Portland Chair in New Testament Studies at the University of Gloucestershire
Known for
Social-scientific interpretation of biblical texts
Academic background
Education
Marist Brothers High School
Alma mater
Magdalen College, Oxford
Thesis
Community and Gospel in Luke-Acts: The Social and Political Motivations of Lucan Theology (1984)
Academic work
Institutions
St Andrews University, St Mary’s University College Twickenham, University of Gloucestershire
Philip Francis EslerFRSE (born 27 August 1952) is the Portland Chair in New Testament Studies at the University of Gloucestershire. He is an Australian-born higher education administrator and academic who became the inaugural chief executive of the UK's Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) in 2005, remaining in that role until 2009. From 1995 to 2010 he was professor of Biblical criticism at St Andrews University. From 1998 to 2001 he was vice-principal for research and provost of St Leonard’s College at St Andrews. During the years 1999 to 2003 he served as a member of the board of Scottish Enterprise Fife. From October 2010 to March 2013 he was principal at St Mary’s University College Twickenham. He had an earlier career as a lawyer, working in Sydney during 1978-81 and 1984-92 as an articled clerk, then solicitor and barrister.
Esler is a leading figure with an international reputation in the field of social-scientific interpretation of biblical texts.[1] He applies ideas and perspectives from disciplines such as social psychology, anthropology and sociology to Old and New Testament texts to gain a better sense of what they meant to their original audiences. He has also published in the areas of New Testament theology and the Bible and the visual arts. He holds a Doctor of Divinity from the University of Oxford, by submitted work (2008), and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (elected 2009).
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other Texts', in Philip F. Esler, The Blessing of Enoch: 1 Enoch and Contemporary Theology. Eugene, OR: Cascade: 2017, 44-60 Philip F. Esler (ed) (2017),...
Theological Survey (2nd ed.). Baker Academic. ISBN 978-1-49341313-3. Esler, Philip (2001). "71. 1 Thessalonians". In Barton, John; Muddiman, John (eds...
published in German 2001), p. 35. Tertullian, Apologeticum 21.1. Philip Francis Esler, Community and Gospel in Luke–Acts: The Social and Political Motivations...
B. (2002) [2000]. "Part IX: Internal Challenges – Gnosticism". In Esler, Philip F. (ed.). The Early Christian World. Routledge Worlds (1st ed.). New...
The Australian. Retrieved 13 December 2020.(subscription required) Esler, Philip Francis; Piper, Ronald Allen (2006). Lazarus, Mary and Martha: Social-scientific...
Philip K. Los Angeles Times 23 Oct 1955: D1. ISBN 978-1-911096-63-4. Publisher Helion and Company and co-authored by David Truesdale and Allan Esler Smith...
Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-984653-5. Retrieved 2018-05-15. Esler, Philip Francis (1998). Galatians. Routledge. p. 29. ISBN 978-0-415-11037-2...
Development – Paul and the Development of Gentile Christianity". In Esler, Philip F. (ed.). The Early Christian World. Routledge Worlds (1st ed.). New...
Archived from the original on 2020-09-28. Retrieved 2020-07-30. Tabor (1998). Esler (2004), pp.157–159. Dauphin (1993), pp.235, 240–242. Philippe Bobichon,...
Historical Dictionary of Armenia (Scarecrow Press, 2010) page 120. Philip Francis Esler, The Early Christian World, Volume 1 (Taylor & Francis, 2000) p 334...
Thessalonians 5:8 Greek text analysis at Biblehub.com Esler 2007, p. 1210. Isaiah 59:21 Esler, Philip F. (2007). "71. 1 Thessalonians". In Barton, John;...
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Development – Paul and the Development of Gentile Christianity". In Esler, Philip F. (ed.). The Early Christian World. Routledge Worlds (1st ed.). New...
the sin of Sodom Josephus, Antiquities, 1.11.1 33–34; ET Jonge 422–23 Esler, Philip F. (Spring 2004). "The Sodom tradition in Romans". Biblical Theology...
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