John Dominic Crossan (b.1934), scholar

John Dominic Crossan (b.1934) is an Irish American scholar.

Biography

Born in Ireland. Moved to the United States in 1950 while joining the Servite Order. In 1969 left the priesthood and began teaching at DePaul University, until his retirement in 1995. A specialist in the field of Historical Jesus studies, co-founder of the Jesus Seminar.

Works on Second Temple Judaism

Books

• The Historical Jesus: The Life of a Mediterranean Jewish Peasant (1991 Crossan), book

• Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography (1994 Crossan), book

• Who Killed Jesus? (1995 Crossan), book

• The Birth of Christianity (1998 Crossan), book

• Excavating Jesus (2001 Crossan/Reed), book

• The First Paul (2009 Borg/Crossan), book

Edited volumes

• The Historical Jesus in Context (2006 Levine/Allison/Crossan), edited volume

References

• Mark A. Powell, in Jesus in History, Thought, and Culture (2003 Houlten), edited volume

External links

• Wikipedia