John P. Meier
The Reverend Dr. John Paul Meier | |
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| Church | Honorary Prelate of the Papal Household by Pope John Paul II in 1994 |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1967 in Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 8, 1942 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | October 18, 2022 (aged 80) South Bend, Indiana, U.S. |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic, Latin Church |
| Residence | University of Notre Dame, Indiana, U.S. |
| Occupation | Priest, Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame, Biblical Studies, author of A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus (5 vols.) |
| Alma mater | St. Joseph's Seminary and College (B.A.) Pontifical Gregorian University (S.T.L.) Pontifical Biblical Institute (S.S.D.) |
John Paul Meier (August 8, 1942 – October 18, 2022) was an American biblical scholar and Roman Catholic priest. He was author of the series A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus (5 v.), six other books, and more than 70 articles for peer-reviewed or solicited journals or books.
Meier was widely regarded as one of the leading scholars of the historical Jesus and early Christianity during his life. His book Antioch and Rome: New Testament Cradles of Catholic Christianity (which he co-authored with fellow Catholic scholar Raymond E. Brown) is considered by many scholars a seminal work about early Christianity, while his multi-volume work A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus is hailed as Meier's magnum opus.