Margaret M. Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell
Born1956 (age 67–68)
NationalityAmerican
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Chicago
ThesisPaul and the rhetoric of reconciliation an exegetical investigation of the language and composition of 1 Corinthians (1989)
Doctoral advisorHans Dieter Betz
Academic work
DisciplineEarly Christianity
New Testament
InstitutionsUniversity of Chicago

Margaret M. Mitchell (born 1956) is an American biblical scholar and professor of early Christianity. She is currently Shailer Mathews Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago Divinity School.[1] Mitchell received her doctorate at the same institution in 1989, under the supervision of Hans Dieter Betz and Robert McQueen Grant. She also served as dean of the Divinity School from 2010 to 2015.[2][3][4]

Mitchell has made important contributions to research on the letters of the Apostle Paul, particularly on those to the Corinthians, on early Christian rhetoric, and on John Chrysostom. She has served on the editorial board of the Journal of Biblical Literature and New Testament Studies, and is currently the co-editor of a number of series, including the Novum Testamentum: Supplements series (Brill Publishers)[5] and the Writings from the Greco-Roman World text and translation series (Society of Biblical Literature). Forthcoming projects include a commentary in the Hermeneia series on the Second Epistle to the Corinthians.[6] She was awarded a Guggenheim fellowship in 2010.[7]

  1. ^ Mitchell, Margaret M. "Margaret M. Mitchell". The University of Chicago Divinity School. The University of Chicago. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  2. ^ University of Chicago News: Margaret M. Mitchell appointed next dean of University of Chicago Divinity School
  3. ^ Chicago Breaking News: University of Chicago Divinity School to get new dean
  4. ^ Carnig, Jennifer. "Rosengarten to serve second term as Divinity School Dean". The University of Chicago Chronicle. The University of Chicago. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  5. ^ Brill - Novum Testamentum, Supplements
  6. ^ Overview of Hermeneia Commentaries
  7. ^ "2010 Fellows - United States and Canada - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation". Archived from the original on 2010-06-21. Retrieved 2010-11-01.