Robert Doran (born 1940)
Robert Doran (born 1940) is a scholar of religion, particularly
named chair of Samuel Williston Professor of Greek and Hebrew.[1]
His areas of research include the book
.Personal life
Doran earned his
Doctorate of Theology from Harvard Divinity School where he studied under John Strugnell among others.[1] Doran's wife, Susan Niditch, is also a professor of Religion at Amherst College and also attended Harvard; they were both appointed to tenure-track positions at Amherst in 1978.[4]
Works
- Books
- Doran, Robert (1981). Temple Propaganda: The Purpose and Character of 2 Maccabees. Catholic Biblical Quarterly Monograph Series 12. Washington, DC: Catholic Biblical Association.
- Doran, Robert (1992). The Lives of Simeon Stylites. Cistercian Press.
- Doran, Robert (1995). Birth of a Worldview: Early Christianity in Its Jewish and Pagan Context. Routledge.
- Doran, Robert (2006). Stewards of the Poor: The Man of God, Rabbula and Hiba in Fifth-Century Edessa. Cistercian Publications.
- Doran, Robert (2012). ISBN 9780800660505.
- Selected sections in larger works
- "1 Maccabees and 2 Maccabees". The New Interpreter's Bible. Vol. 4. Nashville: Abingdon Press. 1994.
- ISBN 9780191979897.
- "1 – 2 Maccabees". The Jerome Biblical Commentary for the Twenty-First Century (3rd ed.). T&T Clark. 2022.
References
- ^ a b "Robert Doran". Amherst College. Retrieved February 14, 2023.
- ISBN 0-385-09630-5.
- ^ Doran, Robert (1987). "The Jewish Hellenistic Historians Before Josephus". In Haase, Wolfgang (ed.). Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt (ANRW) / Rise and Decline of the Roman World. Vol. 20/1. pp. 246–297. .
- ^ "Chronology of Arrival of Women Faculty at Amherst College". Amherst College. Retrieved February 14, 2023.
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