Professor
Wayne A. Meeks
(
–
)
1932
2023
Yale University
;
New Haven, CT
Religion scholar; Educator
Area
Humanities and Arts
Specialty
Religious Studies
Elected
2004
Meeks was the Woolsey Professor of Biblical Studies Emeritus. He was an influential scholar in New Testament studies and helped shape the field with work on the social origins of early Christianity and early Christian literature. He was the author of The Origins of Christian Morality and The First Urban Christians.
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