J. Ramsey Michaels

J. Ramsey Michaels, Th.D., Harvard (May 1, 1931 – January 18, 2020) was an American theologian who was for many years a professor at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and Southwest Missouri State University.

He graduated from Princeton University with a baccalaureate degree, Grace Theological Seminary with a bachelor of divinity (B.D.)

[2][3][4] After teaching at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary for 25 years, the faculty senate issued a report criticizing Michaels' view of inerrancy based on his book Servant and Son.

After being informed by the president at the time, Robert E. Cooley, that he was about to be fired, Michaels resigned in the spring of 1983.

Michaels published scholarly articles including "Charles Thomson and the First American New Testament" in the Harvard Theological Review and "A World with Devils Filled: The Hawkes-O'Connor Debate Revisited" in the Flannery O'Connor Review.