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John Dominic Crossan is Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies, DePaul University, Chicago. He has written twenty books on the historical Jesus in the last thirty years, four of which have become national religious bestsellers: The Historical Jesus (1991), Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography (1994), Who Killed Jesus (1995), and The Birth of Christianity (1998). He is a former co-chair of the Jesus Seminar, and a former chair of the Historical Jesus Section of the Society of Biblical Literature, an international scholarly association for biblical study based in the United States.

• Via Sapientiae Award, DePaul University’s highest honor, 1995
• Cortelyou-Lowery Award for Excellence, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, DePaul University, 1991
• Award for Excellence in Religious Studies, American Academy of Religion, 1989

• Croghan Bicentennial Visiting Professor of Religion, Williams College, Fall 1996
• Emeritus Professor of Religious Studies, DePaul University, 1995–
• Professor of Religious Studies, DePaul University, 1973–1995
• Associate Professor of Religious Studies, DePaul University, 1969–1973
• Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies, Catholic Theological Union, 1968-1969
• Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies, St. Mary of the Lake Seminary, Mundelein IL, 1967–1968
• Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies, Stonebridge Seminary, Lake Bluff, IL, 1961–1965

• Chair of Historical Jesus Section, Society of Biblical Literature, 1992–1998
• Chair of Parables Seminar, Society of Biblical Literature, 1992–1998
• Member of Editorial Board, Journal of the American Academy of Religion, 1977–1987
• General Editor, Semeia. An Experimental Journal for Biblical Criticism, 1980–1986
• Member of Editorial Board, Semeia: An Experimental Journal for Biblical Criticism, 1973–1986
• Member of Research & Publications Committee , Society of Biblical Literature, 1975–1978, 1982–1985