Gregory Sterling

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  • Armenian Paradigms (2004) ISBN   978-9042913820
  • Historiography and Self-Definition: Josephos, Luke-Acts, and Apologetic Historiography (2006) ISBN   978-1589831933
  • Coptic Paradigms: A Summary of Sahidic Coptic Morphology (2008) ISBN   978-9042918726
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    Gregory E. Sterling
    Born1954
    NationalityAmerican
    Occupation(s)Religious scholar, academic and researcher
    TitleThe Reverend Henry L. Slack Dean and Lillian Claus Professor of New Testament
    AwardsPresidential Award, University of Notre Dame
    Alumnus of the Year, Graduate Theological Union
    Academic background
    EducationB.A., Christianity and History
    M.A., Religion
    M.A., Classics
    Ph.D., New Testament
    M.A. honoris causa
    Alma mater Houston Baptist University
    Pepperdine University
    University of California
    Graduate Theological Union
    Yale University