Harold W. Attridge | |
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Born | Harold William Attridge November 24, 1946 |
Nationality | American |
Title | Dean of Yale Divinity School (2002–2012) |
Spouse | Jan Farren |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | |
Thesis | The Presentation of Biblical History in the "Antiquitates Judaicae" of Flavius Josephus (1975) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Biblical studies History of Christianity |
Sub-discipline | New Testament studies History of early Christianity |
Institutions | |
Doctoral students | Andrew McGowan |
Harold William Attridge (born November 24, 1946) is an American New Testament scholar and historian of Christianity best known for his work in New Testament exegesis, especially the Epistle to the Hebrews, the study of Hellenistic Judaism, and the history of early Christianity.[1] He is a Sterling Professor of Divinity at Yale University, where he served as Dean of the Divinity School from 2002 to 2012.[2]