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F. F. Bruce Joins BR Board

F. F. Bruce, a leading Pauline scholar, has been named to the Editorial Advisory Board of Bible Review. Until his retirement in 1978, Bruce was Rylands Professor of Biblical Criticism and Exegesis at the University of Manchester, England. He is now professor emeritus. In addition to books on church history, the Dead Sea Scrolls and the history of Israel, Bruce has written commentaries on the Acts of the Apostles, Romans, Corinthians, Ephesians, Colossians and Hebrews. His books on Paul include Paul: Apostle of the Free Spirit, An Expanded Paraphrase of the Epistles of Paul, his recently published The Pauline Circle, and an illustrated popular book, Jesus and Paul, Places They Knew.

From 1957 to 1971, Bruce was editor of the Palestine Exploration Quarterly. He has been a fellow of the British Academy since 1973 and in 1979 was named Burkitt Medalist in Biblical Studies by the Academy.

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