Ben F. Meyer | |
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| Born | Benjamin Franklin Meyer November 1927 |
| Died | 28 December 1995 (aged 68) Les Verrières, Switzerland |
| Spouse | Denise Meyer[3] |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Gregorian University |
| Influences | Bernard Lonergan[1] |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | |
| Institutions | |
| Notable works | The Aims of Jesus (1979)[1] |
| Influenced | |
Benjamin Franklin Meyer (1927–1995) was a theologian and scholar of religion.[4] Born in November 1927 in Chicago, Illinois,[5] he studied with the Jesuits, his studies taking him to California, Strasbourg, Göttingen, and Rome,[citation needed] where he received his doctorate from the Pontifical Gregorian University in 1965.[6] He taught briefly at Alma College and at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley[citation needed] before joining the faculty at McMaster University in 1969,[7] where he taught in the religious studies department until 1992. Meyer's areas of specialization included the historical Jesus, the early expansion of the Christian movement,[citation needed] and the hermeneutics of Bernard Lonergan.[5] He authored several important monographs over his 30-year career.[citation needed] He died on 28 December 1995 in Les Verrières, Switzerland.[8]
Meyer's works deeply influenced major scholars, such as Bruce Chilton, N. T. Wright, John P. Meier and Ben Witherington III.[9][2]
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