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by Robert A. Derrenbacker (Editor), Christopher A. Porter (Editor), Muriel Porter (Editor)
The Reverend Professor Dorothy A. Lee FAHA is well-known as a New Testament scholar not only in Australia but around the world. An Anglican priest, her ministry, particularly as a preacher and retreat director, is highly regarded and highly sought after, not only in her home city of Melbourne, but in many parts of the country. This Festschrift volume honors her contributions and ministry on the occasion of her seventieth birthday. An interdisciplinary collection of twenty-one essays, it offers two biographical contributions, several essays on New Testament themes, essays on women, feminism, and the church, and cross-disciplinary essays focused on the biblical text. Contributors to the volume come from Australian theological education centers and Australian churches.
Author Biography
Robert Derrenbacker is dean of the Theological School at Trinity College, University of Divinity, and Frank Woods Associate Professor in New Testament. In the past, he has held faculty positions in New Testament at Tyndale Seminary (Toronto) and Regent College (Vancouver) and was president of Thorneloe University in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. He is the author of Ancient Compositional Practices and the Synoptic Problem (2005).
Christopher A. Porter is the post-doctoral research fellow at the Trinity College Theological School, University of Divinity. His research focuses on the intersection of biblical studies and socio-scientific approaches, and enmity in both the modern and ancient world. He is the author of Johannine Social Identity Formation after the Fall of the Jerusalem Temple: Negotiating Identity in Crisis (2022).
Muriel Porter is a Melbourne journalist, author, and historian. A university scholar of the University of Divinity, she is a member of the adjunct faculty, Trinity College Theological School. She was a leader in the struggle for women's ordination as priests and bishops in the Anglican Church of Australia. She has published widely on the contemporary religious scene, including Women in the Church: The Great Ordination Debate in Australia (1989).
