Full-time and Part-time Staff » Dr David Hutchinson Edgar
Lecturer in Early Christianity and its Literature
Contact:
- Room 5031, Arts Building
- Tel: 01-896-1375
- Email: dedgar@tcd.ie
Academic Degrees:
- 1996, PhD, University of Dublin
- 1992, BA, University of Dublin
Teaching and Departmental Responsibilities:
- JF Christianity from Jerusalem to Byzantium
- SF Paul and the Development of early Christianity
- SF Pauline Letters in Context
- SF Introduction to Greek
- JS Literary and Historical Approaches to the Gospels
- JS The Johannine Literature
- Examinations Co-ordinator
Research Interests:
The social world of early Christianity; New Testament and other early Christian literature; cultural anthropological approaches to early Christian literature; early Christian letters; literacy and manuscript production in early Christianity; the Chester Beatty Library biblical manuscript collection
Publications - Books:
- Has God Not Chosen the Poor? The Social Setting of the Epistle of James (=JSNTSS 206), Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2001.
- Treasuring the Word: An Introduction to Biblical Manuscripts in the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin: Townhouse Press, 2003.
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