Simon James Gathercole (born 8 July 1974) is a United Kingdom

New Testament The New Testament grc, Ἡ Καινὴ Διαθήκη, transl. ; la, Novum Testamentum. (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon. It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus, as well as events in first-century Christ ...

scholar, Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity, and Director of Studies at

Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge Fitzwilliam College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college traces its origins back to 1869 and the foundation of the Non-Collegiate Students Board, a venture intended to offer academically excellent students of all ...

Biography

Gathercole completed a degree in Classics and Theology at

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and then pursued doctoral research at

Durham University , mottoeng = Her foundations are upon the holy hills (Psalm 87:1) , established = (university status) , type = Public , academic_staff = 1,830 (2020) , administrative_staff = 2,640 (2018/19) , chancellor = Sir Thomas Allen , vice_chan ...

under the supervision of

James D. G. Dunn James Douglas Grant Dunn (21 October 1939 – 26 June 2020), also known as Jimmy Dunn, was a British New Testament scholar, who was for many years the Lightfoot Professor of Divinity in the Department of Theology at the University of Durha ...

, with funding from the

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, the

German Academic Exchange Service The German Academic Exchange Service, or DAAD (german: Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst), was founded in 1925 and is the largest German support organisation in the field of international academic co-operation. Organisation ''DAAD'' is a ...

and

Hatfield College , motto_English = Either the first or with the first , scarf = , named_for = Thomas Hatfield , established = , senior_tutor = , master = Ann MacLarnon (2017–) , undergraduates = 1010 (2017/18) , postgradu ...

. He also studied for short periods at the

University of Tübingen The University of Tübingen, officially the Eberhard Karl University of Tübingen (german: Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen; la, Universitas Eberhardina Carolina), is a public research university located in the city of Tübingen, Baden-Wü ...

and the Jewish Theological Seminary, New York. He was formerly Senior Lecturer in New Testament at the

University of Aberdeen The University of Aberdeen ( sco, University o' 'Aiberdeen; abbreviated as ''Aberd.'' in List of post-nominal letters (United Kingdom), post-nominals; gd, Oilthigh Obar Dheathain) is a public university, public research university in Aberdeen, Sc ...

. Drawn from his dissertation, his book ''Where is Boasting?'' (2002) was a critique of the

New Perspective on Paul The "New Perspective on Paul" is a movement within the field of biblical studies concerned with the understanding of the writings of the Apostle Paul. The "new perspective" was started with liberal scholar E. P. Sanders' 1977 work ''Paul ...

, and focused on Second-Temple Judaism and Romans 1-5. Since 2007, Gathercole has served as editor of the ''

Journal for the Study of the New Testament The ''Journal for the Study of the New Testament'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers five times a year in the field of Biblical studies. It is founded by Bruce Chilton. The current journal's editor is Louise Lawrence (Unive ...

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Works

Thesis

Books

* * * * * * * *''The Apocryphal Gospels'' (2021). Penguin Classics. ISBN 9780241340554

as Editor

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Articles and Chapters

References

External links

Faculty Page at University of Cambridge
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gathercole, Simon J. Academics of the University of Aberdeen Academic journal editors Alumni of Hatfield College, Durham British biblical scholars Fellows of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge Living people New Testament scholars 1974 births