Dr Garrick Allen wins prestigious international honour

Dr Garrick Allen, Lecturer in New Testament at DCU’s School of Theology, Philosophy, and Music, has this week been announced as a winner of the Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise, for his book, The Book of Revelation and Early Jewish Textual Culture (Cambridge University Press, 2017).

Winners are selected by the Research Centre for International and Interdisciplinary Theology (FIIT) of the University of Heidelberg and awards given to the ten top dissertations or first books in biblical or theological studies written by scholars under the age of 35.

Commenting following the announcement, Garrick said “I'm very proud to have received this prestigious award and am very grateful from the support I received from my colleagues at DCU. The School of Theology, Philosophy, and Music is an excellent context to undertake ambitious and interdisciplinary research."

Garrick will receive his award on 17 May 2019 in Heidelberg.