John Day
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Born | (1948-09-13) 13 September 1948 (age 75)
London, England
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Spouses | (m. 1981–2021)Jennifer Jones (m. 2023) |
Children | Lisa Marie Day - b. (1982-12-11) 11 December 1982 (age 41), Sebastian John Day - b. (1984-06-26) 26 June 1984 (age 40) |
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Alma mater | Christ's College, Cambridge |
Thesis | The Old Testament's Utilisation of Language and Imagery Having Parallels in the Baal Mythology of the Ugaritic Texts (1976) |
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Discipline | Biblical studies |
Sub-discipline | Old Testament studies |
Institutions | Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford |
John Day (born 13 September 1948) is an English Old Testament scholar. He held the Title of Distinction of Professor of Old Testament Studies in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Oxford (2004–13). He is the editor of In Search of Pre-Exilic Israel (2004) and wrote God's Conflict with the Dragon and the Sea (1985), Yahweh and the Gods and Goddesses of Canaan (2000), and From Creation to Babel: Studies in Genesis 1–11 (2013). He is Emeritus Professor of Old Testament Studies and was Fellow, Tutor in Theology, and Dean of Degrees at Lady Margaret Hall.[1]
He was elected to an emeritus fellowship at Lady Margaret Hall in 2013.[1]
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