J. Ramsey Michaels

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J. Ramsey Michaels, Th.D., Harvard (May 1, 1931 – January 18, 2020) was an American theologian who was for many years a professor at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and Southwest Missouri State University. He continued to teach occasionally as an adjunct professor at Bangor Theological Seminary in Portland, Maine, and as a visiting professor at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena.^[1] He is perhaps best known for his commentary on John which is a replacement volume in the New International Commentary on the New Testament series.

Career[]

Michaels published commentaries on Revelation, Hebrews and the Gospel of John. The latter replaced Leon Morris' commentary in the New International Commentary on the New Testament series. Michaels published scholarly articles including "Charles Thomson and the First American New Testament" in the Harvard Theological Review and "A World with Devils Filled: The Hawkes-O'Connor Debate Revisited" in the .^[2]

Dr. Michaels was also part of the translation team for the New Living Translation of the Holy Bible. He worked with Peter Davids of St. Stephen's University, Norman Ericson of Wheaton College, and William Lane of Seattle Pacific University on the translations of the New Testament texts of Hebrews, James, 1 Peter, , and Jude.

Among his last books was^[when?] called Passing by the Dragon: The Biblical Tales of Flannery O'Connor (Wipf & Stock publishers).^[2]

Selected works[]

• Michaels, J. Ramsey. The New Testament Speaks.
• Michaels, J. Ramsey. Servant and Son.
• Michaels, J. Ramsey (1988). 1 Peter. Word Biblical Commentary. 49. Nashville: Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0-8499-0248-2.
• Michaels, J. Ramsey (2010). The Gospel of John. New International Commentary on the New Testament. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans. ISBN 978-0-8028-2302-1.
• Michaels, J. Ramsey. Interpreting the Book of Revelation.
• Michaels, J. Ramsey. Passing by the Dragon.

References[]

External links[]

• J. Ramsey Michaels - Obituary
• J. Ramsey Michaels - Tributes
• J. Ramsey Michaels - In Memoriam
• J. Ramsey Michaels - Interview

(1931-05-01)May 1, 1931 January 18, 2020(2020-01-18) (aged 88)