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

LC control no.	n 50009206
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Farmer, 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 country	United States
Associated place	Dallas (Tex.) Irving (Tex.)
Birth date	1921-02-01
Death date	2000-12-31
Place of death	Dallas (Tex.)
Field of activity	Bible. New Testament
Affiliation	Perkins School of Theology Southern Methodist University University of Dallas United Methodist Church (U.S.)
Profession or occupation	New Testament scholars Clergy
Found in	Maccabees, 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 language	eng