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Arthur J. Dewey is an American teacher, writer, translator and commentator with particular distinction as aNew Testament scholar and specialist on theHistorical Jesus. He is a professor of Theology in the University Scholars honors department atXavier University inCincinnati, Ohio, where he began teaching in 1980.^[1]

Dewey is co-founder of the Healing Deadly Memories Program, which addresses the "question ofanti-Semitism in theNew Testament.^[1] He has also been involved with the controversialJesus Seminar, a group of academics dedicated to researching the factualJesus.^[2]

Dewey holds an A.B. fromBoston College, an M.Div. from theWeston Jesuit School of Theology, and a Th.D. fromHarvard University.

• Dewey, Arthur J. (1982).Spirit and Letter in Paul - a thesis (Th.D.). Harvard University.OCLC 8582384.

• ———;Cameron, Ron (1978).The Cologne Mani Codex (P. Colon. inv. nr. 4780) : Concerning the origin of his body. Missoula, MT: Scholars Press.ISBN 9780891303114.OCLC 5101711.
• ——— (1986).The Word in Time: A Gospel Commentary for Sundays and Major Feasts: complete three-year cycle. Lake Worth, FL: Sunday Publications.ISBN 9780941850186.OCLC 15528896.
• ——— (1996).Spirit and Letter in Paul. Studies in the Bible and early Christianity. Vol. 33.Lewiston, New York:Edwin Mellen Press.ISBN 9780773497030.OCLC 246752126. - general publication of his Ph.D. thesis
• ——— (1996).Advent Christmas: Interpreting the Lesson of the Church Year (Proclamation Six Series; Series B). Minneapolis: Fortress Press.ISBN 9780800642150.OCLC 35147500.
• ———;Cupitt, Don;Armstrong, Karen;Spong, John Shelby;Geering, Lloyd;Funk, Robert W. (2001).The Once and Future Faith. The Jesus Seminar held in March 2001. California: Polebridge Press.ISBN 9780944344859.OCLC 949099881.
• ——— (2010).The Authentic letters of Paul: a new reading of Paul's rhetoric and meaning: the scholars version. Salem, OR: Polebridge Press.ISBN 9781598150391.OCLC 880148127.
• ———;Funk, Robert W. (2015).The Gospel of Jesus : according to the Jesus Seminar. The Jesus Seminar. Salem, OR: Polebridge Press.ISBN 9781598151589.OCLC 904399558.

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