John Paul Meier is a Biblical scholar and Catholic priest. He attended St. Joseph's Seminary and College

St. Joseph's Seminary, Dunwoodie

St. Joseph's Seminary and College, sometimes referred to as Dunwoodie, after the Yonkers, New York neighborhood it is located in, is the major seminary of the Archdiocese of New York. Its primary mission is to form men for the priesthood in the Catholic Church...

 (B.A., 1964), Gregorian University [Rome] (S.T.L, 1968), and the Biblical Institute

Pontifical Biblical Institute

The Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome, Italy is an institution of the Holy See run by the Jesuits that offers instruction at the university level...

 [Rome] (S.S.D., 1976). He is author of the series A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus (4 v.), six other books, and more than 60 scholarly articles.

Meier is professor of New Testament and holder of the William K.