David Kaylor
New Testament scholar
Robert David Kaylor (October 1, 1933 – April 20, 2022) was an American New Testament scholar who was James Sprunt Professor of Religion at Davidson College. Born in New Market, Alabama, he obtained his PhD at Duke University. Kaylor died on April 20, 2022, at the age of 88.
In his book, Jesus the Prophet: His Vision of the Kingdom on Earth, Kaylor argues that Jesus was a social and political reformer who was driven by a desire to return a supposed pre-monarchical egalitarianism.
Works
Thesis
Kaylor, R. David (1964). The Ascension Motif in Luke-Acts, the Epistle to the Hebrews, and the Fourth Gospel (Ph.D.). Duke University. OCLC 12495285.
Books
———; Venkatachari, K. K. A. (1981). God far, God near: an interpretation of the thought of Nammāl̲vār.
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