Fernando Segovia

Fernando Segovia
Born1948 (age 75–76)
NationalityCuban-American
Notable work"Love Relationships in the Johannine Tradition: Agape / Agapan in I John and the Fourth Gospel" (1982), "The Farewell of the Word: The Johannine Call to Abide" (1992), "Decolonizing Biblical Studies: A View from the Margins" (2000)
TitleTheologian, Professor, President of the Society of Biblical Literature.
Theological work
LanguageEnglish, Spanish
Tradition or movementLiberation Theology
Main interestsNew Testament, Origins of Christianity

Fernando F. Segovia (born 1948) is a Cuban American biblical scholar, theologian, scriptural critic, and cultural critic. He is the Oberlin Graduate Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at Vanderbilt University Divinity School. In his role as a practitioner of postcolonial biblical criticism, Segovia focuses upon the New Testament and the origins of Christianity.[1] He is well known as a specialist in the Johannine literature and biblical hermeneutics.

  1. ^ "Fernando Segovia". Vanderbilt University Website. Vanderbilt University Divinity School. Retrieved 31 August 2013.