Anthony Thiselton

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Anthony Thiselton Christian doctrine
School or tradition	Conservative evangelical
Institutions	University of Nottingham St John's College, Nottingham St John's College, Durham

Anthony Charles Thiselton

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Biography

Anthony Charles Thiselton was born on 13 July 1937.

fellow of King's College London and fellow of the British Academy.

Thiselton was head of theology at the

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Thiselton was visiting Professor at Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena; Calvin College, Grand Rapids; Regent College, Vancouver; North Park, Seminary, Chicago; the University of Utrecht, Netherlands; several seminaries in South Korea; Senior Lecturer in the University of Sheffield; and Professor of Theology in the University of Chester. Thiselton retired from Nottingham in 2001; then served as Professor of Christian Theology at the University of Chester from 2001 to 2006. He returned to Nottingham as professor, from 2006, and his retirement in 2011 marked his final retirement from academic posts.[5]

Thiselton served on the Church of England General Synod membership, and its Commissions and Committees: Crown Nominations Commission, (2000-2010); Appointments Committee (2008–13); and Theological Education and Training Committee (1999-2005). Outside Synod he remained on the Doctrine Commission for nearly 30 years: Church of England Doctrine Commission (1976-2006); Acting Chairman (1987); Church of England Faith and Order Group (1979–89); and Theological Education in the Anglican Communion (2003–06).

His main published work was in the areas of

. He is unusual in academic theology for publishing research-level works across such a broad range of topics.

Thiselton received a Festschrift, edited by Stanley Porter and Matthew Malcolm, entitled Horizons in Hermeneutics (Eerdmans) in April 2013. In June 2012 he was also the subject of a one-day conference in his honour, at the University of Nottingham, at which he presented a response paper to several contributors who spoke in light of his work. Proceedings from this conference were published by Paternoster (in the UK) and IVP (in the US) as The Future of Biblical Interpretation (2013). St John's College, Nottingham, inaugurated a series of "Thiselton lectures" in 2013 to honour his work in hermeneutics. He gave the first of these himself, in June 2013.

Thiselton died on 7 February 2023, at the age of 85.^[6]

Views

Thiselton was described in 2002, during the selection of the next Archbishop of Canterbury, as belonging to the conservative evangelical wing of the Church of England.^[7] However, it is far from clear Thiselton would be happy with that description and we note the comment of Stanley E. Porter (President, McMaster Divinity College) on the back of Thiselton's "Puzzling Passages in Paul" which reads "This is an exhilarating and infuriating book by Tony Thiselton. It is exhilarating because he does not shy away from many of the most troubling passages in the Apostle Paul's letter, but infuriating because Thiselton cannot easily or predictably be put in a box regarding his conclusions." ^[8]

Works

Books

• Thiselton, Anthony C. (1980). The Two Horizons: New Testament Hermeneutics and Philosophical Description with special reference to Heidegger, Bultmann, Gadamer, and Wittgenstein. Exeter ; Grand Rapids, MI: Paternoster ; Eerdmans.
  OCLC 4907859
  .
• ———; Lundin, Roger; Walhout, Clarence (1985). The Responsibility of Hermeneutics. Carlisle ; Grand Rapids, MI: Paternoster ; Eerdmans.
  OCLC 12371404
  .
• ——— (1992). New Horizons in Hermeneutics: The Theory and Practice of Transforming Biblical Reading. London ; Grand Rapids, MI: HarperCollins ; Zondervan.
  OCLC 24699360
  .
• ——— (1995). Interpreting God and the Postmodern Self: on meaning, manipulation, and promise. Edinburgh ; Grand Rapids, MI: T & T Clark ; Eerdmans.
  OCLC 33078178
  .
• ———; Lundin, Roger; Walhout, Clarence (1999). The Promise of Hermeneutics. Carlisle ; Grand Rapids, MI: Paternoster ; Eerdmans.
  OCLC 40848460
  .
• ——— (2000). The First Epistle to the Corinthians: A Commentary on the Greek Text.
  OCLC 44926923
  .
• ——— (2001). A Concise Encyclopedia of the Philosophy of Religion (1st ed.). Oxford: Oneworld.
• ——— (2005). A Concise Encyclopedia of the Philosophy of Religion (North American ed.). Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic.
  OCLC 488237726
  .
• ——— (2006). Thiselton on Hermeneutics: Collected Works and New Essays. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.
  OCLC 66392781
  .
• ——— (2006). 1 Corinthians: A Shorter Exegetical and Pastoral Commentary. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.
  OCLC 71275476
  .
• ——— (2007). The Hermeneutics of Doctrine. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.
  OCLC 154683042
  .
• ——— (2009). Hermeneutics: An Introduction. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.
  OCLC 368048466
  .
• ——— (2009). The Living Paul: An Introduction to the Apostle and this Thought. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic.
  OCLC 456729547
  .
• ——— (2011). 1 and 2 Thessalonians: Through the Centuries. Blackwell Bible commentaries. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.
  OCLC 456729547
  .
• ——— (2011). Life after Death: a New Approach to the Last Things. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.
  OCLC 723142256
  .
• ——— (2013). The Holy Spirit: In Biblical Teaching Through the Centuries and Today. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.
  OCLC 806521937
  .
• ——— (2015). The Thiselton Companion to Christian Theology. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.
  OCLC 887852055
  .
• ——— (2015). Systematic Theology. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.
  OCLC 907976292
  .
• ——— (2015). A Lifetime in the Church and the University. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books.
  OCLC 920850428
  .
• ——— (2016). Discovering Romans. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.
  ISBN 978-0-8028-7409-2
  . - forthcoming 4 July 2016
• ——— (2016). A Shorter Guide to the Holy Spirit. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.
  ISBN 978-0802873491
  .
• ——— (2017). Doubt, Faith and Certainty. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.
  ISBN 978-0802873538
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• ——— (2017). Approaching Philosophy of Religion. London: SPCK.
  ISBN 978-0281076765
  .
• ——— (2018). Puzzling Passages in Paul, Forty Conundrums Calmly Considered. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock.
  ISBN 978-1-5326-5054-3
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• ——— (2019). 2 Corinthians: A Short Exegetical and Pastoral Commentary. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock.
  ISBN 978-1-5326-7270-5
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• ——— (2020). Colossians: A Short Exegetical and Pastoral Commentary. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock.
  ISBN 978-1-7252-5852-5
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• ——— (2020). Promise and Prayer: The Biblical Writings in the Light of Speech-Act Theory. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock.
  ISBN 978-1-7252-5360-5
  .

Articles and chapters

——— (1970). "Parables as Speech-Events". Scottish Journal of Theology. 23: 466.

Bibliography

• Bartholomew, Craig G. (1996). "Three Horizons: Hermeneutics from the Other End―An Evaluation of Anthony Thiselton's Hermeneutic Proposals". European Journal of Theology. 5 (2): 121–135.
• "Who's Who (2012 edition, p.1272)". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

References

External links

• "Nottingham University profile". Archived from the original on 5 March 2010. Retrieved 6 October 2013.