Joseph B. Tyson Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies, Southern Methodist University

Joseph B. Tyson is Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, where he taught from 1958-1998.  The author and editor of a number of books on Luke-Acts, he is an active member of Westar Institute's Acts Seminar and served as chair of the Group on Acts in the Society of Biblical Literature for several years. Tyson is the author of several books including, most recently, Marcion and Luke-Acts published in 2006.  

Books

• Marcion and Luke-Acts: A Defining Struggle (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2006)
• Luke, Judaism, and the Scholars: Critical Approaches to Luke-Acts (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1999).
• Images of Judaism in Luke-Acts (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1992). 
• Editor, with Mikeal Parsons, Cadbury, Knox, and Talbert: Luke-Acts in the Twentieth Century (Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1992).
• Editor, Luke-Acts and the Jewish People: Eight Critical Perspectives (Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 1988).
• The Death of Jesus in Luke-Acts (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1986).
• Editor, with Arthur J. Bellinzoni, Jr., and William O. Walker, Jr., The Two Source Hypothesis: A Critical Appraisal (Macon: Mercer University Press, 1985).
• The New Testament and Early Christianity (New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1984).
• With T. R. W. Longstaff, Synoptic Abstract  (Wooster, OH: Biblical Research Associates, 1978).
• A Study of Early Christianity (New York: Macmillan, 1973).
  

Academic Credentials

• B.A., Duke University
• B D., Duke Divinity School
• S T M., Union Theological Seminary, New York
• Ph D., Union Theological Seminary, New York  

Academic Appointments

• Professor of Religious Studies, 1975-1998
• Associate Professor of Religious Studies, 1965-1974
• Assistant Professor of Religion, 1960-1965
• Instructor of Religion, SMU, 1958-1960  

Professional Service

• Chair, Christian Scholars Group on Christian-Jewish Relations, 2002-2005
• President, Society of Biblical Literature, Southwest Region, 2003-2004
• Program Unit Chairperson, Group on Acts, Society of Biblical Literature, 1986-1990
• President, Southwest Region, American Academy of Religion, 1968-1969
• Chair ad interim, Fall, 1996
• Chair, Department of Religious Studies, 1965-1975; 1986-1993  

Awards and Honors

• Southern Methodist University Scholar/Teacher of the Year, 1996-1997
• John G. Gammie Senior Lectureship Award, 1993-1994.  The award is given annually by the Southwest Commission on Religious Studies and obligates the recipient to present lectures at participating institutions in the U. S. Southwest. 

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