Luke Timothy Johnson is Robert W. Woodruff Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins in the Candler School of Theology at Emory University. His research interests include Greco-Roman contexts of early Christianity (particularly moral discourse), Luke-Acts, the Pastoral Letters, and the Letters of James. Professor Johnson is the author of 19 books, including The Writings of the New Testament: An Interpretation; A Commentary on the Gospel of Luke; Reading Romans: A Literary and Theological Commentary;and Living Jesus: Learning the Heart of the Gospels. In addition, he has written numerous articles and book reviews.
Professor Johnson received a B.A. from Notre Dame Seminary, an M.A. from Indiana University, an M.Div. from Saint Meinrad School of Theology, and a Ph.D. from Yale University.
Literary Works include:
The Creed: What Christians Believe and Why It Matters (2005)
Brother of Jesus: Friend of God(2004)
Living Jesus: Learning the Heart of the Gospel (1999)
Religious Experience in Earliest Christianity: A Missing
Dimension in New Testament Studies (1998)
Reading Romans: A Literary and Theological Commentary (1997)
The Real Jesus: The Misguided Quest for the Historical Jesus and the Truth of theTraditional Gospels (1996)
The Writings of the New Testament (1986, 2nd ed. 1998)
Luke-Acts: A Story of Prophet and People (1982)
Some Hard Blessings: Meditations on the Beatitudes in Matthew (1981)
Further information about Professor Johnson’s publications is available on his web page at:
http://www.candler.emory.edu/about/faculty/johnson.cfm
