Luke Timothy Johnson | |
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| Born | November 20, 1943 Park Falls, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Robert W. Woodruff Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins at Candler School of Theology |
| Known for | Theologian, historian, scholar, former priest |
| Spouse | Joy Randazzo (1974–2017; her death) |
| Children | 1 (& 6 stepchildren) |
| Awards | 2011 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Religion |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Notre Dame Seminary Saint Meinrad School of Theology Indiana University Bloomington |
| Alma mater | Yale University (Ph.D.) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | New Testament studies |
| Institutions | Candler School of Theology, Emory University |
| Notable works | The Real Jesus: The Misguided Quest for the Historical Jesus and the Truth of the Traditional Gospels |
Luke Timothy Johnson (born November 20, 1943) is an American Catholic New Testament scholar and historian of early Christianity. He is the Robert W. Woodruff Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins at Candler School of Theology and a Senior Fellow at the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University.
Johnson's research interests encompass the Jewish and Greco-Roman contexts of early Christianity (particularly moral discourse), Luke-Acts, the Pastoral Epistles, and the Epistle of James.