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Paul Hanson has taught at Harvard since 1971, and was Lamont Professor of
Divinity until July 2009, when he became Lamont Research Professor. After completing his PhD in the
Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations in 1970, he spent a year doing
archaeological research in Israel, and he has spent
sabbatical years in Israel and Germany and most recently at Princeton. In his courses he
focuses on Hebrew prophecy, Jewish literature of the Second Temple Period, the religion of the
ancient cultures of Mesopotamia and Egypt, and biblical theology.
He is currently working to complete a book examining the interplay between
religion and politics, with emphasis on American faith communities rooted in
biblical tradition. The titles of his books give an indication of his range of scholarly interests:
The Dawn of Apocalyptic: The Historical and Sociological Roots of Jewish Apocalyptic
Eschatology; Dynamic Transcendence: The Correlation of Confessional Heritage and Contemporary Experience in a Biblical Model of Divine
Activity; The Diversity of Scripture: A Theological Interpretation; Visionaries and Their
Apocalypses; Old Testament Apocalyptic; The People Called: The Growth of Community in the
Bible; and Isaiah 40-66.
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