Burton Hamiliton Throckmorton Jr. (1921 in Elizabeth, New Jersey – 2009 in Bangor, Maine) was an American New Testament scholar.
Burton H. Throckmorton Jr. was born to a family of five in Elizabeth, New Jersey on February 21, 1921.
[3] Throckmorton earned a Bachelor of Art degree from the University of Virginia in 1943.
He later earned a bachelor of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary in 1945 and a doctorate of philosophy from Columbia University in 1952.
[3] Following the publications of his works in the 1980s and 1990s, Throckmorton appeared on various radio programs in addition to "CBS This Morning" and "The Phil Donahue Show.