Difference between revisions of "Seán Freyne (1935-2013), scholar"
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'''Seán Freyne''' (d.2013) was an Irish scholar | '''Seán Freyne''' (d.2013) was an Irish scholar. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
Professor at Trinity College. | |||
Sean Freyne was Professor of Theology in the School of Religions and Theology, Trinity College, Dublin. 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, most recently Jesus a Jewish Galilean: A New Reading of the Jesus Story. Dr. Freyne lectured widely in Australia and in the U.S., 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). He 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 on Second Temple Judaism== | ==Works on Second Temple Judaism== | ||
====Books==== | ====Books==== | ||
*[[Galilee, from Alexander the Great to Hadrian (1980 Freyne), book]] | *[[Galilee, from Alexander the Great to Hadrian (1980 Freyne), book]] | ||
*[[The World of the New Testament (1980 Freyne), book]] | *[[The World of the New Testament (1980 Freyne), book]] | ||
*[[Galilee, Jesus, and the Gospels (1988 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]] | *[[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.)]] | **[[Jesús, un galileo judío: Una nueva lectura de la historia de Jesús (2009 Freyne), book (Spanish ed.)]] | ||
Revision as of 04:44, 7 August 2013
Seán Freyne (d.2013) was an Irish scholar.
Biography
Sean Freyne was Professor of Theology in the School of Religions and Theology, Trinity College, Dublin. 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, most recently Jesus a Jewish Galilean: A New Reading of the Jesus Story. Dr. Freyne lectured widely in Australia and in the U.S., 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). He 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.