Dale Martin (scholar)
Dale Basil Martin (July 26, 1954 - November 17, 2023) was an American New Testament scholar and historian of Christianity.
Career
[edit]Martin joined the faculty of Yale University in 1999 and retired as the Woolsey Professor of Religious Studies in 2018.[1][additional citation(s) needed] Before Yale, he was a faculty member at Rhodes College and Duke University.
Martin held degrees from Abilene Christian University, Princeton Theological Seminary, and Yale. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2009.[2]
Personal life
[edit]Martin grew up in Texas and attended a fundamentalist church related to the Churches of Christ.[3][4] He was a member of the Episcopal Church.[3] Martin was openly gay.[5]
Bibliography
[edit]- Slavery as Salvation: The Metaphor of Slavery in Pauline Christianity. Yale University Press, US. 1990. ISBN 978-0300047356.
- The Corinthian Body. Yale University Press, US. 1995. ISBN 978-0300081725.
- Inventing Superstition: From the Hippocratics to the Christians. Yale University Press, US. 2004. ISBN 978-0674015340.
- Sex and the Single Savior: Gender and Sexuality in Biblical Interpretation. Westminster John Knox Press, US. 2006. ISBN 978-0664230463.
- Pedagogy of the Bible: An Analysis and Proposal. Westminster John Knox Press, US. 2008. ISBN 978-0664233068.
- New Testament History and Literature. Yale University Press, US. 2012. ISBN 978-0300182194.
- Biblical Truths: The Meaning of Scripture in the Twenty-first Century. Yale University Press, US. 2017. ISBN 978-0300227918.
References
[edit]- ^ "Martin, Dale B. 1954–". Contemporary Authors. 2020. Archived from the original on October 18, 2017. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
- ^ "Dale Martin". Henry Koerner Center for Emeritus Faculty, Yale University. Archived from the original on December 3, 2020. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
- ^ a b Introduction to the New Testament History and Literature. Yale University. 2011.
- ^ "Time Cyclical and Time Linear: Professor Dale Martin".
- ^ Grosserode, Sophie (February 17, 2017). "Religion scholar defines sexual immorality, discusses ancient world and modern concepts". Tennessee Journalist. Retrieved July 8, 2024.