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British biblical scholar From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Simon James Gathercole (born 8 July 1974) is a United Kingdom New Testament scholar, Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity, and Director of Studies at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge.[1]
Simon Gathercole | |
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Born | 8 July 1974 |
Occupation | New Testament scholar |
Title | Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Durham |
Thesis | After the New Perspective: works, justification and boasting in early Judaism and Romans 1-5 (2001) |
Doctoral advisor | James D.G. Dunn |
Academic work | |
Institutions | Cambridge University |
Gathercole completed a degree in Classics and Theology at Cambridge and then pursued doctoral research at Durham University under the supervision of James D. G. Dunn, with funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council, the German Academic Exchange Service and Hatfield College.[2][3] He also studied for short periods at the University of Tübingen and the Jewish Theological Seminary, New York.[2] He was formerly Senior Lecturer in New Testament at the University of Aberdeen.
Drawn from his dissertation, his book Where is Boasting? (2002) was a critique of the New Perspective on Paul, and focused on Second-Temple Judaism and Romans 1-5.
Since 2007, Gathercole has served as editor of the Journal for the Study of the New Testament.
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