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John P. Meier
(B.A., St. Joseph's Seminary and College [New York], 1964; S.T.L., Gregorian University [Rome], 1968; S.S.D., Biblical Institute [Rome], 1976)
Meier's scholarly interests are in the area of New Testament, specifically the historical Jesus and the Gospel of Matthew, as well as Palestinian Judaism in the first century A.D. Having published the first three volumes of his series A Marginal Jew in 1991, 1994, and 2001, he is now working on the fourth volume in the series. He has also written six other books as well as over sixty articles for peer-reviewed or solicited journals or books. At various times he has been the editor or associate editor of The Catholic Biblical Quarterly and New Testament Studies. He is now on the editorial board of Dead Sea Discoveries. He is a member of the international advisory committee of the Cardinal Suenens Program in Theology and Church Life. From 1983 to 2002, he was a member of the international dialogue between the Disciples of Christ and the Roman Catholic Church. In May of 1999, he delivered one of the major invited lectures at the 75th anniversary of the Biblical Institute in Rome. In June-July of 2005, he delivered four lectures at the meeting of Australian-New Zealand Theological Society at Perth, Australia. In August, 2005, he delivered a lecture on Jesus and Jewish purity rules at the Catholic Biblical Association at Collegeville, MN. In March 2006, he delivered the annual Cardinal O'Connor lecture in Jewish Studies in New York. In October, 2006, he will deliver the annual Shafer lectures at Yale University as well as a lecture celebrating the 50th anniversary of New Testament Abstracts in Cambridge, MA. In November, 2006, he will lecture at the annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature in Washington, DC.
Meier's scholarly interests are in the area of New Testament, specifically the historical Jesus and the Gospel of Matthew, as well as Palestinian Judaism in the first century A.D. Having published the first three volumes of his series A Marginal Jew in 1991, 1994, and 2001, he is now working on the fourth volume in the series. He has also written six other books as well as over sixty articles for peer-reviewed or solicited journals or books. At various times he has been the editor or associate editor of The Catholic Biblical Quarterly and New Testament Studies. He is now on the editorial board of Dead Sea Discoveries. He is a member of the international advisory committee of the Cardinal Suenens Program in Theology and Church Life. From 1983 to 2002, he was a member of the international dialogue between the Disciples of Christ and the Roman Catholic Church. In May of 1999, he delivered one of the major invited lectures at the 75th anniversary of the Biblical Institute in Rome. In June-July of 2005, he delivered four lectures at the meeting of Australian-New Zealand Theological Society at Perth, Australia. In August, 2005, he delivered a lecture on Jesus and Jewish purity rules at the Catholic Biblical Association at Collegeville, MN. In March 2006, he delivered the annual Cardinal O'Connor lecture in Jewish Studies in New York. In October, 2006, he will deliver the annual Shafer lectures at Yale University as well as a lecture celebrating the 50th anniversary of New Testament Abstracts in Cambridge, MA. In November, 2006, he will lecture at the annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature in Washington, DC.
Recorded on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2006
4:00 pm EST
Marquand Chapel
New Haven, Connecticut
Length: 83 min
4:00 pm EST
Marquand Chapel
New Haven, Connecticut
Length: 83 min
