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Hugh R. Page

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Hugh R. Page
Born
Hugh Rowland Page Jr.

1956 (age 67–68)
NationalityAmerican
Ecclesiastical career
ReligionChristianity (Anglican)
ChurchEpiscopal Church (United States)
Ordained
  • 1980 (deacon)
  • bef. 1985 (priest)
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisThe Astral Revolt (1990)
Academic work
DisciplineTheology
Sub-discipline
  • Africana religious studies
  • biblical scholarship
InstitutionsUniversity of Notre Dame

Hugh Rowland Page Jr. (born 1956[1]) is professor of Africana studies and theology at the University of Notre Dame. He has previously chaired the Africana studies department.[2] He also served as dean of the First Year of Studies, and as vice-president and associate provost for undergraduate affairs.[3] He is a scholar of esotericism in African-American religious experience.[4]

Page holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Hampton University and Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Near Eastern languages and civilizations from Harvard University.[5] His dissertation at Harvard was on The Astral Revolt: A Study of Its Reflexes in Canaanite and Hebrew Literature.[6] In addition to these academic qualifications, Page is also an Episcopal priest, and holds Master of Divinity and Master of Sacred Theology from the General Theological Seminary.[2]

Page was elected to membership in the Society for the Study of Black Religion in 2002.[5] He also serves on the Board of Trustees of Stonehill College.[7]

Page served as the general editor for the Africana Bible, published in 2009. The Africana Bible was the "first commentary to gather voices from the Continent and the Diaspora into a single volume covering the entire Hebrew Bible."[8]

Selected bibliography

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Books

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  • Page, Hugh R. (1996). Exploring New Paradigms in Biblical and Cognate Studies. Lewiston, New York: Mellen Biblical Press. ISBN 0773424075.
  • Page, Hugh R. (1997). The Myth of Cosmic Rebellion: A Study of its Reflexes in Ugaritic and Biblical Literature. Brill. ISBN 9004105638.
  • Page, Hugh R. (1997). Waves, Clouds, and Flames-Impressions from Journeys Past and Present. Quiet Fire Press. ISBN 0965028305.
  • Page, Hugh R. (2006). Exodus. Bible Reading Fellowship. ISBN 1841010669.
  • Page, Hugh R. (2013). Israel's Poetry of Resistance. Minneapolis: Fortress Press. ISBN 9780800663346.
  • Hugh R. Page, ed. (2009). The Africana Bible. Minneapolis: Fortress Press. ISBN 978-0800621254.

References

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  1. ^ "Page, Hugh Rowland". Virtual International Authority File (VIAF). Retrieved 2016-03-04.
  2. ^ a b "Three African Americans Taking on New Administrative Roles in Higher Education". The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education.
  3. ^ "Hugh R. Page, Jr". University of Notre Dame. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  4. ^ Esotericism in African American Religious Experience: "There Is a Mystery". BRILL. 2014. p. 14. ISBN 9789004283428.
  5. ^ a b "Hugh R. Page Jr". Archived from the original on 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
  6. ^ The astral revolt : a study of its reflexes in Canaanite and Hebrew literature (Book, 1990). OCLC 26071422. Retrieved 2016-03-04 – via Worldcat.
  7. ^ Stonehill College. "Hugh R. Page, Jr., D.Min., Ph.D."
  8. ^ Marbury, Herbert Robinson (2015). Pillars of Cloud and Fire: The Politics of Exodus in African American Biblical Interpretation. NYU Press. p. xii. ISBN 9781479812509.
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