Bruce Chilton
Bruce D. Chilton (born September 27, 1949 Roslyn, NY) is an American scholar of early Christianity and Judaism, and an Episcopalian priest. He is Bernard Iddings Bell Professor of Religion at Bard College, formerly Lillian Claus Professor of New Testament at Yale University, and Rector of the Church of St John the Evangelist He holds a PhD in New Testament from Cambridge University (St. John's College). He has previously held academic positions at the Universities of Cambridge, Sheffield, and Münster.He wrote the first critical commentary on the Aramaic version of Isaiah (''The Isaiah Targum'', 1987), as well as academic studies that analyze Jesus in his Judaic context (''A Galilean Rabbi and His Bible'', 1984; ''The Temple of Jesus'', 1992; ''Pure Kingdom'', 1996), and explain the Bible critically (''Redeeming Time: The Wisdom of Ancient Jewish and Christian Festal Calendars'', 2002; ''The Cambridge Companion to the Bible'', 2007).
He founded two academic periodicals, Journal for the Study of the New Testament and The Bulletin for Biblical Research. Chilton was awarded the Doctor of Divinity degree ''honoris causa'' by General Theological Seminary in 2011. He has also been active in the ministry of the Episcopal Church, and is Rector of the Church of St. John the Evangelist in Barrytown, New York. His popular books have been widely reviewed. ''Rabbi Jesus: An Intimate Biography'' showed Jesus' development through the environments that proved formative influences on him. Those environments, illuminated by archaeology and by historical sources, include: (1) rural Jewish Galilee, (2) the movement of John the Baptist, (3) the towns Jesus encountered as a rabbi, (4) the political strategy of Herod Antipas, and (5) deep controversy concerning the Temple in Jerusalem.
Bruce and his wife, Odile, live in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. They are the parents of two sons. Provided by Wikipedia
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The missing Jesus : rabbinic Judaism and the New Testament by Chilton, Bruce
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Types of authority in formative Christianity and Judaism by Chilton, Bruce
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The glory of Israel : the theology and provenience of the Isaiah Targum by Chilton, Bruce
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Mary Magdalene : a biography by Chilton, Bruce
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Rabbi Jesus : an intimate biography by Chilton, Bruce
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Intellectual Foundations of Christian and Jewish Discourse : the Philosophy of Religious Argument. by Neusner, Jacob
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Jewish and Christian doctrines : the classics compared by Neusner, Jacob, 1932-2016
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The Targums : a critical introduction by Flesher, Paul Virgil McCracken
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The Pope's war : why Ratzinger's secret crusade has imperiled the Church and how it can be saved by Fox, Matthew, 1940-
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Jewish-Christian debates : God, kingdom, messiah by Neusner, Jacob, 1932-2016
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In quest of the historical Pharisees
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The golden rule : the ethics of reciprocity in world religions
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Altruism in world religions
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