Charles Thomas Robert Hayward (born 1948) is a British academic and convicted

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. He had been Professor of

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in the Department of Theology and Religion at

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Academic career

After receiving a BA (Theology, University of Durham, 1971), MA (Theology, University of Durham, 1973) and DPhil (

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, 1975) he lectured at

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(1977–1979). He returned to Durham being appointed Lecturer in Theology (1979), Senior Lecturer (1989) and Reader (1994). In 2006, Hayward was elected President of the Society for Old Testament Studies. He was President in 2003 of the

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Books

*''Divine name and presence: The Memra'' (Totowa, N.J.:Allenheld Osmun, 1981) *''The Targum of Jeremiah. Translated, with a Critical Introduction, Apparatus and Notes'' (The Aramaic Bible, 12: Wilmington, Del.: Michael Glazier, 1987) *''Jerome's Hebrew Questions on Genesis: Translated with an Introduction and Commentary'' (Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1995) *''The Jewish Temple: A Non-Biblical Sourcebook'' (London: Routledge, 1996) *Pauline Allen and C.T.R. Hayward, ''Severus of Antioch'' (London:Routledge, 2004) *''Interpretations of the Name Israel in Ancient Judaism and Some Early Christian Writings ''(Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005) *''Targums and the Transmission of Scripture into Judaism and Christianity'' (Leiden: Brill, 2010)

2016 conviction

In 2016 he was convicted of

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charges at Durham Crown Court, sentenced to a two-year community supervision order and was made subject to a sexual harm prevention order and registered as a

, both for five years.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hayward, C. T. R. Academics of Durham University Academics of Lancaster University Alumni of the University of Oxford Living people British biblical scholars Old Testament scholars English people convicted of child pornography offences 1948 births Alumni of St Chad's College, Durham Presidents of the Society for Old Testament Study