Oskar Skarsaune (born 2 July 1946, in Trondheim)[1][2] is professor emiriti of church history at MF Norwegian School of Theology in Oslo.
A Study in Justin Martyr's Proof-Text Tradition: Text-Type, Provenance, Theological Profile is frequently cited.
[4][5] His study calls for a revision in views of accounts of Justin's conversion.
[6][7][8][9] Skarsaune is also editor of and contributor to The History of Jewish Believers in Jesus from Antiquity to the Present, which includes his study of the Ebionites – whom Skarsaune argued made a central claim of the parentage of Joseph, and against the virgin birth of Jesus.
[10] Skarsaune has close ties to the Messianic Jewish community in Israel and invited their contribution to the project.