Harold W. Attridge

Served as dean of Yale Divinity School from 2002 to 2012. Scholar of ancient religion and philosophy whose publications exhibit tremendous range, including studies of popular Greek philosophy, Hellenistic Judaism, the New Testament documents (with a special focus on the Gospel of John and the Letter to the Hebrews), and the Coptic library found at Nag Hammadi. His major monographs, translations and commentaries on ancient texts include the Hermeneia commentary on The Letter to the Hebrews; The Syrian Goddess (De Dea Syria) attributed to Lucian; First-Century Cynicism in the Epistles of Heraclitus; Biblical History in the Antiquitates Judaicae of Flavius Josephus; and Nag Hammadi Codex I: The Jung Codex. his research, which contextualizes ancient Christianity in the broader sweep of ancient religious thought and practice, is characterized by philological exactness, philosophical sophistication, and literary acumen.