Ben F. Meyer

Benjamin Franklin Meyer (1927–1995) was a theologian and scholar of religion. Born in November 1927 in Chicago, Illinois, he studied with the Jesuits, his studies taking him to California, Strasbourg, Göttingen, and Rome, where he received his doctorate from the Pontifical Gregorian University in 1965. He taught briefly at Alma College and at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley before joining the faculty at McMaster University in 1969, where he taught in the religious studies department until 1992. Meyer's areas of specialization included the historical Jesus, the early expansion of the Christian movement, and the hermeneutics of Bernard Lonergan. He authored several important monographs over his 30-year career. He died on 28 December 1995 in Les Verrières, Switzerland.

Ben F. Meyer
Born	Benjamin Franklin Meyer November 1927 Chicago, Illinois, US
Died	28 December 1995(1995-12-28) (aged 68) Les Verrières, Switzerland
Spouse	Denise Meyer
Academic background
Alma mater	Pontifical Gregorian University
Influences	Bernard Lonergan
Academic work
Discipline	Religious studies theology
Institutions	Alma College McMaster University
Notable works	The Aims of Jesus (1979)
Influenced	Bruce Chilton N. T. Wright

Meyer's works deeply influenced major scholars, such as Bruce Chilton, N. T. Wright, John P. Meier and Ben Witherington III.

Works

Thesis

• Meyer, Ben F. (1965). Christ and the Apostolic Community (Thesis). Roma: Pontificia Universitas Gregoriana. OCLC 45132128.

Books

• Meyer, Ben F. (1971). The Church in Three Tenses. Garden City, NY: Doubleday. OCLC 135021.
• ——— (1979). The Aims of Jesus. London: SCM Press. ISBN 978-0-334-00027-3. OCLC 4760225.
• ——— (1986). The Early Christians: their world mission and self-discovery. Good News Studies. Vol. 16. Wilmington, DE: Glazier (Michael) Inc. ISBN 978-0-8146-5542-9. OCLC 13998055.
• ——— (1989). Critical Realism and the New TestamentvPrinceton Theological Monograph Series. Vol. 17. Allison Park, PA: Pickwick Publications. ISBN 978-0-915138-97-5. OCLC 18681445.
• ——— (1992). Christus Faber: the master builder and the house of God. Princeton Theological Monograph Series. Vol. 29. Allison Park, PA: Pickwick Publications. ISBN 978-1-55635-014-6. OCLC 25093369.
• ——— (1994). Five Speeches that Changed the World. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press. ISBN 978-0-8146-2282-7. OCLC 29465963.
• ——— (1994). Reality and Illusion in New Testament Scholarship: a primer in critical realist hermeneutics. Collegeville, MI: Glazier/Liturgical. ISBN 978-0-8146-5771-3. OCLC 31610448.

Edited by

• ———, ed. (1993). One Loaf, One Cup: Ecumenical Studies of 1 Cor 11 and Other Eucharistic Texts. New Gospel Studies. Vol. 6. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press. ISBN 978-0-86554-398-0. OCLC 24380520.

See also

• John Dominic Crossan

References

Works cited

• Chilton, Bruce (2008). "Meyer, Ben F.". In Evans, Craig A. (ed.). Encyclopedia of the Historical Jesus. New York: Routledge (published 2014). pp. 411–412. ISBN 978-1-317-72224-3.
• Denton, Donald L. Jr. (2004). Historiography and Hermeneutics in Jesus Studies: An Examination of the Work of John Dominic Crossan and Ben F. Meyer. London: T&T Clark. ISBN 978-0-567-08203-9.
• Hadidian, Dikran Y. (1995). "In Memoriam: A Personal Tribute: Ben F. Meyer (1927–1995)". Ex Auditu. 11: iii–iv. ISSN 0883-0053.
• "Professor Emeritus Ben Meyer". Ex Auditu. 11. 1995. ISSN 0883-0053.
• Westerholm, Stephen (1995). "Passages: Benjamin Franklin Meyer". Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses. 24 (4): 491–493. doi:10.1177/000842989502400407. ISSN 2042-0587. S2CID 220899449.

External links

• "Ben F. Meyer fonds - Search Research Collections". McMaster University Library. William Ready Division of Archives and Research Collections. Retrieved 17 July 2019.