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Benjamin Wisner Bacon
1860–1932
A Yale scholar and New Testament critic, he wrote widely on the origins of early Christianity and helped bring modern biblical scholarship to a broader audience. His books explored the Gospels, Paul, and the historical setting of the New Testament with energy and confidence.
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The Making of the New Testament
by Benjamin Wisner Bacon
About the author
Ordained in the Congregational tradition, Benjamin Wisner Bacon taught for many years at Yale, where he became one of the best-known American scholars of the New Testament in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He belonged to a generation that approached biblical texts with historical and literary analysis, and his work helped introduce those methods to English-speaking readers.
He wrote extensively on the Gospels, the life of Jesus, Paul, and the formation of early Christian tradition. Among his well-known books are The Story of St. Paul, The Making of the New Testament, and studies of Jesus and the Gospel tradition. His writing often aimed to make complex scholarly debates readable for students and general readers.
Born in 1860 and dying in 1932, Bacon is remembered as a major figure in American biblical criticism. For listeners interested in religion, theology, and the history of biblical interpretation, his work offers a window into a period when modern scholarship was reshaping how many readers understood the New Testament.