J. Louis Martyn
James Louis Martyn (October 11, 1925 – June 4, 2015) was an American New Testament scholar. He taught for nearly three decades at Union Theological Seminary in New York City, where he held the Edward Robinson Professorship of Biblical Theology from 1967 until his retirement in 1987. Martyn's work reshaped Johannine studies with his two-level reading of the Fourth Gospel and his argument about the aposynagōgos passages. He was also a leading interpreter of Paul, noted for a robust apocalyptic reading that culminated in his Anchor Bible commentary on Galatians and in Theological Issues in the Letters of Paul.
J. Louis Martyn | |
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J. Louis Martyn c. 1980, Rye Brook, NY. Photo taken by Fleming Rutledge | |
| Born | James Louis Martyn October 11, 1925 Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | June 4, 2015 (aged 89) Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Known for | History and Theology in the Fourth Gospel Galatians (Anchor Bible) apocalyptic reading of Paul |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Texas A&M University Andover Newton Theological School Yale University |
| Thesis | The Salvation-History Perspective in the Fourth Gospel (1957) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Biblical studies |
| Sub-discipline | New Testament studies |
| Institutions | Wellesley College; Union Theological Seminary, New York City |