Education
B.A., Philosophy, Wheaton College (IL), 1955
M.A., Biblical Literature: New Testament, Wheaton Graduate School (IL), 1957
Ph.D., History and Philosophy of Religion, Christian Origins, Harvard University, 1961
Research Interests
- the history and literatures of Judaism in the Greco-Roman Period, with special attention to the "Septuagint" and Old Greek (LXX/OG) translations and textual histories
- the collections called apocrypha and pseudepigrapha
- Philo of Alexandria and his world
- Josephus of Jerusalem (and Rome)
- the "Dead Sea Scrolls"
- the history and literatures of Christianity before Constantine with special attention to heterodox Christian varieties
- second century (ce) Jewish and Christian literature
- use of Jewish sources and Jewish traditions in early Christianity
- Paul and his influence
- Jesus traditions
- manuscripts and written remains from antiquity (papyrology, scrollology & codicology, paleography)
- ancient and late antique coinage (numismatics)
Research Areas
Emeritus
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