The Library of Congress > LCCN Permalink

View this record in:  MARCXML | LC Authorities & Vocabularies | VIAF (Virtual International Authority File)External Link

Farmer, William R. (William Reuben), 1921-2000

LC control no.n 50009206
Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingFarmer, William R. (William Reuben), 1921-2000
    Browse this term in  LC Authorities  or the  LC Catalog
Variant(s)Farmer, William Reuben
Farmer, W. R. (William Reuben), 1921-2000
Associated countryUnited States
Associated placeDallas (Tex.) Irving (Tex.)
Birth date1921-02-01
Death date2000-12-31
Place of deathDallas (Tex.)
Field of activityBible. New Testament
AffiliationPerkins School of Theology
Southern Methodist University
University of Dallas
United Methodist Church (U.S.)
Profession or occupationNew Testament scholars
Clergy
Found inMaccabees, Zealots, and Josephus, 1956: title page (W.R. Farmer)
Jesus and the Gospel, 1982: title page (William R. Farmer)
Farmer, William R. The formation of the New Testament canon, 1983: title page (William R. Farmer & Denis M. Farkasfalvy) back cover (born 1921)
Peter and Paul in the church of Rome, 1989: CIP title page (William R. Farmer) data sheet (born February 1, 1921)
The interrelations of the Gospels, 1990: title page (W.R. Farmer)
Jesus and the suffering servant, 2009: title page (William R. Farmer)
English Wikipedia, viewed November 8, 2022 (William R. Farmer; William Reuben Farmer; born 1921; died December 31, 2000, in Dallas, Texas; American New Testament scholar, professor of theology at Southern Methodist University and advocate of ecumenism; ordained minister of the United Methodist Church; in 1990, at the age of 67, he also joined the Roman Catholic Church as a lay member; he attempted to stay in both churches at once as a nod toward ecumenism, but was unable; the Methodist Judicial Council ruled that joining another denomination automatically terminates United Methodist Church membership; in retirement, he pursued several projects at the University of Dallas, a Catholic university in Irving, Texas; research interest: the synoptic problem)
Associated languageeng