Bruce Chilton Explained

Bruce D. Chilton
Birth Date:	September 27, 1949
Birth Place:	Roslyn, NY
Nationality:	American
Occupation:	Biblical scholar and academic
Known For:	Rabbi Jesus: An Intimate Biography
Bernard Iddings Bell Professor of Philosophy and Religion
Influences:	Ben F. Meyer^[1]
Workplaces:	Bard College

Bruce D. Chilton (born September 27, 1949 Roslyn, NY) is an American scholar of early Christianity and Judaism, and an Episcopalian priest. He is Bernard Iddings Bell Professor of Religion at Bard College, formerly Lillian Claus Professor of New Testament at Yale University, and Rector of the Church of St John the Evangelist^[2] He holds a PhD in New Testament from Cambridge University (St. John's College). He has previously held academic positions at the Universities of Cambridge, Sheffield, and Münster.^[3]

He wrote the first critical commentary on the Aramaic version of Isaiah (The Isaiah Targum, 1987), as well as academic studies that analyze Jesus in his Judaic context (A Galilean Rabbi and His Bible, 1984; The Temple of Jesus, 1992; Pure Kingdom, 1996), and explain the Bible critically (Redeeming Time: The Wisdom of Ancient Jewish and Christian Festal Calendars, 2002; The Cambridge Companion to the Bible, 2007).

He founded two academic periodicals, Journal for the Study of the New Testament and The Bulletin for Biblical Research. Chilton was awarded the Doctor of Divinity degree honoris causa by General Theological Seminary in 2011.^[4] He has also been active in the ministry of the Episcopal Church, and is Rector of the Church of St. John the Evangelist in Barrytown, New York. His popular books have been widely reviewed. Rabbi Jesus: An Intimate Biography showed Jesus' development through the environments that proved formative influences on him. Those environments, illuminated by archaeology and by historical sources, include: (1) rural Jewish Galilee, (2) the movement of John the Baptist, (3) the towns Jesus encountered as a rabbi, (4) the political strategy of Herod Antipas, and (5) deep controversy concerning the Temple in Jerusalem.

Bruce and his wife, Odile, live in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. They are the parents of two sons.

Works

Popular books

• Book: Chilton . Bruce D.. Rabbi Jesus: An Intimate Biography . registration . New York . Doubleday . 2000 . 978-0-385-49793-0 . 44019167 .
• Book: Chilton . Bruce . 3 . Rabbi Paul: An Intellectual Biography . New York . Doubleday . 2004 . 978-0-385-50862-9 . 54006717 .
• Book: Chilton . Bruce . 3 . Mary Magdalene: A Biography . registration . New York . Doubleday . 2005 . 978-0-385-51318-0 . 58789029 .
• Book: Chilton . Bruce . 3 . Abraham's Curse: The Roots of Violence in Judaism, Christianity and Islam . New York . Doubleday . 2008 . 978-0-385-52027-0 . 157023255 .

Academic books

• Book: Chilton . Bruce . 3 . The Glory of Israel: the theology and provenience of the Isaiah Targum . Journal for the study of the Old Testament - Supplement series . 23 . Sheffield . JSOT Press . 1982 . 978-0-567-46092-9 . 276358830 .
• Book: Chilton . Bruce . 3 . A Galilean Rabbi and his Bible: Jesus' own interpretation of Isaiah . London . SPCK & Michael Glazer . 1984 . 978-0-281-04108-4 . 715353922 .
• Book: Chilton . Bruce . 3 . The Isaiah Targum: Introduction, Translation, Apparatus and Notes . The Aramaic Bible: the Targums . 11 . Edinburgh . T&T Clark . 1987 . 978-0-89453-480-5 . 489964184 .
• Book: Chilton . Bruce . 3 . Beginning of the New Testament Study . London . SPCK . 1986 . 978-0-281-04210-4 . 1056596986 .
• Book: Chilton . Bruce . 3 . The Temple of Jesus: His Sacrificial Program within a Cultural History of Sacrifice . University Park, PA . Pennsylvania State University Press . 1992 . 978-0-271-00824-0 . 231443891 .
• Book: Chilton . Bruce . 3 . Neusner . Jacob . Jacob Neusner . Judaism in the New Testament: Practices and Beliefs . London & New York . Routledge . 1995 . 978-0-415-11844-6 . 876035014 .
• Book: Chilton . Bruce . 3 . Pure Kingdom: Jesus Vision of God . Studying the historical Jesus . London & Grand Rapids, MI . SPCK Publishing & Eerdmans . 1997 . 978-0-281-05060-4 . 34974144 .
• Book: Chilton . Bruce . 3 . Redeeming Time: The Wisdom of Ancient Jewish and Christian Festal Calendars . Peabody, MA . Hendrickson Publishers . 2002 . 978-1-56563-380-3 . 840108072 .
• Book: Chilton . Bruce . 3 . Flesher . Paul V. M. . Paul V. M. Flesher . The Targums: a critical introduction . Waco, TX . Baylor University Press . 2011 . 978-90-04-21817-8 . 769189749 .
• Book: Chilton . Bruce . 3 . A Galilean Rabbi and His Bible: Jesus' Use of the Interpreted Scripture of His Time . Eugene, OR . Wipf & Stock . 2014 . 978-1-62564-270-7 . 864442889 . - republication of the 1984 title
• Book: Chilton . Bruce . 3 . The Herods: Murder, Politics, and the Art of Succession . Minneapolis . Fortress Press . 2021 . 978-1-5064-7428-1 . 1250200867 .

Edited by

• Book: Chilton . Bruce . 3 . Neusner . Jacob . Jacob Neusner . The Brother of Jesus: James the Just and His Mission . Louisville KY & London . Westminster John Knox Press . 2001 . 978-0-664-22299-4 . 717948760 .
• Book: Chilton . Bruce . 3 . Neusner . Jacob . Jacob Neusner . Altruism in World Religions . Washington, D.C . Georgetown University Press . 2005 . 978-1-58901-065-9 . 475595328 .
• Book: Chilton . Bruce . 3 . The Cambridge Companion to the Bible . Cambridge, UK . Cambridge University Press . 2007 . 978-0-521-86997-3 . 144222458 .
• Book: Chilton . Bruce . 3 . Neusner . Jacob . Jacob Neusner . Religious Tolerance in World Religions . Templeton Foundation Press . 2008 . 978-1-59947-136-5 .

Chapters

• Book: Chilton . Bruce . 3 . Altruism in Christianity . Chilton . Bruce . 3 . Neusner . Jacob . Jacob Neusner . Altruism in World Religions . Washington, D.C . Georgetown University Press . 2005 . 978-1-58901-065-9 . 475595328 . 53–66 .

Notes and References

1. Book: Denton, Donald L. Jr. . 2004 . Historiography and Hermeneutics in Jesus Studies: An Examination of the Work of John Dominic Crossan and Ben F. Meyer . London . T&T Clark . 13 . 978-0-567-08203-9.
2. http://www.bard.edu/iat/fellows/chilton.html Bard College Institute of Advanced Theology -- Bruce Chilton
3. http://www.bard.edu/academics/faculty/profile/?id=27 Bard College faculty profile
4. Web site: General Theological Seminary, "Honorary Degrees" October 10, 2011.. April 11, 2019. April 11, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190411204925/http://gts.edu/general-news/2011/10/general-seminary-to-award-honorary-degrees.