Halvor Moxnes Explained

Halvor Moxnes
Birth Date:13 September 1944
Birth Place:Stokke, Norway
Alma Mater:University of Oslo
Thesis Title:Theology in Conflict[1]
Thesis Year:1977
Influences:W. D. Davies
Discipline:Theology
Sub Discipline:New Testament studies
Workplaces:University of Oslo
Influenced:[2]

Halvor Moxnes (born 1944) is a Norwegian theologian.

He was born in Stokke on 13 September 1944. He received his Doctor of Theology degree in 1978 with the thesis Theology in Conflict: Studies in Paul's Understanding of God in Romans, and was appointed as a professor of the New Testament at the University of Oslo in 1984. In 2005 he received an honorary degree at the University of Copenhagen[3] and he is also a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.[4] In 2006 ran for election as the dean of the Faculty of Theology, but lost to Trygve Wyller.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Moxnes . Halvor . 1977 . Theology in Conflict: Studies in Paul's Understanding of God in Romans . doctoral thesis . Oslo . University of Oslo . 466553294.
  2. Book: Lied, Liv Ingeborg . 2008 . The Other Lands of Israel: Imaginations of the Land in 2 Baruch . Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism . 129 . Leiden, Netherlands . Brill . xiii . 10.1163/ej.9789004165564.i-376 . 978-90-04-16556-4 . 1384-2161.
  3. Encyclopedia: 2007. Halvor Moxnes. Store norske leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. Oslo. Henriksen, Petter. Norwegian. 12 November 2010.
  4. Web site: Gruppe 8: Religionsvitenskap og teologi. Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Norwegian. 9 January 2011.
  5. News: Wyller blir TF-dekan. Kirknes. Leif M.. 18 October 2006. Universitas. Norwegian.