
- Pauline and Other Studies in Early Christian History (1906 Ramsay), book
- The Cities of St. Paul (1907 Ramsay), book
- Luke the Physician and Other Studies in the History of Religion (1908 Ramsay), book
References
- William Baird, in History of New Testament Research: 2. From Jonathan Edwards to Rudolf Bultmann (2003 Baird), book / pp. 189-195