Bruce Chilton
{{Short description|American scholar of religion (born 1949)}}
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| known_for = Rabbi Jesus: An Intimate Biography
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| title = Bernard Iddings Bell Professor of Philosophy and Religion
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Bruce D. Chilton (born September 27, 1949 in Roslyn, NY) is an American scholar of early Christianity and Judaism, and an Episcopalian priest. He is Bernard Iddings Bell Professor of Religion at Bard College, formerly Lillian Claus Professor of New Testament at Yale University, and Rector of the Church of St John the Evangelist[http://www.bard.edu/iat/fellows/chilton.html Bard College Institute of Advanced Theology -- Bruce Chilton] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303195831/http://www.bard.edu/iat/fellows/chilton.html |date=2016-03-03 }}. Accessed June 1, 2009. He holds a PhD in New Testament from Cambridge University (St. John's College). He has previously held academic positions at the Universities of Cambridge, Sheffield, and Münster.[http://www.bard.edu/academics/faculty/profile/?id=27 Bard College faculty profile]. Accessed April 10, 2019.
He wrote the first critical commentary on the Aramaic version of Isaiah (The Isaiah Targum, 1987), as well as academic studies that analyze Jesus in his Judaic context (A Galilean Rabbi and His Bible, 1984; The Temple of Jesus, 1992; Pure Kingdom, 1996), and explain the Bible critically (Redeeming Time: The Wisdom of Ancient Jewish and Christian Festal Calendars, 2002; The Cambridge Companion to the Bible, 2007).
He founded two academic periodicals, Journal for the Study of the New Testament and The Bulletin for Biblical Research.
Chilton was awarded the Doctor of Divinity degree honoris causa by General Theological Seminary in 2011.{{Cite web|url=http://gts.edu/general-news/2011/10/general-seminary-to-award-honorary-degrees|title=General Theological Seminary, "Honorary Degrees" October 10, 2011.|access-date=April 11, 2019|archive-date=April 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411204925/http://gts.edu/general-news/2011/10/general-seminary-to-award-honorary-degrees}} He has also been active in the ministry of the Episcopal Church, and is Rector of the Church of St. John the Evangelist in Barrytown, New York.
His popular books have been widely reviewed. Rabbi Jesus: An Intimate Biography showed Jesus' development through the environments that proved formative influences on him. Those environments, illuminated by archaeology and by historical sources, include: (1) rural Jewish Galilee, (2) the movement of John the Baptist, (3) the towns Jesus encountered as a rabbi, (4) the political strategy of Herod Antipas, and (5) deep controversy concerning the Temple in Jerusalem.
Bruce and his wife, Odile, live in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. They are the parents of two sons.
Works
=Popular books=
- {{cite book|author1-last=Chilton |author1-first=Bruce D.|title=Rabbi Jesus: An Intimate Biography |url=https://archive.org/details/rabbijesus00bruc |url-access=registration |location=New York |publisher=Doubleday |date=2000 |isbn=978-0-385-49793-0 |oclc=44019167 }}
- {{cite book|author1-last=Chilton |author1-first=Bruce |author1-mask=3 |title=Rabbi Paul: An Intellectual Biography |location=New York |publisher=Doubleday |date=2004 |isbn=978-0-385-50862-9 |oclc=54006717 }}
- {{cite book|author1-last=Chilton |author1-first=Bruce |author1-mask=3 |title=Mary Magdalene: A Biography |url=https://archive.org/details/marymagdalene00bruc |url-access=registration |location=New York |publisher=Doubleday |date=2005 |isbn=978-0-385-51318-0 |oclc=58789029 }}
- {{cite book |author1-last=Chilton |author1-first=Bruce |author1-mask=3 |title=Abraham's Curse: The Roots of Violence in Judaism, Christianity and Islam |location=New York |publisher=Doubleday |date=2008 |isbn=978-0-385-52027-0 |oclc=157023255 |url=https://archive.org/details/abrahamscursechi00chil }}
=Academic books=
- {{cite book|author1-last=Chilton |author1-first=Bruce |author1-mask=3 |title=The Glory of Israel: the theology and provenience of the Isaiah Targum |series=Journal for the study of the Old Testament - Supplement series |volume=23 |location=Sheffield |publisher=JSOT Press |date=1982 |isbn=978-0-567-46092-9 |oclc=276358830 }}
- {{cite book|author1-last=Chilton |author1-first=Bruce |author1-mask=3 |title=A Galilean Rabbi and his Bible: Jesus' own interpretation of Isaiah |location=London |publisher=SPCK & Michael Glazer |date=1984 |isbn=978-0-281-04108-4 |oclc=715353922 }}
- {{cite book|author1-last=Chilton |author1-first=Bruce |author1-mask=3 |title=The Isaiah Targum: Introduction, Translation, Apparatus and Notes |series=The Aramaic Bible: the Targums |volume=11 |location=Edinburgh |publisher=T&T Clark |date=1987 |isbn=978-0-89453-480-5 |oclc=489964184 }}
- {{cite book|author1-last=Chilton |author1-first=Bruce |author1-mask=3 |title=Beginning of the New Testament Study |location=London |publisher=SPCK |date=1986 |isbn=978-0-281-04210-4 |oclc=1056596986 }}
- {{cite book|author1-last=Chilton |author1-first=Bruce |author1-mask=3 |title=The Temple of Jesus: His Sacrificial Program within a Cultural History of Sacrifice |location=University Park, PA |publisher=Pennsylvania State University Press |date=1992 |isbn=978-0-271-00824-0 |oclc=231443891 }}
- {{cite book|author1-last=Chilton |author1-first=Bruce |author1-mask=3 |author2-last=Neusner |author2-first=Jacob |author2-link=Jacob Neusner |title=Judaism in the New Testament: Practices and Beliefs |location=London & New York |publisher=Routledge |date=1995 |isbn=978-0-415-11844-6 |oclc=876035014 }}
- {{cite book|author1-last=Chilton |author1-first=Bruce |author1-mask=3 |title=Pure Kingdom: Jesus Vision of God |series=Studying the historical Jesus |location=London & Grand Rapids, MI |publisher=SPCK Publishing & Eerdmans |date=1997 |isbn=978-0-281-05060-4 |oclc=34974144 }}
- {{cite book |author1-last=Chilton |author1-first=Bruce |author1-mask=3 |title=Redeeming Time: The Wisdom of Ancient Jewish and Christian Festal Calendars |location=Peabody, MA |publisher=Hendrickson Publishers |date=2002 |isbn=978-1-56563-380-3 |oclc=840108072 |url=https://archive.org/details/redeemingtimewis0000chil }}
- {{cite book|author1-last=Chilton |author1-first=Bruce |author1-mask=3 |author2-last=Flesher |author2-first=Paul V. M. |author2-link=Paul V. M. Flesher |title=The Targums: a critical introduction |location=Waco, TX |publisher=Baylor University Press |date=2011 |isbn=978-90-04-21817-8 |oclc=769189749 }}
- {{cite book|author1-last=Chilton |author1-first=Bruce |author1-mask=3 |title=A Galilean Rabbi and His Bible: Jesus' Use of the Interpreted Scripture of His Time |location=Eugene, OR |publisher=Wipf & Stock |date=2014 |isbn=978-1-62564-270-7 |oclc=864442889 }} - republication of the 1984 title
- {{cite book |author1-last=Chilton |author1-first=Bruce |author1-mask=3 |title=The Herods: Murder, Politics, and the Art of Succession |location=Minneapolis |publisher=Fortress Press |date=2021 |isbn=978-1-5064-7428-1 |oclc=1250200867 }}
=Edited by=
- {{cite book|editor1-last=Chilton |editor1-first=Bruce |editor1-mask=3 |editor2-last=Neusner |editor2-first=Jacob |editor2-link=Jacob Neusner |title=The Brother of Jesus: James the Just and His Mission |location=Louisville KY & London |publisher=Westminster John Knox Press |date=2001 |isbn=978-0-664-22299-4 |oclc=717948760 }}
- {{cite book|editor1-last=Chilton |editor1-first=Bruce |editor1-mask=3 |editor2-last=Neusner |editor2-first=Jacob |editor2-link=Jacob Neusner |title=Altruism in World Religions |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=Georgetown University Press |date=2005 |isbn=978-1-58901-065-9 |oclc=475595328 }}
- {{cite book|editor1-last=Chilton |editor1-first=Bruce |editor1-mask=3 |title=The Cambridge Companion to the Bible |location=Cambridge, UK |publisher=Cambridge University Press |date=2007 |isbn=978-0-521-86997-3 |oclc=144222458 }}
- {{cite book|editor1-last=Chilton |editor1-first=Bruce |editor1-mask=3 |editor2-last=Neusner |editor2-first=Jacob |editor2-link=Jacob Neusner |title=Religious Tolerance in World Religions |publisher=Templeton Foundation Press |date=2008 |isbn=978-1-59947-136-5 }}
===Chapters===
- {{cite book|author1-last=Chilton |author1-first=Bruce |author1-mask=3 |chapter=Altruism in Christianity |editor1-last=Chilton |editor1-first=Bruce |editor1-mask=3 |editor2-last=Neusner |editor2-first=Jacob |editor2-link=Jacob Neusner |title=Altruism in World Religions |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=Georgetown University Press |date=2005 |isbn=978-1-58901-065-9 |oclc=475595328 |pages=53–66 }}
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