# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marcus-borg
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:34:55.053Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/marcus-borg"
name: "Marcus Borg"
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description: "Marcus Joel Borg was an American New Testament scholar and theologian. He was among the most widely known and influential voices in Liberal Christianity. Borg was a fellow of the Jesus Seminar and a major figure in historical Jesus scholarship. He retired as Hundere Distinguished Professor of Religion and Culture at Oregon State University in 2007. He died eight years later at the age of 72, of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis at his home in Powell Butte, Oregon."
tagline: "American Bible scholar (1942-2015)"
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birthDate: "1942-03-11"
deathDate: "2015-01-21"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump