Larry Hurtado

Larry Hurtado
FRSE
Born
Larry Weir Hurtado

(1943-12-29)December 29, 1943
Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
DiedNovember 25, 2019(2019-11-25) (aged 75)
Edinburgh, Scotland
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisCodex Washingtonianus in the Gospel of Mark (1973)
Doctoral advisorEldon Jay Epp
Academic work
DisciplineBiblical studies
Sub-disciplineNew Testament studies
Institutions
Doctoral studentsMichael J. Kruger[1]
Notable works
  • Lord Jesus Christ: Devotion to Jesus in Earliest Christianity (2003)[2][3]
  • How on Earth Did Jesus Become a God? Historical Questions about Earliest Devotion to Jesus (2005)[4]
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Larry Weir Hurtado FRSE (December 29, 1943 – November 25, 2019), was an American New Testament scholar, historian of early Christianity, and Emeritus Professor of New Testament Language, Literature, and Theology at the University of Edinburgh (1996–2011). He was the head of the School of Divinity from 2007 to 2010, and was until August 2011[5] Director of the Centre for the Study of Christian Origins[6] at the University of Edinburgh.

  1. ^ "About Me". Canon Fodder. Charlotte, North Carolina: Michael J. Kruger. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
  2. ^ Capes, David B.; DeConick, April D.; Bond, Helen K.; Miller, Troy, eds. (2007). Israel's God and Rebecca's Children: Christology and Community in Early Judaism and Christianity; Essays in Honor of Larry W. Hurtado and Alan F. Segal. Waco, Texas: Baylor University Press. pp. xv–xvi. ISBN 978-1-60258-175-3.
  3. ^ "Professor Larry Hurtado (1943–2019)". University of Edinburgh. Edinburgh. December 22, 2019. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
  4. ^ Stenschke, Christoph (April 30, 2009). "Review: How on Earth Did Jesus Become a God? Historical Questions about Earliest Devotion to Jesus. Larry W. Hurtado, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2005. xii + 234, ISBN 978-0-8028-2861-3". Evangelical Quarterly: An International Review of Bible and Theology. 81. Leiden: Brill Publishers: 175–177. doi:10.1163/27725472-08102012. eISSN 2772-5472. ISSN 0014-3367.
  5. ^ "New Director", CSCO Announcement
  6. ^ "Centre for the Study of Christian Origins". Retrieved November 29, 2019.