Bruce Chilton

Bruce D. Chilton is an American scholar of early Christianity and Judaism, and an Episcopalian priest. He is Bernard Iddings Bell Professor of Religion at Bard College, formerly Lillian Claus Professor of New Testament at Yale University, and Rector of the Church of St John the Evangelist He holds a PhD in New Testament from Cambridge University. He has previously held academic positions at the Universities of Cambridge, Sheffield, and Münster.
He wrote the first critical commentary on the Aramaic version of Isaiah, as well as academic studies that analyze Jesus in his Judaic context, and explain the Bible critically.
He founded two academic periodicals, Journal for the Study of the New Testament and The Bulletin for Biblical Research.
Chilton was awarded the Doctor of Divinity degree honoris causa by General Theological Seminary in 2011. He has also been active in the ministry of the Episcopal Church, and is Rector of the Church of St. John the Evangelist in Barrytown, New York.
His popular books have been widely reviewed. Rabbi Jesus: An Intimate Biography showed Jesus' development through the environments that proved formative influences on him.