Marcus Borg | |
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Borg speaking in Mansfield College chapel | |
Born | Marcus Joel Borg March 11, 1942 Fergus Falls, Minnesota, US |
Died | January 21, 2015 Powell Butte, Oregon, US | (aged 72)
Spouse | Marianne Wells Borg |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | |
Thesis | Conflict as a Context for Interpreting the Teaching of Jesus[1] (1972) |
Doctoral advisor | G. B. Caird[2] |
Influences | W. D. Davies |
Academic work | |
Discipline | |
Sub-discipline | New Testament studies |
School or tradition | |
Institutions | Oregon State University |
Marcus J. Borg (March 11, 1942 – January 21, 2015) was an American New Testament scholar, theologian and author.[3] He was a fellow of the Jesus Seminar and a former Hundere Distinguished Professor of Religion and Culture at Oregon State University. He was a major figure in scholarship related to the historical Jesus.[4][5] He was born in Fergus Falls, Minnesota.
Borg died at the age of 72 on Wednesday, January 21, 2015 from pulmonary fibrosis in Powell Butte, Oregon.[6]