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Full-time and Part-time Staff » Dr David Hutchinson Edgar

Dr David Hutchinson Edgar, photo by Catherine Hezser

Lecturer in Early Christianity and its Literature

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Academic Degrees:

  • 1996, PhD, University of Dublin
  • 1992, BA, University of Dublin

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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

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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

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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.

Contact: jwelch@tcd.ie | Last updated: Sep 14 2006 | Back to top