Fernando Segovia | |
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Born | 1948 (age 75–76) |
Nationality | Cuban-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) |
Title | Theologian, Professor, President of the Society of Biblical Literature. |
Theological work | |
Language | English, Spanish |
Tradition or movement | Liberation Theology |
Main interests | New 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.