{{Short description|Author and New Testament scholar}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox academic | honorific_prefix = <!-- see MOS:HONOURIFIC --> | name = Eric Eve | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = <!-- use only if different from full/othernames --> | birth_date = <!-- {{birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | birth_place = | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | death_cause = | region = | citizenship = | residence = | other_names = | occupation = Author, interactive fiction writer, and New Testament scholar | period = | known_for = | title = Robert Wills Fellow and Tutor in Theology | boards = <!--board or similar positions extraneous to main occupation--> | spouse = | children = | parents = | relatives = | awards = <!--notable national level awards only--> | website = | education = | alma_mater = <!--will often consist of the linked name of the last-attended higher education institution--> | thesis_title = | thesis_url = | thesis_year = | school_tradition = | doctoral_advisor = | academic_advisors = | influences = <!--must be referenced from a third party source--> | era = Late 20th and Early 21st Centuries | discipline = <!--major academic discipline – e.g. Physicist, Sociologist, New Testament scholar, Ancient Near Eastern Linguist--> | sub_discipline = <!--academic discipline specialist area – e.g. Sub-atomic research, 20th Century Danish specialist, Pauline research, Arcadian and Ugaritic specialist--> | workplaces = Harris Manchester College, Oxford<!--full-time positions only, not student positions--> | doctoral_students = <!--only those with WP articles--> | notable_students = <!--only those with WP articles--> | main_interests = | notable_works = | notable_ideas = | influenced = <!--must be referenced from a third party source--> | signature = | signature_alt = | signature_size = | footnotes = }}
'''Eric Eve''' is an author, interactive fiction writer, and New Testament scholar at Harris Manchester College in Oxford.<ref>[http://www.sparkynet.com/spag/backissues/spag47.html SPAG interview]</ref> He is known in the interactive fiction community for his writings on TADS 3, including three tutorial/reference books (''Getting Started in TADS 3'', ''Learning TADS 3'', and the ''TADS 3 Tour Guide'') and several articles for ''Brass Lantern'', a site that hosts articles about and reviews of interactive fiction. He has also authored eleven interactive fiction games, several of which have won awards at various competitions. In the academic field, Eric Eve has also written two books relating to the New Testament, ''The Healer from Nazareth: Jesus' Miracles in Historical Context'' and ''The Jewish Context of Jesus' Miracles''.
==Contributions== Eric Eve's contributions to interactive fiction include the games Nightfall (2nd-place winner of the Interactive Fiction Competition (IFComp)) and ''The Elysium Enigma'' (winner of the 2006 XYZZY Awards for both Best Game and Best Individual NPC). His writings on TADS 3 are some of the only tutorials available for that language, and he has also written a significant comparison of TADS 3 and Inform 7, the two most popular languages for writing interactive fiction.<ref>[http://www.brasslantern.org/writers/iftheory/tads3andi7.html Comparison of TADS 3 and Inform 7 on the Brass Lantern]</ref>
==Works== * {{cite book |author1-last=Eve |author1-first=Eric |title=The Jewish context of Jesus' miracles |series=The Library of New Testament Studies |volume=231 |location=London |publisher=Sheffield Academic Press |date=2002 |isbn=9780567224439 |oclc=741691497 }} * {{cite book |author1-last=Eve |author1-first=Eric |author1-mask=3 |title=Life after death in the New Testament |series=Farmington papers., Philosophy of religion |volume=PR12 |location=Oxford |publisher=Farmington Institute for Christian Studies |date=2002 |oclc=51085651 }} * {{cite book |author1-last=Eve |author1-first=Eric |author1-mask=3 |title=Miracle in the New Testament |series=Farmington papers., Philosophy of religion |volume=PR14 |location=Oxford |publisher=Farmington Institute for Christian Studies |date=2003 |oclc=52603119 }} * {{cite book |author1-last=Eve |author1-first=Eric |author1-mask=3 |title=The Authority of the Bible |series=Farmington papers., Biblical Studies |volume=BS10 |location=Oxford |publisher=Farmington Institute for Christian Studies |date=2004 |oclc=60421498 }} * {{cite book |author1-last=Eve |author1-first=Eric |author1-mask=3 |title=The Healer from Nazareth: Jesus' miracles in historical context |location=London |publisher=SPCK |date=2009 |isbn=9780281060016 |oclc=310402093 }} * {{cite book |author1-last=Eve |author1-first=Eric |author1-mask=3 |title=Behind the Gospels: understanding the oral tradition |location=London |publisher=SPCK |date=2014 |isbn=9780281062553 |oclc=847573722 }} * {{cite book |author1-last=Eve |author1-first=Eric |author1-mask=3 |title=Writing the Gospels: composition and memory |location=London |publisher=SPCK |date=2016 |isbn=9780281073405 |oclc=951844663 }}
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==External links== * [http://users.ox.ac.uk/~manc0049/TADSGuide/index.html Eric Eve's homepage] * [http://www.ifwiki.org/index.php/Eric_Eve Eric Eve's entry on the IFWiki] * [http://www.tads.org/t3doc/doc/index.htm Eric Eve's TADS 3 tutorials on the TADS 3 Bookshelf]
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