D.Phil. (Oxon), D.D. (Melbourne)
Regius Chair In Humanity
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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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'Let us Return to the Word Delivered in the Beginning': reflections on the nature and task of Christian theology today
The Task of Theology: Leading Theologians on the Most Compelling Questions for Today. Min, A. (ed.). Orbis Books, pp. 1-20, 20 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters'Search the Scriptures for They Speak of Me': Reading the Scriptures with the Early Fathers
Sources of Authority: The Early Church. Grdzelidze, T. (ed.). Word Council of Churches, pp. 1-16, 16 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersReading the Fathers Today
A Celebration of Living Theology: A Festschrift in Honour of Andrew Louth. Mihoc, J., Aldea, S. (eds.). T&T Clark, pp. 7-19, 13 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.5040/9780567659545.ch-001
Take Back Death!: Christian Witness in the Twenty-First Century
Koinonia, vol. 64, pp. 7-22Contributions to Journals: Articles'Older than All Creation'
Communio Viatorum, vol. 55, no. 3, pp. 237-54Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Becoming Human: Meditations on Christian Anthropology in Word and Image
St Vladimir's Seminary Press. 121 pagesBooks and Reports: BooksIrenaeus of Lyons: Identifying Christianity
Oxford University Press (OUP). 231 pagesBooks and Reports: BooksNature, Wounded and Healed in Early Patristic Thought
Toronto Journal of Theology, vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 85-100Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3138/tjt.29.1.85
The Christian Art of Dying
Sobornost Incorporating Eastern Churches Review, vol. 35, no. 1-2, pp. 136-47Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe Promise of the Image
Imago Dei: Human Dignity in Ecumenical Perspective. Howard, T. A. (ed.). Catholic University of America Press, pp. 15-37, 23 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
