Background
Cook, John Granger was born on July 1, 1955 in Miami, Florida, United States. Son of Walter Granger and Janet van de Erve Cook.
(In the early centuries of what came to be called the Chri...)
In the early centuries of what came to be called the Christian era, that new religion competed not only with Judaism but also with various traditional Greco-Roman religious beliefs and practices. "Pagan" intellectuals read the emerging Christian scriptures and responded with critiques that provoked lengthy and repeated rejoinders from contemporary Christian leaders. In some cases, these criticisms anticipated perspectives that re-emerged many centuries later in modern scholarship. John Granger Cook offers the first detailed description of the exegesis of five of the most important ancient pagan critics of the New Testament: Celsus, Porphyry, the anonymous pagan reported by Macarius Magnes, Hierocles, and the emperor Julian.
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Cook, John Granger was born on July 1, 1955 in Miami, Florida, United States. Son of Walter Granger and Janet van de Erve Cook.
Bachelor, Davidson College, 1976. Master of Divinity, Union Theological Seminary, Virginia, 1979. Doctor of Philosophy, Emory University, 1985.
Pastor Reems Creek Presbyterian Parish, Weaverville, North Carolina, 1985—1991. Post doctoral researcher Emory University, Atlanta, 1991—1994. Professor religion and philosophy LaGrange (Georgia) College, since 1994.
(In the early centuries of what came to be called the Chri...)
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Assistant scout master Boy Scouts American, LaGrange, 2000—2002. Member of Society New Testament Studies, Society Biblical Literature, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Barbara Tyler Horton, June 14, 1980. Children: Christopher Lee Horton-Cook, Elisabeth Granger Horton-Cook.