Dale Basil Martin (1954-2023) was an American New Testament scholar and historian of Christianity.
Martin joined the faculty of Yale University in 1999 and retired as the Woolsey Professor of Religious Studies in 2018.[1][additional citation(s) needed] Before Yale, he was a faculty member at Rhodes College and Duke University.
Martin held degrees from Abilene Christian University, Princeton Theological Seminary, and Yale. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2009.[2]
Martin grew up in Texas and attended a fundamentalist church related to the Churches of Christ.[3][4] He was a member of the Episcopal Church.[3] Martin was openly gay.[5]