Anthony Charles Thiselton (born July 13, 1937) has written a number of books and papers on Christian

Christian

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 theology

Theology

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 and the philosophy of religion

Philosophy of religion

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. He has recently served on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority

Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority

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, appointed by the Minister of Health. He was educated at City of London School

City of London School

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, with degrees from King's College London

King's College London

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 (BD, MTh) the University of Sheffield

University of Sheffield

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 (PhD), and the University of Durham (DD). Thiselton is an Honorary Fellow of Cranmer Hall; fellow of Kings College London and fellow of the British Academy.

Thiselton is a former head of Theology at Nottingham University and also principal of both St John's College, Nottingham and St John's College, Durham. A Canon in the Church of England he represents Southwell Diocese at the Church of England's General Synod

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. He is Associate Priest in the parish of St Mary The Virgin, Attenborough, Nottingham. On 25 June 2002, he was presented with a Lambeth Degree

Lambeth degree

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 of Doctorate of Divinity by the Archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey

George Carey

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.

Works

Main works include:

• The Two Horizons: New Testament Hermeneutics and Philosophical Description, (Exeter: Paternoster/Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1980, 504 pp; rp. and tr. into Korean, 1990);
• The Responsibility of Hermeneutics (with Roger Lundin & Clarence Walhout) (Carlisle: Paternoster and Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1985);
• New Horizons in Hermeneutics: The Theory and Practice of Transforming Biblical Reading (London: HarperCollins/Grand Rapids: Zondervan 1992, 703 pp, Portuguese translation in progress);
• Interpreting God and the Postmodern Self, (Edinburgh: T & T Clark/Grand Rapids and Eerdmans, 1995, 182 pp);
• The Promise of Hermeneutics (Carlisle: Paternoster/Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1999, 259 pp, joint author);
• The First Epistle to the Corinthians: A Commentary on the Greek Text (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans/Carlisle: Paternoster Press, 2000,1,479 pp);
• A Concise Encyclopedia of the Philosophy of Religion (Oxford: Oneworld, 2001, and Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2005, 344 pp.);
• Thiselton on Hermeneutics: Collected Works and New Essays (Aldershot: Ashgate, and Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2006 827 pages);
• 1 Corinthians: A Shorter Exegetical and Pastoral Commentary Commentary, (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 336 pages); and
• The Hermeneutics of Doctrine, (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2007);
• Hermeneutics: An Introduction (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2008-9);
• The Living Paul: An Introduction to the Apostle and this Thought (SPCK Publishing 2009).
• 1 and 2 Thessalonians: Through the Centuries (Blackwell, 2011)
• Forthcoming - Life after Death: a New Approach to the Last Things (Eerdmans and SPCK, 2011);

External links

• Nottingham University profile