John Behr

Research output

Research output per year 1992 2013 2015 2016 2017 2019 2020 2023 2023

• 39 Article
• 38 Chapter
• 12 Book
• 2 Anthology
• 2 More
  • 2 Published conference contribution

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2023

  Seeing, Embodying, and Proclaiming Christ

  Behr, J., Jul 2023, In: International Journal of Systematic Theology. 25, 3, p. 413-424 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Theology 100%
  • Irenaeus of Lyons 52%
  • Unity 50%
  • Martyrdom 35%
  • Incarnation 32%
  3 Downloads (Pure)

• NATURE MAKES AN ASCENT FROM THE LOWER TO THE HIGHER: GREGORY OF NYSSA ON HUMAN DISTINCTIVENESS

  Behr, J., 1 Jun 2023, In: Zygon. 58, 2, p. 539-553 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Gregory of Nyssa 100%
  • Distinctiveness 91%
  • Image of God 57%
  • god 54%
  • Human Being 52%

• Gregory of Nyssa: On the Human Image of God

  Behr, J., 9 Mar 2023, 1st ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press (OUP). 384 p. (Oxford Early Christian Texts)

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

  • Gregory of Nyssa 100%
  • Image of God 86%
  • Irenaeus of Lyons 40%
  • Anaxagoras 38%
  • Sexuality 37%

• ‘For this reason the Father loves me’: Drawing Divinity into Himself to Minister Divinity to us

  Behr, J., 1 Jan 2023, In: International Journal of Systematic Theology. 25, 1, p. 47-59 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Divinity 100%
  • Salvation 89%
  • Gospel 57%
  • Verse 53%
  • Contemporary Theology 43%
  3 Downloads (Pure)

• Our Mother Church: Mary and Ecclesiology

  Behr, J., 2023, In: International Journal for the Study of the Christian Church. 22, 4, p. 333-344 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Mary Church 100%
  • Ecclesiology 72%
  • Chichester 32%
  • Sacrament 25%
  • Eucharist 24%
• 2022

  Humanity: from Part I - Doctrines

  Behr, J., 2 Nov 2022, The New Cambridge Companion to Christian Doctrine. Allen, M. (ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 37-52 16 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Psalmist 100%
  • Doctrine 69%
  • Human Being 69%
  • Son of Man 47%
  • Mindfulness 42%

• Irenaeus' Gratitude and Derrida's Gift: Time, Death, Life

  Behr, J., 5 Oct 2022, In: Philosophy, Theology and the Sciences. 9, 1, p. 519-36 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Gratitude 100%
  • Gift 98%
  • Jacques Derrida 80%
  • Human Being 63%
  • Deity 31%

• Reading from the End, Looking Forward

  Behr, J., 19 May 2022, Oxford Handbook of the Bible in Orthodox Christianity. Pentiuc, E. (ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press (OUP), p. 519-538 19 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Scripture 100%
  • Gospel 65%
  • Hermeneutics 49%
  • Apostles 41%
  • Paradigm Shift 40%

• What is Church?

  Behr, J., 2022, In: The Wheel. 30, p. 19-23 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Eucharist 100%
  • Summary 63%
  • Entity 62%
• 2021

  From Synthesis to Symphony

  Behr, J., 2021, The Living Christ: The Theological Legacy of Georges Florovsky. Chryssavgis, J. & Gallaher, B. (eds.). London: Bloomsbury , p. 279-288 10 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• 'Since the Saviour Pre-exists': A Reconsideration of Irenaeus AH 3.22.3

  Behr, J., 2021, Studia Patristica: Papers presented at the Eighteenth International Conference on Patristic Studies held in Oxford 2019: Volume 6: Readings in Irenaeus of Lyon. Vinzent, M., Springer, D. W. & Andemicael, A. (eds.). Leuven: Peeters Publishers, Vol. 109.6. p. 43-54 12 p. (Studia Patristica).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Published conference contribution

  • Spirituel 100%
  • Artisans 80%
  • Formants 77%
  • Encore 72%
  • Saviour 70%
• 2020

  Reading the Scriptures Anew

  Behr, J., 1 Aug 2020, In: Pro Ecclesia. 29, 3, p. 266-274 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• Flesh Invested with the Paternal Light: St Irenaeus on the Transfiguration of the Body

  Behr, J., 23 May 2020, Jewish Roots of Eastern Christian Mysticism: Studies in Honor of Alexander Golitzin. Orlov, A. (ed.). Brill, p. 118-127 10 p. (Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae; vol. 160).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• John the Theologian: Appreciation of Responses

  Behr, J., 1 May 2020, In: Pro Ecclesia. 29, 2, p. 190-197 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Book Symposium 100%
  • Theology 90%
  • Prolog 61%
  • Gospel 51%
  • Theologians 48%

• Killing the Human Being Within: Irenaeus and Moral Injury

  Behr, J., 16 Apr 2020, Moral Injury and Beyond: Understanding Human Anguish and Healing Traumatic Wounds. Papadopoulos, R. K. (ed.). 1 ed. Oxford, UK: Routledge, p. 68-78 11 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Killing 100%
  • Passivity 81%
  • Human Being 75%
  • Human Existence 73%
  • Birth Pangs 61%

• The Son of Man in the Gospel of John

  Behr, J., 28 Feb 2020, Christ Unabridged: Knowing and Loving the Son of Man. Westhaver, G., Vince, R. & Williams, R. (eds.). 1 ed. London, United Kingdom: SCM Press, p. 37-50 14 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• 2019

  Origen, On First Principles: A Reader's Edition

  Behr, J., 20 Dec 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP). 448 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

  • ORIGEN 100%
  • Early Christianity 99%
  • Philokalia 71%
  • Theology 66%
  • Gregory of Nazianzus 62%

• Totus Christus: The Perennial Task of Regaining Wholeness

  Behr, J., 11 Nov 2019, In: Pro Ecclesia. 28, 4, p. 355-361 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Wholeness 100%
  • Patristics 98%
  • Theology 45%
  • Hans Urs Von Balthasar 39%
  • Early Christianity 34%

• Synchronic and Diachronic Harmony: St Irenaeus on Divine Simplicity

  Behr, J., Jul 2019, In: Modern Theology. 35, 3, p. 428-441 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Divine Simplicity 100%
  • Diachrony 62%
  • Harmony 57%
  • Doctrine 19%
  • Revelation 16%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• John the Theologian and his Paschal Gospel: A Prologue to Theology

  Behr, J., 4 Apr 2019, 1st ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press (OUP). 416 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

  • Theology 100%
  • Prolog 68%
  • Incarnation 64%
  • Gospel 56%
  • Theologians 53%

• St Irenaeus of Lyons and the School of John

  Behr, J., 1 Jan 2019, In: Phronema. 34, 2, p. 1-33 33 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Irenaeus of Lyons 100%
  • Apostolic Succession 50%
  • Faith 34%
  • Apostles 34%
  • Glory 31%

• Acts 1 and Christ's Ascension into Heaven

  Behr, J., 2019, The Book of Acts: Catholic, Orthodox, and Evangelical Readings. Raith, C. (ed.). Washington DC: Catholic University of America Press, p. 10–35 25 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Imparare a discernere

  Translated title of the contribution: Learning Spiritual DiscernmentBehr, J., 2019, Discernimento e vita cristiana: Atti del XXVI Convegno ecumenico internazionale di spiritualità ortodossa, Bose, 5-8 settembre 2018. Edizioni Qiqajon, p. 409-426 17 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• The Cross

  Behr, J., 2019, The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Biblical Interpretation. Blowers, P. & Martens, P. (eds.). Oxford University Press (OUP), p. 626-636

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Scripture 100%
  • Asklepios 34%
  • Scriptural Interpretation 33%
  • Banner 28%
  • Birds 28%
• 2018

  Unveiling the Pathos of LIfe: The Phenomenology of Michel Henry and the Theology of John the Evangelist

  Behr, J., 31 Dec 2018, In: Journal of French and Francophone Philosophy. 26, 2, p. 104-126 23 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Theology 100%
  • Michel Henry 90%
  • Phenomenology 88%
  • Evangelist 75%
  • Pathos 75%
  8 Downloads (Pure)

• The Glory of God: A Living Human Being

  Behr, J., 14 Dec 2018, Saint Irénée et l'humanité illuminée. Ayroulet, E. (ed.). Cerf, p. 93-116 24 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • pope 100%
  • clientelism 78%
  • god 76%
  • communications 59%
  • human being 37%

• One God Father Almighty

  Behr, J., Jul 2018, In: Modern Theology. 34, 3, p. 320-330 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • ORIGEN 100%
  • Deity 97%
  • Gregory of Nyssa 37%
  • Son of God 36%
  • Exegesis 27%
  7 Citations (Scopus)

• From Adam to Christ: From Male and Female to Being Human

  Behr, J., 2018, In: The Wheel. 13/14, p. 19-31 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
• 2017

  Origen: on first principles

  Behr, J., 7 Dec 2017, 1st ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press (OUP). 664177 p. (Oxford Early Christian Texts)

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

  • ORIGEN 100%
  • Early Christianity 99%
  • Philokalia 71%
  • Theology 66%
  • Gregory of Nazianzus 62%

• Irenaeus on Atonement

  Behr, J., 27 Jul 2017, T&T Clark Companion to the Atonement. Johnson, A. J. (ed.). 1st ed. T&T Clark, p. 569-577

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• John 18:28-19:16: Witnessing Truth

  Behr, J., 16 Mar 2017, The Gospel of John: Theological-Ecumenical Readings. Raith II, C. (ed.). Cascade Books, p. 177-91

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Diversity and Dialogue in the Service of Communion: The Example of St Irenaeus of Lyons

  Behr, J., 2017, In: One in Christ. 51, 1, p. 21-36 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Irenaeus of Lyons 100%
  • Communion 64%
  • Unity 48%
  • Rome 32%
  • Catholicity 29%

• Plundering the Egyptians: The Use of Classical Paideia in the Early Church

  Behr, J., 2017, Orthodox Christianity and Higher Education: Theological, Historical, and Contemporary Reflections. Bezzerides, A. & Prodromou, E. (eds.). University of Notre Dame Press, p. 140-154

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Plundering 100%
  • Paideia 99%
  • Early Church 84%
  • Egyptians 62%
  • Christianity 52%

• The Holy and Great Council of 2016

  Behr, J., 2017, Synodality: A Forgotten and Misapprehended Vision, Reflections on the Great and Holy Council of 2016. Vasiljevic, M. & Jeftic, A. (eds.). Los Angeles: Sebastian Press, p. 13-22 10 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• 2016

  Diodore of Tarsus and his Exegesis

  Behr, J., 2016, Handbuch der Bibelhermeneutiken. Wischmeyer, O. (ed.). Walter de Gruyter & Co., p. 35-46 11 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Il Nome Del Signore Dio Misericordioso E Pietoso: The Name of the Lord, Mercy and Compassion

  Behr, J., 2016, Misericordia e Perdono: Atti del XXIII Convegno Ecumenico Internazionale di Spiritualità Ortodossa, Monastero di Bose, settembre 2015. Edizioni Qiqajon, p. 83-99 17 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Learning through Experience: The Pedagogy of Suffering and Death in St Irenaeus

  Behr, J., 2016, Suffering and Evil in Early Christian Thought. Harrison, N. V. & Hunter, D. G. (eds.). Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, p. 33-47 15 p. (Holy Cross Studies in Patristic Theology and History).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Lifting the Veil: Reading Scripture in the Orthodox Tradition

  Behr, J., 2016, In: Sobornost Incorporating Eastern Churches Review. 38, 1, p. 74-90 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Veil 100%
  • Scripture 80%
  • Letters 56%

• Patristic Humanism: The Beginnings of Christian Paideia

  Behr, J., 2016, Re-Envisioning Christian Humanism: Education and the Restoration of Humannity. Zimmerman, J. (ed.). Oxford University Press (OUP), p. 19-32

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  Open Access

  • Paideia 100%
  • Patristics 79%
  • Humanism 69%
  • Christian Humanism 53%
  • Ancient Cultures 44%

• Patristic Texts as Icons

  Behr, J., 2016, Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth: Studies in Honour of Metropolitan Kallistos of Diokleia. Andreopoulos, A. & Speake, G. (eds.). Peter Lang, p. 151-69 19 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Icon 100%
  • Patristics 82%

• Scripture and Gospel: Intertextuality in Irenaeus

  Behr, J., 2016, Intertextuality in the Second Century. Bingham, D. J. & Jefford, C. N. (eds.). Leiden: Brill, p. 179-194 15 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Intertextuality 100%
  • Sacred Text 67%
  • Scripture 50%
  • Gospel 49%
  • Contemporary Critical Theory 42%

• St Irenaeus and the Church of Rome

  Behr, J., 2016, Primacy in the Church: The Office of Primate and the Authority of Councils. Chryssavgis, J. (ed.). St Vladimir's Seminary Press, Vol. 1. p. 69-89 21 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• The Apocalypse of the Cross: The Gospel of John and the Beginning of Christian Theology

  Behr, J., 2016, Studies in Orthodox Hermeneutics: A Festschrift in Honor of Theodore G. Stylianopoulos. Pentiuc, E., Fotopoulos, J. & Beck, B. (eds.). Brookline, MA: Holy Cross Orthodox Press, p. 313-47 34 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• 2015

  La Pace tra la Chiese: Sant’ Ireneo di Leone

  Translated title of the contribution: Peace among the Churches: St Irenaeus of LyonsBehr, J., 2015, Beati i pacifici: Atti del XXII Convegno Ecumenico Internazionale di Spiritualità Ortodossa, Monastero di Bose, settembre 2014. Edizioni Qiqajon, p. 165-85 20 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• La Sfida della Morte

  Translated title of the contribution: The Challenge of DeathBehr, J., 2015, Gesù Cristo e il nuovo umanesimo: L'umanesimo cristiano di fronte alle nuove sfide del mondo contemporaneo. Vergottini, M. (ed.). Centro Ambrosiano, p. 326-338 13 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• St Athanasius on 'Incarnation'

  Behr, J., 2015, Incarnation: On the Scope and Depth of Christology. Gregersen, N. H. (ed.). Minneapolis Fortress Press, p. 79-98 20 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Early Church 100%
  • Incarnation 84%
  • New Testament 80%

• St Isaac of Nineveh on the Cross of Christ

  Behr, J., 2015, St Isaac of Syria and his Spiritual Legacy: Proceedings of the International Patristics Conference Held at the Sts Cyril and Methodius Institute of Higher Studies, Moscow, October 10-11, 2013. Alfeyev, H. (ed.). St Vladimir's Seminary Press, p. 87-95 9 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• The Role of Death in Life: A Multidisciplinary Examination of Issues pertaining to Life and Death

  Behr, J. (ed.) & Cunningham, C. (ed.), 2015, Wipf and Stock. 204 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Anthology

  • Ancient Greek philosophy 100%
  • Human History 72%
  • Rendering 64%
  • Invisible 64%
  • Dying 64%
• 2014

  'Let us Return to the Word Delivered in the Beginning': reflections on the nature and task of Christian theology today

  Behr, J., 10 Nov 2014, The Task of Theology: Leading Theologians on the Most Compelling Questions for Today. Min, A. (ed.). Orbis Books, p. 1-20 20 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Reading the Fathers Today

  Behr, J., 2014, A Celebration of Living Theology: A Festschrift in Honour of Andrew Louth. Mihoc, J. & Aldea, S. (eds.). T & T Clark, p. 7-19 13 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • father 100%
  • edition 57%
  • twenty-first century 56%