Teaching

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My teaching interests relate very much to my research interests (see “Research”). A brief list of topics: New Testament (any and all topics relating to this collection of texts). Jewish Studies and Hebrew Bible: the ancient synagogue, Jewish history from the Persian period to Late Antiquity. Archaeology and inscriptions: synagogue archaeology. Jewish/Christian relations and Christian identity formation (including aspects of Graeco-Roman society and religion) from the first century to Late Antiquity.



Undergraduate Courses

  • The Quest for the Historical Jesus (3TO3)
  • Earliest Portraits of Jesus (the synoptic gospels; 2GG3)
  • Paul and Christian Origins (2HH3)
  • Inter-Religious Encounters in Antiquity: Jew, Christians, and Pagans (3JO3)
  • The Theology of the Gospel of Matthew and the Social Location of the Matthean Community (4QO3; reading course)
  • The Ancient Synagogue and the Origins of Judaism and Christianity (4IO3; Honours Seminar)
  • Jesus and the Gospels (TEOL 4202)

Graduate Seminars

  • Divine Judgment in the New Testament Gospels (RS 707b)
  • John Among Jews and Gentiles (RS 751)
  • The Gospel of Matthew and the Matthean Communities (RS 757)
  • Textualising Jesus: The When, Where, How, and Why of the Gospel of Mark (RS 757)
  • The Historical Jesus and the Kingdom of God (RS 759)
  • Jewish-Christian Relations in Antiquity (RS 730)
  • The Ancient Synagogue: Birth Place of Two World Religions (RS 733)
  • Issues in the Study of Religions (a religious studies methods seminar; RS 701)