Robert J. Miller Professor of Religious Studies, Juniata College, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania

Robert J. Miller is Professor of Religious Studies at Juniata College in Pennsylvania. A Fellow of the Jesus Seminar since 1986, he was Scholar-in-Residence at Westar Institute in 2001. He is the editor of The Complete Gospels (1992), an anthology of twenty early gospels presented in Westar's innovative translation, the Scholars Version, and author of The Jesus Seminar and Its Critics (1999) and Born Divine (2003).

Books

• Born Divine, 2003.
• The Apocalyptic Jesus: A Debate, 2001.
• The Jesus Seminar and Its Critics, 1999
• The Complete Gospels (editor), 1992, revised edition 1994

Academic Credentials

• B.A., St. John's College
• M.A., University of California, Santa Barbara
• M.A., Claremont Graduate School
• Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School

Special Study

• National Endowment for the Humanities, summer 1995
• Vanderbilt University, summer 1987
• St. John's Seminary, Camarillo, California, 1975–1976

Selected Articles

• "Did Jesus Fulfill Prophecy?" Fourth R 16.2 (Mar-Apr 2003): 3-8.
• "Thinking Straight About the Virgin Birth" Fourth R (Nov-Dec 2001): 3-10.
• The Jesus Seminar and its Critics: What is Really at Stake?" The Fourth R 10.1/2 (January-April 1997): 17–27
• "Battling Over the Jesus Seminar." Bible Review 13.2 (April 1997): 19–22, 25–26, 47
• "The Gospels That Didn't Make the Cut."  Bible Review 9.4 (August 1993): 14–25, 56

Academic Appointments

• Associate Professor of Religion, Juniata College, 2003–
• Professor of Religion and Philosophy, Midway College, 1999–2000
• Associate Professor of Religion and Philosophy, Midway College, 1993–1999
• Assistant Professor of Religion and Philosophy, Midway College, 1988–1993
• Visiting Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies, Catholic Theolgical Union, Chicago, 1988
• Lecturer in Religious Studies, Mount St. Mary's College,  Los Angeles, 1981–1982

Professional Service

• Editor for review of books about Jesus, Religious Studies Review, 1998–
• President of the Faculty, Midway College, 1996–1997
• Chair, Arts and Humanities Division, Midway College, 1990–1993

Community Service

• Member, Justice and Peace Commission, Catholic Diocese of Lexington, 1995–2000
• Coordinator, Lexington Interfaith Trialogue, 1993–2000

Awards and Honors

• Midway College Trustee Award for Faculty Excellence, 1996
• Lilly Endowment, Teaching Scholar in Religion, 1991–1992

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