Meeks, Wayne A.

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MEEKS, Wayne A.

MEEKS, Wayne A. American, b. 1932. Genres: Intellectual history, Theology/Religion. Career: Woolsey Professor Emeritus, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 1999- (Associate Professor, 1969-73; Chairman of Dept. 1972-75, 1978-79, 1982-83; Professor of Religious Studies, 1973-99). Instructor in Religion, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, 1964-65; Assistant Professor, 1966-68, and Associate Professor, 1968-69, Indiana University, Bloomington; President, Society of Biblical Literature, 1985. President, Studiorum Novi Testament Societas, 2004-05. Publications: Go from Your Father's House: A College Student's Introduction to the Christian Faith, 1964; The Prophet-King: Moses Traditions and the Johannine Christology, 1967; (with R.L. Wilken) Jews and Christians in Antioch, 1978; The First Urban Christians: The Social World of the Apostle Paul, 1983; The Moral World of the First Christians, 1986; The Origins of Christian Morality, 1993; In Search of the Early Christians: Selected Essays, 2002. EDITOR: The Writings of St. Paul, 1972; (with F.O. Francis) Conflict at Colossae, 1972; (with J. Jervell) God's Christ and His People, 1977; Zur Soziologie des Urchristentums, 1979. Address: Dept of Religious Studies, Yale University, PO Box 208287, New Haven, CT 06520, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]

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