Dale Martin (scholar)

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Dale Basil Martin (1954-2023) was an American New Testament scholar and historian of Christianity.

Career[edit]

Martin joined the faculty of Yale University in 1999 and retired as the Woolsey Professor of Religious Studies in 2018.[1][additional citation(s) needed] Before Yale, he was a faculty member at Rhodes College and Duke University.

Martin held degrees from Abilene Christian University, Princeton Theological Seminary, and Yale. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2009.[2]

Personal life[edit]

Martin grew up in Texas and attended a fundamentalist church related to the Churches of Christ.[3][4] He was a member of the Episcopal Church.[3] Martin was openly gay.[5]

Bibliography[edit]

  • Slavery as Salvation: The Metaphor of Slavery in Pauline Christianity. Yale University Press, US. 1990. ISBN 978-0300047356.
  • The Corinthian Body. Yale University Press, US. 1995. ISBN 978-0300081725.
  • Inventing Superstition: From the Hippocratics to the Christians. Yale University Press, US. 2004. ISBN 978-0674015340.
  • Sex and the Single Savior: Gender and Sexuality in Biblical Interpretation. Westminster John Knox Press, US. 2006. ISBN 978-0664230463.
  • Pedagogy of the Bible: An Analysis and Proposal. Westminster John Knox Press, US. 2008. ISBN 978-0664233068.
  • New Testament History and Literature. Yale University Press, US. 2012. ISBN 978-0300182194.
  • Biblical Truths: The Meaning of Scripture in the Twenty-first Century. Yale University Press, US. 2017. ISBN 978-0300227918.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Martin, Dale B. 1954–". Contemporary Authors. 2020. Archived from the original on October 18, 2017. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  2. ^ "Dale Martin". Henry Koerner Center for Emeritus Faculty, Yale University. Archived from the original on December 3, 2020. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  3. ^ a b Introduction to the New Testament History and Literature. Yale University. 2011.
  4. ^ "Time Cyclical and Time Linear: Professor Dale Martin".
  5. ^ "Lecture #7. The Gospel of Matthew". YouTube. 2020. Retrieved January 3, 2021.