Ph.D., Fordham University
M.A., St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary
B.A., Colorado Christian University
Michael G. Azar holds a PhD in New Testament from Fordham University (2013) and an MA in theology from St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (2005). He is currently writing a book on Orthodox Christian-Jewish relations, while his other scholarly pursuits focus on New Testament studies, especially apocalyptic thought and the "parting of the ways," as well as the effects that contemporary sociopolitical policies have on scholarly understandings of the ancient world. His research has been previously supported by a CCD Grant from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Catholic Biblical Association and a NEH Faculty Fellow grant from Fordham University’s Orthodox Christian Studies Center. He is currently a 2024–25 Lady Davis Fellow at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (postponed to 2025–26) and continues to serve as a special advisor to the Orthodox Chair of the Orthodox Christian-Jewish dialogue and as a member of its planning committee. He is a priest of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America.
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Other Articles and Blogs:
"Orthodox Christians in Gaza City," Public Orthodoxy (November 2023)
“Christians of Holy Land and the Jewish State,” Public Orthodoxy (November 2018)
“The ‘Eternal and Undivided’ Jerusalem and the Bible,” The Bible and Interpretation (February 2018)
“Fasting, the Church, and the World,” Public Orthodoxy (June 2016)
“Jewish-Christian Relations and Orthodox Ecumenical Participation,” Public Orthodoxy (October 2015)