William John Lyons (born 1966,

Sheffield Sheffield is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in South Yorkshire, England, whose name derives from the River Sheaf which runs through it. The city serves as the administrative centre of the City of Sheffield. It is Historic counties o ...

), aka John Lyons, is a reader in religion and history in the Department of History (historical studies) at the

University of Bristol , mottoeng = earningpromotes one's innate power (from Horace, ''Ode 4.4'') , established = 1595 – Merchant Venturers School1876 – University College, Bristol1909 – received royal charter , type ...

. He holds a BA in biblical studies (1994), an MA in biblical studies (1995), and a PhD in biblical studies (1999), all from the

University of Sheffield , mottoeng = To discover the causes of things , established = – University of SheffieldPredecessor institutions: – Sheffield Medical School – Firth College – Sheffield Technical School – University College of Sheffield , type = Pu ...

. He was appointed lecturer in New Testament studies at the University of Bristol in 2001 and then senior lecturer in biblical Interpretation in 2007. His main area of research is the reception history of the

Bible The Bible (from Koine Greek , , 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures that are held to be sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, and many other religions. The Bible is an anthologya compilation of texts of a ...

. His publications include ''Canon and Exegesis: The Canonical Approach and the Sodom Narrative'' (Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2002); ''New Directions in Qumran Studies: Proceedings from the Bristol Colloquium on the

Dead Sea Scrolls The Dead Sea Scrolls (also the Qumran Caves Scrolls) are ancient Jewish and Hebrew religious manuscripts discovered between 1946 and 1956 at the Qumran Caves in what was then Mandatory Palestine, near Ein Feshkha in the West Bank, on the nor ...

, 8–10th September 2003'' (London: Continuum, 2005); co-edited with J.G. Campbell and L.K. Pietersen; and ''The Way the World Ends? The Apocalypse of John in Culture and Ideology'' (Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2009); co-edited with J. Økland. Lyons has published on the reception of the Bible within the life and work of

Johnny Cash John R. Cash (born J. R. Cash; February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American country singer-songwriter. Much of Cash's music contained themes of sorrow, moral tribulation, and redemption, especially in the later stages of his ca ...

, including: the "Cash, Johnny" entry in the ''Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception'' (2009–), "The Apocalypse of John and Its Mediators, or Why Johnny Cash Wrote a Better Apocalypse than John of Patmos!", and "The Apocalypse According to Johnny Cash: Examining the ‘Effect’ of Revelation on a Contemporary Apocalyptic Writer."Lyons, William John, "The Apocalypse According to Johnny Cash: Examining the ‘Effect’ of Revelation on a Contemporary Apocalyptic Writer," in ''The Way the World Ends? The Apocalypse of John in Culture and Ideology'' (W. J. Lyons and

Jorunn Økland Jorunn Økland (born 1964) is a Norwegian gender studies expert and biblical scholar with a background in Classics. She is currently Director at the Norwegian Institute at Athens (from 2016) and Professor of Gender Studies in the Humanities at the U ...

, eds.; Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix, 2009), 95-122.

External links

University of Bristol Staff Page

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lyons, William John 1966 births Living people Academics of the University of Bristol Alumni of the University of Sheffield English Christian theologians