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Reverend Professor John Behr

Reverend Professor John Behr
Reverend Professor John Behr
Reverend Professor John Behr

D.Phil. (Oxon), D.D. (Melbourne)

Regius Chair In Humanity

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john.behr@abdn.ac.uk
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School of Divinity, History, Philosophy & Art History
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Biography

I was appointed to the Regius Chair in Humanity at the University of Aberdeen in the summer of 2020, having taught at St Vladimir’s Seminary since 1995, serving there as Dean from 2007–17. My early work was on asceticism and anthropology, focusing on St Irenaeus of Lyons and Clement of Alexandria (OUP 2000). I am writing a series of books on “The Formation of Christian Theology”, two volumes of which have already appeared: vol. 1, The Way to Nicaea (SVS Press 2001) and vol. 2 The Nicene Faith (SVS Press 2003). On the basis of these two volumes, I published a synthetic work, The Mystery of Christ: Life in Death (SVS 2006). This was followed by an edition and translation of the fragments of Diodore of Tarsus and Theodore of Mopsuestia, setting them in their historical and theological context (OUP 2011). More recently I have published a more poetic and meditative work entitled Becoming Human: Theological Anthropology in Word and Image (SVS Press, 2013) and a full study of St Irenaeus: St Irenaeus of Lyons: Identifying Christianity (OUP, 2013). Most recently I have completed a new critical edition and translation of Origen’s On First Principles, together with an extensive introduction, for OUP (2017), and John the Theologian and His Paschal Gospel: A Prologue to Theology (OUP 2019).

Research

Research Overview

My research interests cover the wide range of Early Christianity (Patristics), especially scriptural interpretation and anthropology, questions of life and death, and the hermeneutics of reading texts, together with the intersection of issues arising from this field with contemporary hermeneutics and phenomenology (especially that of Michel Henry), as well as modern Eastern Orthodox theology.

Current Research

I am currently working on a new edition and translation of On the Making of the Human Being by Gregory of Nyssa and a new edition and translation of the works of Irenaeus; I am also preparing a study on the intersection of Christology, ecclesiology, and anthropology.

Publications

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  • In Accordance with the Scriptures: The Shape of Christian Theology

    Behr, J.
    Books and Reports: Books

  • Holman Hunt’s The Light of the World and Iconography: “In Your Light We See Light”

    Behr, J.
    Holman Hunt and The Light of the World in Oxford. Routledge, pp. 137–49
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)

  • Speaking of Incarnation: Modern Predicaments and Ancient Paradigms

    Behr, J.
    The God Who is For Us: Modern Predicaments and Ancient Paradigms. Zondervan Academic, pp. 118–136
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)

  • The Time of the Word: Radner and the Two-Testament Bible

    Behr, J.
    Figural Reading and the Fleshly God: The Theology of Ephraim Radner. Baylor University Press, pp. 89–104
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)

  • Unveiling Scripture: Creation in an Apocalyptic Key

    Behr, J.
    T&T Clark Handbook of the Doctrine of Creation. T&T Clark, pp. 545–57
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)

  • Becoming Human in a Technological World

    Behr, J.
    Human Flourishing in a Technological World: A Theological Perspective. Zimmermann, J. (ed.). Oxford University Press, pp. 116-130, 15 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Personhood, Consciousness, and Technology: A Dialogue with Jaron Lanier

    Lanier, J., Behr, J., Doede, R., Fuchs, T., Lewin, D., McLaughlin, E., Waters, B., Zimmermann, J.
    Human Flourishing in a Technological World: A Theological Perspective. Oxford University Press, pp. 305-324, 20 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Seeing, Embodying, and Proclaiming Christ

    Behr, J.
    International Journal of Systematic Theology, vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 413-424
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • NATURE MAKES AN ASCENT FROM THE LOWER TO THE HIGHER: GREGORY OF NYSSA ON HUMAN DISTINCTIVENESS

    Behr, J.
    Zygon, vol. 58, no. 2, pp. 539-553
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Nos traditions théologiques revisitées pour faire face au défi écologique

    Behr, J.
    Recherches de Science Religieuse, vol. 111, no. 2, pp. 247-257
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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