D. Moody Smith served at Duke University Divinity School as the George Washington Ivey Professor of New Testament since 1965 (now Emeritus) and as President of the Society of Biblical Literature in 1999. He is author of six books on the New Testament and many published essays.
D. Moody Smith's Composition and Order of the Fourth Gospel is an
important milestone in American New Testament scholarship. Smith
lays out in a clear and well-organized way the complex theory of
Rudolf Bultmann about the fashioning of the Fourth Gospel, while
also offering a respectful critique of the theory. Bultmann's
hypothesis in turn has stimulated a continuing scholarly dialogue
about the process by which the distinctive literary and conceptual
features of the Gospel were produced. Smith's book remains a
valuable resource for anyone concerned about that process.
--Harold W. Attridge, Sterling Professor of Divinity, Yale
University Divinity School D. Moody Smith's monograph on Bultmann's
literary theory is a landmark publication. It won him international
recognition as one of the leading Johannine experts in the world. .
. . Culpepper's masterful introduction highlights the reasons why
we need Smith's research to again help us focus our search for the
genius of the Fourth Evangelist.
--James H. Charlesworth, George L. Collord Professor of New
Testament Language and Literature, Princeton Theological Seminary
As Bultmann's commentary on John may be considered the most
provocative and influential New Testament monograph of the
twentieth century, Smith's engagement of it poses its most
important analysis. Here, with an outstanding forward by Alan
Culpepper, this pivotal monograph is now available to a new
generation of readers in a timely and accessible paperback form.
Delighted!
--Paul N. Anderson, Professor of Biblical and Quaker Studies,
George Fox University
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