![Reverend Professor John Behr Reverend Professor John Behr](/img/200x200/staffpages/uploads/s03jb0/Screen_Shot_2020-02-20_at_15.10.56.jpg)
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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Patristic 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
St Irenaeus and the Church of Rome
Primacy in the Church: The Office of Primate and the Authority of Councils. Chryssavgis, J. (ed.). St Vladimir's Seminary Press, pp. 69-89, 21 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersThe Apocalypse of the Cross: The Gospel of John and the Beginning of Christian Theology
Studies in Orthodox Hermeneutics: A Festschrift in Honor of Theodore G. Stylianopoulos. Pentiuc, E., Fotopoulos, J., Beck, B. (eds.). Holy Cross Orthodox Press, pp. 313-47, 34 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersLa Pace tra la Chiese: Sant’ Ireneo di Leone
Beati i pacifici: Atti del XXII Convegno Ecumenico Internazionale di Spiritualità Ortodossa, Monastero di Bose, settembre 2014. Edizioni Qiqajon, pp. 165-85, 20 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersLa Sfida della Morte
Gesù Cristo e il nuovo umanesimo: L'umanesimo cristiano di fronte alle nuove sfide del mondo contemporaneo. Vergottini, M. (ed.). Centro Ambrosiano, pp. 326-338, 13 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersSt Athanasius on 'Incarnation'
Incarnation: On the Scope and Depth of Christology. Gregersen, N. H. (ed.). Minneapolis Fortress Press, pp. 79-98, 20 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersSt Isaac of Nineveh on the Cross of Christ
St Isaac of Syria and his Spiritual Legacy: Proceedings of the International Patristics Conference Held at the Sts Cyril and Methodius Institute of Higher Studies, Moscow, October 10-11, 2013. Alfeyev, H. (ed.). St Vladimir's Seminary Press, pp. 87-95, 9 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersThe Role of Death in Life: A Multidisciplinary Examination of Issues pertaining to Life and Death
Books and Reports: Anthologies- [ONLINE] https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1cgf086
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt1cgf086