Professional Bio
Dr. Archie T. Wright is the Executive Director of the Catholic Biblical Association of America. He is a Visiting Lecturer at Catholic University of America in Washington, DC and the London School of Theology in London, UK. He serves as an adjunct faculty member at the New School of Biblical Theology. His Doctorate is in the area of Second Temple Judaism and biblical interpretation in Second Temple Period Judaism and Christianity. He earned his Ph.D. at Durham University in England under the supervision of Professors Loren T. Stuckenbruck and C.T. Robert Hayward. Dr. Wright’s research focuses on the relationship between 2nd Temple Period Jewish Literature and the New Testament, in particular the understanding of the NT in its 1st century Jewish context. His publications include the Origin of Evil Spirits, Satan and the Problem of Evil, Early Jewish Literature: An Anthology, An Introduction to Ancient Ethiopic Grammar, A Pneumatic Hermeneutic: The Spirit in Biblical Interpretation, and The Spirit Says: Inspiration and Interpretation in Ancient Jewish and Early Christian Texts along with other essays and journal articles. He is a member of the Editorial Board for the Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha, and serves as co-editor of Enoch Literature for the Textual History of the Bible, and as the General Editor for the forthcoming monograph series with Cascade Academic, The NT in its Second Temple Jewish Context. He also serves on the Board of Directors for the Enoch Seminar. He is the father of two amazing kids, Bella, 12 and Zachary, 11, the joys of his life, and they reside in Norfolk, VA.
Institution
The Catholic Biblical Association of America
Washington, DC 20064
United States 202.319.5519 http://catholicbiblical.org
Full Member
Education:
Oral Roberts University 1998
M.A.
University of Durham 2005
Ph.D.
OT Books
Genesis, Ruth, Job, Daniel
NT Books
Matthew, Mark, Luke, 1-2 Peter, Jude, Revelation
OT/NT Backgrounds #1
NT Apocrypha/Pseudepigrapha, OT Apocrypha/Pseudepigrapha, Qumran/ Dead Sea Scrolls, Second Temple Studies
OT Themes and Topics
Deuterocanonical Books
NT Topics
Apocalyptic, Catholic Epistles, Jewish-Christian relations, Synoptic gospels
Languages (Ancient)
Aramaic, Greek (LXX), Greek (NT), Hebrew, Hebrew- Mishnaic, Hebrew- Qumranic
Languages (Modern)
French, German, Hebrew-Modern
Religious Affiliation
Roman Catholic
Year Full Member
2016