Reverend Fr Antony Campbell SJ, is a New Zealander by birth, a Jesuit in Australia 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, Italy and flowered in a PhD from Claremont Graduate School, California, USA; its subsequent bearing of fruit was later recognized with an earned DD 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.

Books:

• The Ark Narrative (1 Sam 4-6; 2 Sam 6): A Form-critical and Traditio-historical Study.
• Of Prophets and Kings: A Late Ninth-Century Document (1 Samuel 1-2 Kings 10).
• The Study Companion to Old Testament Literature: An Approach to the Writings of Pre-Exilic and Exilic Israel.
• God First Loved Us: The Challenge of Accepting Unconditional Love.
• 1 Samuel
• 2 Samuel (in press)
• Joshua to Chronicles: An Introduction (in press)
• With Mark O'Brien, OP:
  
  • Sources of the Pentateuch: Texts, Introductions, Annotations.
  • Unfolding the Deuteronomistic History: Origins, Upgrades, Present Text.
  • Rethinking the Pentateuch: Prolegomena to the Theology of Ancient Israel (Westminster John Knox Press, 2005).

Commentary articles:

• "1 Samuel" in The New Jerome Biblical Commentary.
• With Mark O'Brien, OP, "Samuel and Kings" in The International Bible Commentary.

Beyond this, there are:

• 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.