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Luke Timothy Johnson
Emory University
Ph.D., Yale University
 

Luke Timothy Johnson is the Robert W. Woodruff Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins at Emory University's Candler School of Theology in Atlanta, Georgia.

Professor Johnson earned his B.A. in Philosophy from Notre Dame Seminary in New Orleans, a Master of Divinity in Theology from Saint Meinrad School of Theology, an M.A. in Religious Studies from Indiana University, and his Ph.D. in New Testament Studies from Yale University.

A former Benedictine monk, Professor Johnson has taught at Yale Divinity School and Indiana University. He is the author of more than 20 books, including The Real Jesus: The Misguided Quest for the Historical Jesus and the Truth of the Traditional Gospels, and The Writings of the New Testament: An Interpretation, which is used widely as a textbook. He has also published several hundred articles and reviews.

At Indiana University, he received the President's Award for Distinguished Teaching, was elected a member of the Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching, and won the Brown Derby and Student Choice awards for teaching. At Emory University, he has twice received the On Eagle's Wings Excellence in Teaching Award.

 
Courses by this professor:

Apostle Paul  
By Professor Luke Timothy Johnson, Emory University
Historian and Professor Luke Timothy Johnson offers a fresh and historically grounded assessment of the life and letters of Christianity's "apostle to the Gentiles" in The Apostle Paul. This illuminating course addresses many questions concerning Paul's embattled life and work. Is Paul the inventor of Christianity or part of a larger movement? Why does he focus on the moral character of the community? How do his supporters and detractors depict him? You can find the answers to these and other questions in this piercing look at what Professor Johnson calls "one of the most fascinating, important, and controversial figures in the religious history of the West."
Biblical Wisdom Literature & Jesus and the Gospels (Set)  
By Professor Luke Timothy Johnson, Emory University
Discover two fresh perspectives on the Bible in this illuminating course set taught by two renowned religious scholars. In Biblical Wisdom Literature, venture deep inside the book of Proverbs, the book of Job, the Song of Songs, and other enlightening spiritual teachings that have inspired the world. Then, in Jesus and the Gospels, shape a single picture of Jesus from the various accounts of his life provided by these four New Testament books.
Early Christianity: The Experience of the Divine  
By Professor Luke Timothy Johnson, Emory University
What accounts for Christianity’s continuing success in what some would characterize as a "post-Christian" world? By looking at Christianity’s early history, Professor Luke Timothy Johnson sheds light on the religion’s enduring source of inspiration.
Exploring the Roots of Religion & Great World Religions, 2nd Edition (Set)  
By Professor Luke Timothy Johnson, Emory University
Travel to the ancient and spiritual heart of the religious experience. In Exploring the Roots of Religion, learn how sacred buildings, complexes, tomb structures, artwork, and more have provided us with unparalleled knowledge about early spiritual practices and beliefs from around the world. Great World Religions, 2nd Edition gives you an insider's look at the world's five major faiths—Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism—by exploring the issues most meaningful to their adherents.
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$475 		Great World Religions, 2nd Edition: All 5 Religions (Set)  
By Professor Luke Timothy Johnson, Emory University
Join five top college professors in this all-new version of Great World Religions, an authoritative, informative, and up-to-date survey of the history and nature of the world's five major faiths: Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, and Buddhism. How are these religions alike? How are they dissimilar? What issues are most meaningful to each religion's adherents? This 60-lecture tour does more than just enhance your knowledge of these major faiths; it enables you to view religion in its totality as a unified, integrated human activity.
Great World Religions: Christianity  
By Professor Luke Timothy Johnson, Emory University
The lectures of Great World Religions: Christianity provide you with a clear survey of the most important elements of a vital religious tradition that has become the world's largest faith. In award-winning Professor Luke Timothy Johnson's course, consider fundamental issues including Christianity's birth and expansion across the Mediterranean world, the development of its core doctrine, its deep connections to Western culture, and more. Each one of these 12 lectures is filled with insights that will enhance your understanding of the history and nature of a great world religion.
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$275 		Jesus and the Gospels  
By Professor Luke Timothy Johnson, Emory University
Who was Jesus? Is it possible to shape a single picture from the various accounts of his life? Jesus and the Gospels examines the canonical Gospels of Mark, Matthew, Luke, and John familiar to us from the New Testament, as well as the many other, apocryphal narratives and literary works that have contributed to our perceptions of Jesus, Mary, and Christianity. Award-winning Professor Luke Timothy Johnson designed his course to examine the Gospels as literary productions. The lectures seek to encounter not the Jesus behind those compositions, but the Jesus found within them.
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$480 		Jesus and the Gospels & Old Testament (Set)  
By Professor Luke Timothy Johnson, Emory University
Is it possible to shape a single picture of Jesus from the accounts of his life given us by the Gospels? Explore this illuminating question and others in Jesus and the Gospels. Then, shed new light on the various meanings of the Hebrew Bible in Old Testament.
Mystical Tradition: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam  
By Professor Luke Timothy Johnson, Emory University
While mysticism is often associated with Eastern religions, the three Abrahamic faiths of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam each have their own rich mystical traditions. With expert religious scholar Professor Luke Timothy Johnson as your guide, learn how mysticism forms a crucial—yet often overlooked—part of these three faiths. In 36 lectures, you investigate each monotheistic religion's wealth of spiritual teachers, practices, and literatures. Bringing together a range of academic disciplines, Mystical Tradition: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam is an insightful examination of Western spirituality that offers you a greater understanding of this unique aspect of religious tradition.
Mystical Tradition: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam & Comparative Religion (Set)  
By Professor Luke Timothy Johnson, Emory University
Take two unique approaches to the study of the world's great faiths with two insightful religious scholars and professors. In Mystical Traditions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, examine the mystical teachers, practices, and literatures of these three monotheistic faiths. Then, in Comparative Religion, take an in-depth look at how five great faiths address core issues in parallel and different ways.
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$570 		Mystical Tradition: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam & Jesus and the Gospels (Set)  
By Professor Luke Timothy Johnson, Emory University
Join award-winning Professor Luke Timothy Johnson as he guides you through two intriguing corners of religious scholarship. Start with Mystical Traditions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, an insightful examination of Western spirituality that offers you a greater understanding of a unique aspect of religious tradition. Then follow Professor Johnson as he explores the various narrative depictions of Jesus that have contributed to our understanding of him in Jesus and the Gospels.
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$480 		Mystical Tradition: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam & The Story of the Bible (Set)  
By Professor Luke Timothy Johnson, Emory University
Join expert religious scholar and award-winning Professor Luke Timothy Johnson as he explores two intriguing corners of religious history. Learn how mysticism forms a crucial—yet often overlooked—part of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam in Mystical Tradition: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In The Story of the Bible, Professor Johnson illuminates the remarkable and complicated process by which this great religious text came into being.
Practical Philosophy: The Greco-Roman Moralists  
By Professor Luke Timothy Johnson, Emory University
Imagine a course that teaches you not only how to think like the great philsophers, but how to live. Greeks and Romans of the early imperial period are often overlooked in the annals of philosophical study, but provided down-to-earth advice on how to live a solid, happy life. Professor Luke Timothy Johnson returns to The Teaching Company to study these geat thinkers with you.
Story of the Bible  
By Professor Luke Timothy Johnson, Emory University
Is the Bible a divinely inspired message, the work of human authors, or both? Translated and distributed all over the world, it bears the mark of the many cultures that have debated its meaning and prized its wisdom. In this course, Luke Timothy Johnson can illuminate for you the remarkable and complicated process by which this important book came into being.