Westar Institute

Institutional Affiliation
Charter Member

Joseph B. Tyson

Institutional Affiliation

Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies

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

Biography

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 was a 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.

Select publications

• 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