Thomas L. Brodie

Fr Thomas L. Brodie, OP, STD,
Born	1943
Nationality	Irish
Education	STD (Doctorate in Sacred Theology)
Alma mater	Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas
Occupation	Priest and author

Fr Thomas L. Brodie (born 1943) is an Irish Roman Catholic priest within the Dominican Order who has worked in academia and published scholarly books on Christianity. He supports the Christ myth theory, the theory that Jesus did not exist as a historical figure.

He was born in Crusheen, County Clare.

Brodie earned his STD at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome in 1988, at the age of 48. He has taught Hebrew Scriptures and New Testament in various institutions across the United States and in South Africa, including the Aquinas Institute of Theology in St. Louis, Missouri.

Brodie has written a number of books about the Bible, with emphases on the Gospel of John, Genesis and the narratives of Elijah and Elisha. He has most frequently been published by Oxford University Press and Sheffield Phoenix Press.

His 2012 book Beyond the Quest for the Historical Jesus: Memoir of a Discovery caused controversy when Brodie endorsed the Christ myth theory and expressed that Jesus of Nazareth was not a historical figure, a belief he reports he has held since the 1970s.

Following the publication of the book and revelations of his belief that Jesus did not exist, The Irish Sun reported in January 2013 that Brodie had been forced to quit his teaching job and banned from lecturing while his writings were being investigated. The final judgement of the Dominican Order on the matter was published in their periodical Doctrine and Life in May–June 2014:

Beyond the Quest for the Historical Jesus
Official Dominican Response to a Controversial Book

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