David Kelsey

David H. Kelsey (born 1932) is an American theologian and academic. He is a graduate of Haverford College and currently Luther Weigle Professor Emeritus of Theology at Yale Divinity School. Kelsey received both a BD and PhD from Yale, and taught in the Religion Department of Dartmouth College from 1961 to 1965. He was a member of the faculty at Yale Divinity School from 1965 until his retirement in 2005. In 2017, he held The Alonzo L. McDonald Family Chair on the Life and Teachings of Jesus and their Impact on Culture at Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta GA. Kelsey has delivered lectures at various prestigious institutions including Oxford University and Yale Divinity School.