Simon James Gathercole (born 8 July 1974) is a United Kingdom

New Testament The New Testament (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon. It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus in Christianity, Jesus, as well as events relating to Christianity in the 1st century, first-century Christianit ...

scholar, Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity, and Director of Studies at

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Biography

Gathercole completed a degree in Classics and Theology at

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and then pursued doctoral research at

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under the supervision of

James D. G. Dunn James Douglas Grant Dunn (21 October 1939 – 26 June 2020), also known as Jimmy Dunn, was a British New Testament scholar, who was for many years the Lightfoot Professor of Divinity in the Department of Theology at the University of Dur ...

, with funding from the

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, the

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and

Hatfield College Hatfield College is one of the constituent colleges of Durham University in England. It occupies a city centre site above the River Wear on the World Heritage Site peninsula, lying adjacent to North Bailey and only a short distance from Durha ...

. He also studied for short periods at the

University of Tübingen The University of Tübingen, officially the Eberhard Karl University of Tübingen (; ), is a public research university located in the city of Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The University of Tübingen is one of eleven German Excellenc ...

and the Jewish Theological Seminary, New York. He was formerly Senior Lecturer in New Testament at the

University of Aberdeen The University of Aberdeen (abbreviated ''Aberd.'' in List of post-nominal letters (United Kingdom), post-nominals; ) is a public university, public research university in Aberdeen, Scotland. It was founded in 1495 when William Elphinstone, Bis ...

. Drawn from his dissertation, his book ''Where is Boasting?'' (2002) was a critique of the

New Perspective on Paul The "New Perspective on Paul" is an academic movement within the field of biblical studies concerned with the understanding of the writings of the Apostle Paul. The "New Perspective" movement began with the publication of the 1977 essay ''Pau ...

, and focused on Second-Temple Judaism and Romans 1-5. Since 2007, Gathercole has served as editor of the ''

Journal for the Study of the New Testament The ''Journal for the Study of the New Testament'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers five times a year in the field of Biblical studies. It is founded by Bruce Chilton. The journal's current editor is Olegs Andrejevs (Loyo ...

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Works

Thesis

Books

* * * * * * * *''The Apocryphal Gospels'' (2021). Penguin Classics. ISBN 9780241340554 *

As editor

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Articles and chapters

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References

External links

Faculty Page at University of Cambridge
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gathercole, Simon J. Academics of the University of Aberdeen British academic journal editors Alumni of Hatfield College, Durham British biblical scholars Fellows of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge Living people New Testament scholars 1974 births