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Honorary Member

Norman Gottwald

Wilbert Webster White Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies, New York Theological Seminary

Professor Gottwald (b. 1926) is a pioneer in the use of social theory and method in biblical studies and the critical relevance of the Bible to social conflict. He is still a citizen activist in numerous civil rights, anti-war and pro-labour movements. He is also an ordained minister of the American Baptist Church USA and has always been an advocate of social change.

Professor Gottwald has no personal website but see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2fqiYXtUbw

Select publications

  • Gottwald, N.K., The Tribes of Yahweh (Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis Books, and London: SPCK, 1983, revd. edn. 1993)
  • Gottwald, N.K., The Hebrew Bible in its Social World and in Ours (Atlanta: SBL Press, 1993)
  • Gottwald, N.K. and Horsley, R.A. (eds.), The Bible and Liberation: Political and Social Hermeneutics (Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis Books 1983; revd. edn. Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis Books, 1993)
  • Gottwald, N.K., The Politics of Ancient Israel (Louisville KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2001)