Robert C. Gregg
Robert C. Gregg (born February 7, 1938 ) is an American religious scholar .
Life
He received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania from 1969 to 1974. in Religious Thought: Early Christianity , from the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge 1960–1963 a Master of Divinity and from the University of the South a BA in English Literature. He taught at Seabury-Western Theological Seminary (Assistant Professor of New Testament Language and Literature 1971–1974), Duke Divinity School (Associate Professor of Early Christianity 1978–1987 / Assistant Professor of Patristic and Medieval Church History 1974–1978) and at Stanford University (Professor of Religious Studies 1987–2005 / Teresa Hihn Moore Professor in Religious Studies 1999–2005).
His main research interests are early Christianity (institutions, thinking, ritual); Jews, "Gentiles" and Christians in late antiquity; Asceticism in Roman and early Christian times; "Gnostic" forms of Christianity.
Fonts (selection)
- Consolation philosophy. Greek and Christian "Paideia" in Basil and the two Gregories . Cambridge 1975, ISBN 0-915646-02-1 .
- Athanasius : The Life of Antony and the Letter to Marcellinus . New York 1980, ISBN 0-8091-0309-5 .
- with Dennis E. Groh: Early arianism - a view of salvation . Philadelphia 1981, ISBN 0-8006-0576-4 .
- Shared stories, rival tellings. Early encounters of Jews, Christians, and Muslims . Oxford 2015, ISBN 978-0-19-023149-1 .
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| SURNAME | Gregg, Robert C. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gregg, Robert; Gregg, Robert Clark |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American scholar of religion |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 7, 1938 |