D.Phil. (Oxon), D.D. (Melbourne)
Regius Chair In Humanity
- About
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- Email Address
- john.behr@abdn.ac.uk
- School/Department
- School of Divinity, History, Philosophy & Art History
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
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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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Diversity and Dialogue in the Service of Communion: The Example of St Irenaeus of Lyons
One in Christ, vol. 51, no. 1, pp. 21-36Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPlundering the Egyptians: The Use of Classical Paideia in the Early Church
Orthodox Christianity and Higher Education: Theological, Historical, and Contemporary Reflections. Bezzerides, A., Prodromou, E. (eds.). University of Notre Dame Press, pp. 140-154Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvpj76z9.9
The Holy and Great Council of 2016
Synodality: A Forgotten and Misapprehended Vision, Reflections on the Great and Holy Council of 2016. Vasiljevic, M., Jeftic, A. (eds.). Sebastian Press, pp. 13-22, 10 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersDiodore of Tarsus and his Exegesis
Handbuch der Bibelhermeneutiken. Wischmeyer, O. (ed.). Walter de Gruyter & Co., pp. 35-46, 11 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110330274-005
Il Nome Del Signore Dio Misericordioso E Pietoso: The Name of the Lord, Mercy and Compassion
Misericordia e Perdono: Atti del XXIII Convegno Ecumenico Internazionale di Spiritualità Ortodossa, Monastero di Bose, settembre 2015. Edizioni Qiqajon, pp. 83-99, 17 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersLearning through Experience: The Pedagogy of Suffering and Death in St Irenaeus
Suffering and Evil in Early Christian Thought. Harrison, N. V., Hunter, D. G. (eds.). Baker Academic, pp. 33-47, 15 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersLifting the Veil: Reading Scripture in the Orthodox Tradition
Sobornost Incorporating Eastern Churches Review, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 74-90Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPatristic Humanism: The Beginnings of Christian Paideia
Re-Envisioning Christian Humanism: Education and the Restoration of Humannity. Zimmerman, J. (ed.). Oxford University Press (OUP), pp. 19-32Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersPatristic Texts as Icons
Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth: Studies in Honour of Metropolitan Kallistos of Diokleia. Andreopoulos, A., Speake, G. (eds.). Peter Lang, pp. 151-69, 19 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersScripture and Gospel: Intertextuality in Irenaeus
Intertextuality in the Second Century. Bingham, D. J., Jefford, C. N. (eds.). Brill, pp. 179-194, 15 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004318762_013
- [ONLINE] Intertextuality in the Second Century
