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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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  • Take Back Death!: Christian Witness in the Twenty-First Century

    Behr, J.
    Koinonia, vol. 64, pp. 7-22
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 'Older than All Creation'

    Behr, J.
    Communio Viatorum, vol. 55, no. 3, pp. 237-54
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Becoming Human: Meditations on Christian Anthropology in Word and Image

    Behr, J.
    St Vladimir's Seminary Press. 121 pages
    Books and Reports: Books

  • Irenaeus of Lyons: Identifying Christianity

    Behr, J.
    Oxford University Press (OUP). 231 pages
    Books and Reports: Books

  • Nature, Wounded and Healed in Early Patristic Thought

    Behr, J.
    Toronto Journal of Theology, vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 85-100
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The Christian Art of Dying

    Behr, J.
    Sobornost Incorporating Eastern Churches Review, vol. 35, no. 1-2, pp. 136-47
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The Promise of the Image

    Behr, J.
    Imago Dei: Human Dignity in Ecumenical Perspective. Howard, T. A. (ed.). Catholic University of America Press, pp. 15-37, 23 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • 'Let There be Light': A Byzantine Theology of Light

    Behr, J.
    Light from Light: Scientists and Theologians in Dialogue. O'Collins, G., Meyers, M. A. (eds.). Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., pp. 183-94, 12 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • 'The Spirit and the Bride say Come!': The Eschatological Dimension of the Liturgy

    Behr, J.
    Communio; International Catholic Review, vol. 38, no. 3, pp. 465-85
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • St Athanasius: On the Incarnation

    Behr, J.
    St Vladimir's Seminary Press
    Books and Reports: Books

  • The Case Against Diodore and Theodore: Texts and their Contexts

    Behr, J.
    Oxford University Press (OUP). 526 pages
    Books and Reports: Books

  • Marriage and Asceticism

    Behr, J.
    Sobornost Incorporating Eastern Churches Review, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 24-50
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Returning to First Principles: Articulating Orthodox Theology in a Post-Modern Context

    Behr, J.
    Thinking Modernity: Towards a Reconfiguration of the Relationship between Orthodox Theology and Modern Culture. Kattan, A. E., Georgi, F. A. (eds.). St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology Westphalian Wilhelm's University, pp. 21-35, 15 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Gaul

    Behr, J.
    Christianity: Origins to Constantine. Mitchell, M. M., Young, F. M. (eds.). Cambridge University Press, pp. 366-79, 14 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Social and Historical Setting: from B - CONTEXT AND INTERPRETATION

    Behr, J.
    The Cambridge History of Early Christian Literature. Young, F., Louth, A., Ayres, L. (eds.). Cambridge University Press, pp. 55-70, 16 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Calling upon God as Father: Augustine and the Legacy of Nicaea

    Behr, J.
    Orthodox Readings of Augustine. Papanikolaou, A., Demacopoulos, G. (eds.). St Vladimir's Seminary Press, pp. 153-165, 13 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • What are we Doing Talking about God?: The Discipline of Theology

    Behr, J.
    Thinking Through Faith: New Perspectives from Orthodox Christian Scholars. Papanikolaou, A., Prodromou, E. H. (eds.). St Vladimir's Seminary Press, pp. 67-86, 22 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Response to Ayres: The Legacies of Nicaea, East and West

    Behr, J.
    Harvard Theological Review, vol. 100, no. 2, pp. 145-52
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Taught by the Apostles

    Behr, J.
    Christian History, vol. 96
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • With Boldness and Without Condemnation

    Behr, J.
    St Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Quarterly, vol. 51, no. 4, pp. 359-69
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Faithfulness and Creativity

    Behr, J.
    Orthodoxy and the World Today: Proceedings [of the] Sixth Congress of the Higher Orthodox Schools of Theology, Sofía, 5-10 October 2004. St. Kliment Ohridski University Press, pp. 166-73, 8 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • The Question of Nicene Orthodoxy

    Behr, J.
    Byzantine Orthodoxies: Papers from the thirty-sixth Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies, University of Durham, 23-25 March 2002. Casiday, A., Louth, A. (eds.). Ashgate Publishing Ltd., pp. 15-27, 18 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • The Nicene Faith

    Behr, J.
    St Vladimir's Seminary Press. 507 pages
    Books and Reports: Books

  • The Trinitarian Being of the Church

    Behr, J.
    St Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Quarterly, vol. 48, no. 1, pp. 67-88
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Abba: The Tradition of Orthodoxy in the West: Festschrift for Bishop Kallistos Ware

    Behr, J., Louth, A. (ed.), Conomos, D. (ed.)
    Books and Reports: Anthologies
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