Who was Bentley Layton?

Bentley Layton was an American educator, theologian, and philologist who specialized in Ancient Christianity and Coptic languages. He served as a professor of religious studies and Near Eastern languages and civilizations at Yale University. His academic career spanned decades until his passing in early 2025.

What we know

• Bentley Layton was an American theologian and philologist. [1]
• He lived from August 12, 1941, to March 26, 2025. [2]
• He was a professor of religious studies in Ancient Christianity and professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations for Coptic at Yale University. [2]

Where to go next

• how we knowWhat is the Nag Hammadi Codex II?
• the bigger pictureWhat does the surname Layton mean?
• compared withWho was Henry Layton?
• how it workedWhat is Coptic philology?
• whereWhat courses were taught in Yale's religious studies department?
• an unexpected connectionHow do early Christian Gnostic texts relate to ancient Lancashire place names?Both subjects connect to the broader biographical and linguistic context surrounding Bentley Layton's expert field of Coptic philology and his family surname origin.

Sources

• [1]Bentley Layton (Wikidata Q4890483) · CC0 1.0
• [2]Bentley Layton · CC BY-SA 4.0
• [3]Layton (surname) · CC BY-SA 4.0
• [4]Henry Layton · CC BY-SA 4.0
• [5]Nag Hammadi Codex II · CC BY-SA 4.0