Bruce Chilton

Bernard Iddings Bell Professor of Philosophy and Religion; Director, Institute of Advanced Theology

Academic Program Affiliation(s): Interdisciplinary Study of Religions, Jewish Studies, Theology

Biography: B.A., Bard College; M.Div., General Theological Seminary, ordination to the diaconate and the priesthood; Ph.D., Cambridge University. Books include Abraham’s Curse; Rabbi Jesus: An Intimate Biography; God in Strength; Rabbi Paul: An Intellectual Biography; Judaic Approaches to the Gospels; Mary Magdalene: A Biography; Revelation; Trading Places; Jesus’ Prayer and Jesus’ Eucharist; Forging a Common Future; Jesus’ Baptism and Jesus’ Healing; Visions of the Apocalypse; and Christianity: the Basics. Editor in chief, Bulletin for Biblical Research; founding editor, Journal for the Study of the New Testament, Studying the Historical Jesus series (E. J. Brill and Eerdmans). Fellowships and awards: with Jacob Neusner, Choice magazine award, best academic book (1998); Evangelical Scholars Fellowship, Whitney Humanities Center (Yale University); Heinrich Hertz Stiftung; Theological Develop­ment Fund of the Episcopal Church; National Conference of Christians and Jews; Doctor of Divinity (General Theological Seminary, 2011). At Bard since 1987.
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Departments: Chaplaincy,Institute of Advanced Theology
Office: The Observatory