Jack Miles (theologian)
John R. "Jack" Miles (* 1942 in Chicago , Illinois ) is an American theologian , biblical and literary scholar .
Life
In the 1960s and 1970s, Jack Miles attended several Jesuit seminars at the Xavier University of Cincinnati , the Pontifical Gregorian University, and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem before earning a PhD in Middle Eastern Languages and Literature from Harvard University in 1971 . He then worked for several years as a journalist and editor, including at Doubleday , The Los Angeles Times and the Times . He currently teaches at the University of California, Irvine .
Miles is the author of two biblical books with God: A Biography and Christ: A Crisis in the Life of God , each translated into several languages. For the former, he was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for Best Biography in 1996.
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God: A Biography (1995)
- Gott: Eine Biographie , Hanser Verlag , Munich / Vienna 1996, 498 pages, ISBN 3-446-17414-1
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Christ: A Crisis in the Life of God (2001)
- Jesus: The Suicide of the Son of God , Hanser Verlag, Munich / Vienna 2001, 390 pages, ISBN 3-446-19997-7
- Poetry as Nonfiction (2007)
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God in the Qur'an , Doubleday Publishing Group. ISBN 9780307269577
- God in the Koran , translated from English by Andreas Wirthensohn, Hanser Verlag, Munich / Vienna 2019, 288 pages, ISBN 3-446-26189-3
Web links
- Literature by and about Jack Miles in the catalog of the German National Library
- Official website
- Jack Miles on ratemyprofessors.com
- Jack Miles on uci.edu
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Miles, Jack |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Miles, John R. (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American Jesuit and publicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago , Illinois , United States |