Joseph Blenkinsopp
Professor Emeritus
Education
D.Phil. University of Oxford
Research and Training Interests
Selected Publications
Abraham: The Story of a Life. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2015.
David Remembered: Kingship and National Identity in Ancient Israel. Eerdmans, 2013
Creation Un-Creation Re-Creation. A Discursive Commentary on Genesis 1-11 (New York & London: Continuum, 2011)
Judaism. The First Phase (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2008);
Opening the Sealed Book. Interpretations of the Book of Isaiah in Late Antiquity (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2006)
Biography
Born in Durham, England. Taught at International Theological College, Romsey, U.K., Chicago Theological Seminary, Vanderbilt University and University of Notre Dame from 1970; Guest-Professor at Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome, 1998. Member of several learned societies including Society of Biblical Literature, Society for the Study of the Old Testament (U.K., President 1999-2000), Catholic Biblical Association (President 1988-1989), European Association of Biblical Studies. ATS Research grant 1978, Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford 1982-1983 with NEH grant, Mellon Retiree Research Grant 2005-2006. Excavated at Tel Dan, Israel 1977 and at Capernaum, Israel with Notre Dame University support 1980-1987. Rector of Ecumenical Institute, Tantur, Israel, 1978.
Contact
Email: joseph.blenkinsopp.1@nd.edu