Michael J. Gorman Explained

Michael J. Gorman
Birth Date:3 November 1955
Nationality:American
Thesis Title:The Self, the Lord, and the Other[1]
Thesis Year:1989
Academic Advisors:Bruce M. Metzger[2]
Workplaces:St. Mary's Seminary and University

Michael J. Gorman (born 1955) is an American New Testament scholar. He is the Raymond E. Brown Professor of Biblical Studies and Theology at St. Mary's Seminary and University, where he has taught since 1991.[3] From 1995 to 2012 he was dean of St. Mary's Ecumenical Institute.

Gorman specializes especially in the letters, theology, and spirituality of the Apostle Paul. He is associated with the "participationist perspective" on Paul's theology. His additional specialties are the book of Revelation, theological and missional interpretation of Scripture, the gospel of John, and early Christian ethics. Gorman was born and raised in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, graduating from Glen Burnie High School in Glen Burnie, Maryland. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree summa cum laude in French from Gordon College in Wenham, Massachusetts. He received the Master of Divinity and Doctor of Philosophy cum laude in New Testament from Princeton Theological Seminary, where he was also a teaching fellow in New Testament and an instructor in New Testament Greek. He has also been a visiting professor at Duke Divinity School, Regent College, Carey Baptist College (New Zealand), Wesley Theological Seminary, and two theological schools in Africa. Gorman has led several study trips to Greece/Turkey/Rome and to France/Switzerland. A United Methodist, Gorman is an active layperson and a popular teacher at colleges, seminaries, churches, and conferences representing many traditions. His older son, Rev. Dr. Mark Gorman, is a pastor and theologian who is also on the faculty of St. Mary's Ecumenical Institute.[4]

Gorman is the author of twenty books and numerous articles on Biblical interpretation and on ethics.

Selected works

Thesis

Books

On Paul

Other Biblical and Theological Subjects

Chapters

Articles

Notes and References

  1. Gorman . Michael J. . 1989 . The Self, the Lord, and the Other: The Significance of Reflexive Pronoun Constructions in the Letters of Paul, with a Comparison to the Discourses of Epictetus . PhD . Princeton, New Jersey . Princeton Theological Seminary . 81316390.
  2. Web site: An Interview with Dr. Michael J. Gorman . video . Wipf and Stock Publishers . 4:02–4:42 . February 5, 2019 . YouTube.
  3. Web site: Our Faculty and Administration. St. Mary's Seminary and University . August 30, 2023 .
  4. Web site: 'Faculty'. The Ecumenical Institute at St. Mary's Seminary and University . August 30, 2023.

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