Crossing Borders

“In this impressively researched account, Torrey Seland illuminates the personal and professional challenges faced by world-renowned New Testament and Philonic scholar Peder Borgen. Borgen’s status as a ‘dissenter’ in Norway because of his Methodist affiliation greatly impacted his life and work and led him to cross borders between nations, denominations, religions, academic disciplines, and other aspects of society and culture. As Seland shows, though, Borgen is more than a border-crosser; he’s also a bridge-builder!”


—Ellen Birnbaum, author of The Place of Judaism in Philo’s Thought





“Peder Borgen has been an inspiration as a New Testament and Philonic scholar, a Methodist churchman, and a committed ecumenist. Torrey Seland’s informed account of his long and rich life provides readers with countless insights, enabling them to understand how he could cross many borders and in so doing inspire many others. I enjoyed the book very much and warmly recommend it.”


—David Runia, editor of The Studia Philonica Annual