Thiede, Carsten Peter

Until his death in December 2004, Carsten Peter Thiede was Professor of New Testament History and Papyrology at STH in Basel, Switzerland, and taught at the Department of International Studies at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel. His book, The Jesus Papyrus, co-written with Matthew d’Ancona, was a major bestseller. Born in 1952, Thiede held academic posts in Berlin, Geneva and Oxford. He is a member of the International Papyrologists’ Association and a board member of the History Department at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel. His wife is English and they have three children. He was ordained an Anglican priest in November 1999.;