John Goldingay
Senior Professor of Old Testament and David Allan Hubbard Professor Emeritus of Old Testament
As senior faculty at Fuller, this professor primarily mentors students and only occasionally, if ever, teaches courses.
BA, University of Oxford
PhD, University of Nottingham
DD, Archbishop of Canterbury at Lambeth
Courses Taught
OT500: Introduction to the Old Testament
OT517: Isaiah
OT517: Psalms
OT556: Old Testament Hermeneutics
OT551: Old Testament Ethics
BI500: Interpretive Practices
Campus Affiliations
Center for Advanced Theological Studies
Areas of Expertise
Old Testament exegesis and theology
Current Research
“I want to see things through the eyes of Genesis or Isaiah or Lamentations. My Christian faith will sometimes enable me to perceive things in the Old Testament that I might otherwise miss . . . but I want the Old Testament to correct my Christian assumptions.”
Dr. Goldingay, in his book Introduction to the Old Testament: Exploring Text, Approaches & Issues.
Bio
John Goldingay is senior professor of Old Testament and David Allan Hubbard Professor of Old Testament Emeritus in the School of Mission and Theology and has been at Fuller since 1997.
Before coming to Fuller, Dr. Goldingay was principal and a professor of Old Testament and Hebrew at St John’s Theological College in Nottingham, England. He studied theology at Oxford and was ordained and worked in a church in London, and has also been priest-in-charge of a church in Pasadena.
Goldingay’s publications include Biblical Theology: The God of the Christian Scriptures (2016), a 17-volume Old Testament For Everyone series, and a three-volume Old Testament Theology series. He has also written commentaries on Daniel, Isaiah, and Psalms. His most recent books include The Lost Letters to the Twelve Prophets: Imagining the Minor Prophets’ World (2022) and commentaries on Jeremiah, Ecclesiastes, Joshua, and Proverbs.
He holds membership in the Society of Biblical Literature and the Society for Old Testament Study, and serves on the editorial board for the Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies and on the Oxford Interfaith Forum.
His webpage is johngoldingay.com and includes many articles and blogposts on aspects of the Old Testament and Christian faith.
On his webpage vita Goldingay says, “For me, being a professor is a subset of being a pastor.” He was married to Ann for 43 years until she died in 2009 and he has two married sons. He is now married to Kathleen Scott.
Recent Blog Posts
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John on Israel
February 15, 2024
Here is a Q and A with John on Biblical Israel and Modern Israel: https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&v=75065354360... Read More
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Podcast with John
November 18, 2023
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Yahweh in the First Testament and Jesus in John’s Gospel
August 2, 2023
John says that Jesus is the embodiment of God, the God of Israel, soone would expect that looking at Yahweh would tell you things you cansee... Read More
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