Brendan J Byrne
Major teaching areas:
- Gospels of Mark, Matthew and Luke;
- Acts of the Apostles and Pastoral Letters;
- Letters of Paul, especially Romans
Research Interests:
- The interpretation of Paul's letter to the Romans; emerging Christian identity in the New Testament period, especially in relation to Paul (the Letters and the Acts of the Apostles);
- the Jesus of history and the Gospels;
- the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Publications:
- "Jesus as Messiah in the Gospel of Luke: Discerning a Pattern of Correction," Catholic Biblical Quarterly 65/1 (January 2003) 80-95.
- "Interpreting Romans Theologically in a Post-'New Perspective' Perspective", Harvard Theological Review 94/3 (2001) 227-41.
- The Hospitality of God: A Reading of Luke's Gospel: Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2000.
- Romans. Sacra Pagina Commentaries 6; Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1996.
- Lazarus: A Contemporary Reading of John 11:1-46. Zaccheus Series. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1991. Italian edition: Milan, 1994.
- Paul and the Christian Woman. Homebush: St Paul, 1988. US Edition: Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1989; Italian edition: Milan, 1991; Portugese edition: Sao Paolo, 1993
- Reckoning with Romans: A Contemporary Reading of Paul's Gospel. Good News Studies 18. Wilmington: Glazier, 1986.
- 'Sons of God' - 'Seed of Abraham': A Study of the Idea of the Sonship of God of All Christians in Paul against the Jewish Background. Analecta Biblica 83. Rome: Biblical Institute, 1979.
Administration
Community and professional service
- Fellow: Australian Academy of the Humanities
- Society for New Testament Studies
- Catholic Biblical Association of America (Associate Editor CBQ 2000-06)
- Australian Catholic Biblical Association (President: 1984; 1997-98
- Fellowship for Biblical Studies (President: 1987)
- Melbourne College of Divinity: 1992- ; Vice-President: 1998-99; President: 2000-2001
- Pontifical Biblical Commission (Rome): 1990-95
Major positions previously held:
- Rector of Campion College, Kew 1979-84
- Principal of Jesuit Theological College, Parkville 1992-96.
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