Hal Taussig

Professor of New Testament (retired)
Union Theological Seminary,  New York, New York

Co-pastor, Chestnut Hill United Methodist Church (retired)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Hal Taussig recently retired as Professor of New Testament at Union Theological Seminary in New York. He lectures around the country and world.  The editor of the award-winning A New New Testament (2013), United Methodist minister, and author of fourteen books, his mediography includes The New York Times, Time Magazine, The Daily Show, People Magazine, Newsweek Magazine, National Public Radio, the Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC, the Bob Edwards Show on Sirius Radio, The History Channel, and the Washington Post.

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Books

• After Jesus Before Christianity: A Historical Exploration of the First Two Centuries of Jesus Movements, 2021
• A New New Testament: A Bible for the 21st Century Combining Traditional and Newly Discovered Texts, 2013
• A New Spiritual Home: Progressive Christianity at the Grass Roots, 2006
• Re-imagining Life Together in America: A New Gospel of Community, 2002
• Jesus Before God: The Prayer Life of the Historical Jesus, 1999.
• Reimagining Christian Origins (with Elizabeth Castelli) 1997.
• Wisdom’s Feast: Sophia in Study and Celebration (with Susan Cole and Marian Ronan), 1997.
• Many Tables: The Eucharist in the New Testament and Liturgy Today (with Dennis Smith), 1990.
• Sophia: The Future of Feminist Spirituality, 1986.

Special Study

• Institut Catholique, Paris, France, 1967–1968
• University of Basel, Switzerland, 1974–1976

Academic Appointments

• Lecturer in New Testament, Union Theological Seminary, 1999–2000
• Graduate Faculty, Holistic Spirituality, Chestnut Hill College, 1990–
• Graduate Faculty, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, 1993–
• Adjunct Faculty, St. Joseph’s University, 1985–1991
• Adjunct Faculty, Albright College, 1982–1989
• Visiting Professor of New Testament, School of Theology at Claremont, 1982–1986

Professional Service

• Steering Committee, Ancient Texts and Modern Theories of Christian Origins Seminar, Society of Biblical Literature, 1997–
• Board of Directors, Protestant Campus Ministry, Drexel University, 1995–

Community Service

• Board of Directors, Chestnut Hill Community Association, 1990–1992
• Founder and Board of Directors, West Philadelphia Educational Broadcasting Corporation, 1981–1986
• Acting Executive Director, West Philadelphia Fund for Human Development, 1982–1983