2008 Kenneth W. Clark Lectures: The Historical Jesus and the Theological Jesus

February 6, 2008
Updated February 22, 2008

Dale C. Allison Jr., a faculty member at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania since 1997, will be the guest lecturer for the Divinity School’s 2008 Kenneth W. Clark Lectures. His areas of expertise include Second Temple Judaism. He is also the author of books on early Christian eschatology, the Gospel of Matthew, the so-called Sayings Source of Q, the historical Jesus, and the Testament of Abraham.

Allison’s most recent books are “Resurrecting Jesus: The Earliest Christian Tradition and Its Interpreters” (T. & T. Clark 2005), a collection of essays on the historical Jesus and the resurrection; “ Studies in Matthew: Interpretation Past and Present” (Baker Academic 2005); “The Luminous Dusk: Finding God in the Deep, Still Places” (Eerdmans, 2006), about religious experience in the modern world; and “The Love There That's Sleeping: The Art and Spirituality of George Harrison” (T. & T. Clark 2006). He is currently working on a full-length commentary on the Book of James.

Allison has previously served on the faculties of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth and Friends University in Wichita, Kan.

He will present lectures on “The Historical Jesus and the Theological Jesus” on Wednesday, Feb. 27 from 11 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. in *Goodson Chapel and on Thursday, Feb. 28 from 12:20 – 1:20 p.m. in *Goodson Chapel, Duke Divinity School.

No pre-registration is necessary for these free public lectures. View event details.

*please note venue change as of February 22, 2008