Профессор на пенсии Дюкского университета. Специалист в области изучения истории христианства в период позднего средневековья и раннего модерна. Особый интерес вызывает изучение истории исследования Библии в Европе в 1350-1600 гг.

Получил бакалаврские степени в Wheaton College и Drew University.

Защитил докторскую диссертацию (PhD) в Гарвардском университете. 

Избранная библиография

Книги

Misericordia Dei: The Theology of Johannes von Staupitz in its Late Medieval Setting. Studies in Medieval and Reformation Thought IV. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1968.
Reformers in the Wings. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1971.
Paperback edition: Grand Rapids: Baker, 1981.
Luther and Staupitz: An Essay in the Intellectual Origins of the Protestant Reformation. Duke University Monographs in Medieval and Renaissance Studies 4. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1980.
Luther in Context. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1986. Hardbound and paperback editions. New paperback edition, Baker, 1995.
Revised and expanded second edition, Baker, 2002.
Memory and Mission: Theological Reflections on the Christian Past. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1988.
Editor, The Bible in the Sixteenth Century, Duke University Monographs in Medieval and Renaissance Studies 11, Durham and London: Duke University Press, 1990. Paperback edition, 1996.
Calvin in Context. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. Hardbound and paperback editions. Second revised and expanded edition, Oxford, 2010.
Senior Editor, Theology, Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation, 4 vols.. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.
Editor, Die Patristik in der Bibelexegese des 16. Jahrhunderts. Wolfenbütteler Forschungen 85. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1999.
Reformers in the Wings: From Geiler von Kaysersberg to Theodore Beza, Second revised edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. Hardbound and paperback editions.
Co-editor with David Bagchi, The Cambridge Companion to Reformation Theology, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. Hardbound and paperback editions. Taking the Long View. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011.

Статьи

“The Nature of Ordination in the Light of Tradition,” Lancaster Theological Seminary Bulletin 3 (1969): 8-19.
“The Making of a Theologian,” Lancaster Theological Seminary Bulletin 4 (1969): 11-20.
“Scholasticism and Radical Reform: Nominalist Motifs in the Theology of Balthasar Hubmaier,” Mennonite Quarterly Review 45 (1971): 123-144.
“Libertas Christiana: Studies in the Theology of John Pupper of Goch (d. 1475),” Harvard Theological Review 65 (1972): 191-230.
“Luther and the Late Medieval Augustinians: Another Look,” Concordia Theological Monthly 44 (1973): 245-260.
“Woe to me if I do not preach the Gospel!” Duke Divinity School Review 39 (1974): 1-9.
“Protestantism” and other entries in The New International Dictionary of the Christian Church, ed. J.D. Douglas. Exeter: Paternoster Press and Grand Rapids: Zondervan Press, 1975.
“Asbury's Doctrine of the Ministry,” Duke Divinity School Review 40 (1975): 10-17.
“Ordination and the Theology of the Cross,” Duke Divinity School Review 41 (1976): 36-40.
“The Necessity of the Past,” Theology Today 33 (July, 1976): 168-76.
“Theological Reflections on the Reformation and the Status of Women,” Duke Divinity School Review 41 (1976): 197-207.
“Luther ausserhalb des Luthertums: Reformierte Sicht,” Concilium 12 (October, 1976): 505-508. Also in French, Dutch, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese editions.
“Late Medieval Nominalism and the Clerk's Tale,” Chaucer Review 12 (1977): 38-54.
“Theology and Exegesis: Ten Theses” and “Discussion Agenda for the Session on Theology and Exegesis” in Histoire de l'éxegèse au XVIe siècle. Etudes de philologie et d'histoire 34. Geneva: Librairie Droz, 1978, pp. 383-384.
“Reformation and Conversion,” Theology Today 35 (April, 1978): 25-32.
“The Baptism of John and the Baptism of Jesus in Huldrych Zwingli, Balthasar Hubmaier and Late Medieval Theology,” in Continuity and Discontinuity in Church History. Festschrift for George H. Williams, eds. F.F. Church and T. George. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1979, pp. 169-81.
“Hermeneutic and Old Testament Interpretation in Staupitz and the Young Martin Luther,” Archiv für Reformationsgeschichte 70 (1979): 24-58.
“The Nature of Luther's Reform,” Duke Divinity School Review 44 (1979): 3-13.
“Exposition of Matthew 25:14-30,” Interpretation 34 (1980): 172-176.
“The Superiority of Pre-Critical Exegesis,” Theology Today 37 (April, 1980): 27-38.
“Religious Ecstasy in Staupitz and the Young Luther,” Sixteenth Century Journal 11 (1980): 23-37.
“John Calvin on Isaiah 6: A Problem in the History of Exegesis,” Interpretation 36 (April, 1982): 156-170.
“The Theology of Calvin and Calvinism,” in Reformation Europe: A Guide to Research, ed. Steven E. Ozment. St. Louis: Center for Reformation Research, 1982, pp. 211-232.
“The Protestant Minister and the Teaching Office of the Church,” Theological Education (Spring, 1983): 45-59.
“Jean Gerson” and “Devotio Moderna” in the Dictionary of Christian Spirituality, ed. Gordon S. Wakefield. London: SCM Press and Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1983.
“Scripture and the Lord's Supper in Luther's Theology,” Interpretation 37 (July, 1983): 253-265.
“Luther und Hubmaier im Streit um die Freiheit des menschlichen Willens,” Evangelische Theologie 43 (November/Dezember, 1983): 512-526.
“Abraham and the Reformation: The Controversy over Pauline Interpretation in the Early Sixteenth Century,” in G.M. Masters, ed., Medieval and Renaissance Studies 10. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1984, pp. 94-114.
“Luther and Calvin on Church and Tradition,” Michigan Germanic Studies 10.1-2 (Spring/Fall 1984): 98-111.
“The Superiority of Pre-Critical Exegesis,” Ex Auditu 1 (1985): 74-82.
“Luther and the Ascent of Jacob's Ladder,” Church History 55 (June, 1986): 179-192.
“Theology and Exegesis: Ten Theses” and “The Superiority of Pre-Critical Exegesis” in A Guide to Contemporary Hermeneutics: Major Trends in Biblical Interpretation, edited by Donald K. McKim. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1986, pp. 27, 65-77.
“Calvin and Melanchthon on Romans 13:1-7,” Ex Auditu 2 (1986): 74-81.
“Calvin and the Absolute Power of God,” Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies 18.1 (Spring, 1988): 65-79.
“Calvin and Abraham: The Interpretation of Romans 4 in the Sixteenth Century,” Church History 57 (1988): 443-455.
“The Reformation and the Ten Commandments,” Interpretation 43.3 (July, 1989): 256-266.
“Calvin and the Patristic Exegesis of Paul,” in The Bible in the Sixteenth Century. Duke Monographs in Medieval and Renaissance Studies 11. Durham and London: Duke University Press, 1990, pp. 100-118.
“Calvin and his Lutheran Critics,” Lutheran Quarterly, Vol. 4.2 (Summer, 1990): 179-194.
“Calvin and the Divided Self of Romans 7,” in Augustine, the Harvest, and Theology (1300-1650): Essays Dedicated to Heiko Augustinus Oberman in Honor of his Sixtieth Birthday, edited by Kenneth Hagen. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1990, pp. 300-313.
“Calvin and the Natural Knowledge of God,” in Via Augustini: Augustine in the Later Middle Ages, Renaissance and Reformation, Essays in Honor of Damasus Trapp, OSA, edited by Heiko A. Oberman and Frank A. James III. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1991, pp. 142-156.
“Calvin among the Thomists,” in Biblical Hermeneutics in Historical Perspective, edited by M.S. Burrows and P. Rorem. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1991, pp. 198-214.
“Calvin and the Monastic Ideal,” in Anticlericalism in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe, edited by Peter A. Dykema and Heiko A. Oberman. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1992, pp. 605-616.
“Luther and Loyola,” in Ignacio de Loyola y su Tiempo (Bilbao: Universidad de Deusto, 1992), pp. 791-800. Interpretation 47.1 (January 1993): 5-13.
“Luther and Tamar,” Lutheran Theological Seminary Bulletin 73.1 (Winter 1993): 3-15.
“Teológia és Egzegésis, Tíz Tézis,” and “A Prekritikai Írásmagyarázat Elsödlegessé,” in Paradigmaváltások a Biblia Értelmezésében, ed. Tibor Fabiny (Budapest, 1994), pp. 5-20.
“Luther és Támár,” Protestáns Szemle 56 (Budapest, 1994/2): 81-89.
“Der intellektuelle Reiz der Reformation,” in Rechtfertigung und Erfahrung, eds. M. Beintker, E. Maurer, H. Stoevesandt, and H. Ulrich (Gütersloh: Christian Kaiser/Güterloher Verlagshaus, 1995), pp. 43-58.
“Staupitz, Johann von," in the Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation, Vol. 4 (New York: Oxford University Press, 1996), pp. 109-111.
“Calvin and the Irrepressible Spirit,” Ex Auditu 12 (1996): 94-107.
“Divided by a Common Past: The Reshaping of the Christian Exegetical Tradition in the Sixteenth Century,” Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies 27:2 (Spring 1997): 245-264.
“Calvin as an Interpreter of Genesis,” in Calvinus Sincerioris Religionis Vindex: Calvin as the Protector of the Purer Religion, Sixteenth Century Essays & Studies 36, eds. Wilhelm H. Neuser and Brian G. Armstrong (Kirksville, Missouri: Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, 1997), pp. 53-66.
“Foreword,” to Gerhard Sauter, Eschatological Rationality: Theological Issues in Focus (Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1997), pp. 9-11.
“Luther und Calvin am Jabbokufer,” Evangelische Theologie 57 (6-97): 522-536.
“The Judaizing Calvin,” in Die Patristik in der Bibelexegese des 16. Jahrhunderts. Wolfenbütteler Forschungen 85. Wiesbaden, Otto Harrassowitz. 1999, pp. 135-145.
“Martin Luther,” Dictionary of Biblical Interpretation, K-Z, edited by John H. Hayes. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1999, pp. 96-98.
“The Scholastic Calvin” in Protestant Scholasticism: Essays in Reassessment, edited by Carl R. Trueman and R. Scott Clark (Carlisle, Cumbria, UK: Paternoster Press, 1999), pp. 16-30.
“The Re-evaluation of the Patristic Exegetical Tradition in the Sixteenth Century,” in Kimberly Van Kampen and Paul Saenger, eds., The Bible as Book: The First Printed Editions (London: London: The British Library, 1999).
“Luther and Staupitz: The Unresolved Problem of the Forerunner,” in Ad fontes Lutheri: Toward the Recovery of the Real Luther. Essays in Honor of Kenneth Hagen's Sixty-Fifth Birthday. Eds. Timothy Maschke, Franz Posset, and Joan Skocir. Marquette University Press (Milwaukee, WI, 2001).
“The Intellectual World of the Sixteenth Century,” in Athina Lexutt and Wolfgang Matz, eds., Relationen – Studien zum Übergang vom Spätmittelalter zur Reformation (Münster: Lit Verlag, 2000), pp 19-29.
“The Intellectual Appeal of the Reformation,” Theology Today (January, 2001): 439-472.
“Luther and Formation in Faith,” in Educating People of Faith, ed. John Van Engen (Grand Rapids and Cambridge: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2004), pp. 253-269.
“Uncovering a Second Narrative: Detective Fiction and the Construction of Historical Method,” in The Art of Reading Scripture, ed. Ellen F. Davis and Richard B. Hays (Grand Rapids and Cambridge: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2004), pp. 54-65.
“Preface” to Harvesting Martin Luther’s Reflections on Theology, Ethics, and the Church, ed. Timothy J. Wengert (Grand Rapids and Cambridge: W. B. Eerdmans, 2004), pp. ix-xi.
“The Catholic Luther: A Critical Reappraisal,” Theology Today 61:2 (July 2004), 187-201.“Luther and the Blessing of Judah,” Lutherjahrbuch 71 (2004): 159-78.
“John Calvin as an Interpreter of the Bible,” for The Cambridge Companion to Calvin and the Bible, ed. Donald K McKim. Cambridge University Press, 2005.
“Heiko Oberman and John Calvin,” The Calvin Theological Review (2007)
“John Calvin as an Interpreter of Scripture among the Ancient Philosophers,” Interpretation and Evangelische Theologie (2009).
“Calvin and the Jews: An Essay in Political Theology,” Journal of Political Theology (2009).