John P. Meier

John Paul Meier (August 8, 1942 – October 18, 2022) was an American biblical scholar and Roman Catholic priest. He was author of the series ''A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus'' (5 v.), six other books, and more than 70 articles for peer-reviewed or solicited journals or books.

Meier was widely regarded as one of the leading scholars of the historical Jesus and early Christianity during his life. His book ''Antioch and Rome: New Testament Cradles of Catholic Christianity'' (which he co-authored with fellow Catholic scholar Raymond E. Brown) is considered by many scholars a seminal work about early Christianity, while his multi-volume work ''A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus'' is hailed as Meier's ''magnum opus''. Provided by Wikipedia