Antony Campbell

Revd Fr Antony Campbell, SJ, is a New Zealander by birth, an Australian Jesuit by choice, and a lover of the Older Testament by passion. The passion began with studies in Greek, Hebrew, and biblical archaeology at the University of Melbourne, was fostered in theology at Lyon-Fourvière, France, and in scripture studies at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome, and flowered in a PhD from Claremont Graduate School, California; its subsequent bearing of fruit was later recognized with an earned D.D. from the Mel­bourne College of Divinity. Fr Campbell has been teaching the Older Testament at Jesuit Theological College, within the United Faculty of Theology, Melbourne, since his return to Australia in 1974. At the end of 2009, he will be emeritus. He gives thanks for armchairs to sit in, parks to walk in, a life to live, friends to delight in, a God to be communed with, even classes to teach—and nature, reading, and music to enjoy.