Tony Keddie

Originally from Levittown, Pennsylvania, Dr. Tony Keddie received his B.A. in Religion from Temple University in Philadelphia. He then went on to receive a M.A.R. (Master of Arts in Religion) in Second Temple Judaism from Yale Divinity School and a M.A. and Ph.D. in Ancient Mediterranean Religions from The University of Texas at Austin.

Tony is currently Associate Professor of Ancient Mediterranean Religions and Fellow of the Ronald Nelson Smith Chair in Classics and Christian Origins at the University of Texas at Austin. He is a specialist in the social and political history of Judaism and Christianity in the Hellenistic and Roman periods as well as the politics of biblical interpretation, especially in contemporary North America. He teaches courses and advises students in the areas of biblical studies, ancient Judaism, ancient Christianity, and theory and method for the study of religion.

Tony has received prestigious awards and fellowships for his research from organizations including the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the American Council of Learned Societies, the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, the Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem, and the Society of Biblical Literature. He is a member of the Society of Biblical Literature, the American Academy of Religion, ASOR, the Catholic Biblical Association, and the Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas.

In addition to teaching and writing, Tony has also been involved in the archaeological excavations in Israel and Italy.

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Note that Tony has also published under the names G. Anthony Keddie and Anthony Keddie.