Halvor Moxnes

Halvor Moxnes is cand.theol. from the University of Oslo in 1971 and Dr.theol. in 1978, after studies in USA og England, with the dissertation Theology in Conflict. Studies in Paul's Understanding of God in Romans (published by Brill, 1980).Moxnes was assistent prrofessor at the Faculty of Theology, University of Oslo 1978-1984, and since 1984 professor of New Testament. He has had several longer research periods at universities in the USA, Canada and Great Britain. During the last years he has been active in international student exchange og in establishing master and PhD-studies in contextual theology.

For many years I have been interested in studying the New Testament and Early Christianity with the use of social anthropology and other social science methods. The main thematic focus over the last years have been the historical Jesus and gender studies, especially masculinity. Another area of interest is the cultural presuppositions for our interpretations, with a thematic focus on presentations of the historical Jesus during the rise of nationalism in 19th century Europe. Both areas raise the issue of hermeneutics and the use of the Bible in a multi-cultural and multireligious context