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R. W. L. Moberly

{{Short description|English theologian}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

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| birth_name = R. Walter L. Moberly

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|3|26|df=yes}}

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| nationality = English

| education = University of Cambridge

| occupation = Professor of Theology and Biblical Interpretation at Durham University

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| notable_works = The Bible, Theology, and Faith: A Study of Abraham and Jesus. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000)
The Theology of the Book of Genesis. (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009)
Old Testament Theology: Reading the Hebrew Bible as Christian Scripture. (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2013)

| influences = Brevard S. Childs, Nicholas Lash, Jon D. Levenson, Peter L. Berger

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| spouse = Jennifer

| children = John Paul and Rachel

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| main_interests = Biblical hermeneutics, Biblical Theology, Spirituality{{cite web|title=Professor Walter Moberly - profile|publisher=Durham University|url=https://www.dur.ac.uk/theology.religion/staff/profile/?id=671|access-date=29 July 2015}}

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R. Walter L. Moberly ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|oʊ|b|ər|l|i}}; born 26 March 1952) is an English theologian and professor of theology and biblical interpretation at Durham University.{{cite web|title=Professor Walter Moberly - profile|publisher=Durham University|url=https://www.dur.ac.uk/theology.religion/staff/profile/?id=671|access-date=29 July 2015}}

He was awarded an M.A. at Oxford and both an M.A., Ph.D. Cambridge, UK. He is also an ordained priest in the Church of England.{{citation needed|date=April 2019}}

Moberly is the great nephew of Professor Sir Walter Hamilton Moberly. Like his great uncle he was educated at Winchester College and at New College, Oxford.

Works

=Books=

  • {{cite book|last=Moberly|first=R. W. L.|title=At the Mountain of God: Story and Theology in Exodus 32-34 |location=Sheffield |publisher=JSOT Press |date=1983 }}
  • {{cite book|last=Moberly|first=R. W. L.|author-mask=3|title=The Old Testament of the Old Testament: Patriarchal Narratives and Mosaic Yahwism |location=Minneapolis |publisher=Fortress Press |date=1992 |isbn=978-0-800-61561-1 }}
  • {{cite book|last=Moberly|first=R. W. L.|author-mask=3|title=Genesis 12-50 |location=Sheffield |publisher=JSOT Press |date=1992 }}
  • {{cite book|last=Moberly|first=R. W. L.|author-mask=3|title=From Eden to Golgotha: Essays in Biblical Theology |location=Atlanta |publisher=Scholars Press |date=1992 }}
  • {{cite book|last=Moberly|first=R. W. L.|author-mask=3|title=The Bible, Theology, and Faith: A Study of Abraham and Jesus |location=Cambridge |publisher=Cambridge University Press |date=2000 |isbn=978-0-521-77222-8 }}
  • {{cite book|last=Moberly|first=R. W. L.|author-mask=3 |author2-last=Rogerson |author2-first=John W. |author2-link=John W. Rogerson |title=Genesis and Exodus: with an Introduction by John Goldingay |location=Sheffield |publisher=Sheffield Academic Press |date=2001 |isbn=978-1-841-27191-0 }}
  • {{cite book|last=Moberly|first=R. W. L.|author-mask=3|title=Prophecy and Discernment |series=Cambridge Studies in Christian Doctrine |location=Cambridge |publisher=Cambridge University Press |date=2006 |isbn=978-0-521-05104-0 }}
  • {{cite book|last=Moberly|first=R. W. L.|author-mask=3|title=The Theology of the Book of Genesis |series=Old Testament Theology |location=Cambridge and New York |publisher=Cambridge University Press |date=2009 |isbn=978-0-521-86631-6 }}
  • {{cite book|last=Moberly|first=R. W. L.|author-mask=3|title=Old Testament Theology: Reading the Hebrew Bible as Christian Scripture |location=Grand Rapids |publisher=Baker Academic |date=2013 |isbn=978-0-801-04885-2 }}
  • {{cite book|last=Moberly|first=R. W. L.|author-mask=3|title=The Bible in a Disenchanted Age: The Enduring Possibility of Christian Faith |series=Theological Explorations for the Church Catholic |location=Grand Rapids |publisher=Baker Academic |date=2018 |isbn=978-0-801-09951-9 }}

=Articles & chapters=

  • {{cite journal|last=Moberly|first=R. W. L.|author-mask=3|title=Does God Lie to His Prophets? The Story of Micaiah ben Imlah As a Test Case |journal=Harvard Theological Review |volume=96 |issue=1 |date=2003 |pages=1–23 |doi=10.1017/S0017816003000312|s2cid=171070217 |url=http://dro.dur.ac.uk/81/1/81.pdf}}
  • {{cite journal|last=Moberly|first=R. W. L.|author-mask=3|title=Biblical Criticism and Religious Belief |journal=Journal of Theological Interpretation |volume=2 |issue=1 |date=2008 |pages=71–100 |doi=10.2307/26421447 |jstor=26421447 |s2cid=248841604 }}
  • {{cite journal|last=Moberly|first=R. W. L.|author-mask=3|title='In God We Trust'? The Challenge of the Prophets |journal=Ex Auditu |volume=24 |date=2008 |pages=18–33 }}
  • {{cite journal|last=Moberly|first=R. W. L.|author-mask=3|title=What is Theological Interpretation of Scripture? |journal=Journal of Theological Interpretation |volume=3 |issue=2 |date=2009 |pages=161–178 |doi=10.2307/26421287 |jstor=26421287 |s2cid=248838099 }}
  • {{cite journal|last=Moberly|first=R. W. L.|author-mask=3|title=On Reading and Teaching the Old Testament |journal=Concilium |volume=2010 |issue=2 |date=2010 |pages=91–98 }}

References

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External links

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  • [https://www.dur.ac.uk/theology.religion/staff/profile/?id=671 Walter Moberly's profile]

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Category:English theologians

Category:1952 births

Category:Living people

Category:Academics of Durham University

Category:Alumni of the University of Oxford

Category:Alumni of the University of Cambridge

Category:Presidents of the Society for Old Testament Study

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