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− | [[Image:John-Breck.jpg|frame|right]]Father '''John Breck''' (1939- ) is an [[archpriest]] and [[theologian]] of the [[Orthodox Church in America]] specializing in [[Holy Scripture|Scripture]] and Ethics. He has been Professor of Biblical Exegesis and Patristics at the [[St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute (Paris, France)]], and Director of the Saint Silouan Retreat on Wadmalaw Island, South Carolina, since 1995.
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− | Breck received his B.A. in Religious Studies from Brown University (1960), an M.Div. (Master of Divinity, the basic seminary degree for those seeking ordination) from Yale Divinity School (1965), and a Doctorate of Theology from the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg in Germany (1972). In 2003 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Cluj-Napoca in Romania.
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− | After converting to Orthodoxy from Protestantism, he served as Professor of New Testament and Patristics at
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− | [[St. Herman's Orthodox Theological Seminary (Kodiak, Alaska)]] from 1975-1978, as Professor of New Testament and Director of Studies at [[St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute (Paris, France)]] from 1978-1984, and as Professor of New Testament and Ethics at [[St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (Crestwood, New York)]] from 1984-1996.
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− | ==Bibliography==
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− | ===Books===
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− | *''God With Us: Critical Issues in Christian Life and Faith''. Crestwood: St Vladimir's Seminary Press, 2003.
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− | *''The Legacy of St Vladimir: Byzantium, Russia, America'' (editor). Crestwood: St Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1997.
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− | *''Longing for God: Orthodox Reflections on Bible, Ethics, and Liturgy''. Crestwood: St Vladimir's Seminary Press, 2006.
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− | *''The Power of the Word: In the Worshiping Church''. Crestwood: St Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1997.
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− | *''The Sacred Gift of Life: Orthodox Christianity and Bioethics''. Crestwood: St Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1999.
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− | *''Scripture in Tradition: The Bible and its Interpretation in the Orthodox Church''. Crestwood: St Vladimir's Seminary Press, 2001.
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− | *''The Shape of Biblical Language: Chiasmus in the Scriptures and Beyond''. Crestwood: St Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1994.
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− | *''Spirit of Truth: The Holy Spirit in Johannine Tradition: The Origins of Johannine Pneumatology''. Crestwood: St Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1990.
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− | *''Stages on Life's Way: Orthodox Thinking on Bioethics'' (with Lynn Breck). Crestwood: St Vladimir's Seminary Press, 2006.
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− | ==External link==
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− | *[http://www.oca.org/CHRIST-life-index.asp?SID=6 "Life In Christ" Articles by the Very Rev. John Breck] - [[OCA]] Web site.
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