Harold W. Attridge

Harold W. Attridge
Harold W. Attridge
Born	Harold William Attridge; November 24, 1946
Nationality	American
Title	Dean of Yale Divinity School (2002–2012)
Spouse	Jan Farren
Academic background
Alma mater	Boston College; University of Cambridge; Harvard University;
Thesis	The Presentation of Biblical History in the "Antiquitates Judaicae" of Flavius Josephus (1975)
Academic work
Discipline	Biblical studies; History of Christianity
Sub-discipline	New Testament studies; History of early Christianity
Institutions	Southern Methodist University; University of Notre Dame; Yale University;
Doctoral students	Andrew McGowan

Harold William Attridge (born November 24, 1946) is an American New Testament scholar and historian of Christianity known for his work in New Testament exegesis, especially the Epistle to the Hebrews, the study of Hellenistic Judaism, and the history of early Christianity. He is a Sterling Professor of Divinity at Yale University, where he served as Dean of the Divinity School from 2002 to 2012, the first Roman Catholic to head that historically Protestant school.

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