Paula Fredriksen (born January 6, 1951, Kingston, Rhode Island) is an American historian and scholar of early Christianity. She held the position of William Goodwin Aurelio Professor of Scripture at Boston University from 1990 to 2010. Now emerita, she has been distinguished visiting professor in the Department of Comparative Religion at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, since 2009.
Books in order of publication:
Augustine on Romans – 1982
From Jesus to Christ – 1988
Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews – 1999
Augustine and the Jews – 2008
Sin: The Early History of an Idea – 2012
Paul: The Pagan’s Apostle – 2017
When Christians Were Jews – 2018
Ancient Christianities: The First Five Hundred Years – 2024
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