Harold William Attridge
Harold William Attridge (born November 24, 1946 ) is an American New Testament scholar.
Life
He received an AB from Boston College (1967), BA and MA from the University of Cambridge (1969, 1973), where he was a Marshall Fellow, and Ph.D. from Harvard (1974). He also studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem from 1972–73.
After a three-year scholarship to the Harvard Society of Fellows, Attridge taught at the Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University (1977–1985) and the University of Notre Dame (1985–1997), where he also served as dean of the College of Arts and Letters was. In 1997 he moved to Yale Divinity School, where he was appointed Lillian Claus Professor of New Testament. He was Dean of the Divinity School from 2002 to 2012 before returning to teaching as a Sterling Professor.
Attridge was President of the Society of Biblical Literature in 2001 and President of the Catholic Biblical Association from 2011–2012. In 2015 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences . Yale Divinity School has established a scholarship fund in honor of Attridge and his wife, Janet.
Fonts (selection)
- First-century Cynicism in the Epistles of Heraclitus . Missoula 1976, ISBN 0-89130-111-9 .
- The Epistle to the Hebrews. A commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews . Philadelphia 1989, ISBN 0-8006-6021-8 .
- The Acts of Thomas. Early Christian Apocrypha . Salem 2010, ISBN 9781598150216 .
- Essays on John and Hebrews . Tübingen 2010, ISBN 9783161503191 .
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Attridge, Harold William |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Attridge, Harold W .; Attridge, Harold |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American New Testament scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 24, 1946 |