Prof. J. Behr (John)

Professor - Textual, Historical and Systematic studies of Judaism and Christianity

Chair: Orthodox Theology

Contact

john.behr@ru.nl

Visiting address

Erasmusplein 1
6525 HT NIJMEGEN

Postal address

Postbus 9103
6500 HD NIJMEGEN

Patristics, Orthodox Theology, Gospel of John

Publications

Key publications

Behr, J. (2025). In Accordance with the Scriptures: The Shape of Christian Theology (The Didsbury Lectures Series). Eugene, OR (USA): Wipf and Stock Full text
Behr, J. (2023). For This Reason the Father Loves Me: Drawing Divinity into Himself to Minister it to Us. International Journal of Systematic Theology, 25 (1), 47-59. doi: 10.1111/ijst.12614 Full text
Behr, J. (2023). Gregory of Nyssa: On the Human Image of God (Oxford Early Christian Texts). Oxford: Oxford University Press Full text
Behr, J. (2023). Nature makes an Ascent from the Lower to the Higher: Gregory of Nyssa on Human Distinctiveness. Zygon, 58 (2), 539-553. doi: 10.1111/zygo.12895 Full text
Behr, J. (2023). Nos traditions théologiques revisitées pour faire face au défi écologique. Recherches de Science Religieuse, 111 (2), 245-257. doi: 10.3917/rsr.232.0247 Full text
Behr, J. (2023). Our Mother Church: Mary and Ecclesiology. International Journal for the Study of the Christian Church, 22 (4), 333-344. doi: 10.1080/1474225X.2023.2168868 Full text
Behr, J. (in press). Seeing, Embodying, and Proclaiming Christ. International Journal of Systematic Theology, 25 (3), 413-424. doi: 10.1111/ijst.12623 Full text
Behr, J. (2022). Irenaeus’ Gratitude and Derrida’s Gift: Time, Death, Life. Philosophy, Theology and the Sciences, 9 (1), 5-18. doi: 10.1628/ptsc-2022-0003 Full text
Behr, J. (2021). “Since the Saviour Pre-exists”: A Reconsideration of Irenaeus 3.22.3. Studia Patristica, 109 (6), 43-54. doi: 10.2307/j.ctv27vt5hv.6
Behr, J. (2020). Reading the Scriptures Anew. Pro Ecclesia. A Journal of Catholic and Evangelical Theology, 29 (3), 266-274. doi: 10.1177/1063851220921352 Full text
Behr, J. (2019). John the Theologian and His Paschal Gospel: A Prologue to Theology. Oxford: Oxford University Press Full text
Behr, J. (2019). Synchronic and Diachronic Harmony: St Irenaeus on Divine Simplicity. Modern Theology, 35 (3), 428-441. doi: 10.1111/moth.12502 Full text
Behr, J. (2019). Totus Christus: The Perennial Task of Regaining Wholeness. Pro Ecclesia. A Journal of Catholic and Evangelical Theology, 28 (4), 355-361. doi: 10.1177/1063851219873161 Full text

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ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8816-2386

Prof. J. Behr (John)

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