Halvor Moxnes

Who is Halvor Moxnes?

Halvor Moxnes is a Norwegian theologian.

He was born in Stokke. He took the dr.theol. degree in 1978 with the thesis Theology in Conflict: Studies in Paul's Understanding of God in Romans, and was appointed as a professor of the New Testament at the University of Oslo in 1984. In 2005 he received an honorary degree at the University of Copenhagen, and he is also a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. In 2006 ran for election as the dean of the Faculty of Theology, but succumbed to Trygve Wyller.