Dale C. Allison | |
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Born | November 25, 1955 --> |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | New Testament scholar, historian of Early Christianity, and Christian theologian |
Title | Richard J. Dearborn Professor of New Testament Studies at Princeton Theological Seminary |
Academic background | |
Education | Wichita State University |
Alma mater | Duke University (PhD) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Biblical studies |
Sub discipline | New Testament studies |
Dale C. Allison (November 25, 1955-) is an American New Testament scholar, historian of Early Christianity, and Christian theologian who for years served as Errett M. Grable Professor of New Testament Exegesis and Early Christianity at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. He is currently the Richard J. Dearborn Professor of New Testament Studies at Princeton Theological Seminary.
Allison received a B.A. from Wichita State University (1977) and an M.A. (1979) and a Ph.D. (1982) from Duke University. Prior to joining Princeton Theological Seminary in 2013, Allison served on the faculties of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas, Friends University in Wichita, Kansas, and Pittsburgh Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is the author of books on early Christian eschatology, the Gospel of Matthew, the Epistle of James, the so-called Sayings Source or Q document, the historical Jesus, George Harrison, religious experience in the modern world, and the Testament of Abraham. He has been called "the premier Matthew specialist of his generation in the United States" and "North America's most complete New Testament scholar."[1] Allison has served on many editorial boards including New Testament Studies and the Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus and he was for many years the main New Testament editor for the multi-volume Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception.