John J. Pilch
John J. Pilch
Dr. John J. Pilch was born in Brooklyn, New York and educated in the mid-West (Wisconsin and Illinois)earning his PhD from Marquette University in 1972. Leading study tours to the Middle East provided first hand experience of that culture and its values. He was assistant clinical professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin for fourteen years(1974-1988)focusing on medical anthropology as it helps to appreciate healing in the modern and ancient world. He then taught the Cultural World of the Bible for eighteen years at Georgetown University, Washington DC (1993-2011). He currently lectures in the Odyssey Program at the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. All his audiences have appreciated the fresh light that Middle Eastern culture and values shed on ancient literature from that part of the world. His publications on the Middle Eastern cultural world of the Bible and on healing in the ancient world are well known in the US and abroad.
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Exploring Biblical Kinship
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Handbook of Biblical Social Values, Third Edition
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Cultural Life Setting of the Proverbs
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A Cultural Handbook to the Bible
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Social-science Commentary on the Book of Acts (Social Science Commentary)
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Wellness Spirituality
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Stephen
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Introducing the Cultural Context of the Old Testament (Hear the Word! (Wipf & Stock))
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Introducing the cultural context of the New Testament
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New proclamation
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The Cultural World of the Prophets: The First Reading and Responsorial Psalm
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Visions and Healing in the Acts of the Apostles
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The cultural world of the apostles
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The cultural world of the prophets
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Cultural Tools for Interpreting the Good News
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The Cultural World of the Apostles: The Second Reading, Sunday by Sunday Year B (Cultural World of Jesus: Sunday by Sunday)
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The Cultural World of the Prophets: The First Reading and Responsorial Psalm, Sunday by Sunday: Year B (Cultural World of Jesus: Sunday by Sunday)
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Social Scientific Models for Interpreting the Bible
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Choosing a Bible Translation
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Healing in the New Testament
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The Triduum and Easter Sunday
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The cultural dictionary of the Bible
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Handbook of biblical social values
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The Cultural World of Jesus: Sunday by Sunday, Cycle C. (Bestseller! the Cultural World of Jesus: Sunday by Sunday)
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Exploring Biblical Kinship
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Handbook of Biblical Social Values, Third Edition
- Open Work
Cultural Life Setting of the Proverbs
- Open Work
A Cultural Handbook to the Bible
- Open Work
Social-science Commentary on the Book of Acts (Social Science Commentary)
- Open Work
Wellness Spirituality
- Open Work
Stephen
- Open Work
Introducing the Cultural Context of the Old Testament (Hear the Word! (Wipf & Stock))
- Open Work
Introducing the cultural context of the New Testament
- Open Work
New proclamation
- Open Work
The Cultural World of the Prophets: The First Reading and Responsorial Psalm
- Open Work
Visions and Healing in the Acts of the Apostles
- Open Work
The cultural world of the apostles
- Open Work
The cultural world of the prophets
- Open Work
Cultural Tools for Interpreting the Good News
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The Cultural World of the Apostles: The Second Reading, Sunday by Sunday Year B (Cultural World of Jesus: Sunday by Sunday)
- Open Work
The Cultural World of the Prophets: The First Reading and Responsorial Psalm, Sunday by Sunday: Year B (Cultural World of Jesus: Sunday by Sunday)
- Open Work
Social Scientific Models for Interpreting the Bible
- Open Work
Choosing a Bible Translation
- Open Work
Healing in the New Testament
- Open Work
The Triduum and Easter Sunday
- Open Work
The cultural dictionary of the Bible
- Open Work
Handbook of biblical social values
- Open Work
The Cultural World of Jesus: Sunday by Sunday, Cycle C. (Bestseller! the Cultural World of Jesus: Sunday by Sunday)