Seán Freyne (1935-2013), scholar

Seán Freyne (1935-2013) was an Irish scholar. A native of Tooreen, Ireland and former Catholic priest, Sean Freyne was Professor of Theology in the School of Religions and Theology, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. His academic interests included a study of Galilee in the Hellenistic and Roman periods, the historical Jesus, the gospels, and aspects of early Jewish and early Christian history and development. He published several books. Freyne lectured widely in Australia and in the United States, at Loyola University New Orleans, and was a visiting scholar at the University of Notre Dame, and Visiting Professor of Early Christian History and Literature at Harvard Divinity School (2007–2008). At one time president of the Society for the Study of the New Testament, Freyne was a member of the Royal Irish Academy and a fellow of Trinity College, Dublin, as well as a trustee of the Chester Beatty Library of Oriental Art, Dublin.

Works

Books

• Galilee, from Alexander the Great to Hadrian (1980 Freyne), book

• The World of the New Testament (1980 Freyne), book

• Galilee, Jesus, and the Gospels (1988 Freyne), book

• Jesus, a Jewish Galilean: A New Reading of the History of Jesus (2004 Freyne), book
  • Jesús, un galileo judío: Una nueva lectura de la historia de Jesús (2009 Freyne), book (Spanish ed.)