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Borg, Marcus J. 1942–
(Marcus Joel Borg)
PERSONAL:
Born March 11, 1942, in Fergus Falls, MN; married; wife's name Marianne (an Episcopal priest). Education: Concordia College, B.A., 1964; Oxford University, M.Th., D.Phil., 1972; postgraduate work at Union Theological Seminary and University of Tübingen. Religion: Episcopalian.
ADDRESSES:
Office—Department of Philosophy, Oregon State University, 208 Hovland Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331-3902.
CAREER:
Educator and writer. Concordia College, Moorhead, MN, instructor, 1966-69, then assistant professor, 1972-74; South Dakota State University, Brookings, assistant professor, 1975-76; Carleton College, Northfield, MN, assistant professor, 1976-79; Oregon State University, Corvallis, professor, 1979—, faculty council president, 1985-86, 1992-93, Hundere Professor of Religious Studies, starting 1993, now emeritus. University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, distinguished visiting professor, 1986-87; Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, CA, visiting professor, 1989-91. Journal for the Study of the New Testament, member of editoria
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Marcus J. Borg (March 11, 1942 – January 21, 2015) was internationally known in both academic and church circles as a Jesus and biblical scholar, lecturer and author. He often focused his work on what it meant to be a Christian — especially what it meant to be an American Christian in a time of a deeply divided American Christianity.
He authored twenty-one books, several of which became best-sellers. Many are about Jesus. Some are about God, the Bible, the New Testament, the heart of Christianity, and reclaiming Christian language. He also authored a novel whose characters wrestled with these issues. His books have been translated into twelve languages: German, Dutch, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Indonesian, Italian, Spanish, Portugese, French, Swedish, and Russian.
Borg held a doctor’s degree from Oxford University, and he lectured widely overseas (England, Scotland, Austria, Germany, Belgium, Hungary, Israel, South Africa, Sweden, and Australia) and in North America, including the Chautauqua and Smithsonian institutions.
He served as national chair of the Historical Jesus Secti
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Marcus Borg
Marcus J. Borg (March 11, 1942 – January 21, 2015) was an AmericanNew Testament scholar, theologian and author.[3] He was a fellow of the Jesus Seminar and a former Hundere Distinguished Professor of Religion and Culture at Oregon State University. He was a major figure in scholarship related to the historical Jesus.[4][5] He was born in Fergus Falls, Minnesota.
Borg died at the age of 72 on Wednesday, January 21, 2015 from pulmonary fibrosis in Powell Butte, Oregon.[6]
References
[change | change source]- ↑Borg, Marcus J. (1972). Conflict as a Context for Interpreting the Teaching of Jesus (DPhil dissertation). Oxford: University of Oxford. OCLC 43405002.
- ↑Alker, Adrian (February 6, 2015). "Professor Marcus Borg". Church Times. London: Hymns Ancient and Modern. Retrieved September 3, 2018.
- ↑Haught, Nancy: "Belief and meaning: His faith in Jesus doesn't deter Marcus Borg from asking difficult questions about divinity", The Oregonian, 24 March 2007.
- ↑Marcus Borg. Explore Faith. Accessed January 21
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