Pierson Parker was professor of New Testament at the General Theological Seminary during the 1960s.
Pierson is best known for his work on the origins and priority of the Gospels.
After the revealing of the Secret Mark of Morton Smith, Pierson published a critical response in The New York Times calling the document "an early Christian hoax".
Pierson was also involved in the Today's English Version 1976
Books
1955 The Gospel before Mark University of Chicago Press1957 Inherit the promise: six keys to New Testament thought1958 Christ our hope: six clues to New Testament thoughtArticles
1940 A Proto-Lukan Basis for the Gospel According to the Hebrews, Journal of Biblical Literature 59, (1940), pp. 471-4781941 The Meaning of 'Son of Man,' , Journal of Biblical Literature 60 (1941), pp. 151-57.1956 Two Editions of John Journal of Biblical Literature, 75 (1956), pp. 303-314.1964 In Praise of 1611 Anglican Theological Review 3 (July 1964), pp. 251-601975 The kinship of John and Acts in Jacob Neusner, Morton Smith (eds.), Christianity, Judaism and other Greco-Roman cults1983 The posteriority of Mark in William Reuben Farmer (ed.), New synoptic studies: the Cambridge Gospel Conference and beyondContributions to reference works
"Crucifixion" in Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible
