Ben F. Meyer
Ben F. Meyer | |
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Born |
Benjamin Franklin Meyer November 1927 Chicago, Illinois, US |
Died |
28 December 1995 68) Les Verrières, Switzerland | (aged
Spouse(s) | Denise Meyer[1] |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Pontifical Gregorian University |
Influences | Bernard Lonergan[2] |
Academic work | |
Discipline | |
Institutions | |
Notable works | The Aims of Jesus (1979)[2] |
Benjamin Franklin Meyer (1927–1995) was a theologian and scholar of religion.[3] Born in November 1927 in Chicago, Illinois,[4] he studied with the Jesuits, his studies taking him to California, Strasbourg, Göttingen, and Rome, where he received his doctorate from the Pontifical Gregorian University in 1965.[5] He taught briefly at Alma College and at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley before joining the faculty at McMaster University in 1969,[6] where he taught in the religious studies department until 1992. Meyer's areas of specialization included the historical Jesus, the early expansion of the Christian movement, and the hermeneutics of Bernard Lonergan.[4] He authored several important monographs over his 30-year career. He died on 28 December 1995 in Les Verrières, Switzerland.[7]
Bibliography
- The Aims of Jesus, Princeton Theological Monograph Series, Pickwick Publications (2002). ISBN 978-1-55635-041-2
- The Early Christians, Glazier (Michael) Inc. (1991). ISBN 978-0-89453-542-0
- Critical Realism and the New Testament, Princeton Theological Monograph Series, Pickwick Publications (1989). ISBN 978-0-915138-97-5
- Christus Faber, Princeton Theological Monograph Series, Pickwick Publications (1992). ISBN 978-1-55635-014-6
- Reality and Illusion in New Testament Scholarship, Collegeville: Glazier/Liturgical (1994). ISBN 978-0-8146-5771-3
- Five Speeches that Changed the World, Liturgical Press (2006) . ISBN 978-0-8146-2282-7
- One Loaf, One Cup: Ecumenical Studies of 1 Cor 11 and Other Eucharistic Texts (co-authored with Otto Knoch), Mercer University Press (1993). ISBN 978-0-86554-398-0
See also
References
Citations
- ↑ Hadidian 1995, p. iv.
- 1 2 Chilton 2008, p. 411.
- ↑ Chilton 2008, p. 411; Westerholm 1995, p. 491.
- 1 2 Westerholm 1995, p. 491.
- ↑ "Professor Emeritus Ben Meyer" 1995.
- ↑ Denton 2004, p. 12.
- ↑ "Professor Emeritus Ben Meyer" 1995; Westerholm 1995, pp. 491–492.
Works cited
- Chilton, Bruce (2008). "Meyer, Ben F.". In Evans, Craig A. Encyclopedia of the Historical Jesus. New York: Routledge (published 2014). pp. 411–412. ISBN 978-1-317-72224-3.
- Denton, Donald L., Jr. (2004). Historiography and Hermeneutics in Jesus Studies: An Examination of the Work of John Dominic Crossan and Ben F. Meyer. London: T&T Clark. ISBN 978-0-567-08203-9.
- Hadidian, Dikran Y. (1995). "In Memoriam: A Personal Tribute: Ben F. Meyer (1927–1995)". Ex Auditu. 11: iii–iv. ISSN 0883-0053.
- "Professor Emeritus Ben Meyer". Ex Auditu. 11. 1995. ISSN 0883-0053.
- Westerholm, Stephen (1995). "Passages: Benjamin Franklin Meyer". Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses. 24 (4): 491–493. doi:10.1177/000842989502400407. ISSN 2042-0587.