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DR. IAN K. BOXALL

School of Theology and Religious Studies boxall@cua.edu

420 Caldwell Hall Tel. (+1) 202-910-7457

The Catholic University of America

Washington D.C. 20064

CURRENT POSITION

The Catholic University of America, Washington D.C.

Associate Professor of New Testament, August 2013–present

PREVIOUS ACADEMIC POSITIONS

St Stephen’s House, University of Oxford

Tutorial Fellow in New Testament, Pastoral Tutor and Academic Mentor, 1994–2013

Senior Tutor (Academic Dean), 2003–2013

Chichester Theological College

Chichester, UK, Tutor in New Testament and Pastoral Tutor, 1992–1994

EDUCATION

University of Oxford

D.Phil. in New Testament, 2011

Dissertation: “Patmos in the Reception History of the Apocalypse”

Supervisor: Professor Christopher Rowland

Examiners: Professor David Brown and Dr John Muddiman

University of Oxford

M.Phil. in Theology: New Testament, 1992

British Academy Award for graduate work in New Testament

University of Oxford

B.A. (Hons) in Theology, First Class, 1990; M.A., 1994

Oriel College Distinction Prize for performance in the Honour School of Theology

Franciscan Study Centre, Canterbury

Studies in Theology and Philosophy, 1984–1987

RESEARCH INTERESTS

The Book of Revelation; the Gospel of Matthew; reception history of the New Testament;

visual exegesis

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PUBLICATIONS

I. Work in Progress

A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Book of Revelation. International Critical

Commentary (ICC). London: T. & T. Clark. Under contract.

‘Revelation,’ in The Miraculous and the Biblical Traditions. Ed. Graham H. Twelftree.

Leiden: Brill. Under contract.

‘Roman Catholic Perspective,’ in Five Views on the New Testament Canon. Edited by

Stanley E. Porter and Benjamin Laird. Grand Rapids: Kregel. Under contract.

‘Uses of the Bible in Communities of Faith,’ in The New Cambridge Companion to

Biblical Interpretation. Edited by Ian Boxall and Bradley C. Gregory. Cambridge:

Cambridge University Press. Under contract.

(co-editor with Bradley C. Gregory) The New Cambridge Companion to Biblical

Interpretation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Under contract.

Christ in the Apocalypse. Biblical Studies from the CBA. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press.

Under contract.

II. Books

2019 Matthew Through the Centuries. Wiley-Blackwell Bible Commentaries. Hoboken, NJ,

and Chichester: John Wiley, 2019.

2014 Discovering Matthew: Content, Interpretation, Reception. London: SPCK, 2014. US

edition Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2015.

Reviews: D. M. Allen in Theology 118 (May/June 2015): 210-212;

J. Cuénod in Neotestamentica 49/2 (2015): 454-57;

The Bible Today (November 2015): 402;

B. T. Sullivan in Catholic Library World (December 2015): 111;

J. L. Bailey in Currents in Theology and Mission 43.2 (April 2016): 34;

G. Campbell in Journal for the Study of the New Testament Booklist 38/5

(2016): 32-33;

J. K. Brown in Review of Biblical Literature 10 (2016);

C. Vine in Andrews University Seminary Studies 54 (Autumn 2016):

367-70;

C. S. Hamilton in Religious Studies Review 43/2 (June 2017): 170-71;

T. S. Slater in Review & Expositor 115/1( February 2018): 120-21;

F. T. Gench in Interpretation 72/1 (2018): 83.

2013 Patmos in the Reception History of the Apocalypse. Oxford Theology and Religion

Monograph series; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013.

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Reviews: D. L. Mathewson in Bulletin for Biblical Research 24.2 (2014): 287-

288;

R. J. Ounsworth OP in New Blackfriars 95 (January 2014): 117-118;

J. Riches in Expository Times (August 2014): 538-539;

L. Wickham in Journal of Ecclesiastical History 65 (2014): 654-656;

G. Allen in Reviews in Religion and Theology (2014): 192-195;

A. Brent in Journal of Theological Studies 66/1 (2015): 428-429;

C. R. Koester in Review of Biblical Literature 11 (2014);

J. Lieu in Church History 84/1 (2015): 220-221;

S. Woodman in Journal for the Study of the New Testament Booklist

36/5 (2015): 110;

J. López in Gregorianum 92/2 (2016): 173;

N. King in Heythrop Journal 58/2 (March 2017): 331-32;

M. Fletcher in Relegere: Studies in Religion and Reception 7/1-2 (2018).

Named ‘Book of the Month’ in The Expository Times (August 2014).

2007 New Testament Interpretation. SCM Studyguides. London: SCM, 2007.

Reviews: R. J. Ounsworth OP in New Blackfriars 89 (Sept 2008): 619-621;

P. Foster in The Expository Times 119/7 (April 2008): 349;

S. Kirkpatrick in Religious Studies Review 37/1 (March 2011): 53.

2007 The Books of the New Testament. SCM Studyguides. London: SCM, 2007.

Reviews: P. Gooder in The Church Times (14 May 2008);

R. J. Ounsworth OP in New Blackfriars 89 (Sept 2008): 619-621;

G. S. Paulson in The Expository Times 120/6 (March 2009): 304.

2006 The Revelation of St John. Black’s New Testament Commentaries. London:

Continuum/ Peabody MA: Hendrickson, 2006; reissued Baker Academic, 2009.

Reviews: R. Morton in Ashland Theological Journal (2006): 128-129;

D. Barr in Review of Biblical Literature 03 (2007);

J. Dunkly in Anglican Theological Review 89/1 (Winter 2007);

S. J. H. Tu in Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 50/3 (Sept

2007): 632-634;

S. Turner in Scripture Bulletin 38/1 (January 2008): 57-58;

G. Stevenson in Restoration Quarterly 51/1 (2009) 61.

2002 Revelation: Vision and Insight. An Introduction to the Apocalypse. London: SPCK,

2002.

Reviews: S. S. Smalley in Theology 105 (Sept-Oct 2002): 359-360;

J. Ashton in The Way 42/1 (January 2003): 111-113;

T. M. S. Long in Neotestamentica 37/1 (Jan 2003): 142-144;

M. J. Williams in Anvil 20/1 (2003): 62-63;

H.-A. Hartley in The Heythrop Journal 45/3 (July 2004): 353-354.

III. Edited Volumes

2020 (co-editor with Heidi Hornik and Roberta Dykema) Painted Portrayals: The Art of

Characterizing Biblical Figures. SBL Bible and its Reception series. Atlanta: SBL

Press. In press.

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2016 (co-editor with Richard Tresley) The Book of Revelation and Its Interpreters: Short

Studies and an Annotated Bibliography. Lanham, Boulder, New York and London:

Rowman and Littlefield, 2016.

IV. Book Chapters & Journal Articles

‘Israel’s Scriptures in the Revelation of John,’ in The Old Testament in the

New: Israel’s Scriptures in the New Testament and other Early Christian Writings.

Edited by Matthias Henze and David Lincicum. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans. At editorial

stage.

‘Origen’s Commentary on Matthew and the Reception of Matthew’s Gospel,’ in The

Gospel of Matthew: Its Composition, Theology, and Early Reception. Edited by Joseph

Verheyden and David Sim. WUNT; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck. At editorial stage.

‘Matthew,’ in The Jerome Biblical Commentary for the 21st Century. Edited by John

J. Collins, Gina Hens-Piazza, Barbara Reid OP, and Donald Senior CP. London and

New York: Bloomsbury T. & T. Clark. 56,000 words. At editorial stage.

‘Seeing Christ’s Angel: The Contribution of Visual Exegesis to the Interpretation of

Revelation 10,’ in Painted Portrayals: The Art of Characterizing Biblical Figures.

Edited by Heidi Hornik, Ian Boxall, and Bobbi Dykema. SBL Bible and its Reception

series. Atlanta: SBL Press. In press.

‘The Reception History of the Book of Revelation,’ in The Oxford Handbook of the

Book of Revelation. Edited by Craig R. Koester. Oxford and New York: Oxford

University Press. In press.

2020 ‘Apocalyptic Sensibility in Renaissance Europe,’ in The Cambridge Companion to

Apocalyptic Literature. Edited by Colin McAllister. Cambridge: Cambridge University

Press, 2020, pp. 212-230.

2019 ‘The Animal Apocalypse and Revelation 9:1–21: Creaturely Imagery during the Great

Tribulation,’ in Reading Revelation in Context: John’s Apocalypse and Second Temple

Judaism. Edited by Ben C. Blackwell, John K. Goodrich, and Jason Maston. Grand

Rapids: Zondervan, 2019, pp. 87-93.

2018 ‘From the Magi to Pilate’s Wife: David Brown, Tradition, and the Reception of

Matthew’s Text,’ in The Moving Text: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on David Brown

and the Bible. Edited by Christopher R. Brewer, Garrick V. Allen, and Denny Kinlaw.

London: SCM, 2018, pp. 17-36.

2016 ‘The Book of Revelation in the Life of the Church,’ Josephinum Journal of Theology

23/1&2 (2016): 160-175.

2016 ‘Patmos as Holy Place,’ in Holy Places in Biblical and Extrabiblical Traditions:

Proceedings of the Bonn-Leiden-Oxford Colloquium on Biblical Studies. Edited by

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Jochen Flebbe. Bonner Biblische Beiträge 179; Göttingen: V&R unipress/Bonn

University Press, 2016, pp. 179-191.

2016 ‘The Figure of John of Patmos in Apocalypse Commentaries,’ in The Book of

Revelation and Its Interpreters: Short Studies and an Annotated Bibliography. Edited

by Ian Boxall and Richard Tresley. Lanham, Boulder, New York and London: Rowman

and Littlefield, 2016, pp. 65-84.

2015 ‘The Mighty Angel with the Little Scroll: British Perspectives on the Reception History

of Revelation 10,’ in The Book of Revelation: Currents in British Research on the

Apocalypse. Edited by Garrick V. Allen, Ian Paul and Simon P. Woodman. WUNT

411; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2015, pp. 245-63.

2015 ‘Tracing Patmos Through the Centuries,’ in Reception History and Biblical Studies:

Theory and Practice. Edited by Emma England and William John Lyons. Critical

Perspectives on the Reception and Influence of the Bible; London and New York:

Bloomsbury T. & T. Clark, 2015, pp. 155-68.

2015 ‘Riding White Horses: An Intertextual Study of Rev. 6:1-2 in the Light of its Reception

History,’ in Poetik und Intertextualität der Johannesapokalypse. Edited by Stefan

Alkier, Thomas Hieke and Tobias Nicklas. WUNT 346; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck,

2015, pp. 423-36.

2014 ‘Reception History,’ in The New Cambridge History of the Bible: Volume 4, From 1750

to the Present. Edited by John Riches. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014,

pp. 172-83.

2014 ‘The Apocalypse Unveiled: Reflections on the Reception History of Revelation,’

Expository Times 125/6 (March 2014): 261-271.

2014 ‘Francis of Assisi as Apocalyptic Visionary,’ in Revealed Wisdom: Studies in

Apocalyptic in Honour of Christopher Rowland. Edited by John Ashton. Arbeiten zur

Geschichte des Antiken Judentums und des Urchristentums 88; Leiden: Brill, 2014, pp.

253-266.

2013 ‘From the Apocalypse of John to the Johannine ‘Apocalypse in Reverse’: Intimations

of Apocalyptic and the Quest for a Relationship,’ in John’s Gospel and Intimations of

Apocalyptic. Edited by Christopher Rowland and Catrin Williams. London and New

York: Bloomsbury T. & T. Clark, 2013, pp. 58-78.

2013 ‘In Search of John’s Island: Patmos in Botticelli and Burgkmair,’ Relegere: Studies in

Religion and Reception 3/1 (2013): 25-39.

2011 (with Christopher Rowland) ‘Tyconius and Bede on Violent Texts in the Apocalypse,’

in Ancient Christian Interpretations of “Violent Texts” in the Apocalypse. Edited by

Joseph Verheyden, Tobias Nicklas and Andreas Merkt. NTOA; Göttingen:

Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2011, pp. 161-179.

2011 ‘Who Rides the White Horse? Truth and Deception in the Book of Revelation,’

Scripture Bulletin (July 2011): 76-88.

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2010 ‘Jesus in the Apocalypse,’ in Blackwell Companion to Jesus. Edited by Delbert Burkett.

Malden MA, Oxford and Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010, pp. 119-126.

2010 ‘Preaching Luke’s Gospel: Some Insights from John Henry Newman,’ Scripture

Bulletin (July 2010): 63-74.

2010 ‘Reading the Apocalypse on the Island of Patmos,’ Scripture Bulletin (January 2010):

22-33.

2009 ‘Luke’s Nativity Story: A Narrative Reading,’ in New Perspectives on the Nativity.

Edited by Jeremy Corley. London and New York: Continuum, 2009, pp. 23-36.

2007 ‘Reading the Synoptic Gospels: The Case of the Gerasene Demoniac,’ Scripture

Bulletin (July 2007): 51-65.

2007 ‘Exile, Prophet, Visionary: Ezekiel’s Influence on the Book of Revelation,’ in The Book

of Ezekiel and Its Influence. Edited by Henk Jan de Jonge and Johannes Tromp.

Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007, pp. 147-164.

2005 ‘Violence in the Apocalypse,’ Scripture Bulletin (July 2005): 73-84.

2001 ‘The Many Faces of Babylon the Great: Wirkungsgeschichte and the Interpretation of

Revelation 17,’ in Studies in the Book of Revelation. Edited by Steve Moyise.

Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 2001, pp. 51-68.

1999 ‘Who is the Woman Clothed with the Sun?’ in Say Yes to God: Mary and the Revealing

of the Word Made Flesh. Edited by Martin Warner. London: Tufton Books, 1999, pp.

142-58.

1998 ‘For Paul or for Cephas? The Book of Revelation and Early Asian Christianity,’ in

Understanding, Studying and Reading: New Testament Essays in Honour of John

Ashton. Edited by Christopher Rowland and Crispin Fletcher-Louis. JSNT Supplement

series 153; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1998, pp. 198-218.

V. Encyclopaedia & Reference Articles

Contributions to Andrew Louth, ed., The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church.

Revised edition. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, forthcoming.

‘Matthew, Gospel of, Christianity, Modern Europe and America,’ in Encyclopedia of

the Bible and Its Reception. Berlin and New York: De Gruyter, forthcoming.

‘Matthew (Disciple). Visual Arts,’ in Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception.

Berlin and New York: De Gruyter, forthcoming.

‘The Gospel of Matthew. Visual Arts,’ in Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception.

Berlin and New York: De Gruyter, forthcoming.

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‘The Gospel of Matthew in Literary Reception,’ in Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its

Reception. Berlin and New York: De Gruyter, forthcoming.

2017 ‘Jesus Among the Teachers in the Temple. New Testament,’ in Encyclopedia of the

Bible and Its Reception. Volume 14: Jesus — Kairos. Edited by Christine Helmer et al.

Berlin and New York: De Gruyter, 2017, p. 122.

2017 ‘Jesus Among the Teachers in the Temple. Visual Arts,’ in Encyclopedia of the Bible

and Its Reception. Volume 14: Jesus — Kairos. Edited by Christine Helmer et al. Berlin

and New York: De Gruyter, 2017, p. 127.

2013 (with Christopher Rowland) ‘Reception Theory/Criticism’ in Oxford Encyclopedia of

Biblical Interpretation, volume 2. Edited by Steven McKenzie. New York and Oxford:

Oxford University Press, 2013, pp. 206-15.

2013 ‘Divine Warrior: New Testament’, in Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception.

Volume 6: Dabbesheth — Dreams and Dream Interpretation. Edited by Dale C. Allison

et al. Berlin and New York: De Gruyter, 2013, p. 984.

2006 ‘The Acts of the Apostles’, ‘Paul on the Road to Damascus,’ ‘The First Journey of

Paul,’ and ‘The Revelation of John’ in Biblica: The Bible Atlas. Lane Cove, NSW:

Global Book Publishing, 2006.

VI. Popular Books

2015 Take and Read: The Apocalypse. Stoke on Trent: Alive Publishing, 2015.

2009 Take and Read: The Gospel of Luke. Stoke on Trent: Alive Publishing, 2009.

VII. DVD/Audio Lectures

2020 How to Read & Understand the Gospel of Matthew (15 lectures, audio; Learn25, 2020).

2018 Four Portraits of Jesus: Introducing Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John (24 lectures,

audio; Now You Know Media, 2018).

2018 Interpreting the Gospels Throughout History (12 lectures, audio and DVD; Now You

Know Media, 2018).

2017 The Gospel According to Mark (12 lectures, audio; Now You Know Media, 2017; re-

released as DVD, 2018).

2016 The Victory of Christ: Exploring the Book of Revelation (12 lectures, audio and DVD;

Now You Know Media, 2016).

VIII. On-Line Publications

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2020 ‘Finding Meaning in Suffering: 1 Peter 4:12-19,’ in The Visual Commentary on

Scripture (www.TheVCS.org)

2019 ‘The Angel and the Book: Revelation 10,’ in The Visual Commentary on Scripture

(www.TheVCS.org)

2019 ‘Reading Matthew across the Centuries,’ The Bible and Interpretation

(https://bibleinterp.arizona.edu/articles/reading-matthew-across-centuries)

2018 ‘The Flight to Egypt: Matthew 2:13-15,’ in The Visual Commentary on Scripture

(www.TheVCS.org)

IX. Other Publications

2017 ‘Lifting the Veil on the World,’ in Preaching Radical and Orthodox. Edited by Alison

Milbank, John Hughes, and Arabella Milbank. London: SCM Press, 2017, pp. 11-14.

2009 How to Read the Bible. London: Tufton Books, 2009.

2009 ‘A Great Sign in Heaven’: Mary in the Reception History of the Book of Revelation.’

ESBVM Occasional Paper, 2009.

2005 Bible notes for Roots, Issue 16 (March – April 2005).

2004 ‘‘Jezebel’ of Thyatira to John of Patmos,’ in Yours Faithfully: Virtual Letters from the

Bible. Edited by Philip R. Davies. Bible World series; London: Equinox, 2004, pp. 147-

51.

2004 ‘The Use and Abuse of Apocalyptic’, Priests and People (November 2004): 405-09.

2004 ‘History and the Spirit in Acts,’ Priests and People (April 2004): 129-33.

2003 Contributions to Common Worship Lectionary: A Scripture Commentary Year C.

Edited by Leslie Houlden and John Rogerson. London: SPCK, 2003.

2003 ‘Christ in the Gospels’, Priests and People (December 2003): 455-59.

2002 ‘Mary of Ephesus and the Apocalyptic Woman.’ Walsingham Assumptiontide Lecture

2002.

2002 ‘Reclaiming the Apocalypse’, Priests and People (August/September 2002): 327-31.

X. Book Reviews

2019 Review of Tyconius, Exposition of the Apocalypse in Augustinian Studies 50/2

(2019): 259-62.

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2019 Review of Richard K. Emmerson, Apocalypse Illuminated: The Visual Exegesis of

Revelation in Medieval Illustrated Manuscripts in Review of Biblical Literature

(2019).

2019 Review of Michael Battle, Heaven on Earth: God’s Call to Community in the Book of

Revelation in Interpretation 73/1 (2019): 84.

2018 Review of John J. Collins, Apocalypse, Prophecy, and Pseudepigraphy: On Jewish

Apocalyptic Literature in Journal of Theological Studies 69/1 (2018): 270-73.

2018 Review of Craig R. Koester, Revelation: A New Translation with Introduction and

Commentary (Anchor Yale Bible Commentaries) in Catholic Biblical Quarterly 80

(2018): 145-146.

2015 Review of Bruce Chilton, Visions of the Apocalypse: Receptions of John’s Revelation

in Western Imagination in Review of Biblical Literature (2015).

2014 Review of Natasha O’Hear, Contrasting Images of the Book of Revelation in Late

Medieval and Early Modern Art in Journal of Theological Studies 65/2 (October

2014): 713-716.

2014 Review of William John Lyons, Joseph of Arimathea: A Study in Reception History in

Marginalia: LA Review of Books (September 2014; marginalia.lareviewofbooks.org).

2014 Review of Richard B. Hays and Stefan Alkier (eds), Revelation and the Politics of

Apocalyptic Interpretation and Warren Carter, What Does Revelation Reveal?

Unlocking the Mystery in Modern Believing 55/4 (2014): 440-443.

2012 Review of Tom Wright, Revelation for Everyone in Theology 115.4

(September/October 2012): 368-369.

2012 Review of Wendy Beckett and Greg Tricker, The Christ Journey in Scripture Bulletin

(July 2012): 74-75.

2012 Review of Michael Patella, Angels and Demons: A Christian Primer of the Spiritual

World in Scripture Bulletin (July 2012): 71-73.

2012 Review of Joseph Ratzinger (Benedict XVI), Jesus of Nazareth Part 2. Holy Week:

From the Entrance into Jerusalem to the Resurrection in New Blackfriars 92 (January

2012): 119-121.

2012 Review of Stratford Caldecott, All Things Made New in Scripture Bulletin (January

2012): 42-44.

2011 Review of Stuart L. Love, Jesus and Marginal Women: The Gospel of Matthew in

Social-Scientific Perspective in JSNT Booklist 33.5 (August 2011): 49-50.

2011 Review of Daniele Tripaldi, Gesù di Nazareth nell’Apocalisse di Giovanni: Spirito,

profezia e memoria in JSNT Booklist 33.5 (August 2011): 119-120.

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2011 Review of David G. Horrell, The Bible and the Environment: Towards a Critical

Ecological Biblical Theology in JSNT Booklist 33.5 (August 2011): 10-11.

2011 Review of Anthony C. Thiselton, The Living Paul in Scripture Bulletin (July 2011): 91-

93.

2011 Review of Peter Oakes, Reading Romans in Pompeii in Scripture Bulletin (July 2011):

93-95.

2011 Review of Stephen Finamore, God, Order and Chaos: René Girard and the Apocalypse

in Journal of Theological Studies 62.2 (2011): 724-727.

2010 Review of Gerald O’Collins, Jesus: A Portrait in New Blackfriars (November 2010):

725-726.

2010 Review of Fabian E. Udoh, Susannah Heschel, Mark Chancey and Gregory Tatum

(ed.), Redefining First Century Jewish and Christian Identities: Essays in Honor of Ed

Parish Sanders in New Blackfriars 91 (September 2010): 609-610.

2010 Review of Jay Twomey, The Pastoral Epistles Through the Centuries in JSNT Booklist

32.5 (2010): 108-109.

2010 Review of James G. Crossley, Jesus in an Age of Terror in JSNT Booklist 32.5 (2010):

34.

2010 Review of Edwin D. Freed and Jane F. Roberts, The Bible Says So! in JSNT Booklist

32.5 (2010): 151-152.

2010 Review of Russell Pregeant, Encounter with the New Testament in JSNT Booklist 32.5

(2010): 1-2.

2010 Review of David A. Sanchez, From Patmos to the Barrio: Subverting Imperial Myths

in JSNT Booklist 32.5 (2010): 152.

2009 Review of Russell S. Morton, One Upon the Throne and the Lamb in JSNT Booklist

31.5 (2009): 120-121.

2009 Review of Simon Woodman, The Book of Revelation in Expository Times 120 (August

2009) 11: 570.

2009 Review of Adela Yarbro Collins, Mark: A Commentary (Hermeneia) in Theological

Book Review (2009).

2009 Review of J. Cheryl Exum and Ela Nutu (eds), Between the Text and the Canvas: The

Bible and Art in Dialogue in JSNT Booklist 31.5 (2009): 154-55.

2009 Review of Edith M. Humphrey, And I Turned to See the Voice: The Rhetoric of Vision

in the New Testament in JSNT Booklist 31.5 (2009): 118.

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2009 Review of Edmondo F. Lupieri, A Commentary on the Apocalypse of John in Journal

of Theological Studies 60.1 (2009): 253-256.

2009 Review of Henry Wansbrough (ed.), The CTS New Catholic Bible in Scripture Bulletin

(January 2009): 48-49.

2008 Review of Margaret Barker, The Secret Tradition of the Kingdom of God in The Way

(July 2008).

2008 Review of Kathy Ehrensperger, Paul and the Dynamics of Power in Scripture Bulletin

(July 2008): 118-19.

2008 Review of Edmondo F. Lupieri, A Commentary on the Apocalypse of John in JSNT

Booklist 30.5 (2008): 101.

2008 Review of Scott D. Mackie, Eschatology and Exhortation in the Epistle to the Hebrews

in JSNT Booklist 30.5 (2008): 97.

2008 Review of Robby Waddell, The Spirit of the Book of Revelation in Journal of

Theological Studies 59.1 (April 2008): 298-300.

2008 Review of Richard K. Fenn, Dreams of Glory in Theology (January/February 2008):

56-7.

2008 Review of Daniel M. Gurtner and John Nolland (eds), Built upon the Rock: Studies in

the Gospel of Matthew in Scripture Bulletin (July 2008): 112-14.

2007 Review of Philip McCosker (ed.), What Is It that the Scripture Says? Essays in Biblical

Interpretation in Honour of Henry Wansbrough OSB in New Blackfriars (November

2007): 739-41.

2007 Review of Bruce W. Winter, Roman Wives, Roman Widows in Scripture Bulletin (July

2007): 93-4.

2007 Review of Larry W. Hurtado, The Earliest Christian Artefacts in Scripture Bulletin

(July 2007): 94-6.

2007 Review of Ronald L. Farmer, Revelation in JSNT Booklist 29.5 (2007): 117.

2007 Review of Philip L. Mayo, ‘Those who Call Themselves Jews’: The Church and

Judaism in the Apocalypse of John in JSNT Booklist 29.5 (2007): 119.

2007 Review of Olutola K. Peters, The Mandate of the Church in the Apocalypse of John in

JSNT Booklist 29.5 (2007): 115.

2007 Review of David L. Barr (ed.), The Reality of Apocalypse: Rhetoric and Politics in the

Book of Revelation in JSNT Booklist 29.5 (2007): 116-17.

2007 Review of John Vincent (ed.), Mark: Gospel of Action in JSNT Booklist 29.5 (2007):

53-4.

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2007 Review of John R. Donahue (ed.), Life in Abundance in JSNT Booklist 29.5 (2007): 76.

2007 Review of Kiwoong Son, Zion Symbolism in Hebrews in JSNT Booklist 29.5 (2007):

112.

2007 Review of Stanley H. Skreslet, Christian Witness: New Testament Images of Disciples

in Mission in JSNT Booklist 29.5 (2007): 25.

2006 Review of Craig S. Keener, 1-2 Corinthians in Scripture Bulletin (January 2006): 50-

52.

2006 Review of Adrian Graffy, Take and Read: the Gospel of Mark in Scripture Bulletin

(July 2006): 105-106.

2006 Review of Jerome H. Neyrey, Render to God in Contact 149 (2006): 44-45.

2006 Review of Frederick J. Murphy, An Introduction to Jesus and the Gospels in JSNT

Booklist 28.5 (2006).

2006 Review of Stephen S. Smalley, The Revelation to John in JSNT Booklist 28.5 (2006):

112-13.

2006 Review of Christopher A. Frilingos, Spectacles of Empire in JSNT Booklist 28.5 (2006):

113.

2006 Review of Ulrich Luz, Studies in Matthew in Scripture Bulletin (January 2006): 45-47.

2006 Review of Jerome Murphy-O’Connor, Paul: His Story in Scripture Bulletin (January

2006): 48-50.

2005 Review of Hershel Shanks and Ben Witherington III, The Brother of Jesus in JSNT

Booklist 27.5 (2005): 129.

2005 Review of Heidi J. Hornik and Mikeal C. Parsons, Illuminating Luke in JSNT Booklist

27.5 (2005): 159.

2005 Review of Matthew Byrne, The Way it Was in JSNT Booklist 27.5 (2005): 48-49.

2005 Review of Luke L. Cheung, The Genre, Composition and Hermeneutics of James in

JSNT Booklist 27.5 (2005): 119-20.

2005 Review of Rebecca Skaggs, The Pentecostal Commentary on 1 Peter, 2 Peter, Jude in

JSNT Booklist 27.5 (2005): 121-22.

2005 Review of G.W. Lorein, The Antichrist Theme in the Intertestamental Period in JSNT

Booklist 27.5 (2005): 128.

2005 Review of Judith Kovacs and Christopher Rowland, Revelation: The Apocalypse of

Jesus Christ in Journal of Theological Studies 56.2 (October 2005): 578-81.

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2005 Review of Stephen Pattemore, The People of God in the Apocalypse in Journal of

Theological Studies 56.2 (October 2005): 581-84.

2005 Review of Graham Stanton, Jesus and Gospel in Scripture Bulletin (July 2005): 109-

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2005 Review of William F. Brosend II, James and Jude in Scripture Bulletin (July 2005):

119-21.

2005 Review of Stanley E. Porter (ed.), Reading the Gospels Today in Scripture Bulletin

(January 2005): 49-51.

2005 Review of Will Deming, Paul on Marriage and Celibacy in Scripture Bulletin (January

2005): 51-53.

2004 Review of Christopher Tuckett (ed.), The Book of Zechariah and its Influence in

Scripture Bulletin (July 2004): 116-118.

2004 Review of Ellen F. Davis and Richard B. Hays (ed.), The Art of Reading Scripture in

Scripture Bulletin (July 2004): 108-110.

2004 Review of Larry W. Hurtado, Lord Jesus Christ in Scripture Bulletin (July 2004): 97-

101 (review essay).

2004 Review of Henry Wansbrough OSB, The Passion and Death of Jesus in Priests and

People (April 2004): 165-66.

2004 Review of David Mathewson, A New Heaven and a New Earth in Journal of

Theological Studies (April 2004): 296-98.

2004 Review of Delbert Burkett, An Introduction to the New Testament and the Origins of

Christology in Scripture Bulletin (January 2004): 49-51.

2003 Review of Carl E. Braaten and Robert W. Jensen (ed.), The Last Things in Theology

(May/June 2003): 204-05.

2003 Review of Markus Bockmuehl (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Jesus in Scripture

Bulletin (July 2003): 111-113.

2003 Review of S. Bøe, Gog and Magog in Journal of Theological Studies (April 2003): 265-

68.

2003 Review of Luke Timothy Johnson and William S. Kurz SJ, The Future of Catholic

Biblical Scholarship in Scripture Bulletin (July 2003): 101-103.

2002 Review of William Reiser, Jesus in Solidarity with His People in Scripture Bulletin

(July 2002): 112-113.

2002 Review of John R. Donahue SJ and Daniel J. Harrington SJ, The Gospel of Mark in

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Scripture Bulletin (July 2002) 111-112.

2002 Review of Paul B. Duff, Who Rides the Beast? in Theology (July/August 2002): 301-

02.

1998 Review of Watson E. Mills et al. (eds), The Lutterworth Dictionary of the Bible in

Fairacres Chronicle 31.1 (Spring 1998): 42-45.

1993 Review of J. Webb Mealy, After the Thousand Years in Biblical Interpretation 1.2

(1993): 250.

1993 Review of Andrew T. Lincoln and A.J.M. Wedderburn, The Theology of the Later

Pauline Epistles in New Blackfriars (December 1993): 582-84.

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS/CONFERENCE PAPERS

2019 “Apocalyptic Sensibilities in the Renaissance”

Through a Glass Darkly Symposium on Apocalyptic, University of Colorado, Colorado

Springs, CO, March 2019.

2018 Participant in the St Augustine Seminar (personal invitation of the Archbishop of

Canterbury, in preparation for the 2020 Lambeth Conference), Lambeth Palace,

London, November 2018.

2018 “Visualizing the Flight into Egypt”

Joint Session of the Bible and Visual Art/Exile (Forced Migrations) in Biblical

Literature Sections; Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Denver, CO,

November 2018.

2018 “The Place of Reception History in Commentaries on John’s Apocalypse” (invited

presentation in session on David Aune’s Revelation Commentary, 20 Years On)

John’s Apocalypse and Cultural Contexts Ancient and Modern Section; Society of

Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, November 2018.

2018 “Apocalypse Forgotten? The Book of Revelation as a Neglected Resource for Catholic

Social Teaching.” The 2018 Lattey Lecture, St Edmund’s College, Cambridge, May

2018.

2017 Review of The Art of Visual Exegesis (invited presentation)

Joint Session of the Rhetoric of Religious Antiquity Seminar/Biblical and Visual Art

Section; Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, November 2017.

2016 “Seeing Christ’s Angel: The Contribution of Visual Exegesis to the Interpretation of

Revelation 10”

Bible and Visual Art Section; Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, San

Antonio, TX, November 2016.

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2016 “Emerging from the Margins: Pilate’s Wife (Matt 27:19) in Reception-Historical

Perspective”

Biblical Studies Graduate Seminar, St Patrick’s College, Maynooth, Ireland, March

2016.

2015 Keynote Addresses, “Open Minds, Burning Hearts: Journeying Through Luke’s

Gospel”

Conference co-sponsored by Bible Society and the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of

England and Wales, Sedgley Park, Manchester, November 2015.

2015 “Out of the Shadows: Mary in the New Testament and Beyond”

Scholar Talk, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC, in conjunction

with the Picturing Mary exhibition, March 2015.

2015 “Interpretive Traditions of the Book of Revelation”

Washington College, Chestertown MD, March 2015.

2011 “Picturing John’s Island: Visual Interpretations of Patmos”

The Bible in Art, Music and Literature Seminar, Trinity College, Oxford, October 2011.

2010 “From the Apocalypse of John to the Johannine ‘Apocalypse in Reverse’: Intimations

of Apocalyptic and the Quest for a Relationship”

Colloquium on John’s Gospel and Intimations of Apocalyptic, Bangor, July 2010.

2010 “Inclusivity and Exclusivity in ‘Inaccessible Texts’: Exploring the Book of Revelation”

Ripon College Cuddesdon Summer School, Cuddesdon, July 2010.

2009 “Picturing John’s Island: Visual Interpretations of Patmos”

British New Testament Conference, Aberdeen, September 2009.

2009 “In Search of John’s Island: Patmos in Botticelli and Burgkmair”

Society of Biblical Literature International Conference, Rome, July 2009.

2009 “A Great Sign in Heaven’: Mary in the Reception History of the Book of Revelation”

Ecumenical Society of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Oxford May 2009.

2008 “The Bible and Art in Oxford”

Summer School on Christianity and Culture, St Stephen’s House, Oxford 2008.

2007 “Who Rides the White Horse? Truth and Deception in the Book of Revelation” Oxford

New Testament Senior Seminar, 2007.

2004 “Reading the Apocalypse on Patmos”

British New Testament Conference, Cambridge, September 2004; also Oxford New

Testament Senior Seminar, 2004.

2004 “The Reception History of Revelation 17”

Laud Society, St John’s College, Oxford, February 2004.

2004 “Reclaiming the Apocalypse”

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Worthing Theological Society, February 2004.

2000 “The Many Faces of Babylon the Great”

British New Testament Conference, September 2000.

OTHER LECTURES, TALKS AND PRESENTATIONS

2020 “The Gospel of Luke and Acts of the Apostles”

Study Day, Biblical Training Institute for Michigan Catholics, Grand Rapids,

Michigan, May 2020.

2020 “The Passion of Christ in Text and Image” (5 sessions)

Lenten Forum, St Paul’s Episcopal Church, K Street, Washington DC, March 2020.

2019 “Advent Companions in Waiting” (2 sessions)

Rector’s Forum, St Paul’s Episcopal Church, K Street, Washington DC, December

2019.

2019 “The Book of Revelation: Commentaries with Art” (5 sessions)

Rector’s Forum, St Paul’s Episcopal Church, K Street, Washington DC, September and

October 2019.

2018 “Key Players in the Christmas Story: The Magi and the Shepherds in Scripture and Art”

Advent Lecture, St. Monica and St. James Episcopal Church, Capitol Hill, Washington,

DC, November 2018.

2018 “A Neglected Figure in the Christmas Story: Joseph in Scripture and Art”

Advent Lecture, St. Monica and St. James Episcopal Church, Capitol Hill, Washington,

DC, November 2018.

2018 “The Johannine Literature” (5 sessions)

Sunday Forum, St Paul’s Episcopal Church, K Street, Washington DC, October and

November 2018.

2018 “A Portrait of the Master: The Beatitudes in Matthew’s Gospel”, Symposium on Pope

Francis’s Apostolic Exhortation Gaudete et Exsultate, Basilica of the National Shrine

of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, DC (online), October 2018.

2018 “Journey Through the Gospel According to Luke” (3 sessions)

Sunday Forum, St Paul’s Episcopal Church, K Street, Washington DC, February 2018.

2017 “The Christmas Story in Art” (2 sessions)

Sunday Forum, St Paul’s Episcopal Church, K Street, Washington DC, December 2017.

2017 “Journey Through the Gospel According to Matthew” (3 sessions)

Sunday Forum, St Paul’s Episcopal Church, K Street, Washington DC, October 2017.

2017 “In the Beginning was the Word: Christ in the Four Gospels”

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Day for Catechists and Readers, Diocese of Salford, UK, June 2017.

2017 Bible Reflection Session: the Canaanite Woman (Matt 15:21-28)

Catholic Certificate in Religious Studies, Diocese of Hallam, UK, June 2017.

2017 “Jesus the Teacher: Christ in Matthew’s Gospel”

Public Lecture, University of Nottingham, UK, June 2017.

2017 “Interpreting the Book of Revelation”

Talk to Diocesan Clergy, Diocese of Hallam, UK, June 2017.

2017 “Christ in the Book of Revelation”

Public Lecture, St Vincent’s Church, Sheffield, UK, June 2017.

2017 “Digging Deep: Reading Wisely: Strategies for Exploring John's Gospel”

Day for Catechists and Readers, Archdiocese of Liverpool, UK, June 2017.

2017 “‘The Way Jesus Looked at People’ (Evangelii Gaudium 141): Wisdom from the

Gospels for the Sunday Homily”

Clergy Study Day, Dioceses of Salford, Liverpool and Wrexham, UK, June 2017.

2017 Keynote Addresses, “‘Who Do You Say that I Am?’ Images of Christ in the New

Testament”

RCIA National Network Conference, High Leigh Conference Centre, Hoddesdon, UK,

June 2017.

2016 “Journeying Through Luke’s Gospel”

Lenten Lectures, Episcopal Parish of St Monica and St James, Capitol Hill, Washington

DC, March 2016.

2015 “Visualizing the Passion”

Lenten Lectures, Episcopal Parish of St Monica and St James, Capitol Hill, Washington

DC, March 2015.

2015 “There’s Something About Mary: Picturing Christ’s Mother”

Theology on Tap, Bier Baron, Washington DC, March 2015.

2014 “God’s Battle with Satan in the Book of Revelation”

Biblical Archaeology Forum, Rockville MD, September 2014.

2014 “Apocalypse Now and Then: The Book of Revelation”

Smithsonian Associates, Washington DC, February 2014.

2013 “Preaching in the Lectionary Year of Luke”

Clergy Ministerial Development Day, Anglican Diocese of Llandaff, January 2013.

2012 “Meeting Christ in the Gospel of Matthew”

Catholic Bible School, Sussex, November 2012.

2012 “Picturing Matthew’s Gospel”

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American Study Programme, St Edmund Hall, Oxford, August 2012.

2012 “The Book of Revelation”

Bible Workshop, St Giles Church, Oxford, April 2012.

2012 “The Trial of Jesus: What is Truth?” (with Rabbi Mark Solomon)

Sion Centre for Dialogue and Encounter, February 2012.

2012 “Preaching in the Lectionary Year of Mark”

Clergy Ministerial Development Day, Anglican Diocese of Llandaff, January 2012.

2011 “The Gospel of Mark”

Presentation to Iffley parish, Anglican Diocese of Oxford, November 2011.

2011 “Mystic Nativity: Reflections on the Gospel Birth Narratives”

Lecture to Northampton Theological Society, November 2011.

2011 “What’s Recent in New Testament Studies?”

Amport House, Andover, two-day course for Army, Navy and Air Force Chaplains,

October 2011; also January 2012.

2011 “Visualising the Apocalypse”

American Study Programme, St Edmund Hall, Oxford, August 2011.

2011 “Patmos Revisited”

Lent Quiet Day for Churches Together in Central Oxford, Christ Church, April 2011.

2010 “Prophecy and Fulfilment” (with Rabbi Markus Lange)

Sion Centre for Dialogue and Encounter, London, November 2010.

2010 “Book of Revelation”

St Paul’s School of Theology, London, February 2010.

2009 “Exploring the Gospel of Luke: Artist, Physician, Pilgrim”

Ecumenical Study Day, Brentwood, December 2009.

2009 “Apocalypse Now”

Clergy Continuing Ministerial Development Day, Anglican Diocese of Peterborough,

November 2009.

TELEVISION AND RADIO

2008 “Gates to the Unexplained”: on the Apocalypse (Alter Channel, Athens, Greece),

filmed on location on Patmos

2004 “Ancient Evidence: Revelations – The End of the World?” (Discovery Channel)/ “Bible

Mysteries: Revelation – The End of the World?” (BBC TV), filmed on location on

Patmos

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2003 “The Good Book” series (BBC Radio 2)

GRANTS AND AWARDS

Faculty Grant-in-Aid, towards permissions costs for images in Matthew Through the Centuries,

The Catholic University of America, 2018

School of Theology and Religious Studies Student Association (STRSSA) Teacher of the Year

Award, The Catholic University of America, 2016—2017

Now You Know Media Teaching Excellence Award, 2016

British Academy Award for graduate work in New Testament, 1990—1992

Oriel College, Oxford, Distinction Prize for performance in the Honour School of Theology,

1990

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

British New Testament Society

Catholic Biblical Association of America

Catholic Biblical Association of Great Britain (Executive Committee, 2002 – 2013; Vice-Chair

2004 – 2013)

Catholic Theological Association of Great Britain

Society of Biblical Literature

Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas (SNTS)

EDITORSHIPS/EDITORIAL BOARDS

2018 – Editorial Board, Wiley-Blackwell Bible Commentaries

2008 – 2014 Editor, Scripture Bulletin

PEER REVIEWING

Journal Peer Review:

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Eighteenth-Century Studies; Journal for the Study of the New Testament; Journal of the Bible

and its Reception; Neotestamentica; Religion and Literature; Studies in Christian Ethics

Book Manuscript Peer Review:

Bloomsbury/T. & T. Clark; Cascade Books; Catholic University of America Press; Fortress

Press; Ignatius Press/Catholic Truth Society; Library of New Testament Studies (T. & T.

Clark); Oxford University Press; Wiley-Blackwell

Academic Research Review:

Austrian Science Fund (FWF); The Leverhulme Trust; University of Leuven (KU Leuven)

TEACHING, MENTORING, AND EXAMINING

I. TEACHING

The Catholic University of America:

Undergraduate: The Bible in the Life of the Church (TRS 203); Introduction to the New

Testament (TRS 210); Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke (TRS 310); Book of Revelation

(TRS 313); Visualizing the Gospels (TRS 410/TRS 750F).

Seminarian: Synoptic Gospels (TRS 607); Gospel of John (TRS 609); Pauline Letters (TRS

610).

Graduate: Book of Revelation: Text and Reception (TRS 750E); Theological Readings of

Scripture (TRS 760C).

Doctoral exegetical seminars: Gospel of Matthew (TRS 811A); Gospel of Mark (TRS 811B);

Book of Revelation (TRS 816A).

University of Oxford:

Courses taught by tutorial: The Gospels and Jesus; Theology and Ethics of the New Testament;

Pauline Literature; Hebrews to Apocalypse; Apocalyptic; Varieties of Judaism; The Bible:

Its Use and Influence; Use of the Bible (graduate course).

Courses taught by class: Introduction to the New Testament; Gospel of Matthew; Hebrews to

Apocalypse; Paul; Catholic Epistles; New Testament Greek.

Chichester Theological College:

Seminarian courses: Introduction to the New Testament; Johannine Literature; Pauline Letters

in Greek.

II. DISSERTATIONS

Director: Tongchun Joseph Chen, OP, “I Am the Gate” (John 10:7, 9): The Background

and Function of the Gate Motif in the Fourth Gospel (STD dissertation; in

progress).

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Timothy Rucker, The Key of the Temple: Isaiah 22:15-25 and the Construction

of Christian Sacred Space in Revelation 3:7-13 and Matthew 16:18-19 (PhD

dissertation; in progress).

Brian Carrier, Mapping the Fault Lines: A Study of Seismic Activity in

Matthew’s Gospel (PhD dissertation; 2019).

Brian Main, A Narrative-Critical Examination of the Effect of Matthew 1:1-

4:11 on the Implied Audience’s Understanding of that Gospel’s Resurrection

Narrative (PhD dissertation; 2019).

Sung Cho, Matthew’s Account of the Massacre of the Innocents in Light of its

Reception History (PhD dissertation; 2018).

Reader: Kelly Anderson, The Emotions of Jesus in the Gospel of Mark (PhD dissertation;

in progress).

Maria Rodriguez, What God Really Said: The Function of the “Word of God”

in Assyrian, Hebrew, Greek and Arabic Prophetic Literature (PhD dissertation;

2018).

Eugen Nkardzedze, John Henry Newman’s Sermons at St. Clements (Oxford)

on Gospel Parables: 1 August to 21 November 1824 (PhD dissertation; 2018).

Nathanael Polinski OSB, “That the Scriptures Might Be Fulfilled” through

Perfect Worship: John 19:36-37 (STD dissertation; 2017).

Tongchun Joseph Chen OP, No Longer a Slave, but a Beloved Brother:

Interpreting Paul’s Appeal to Philemon on Behalf of Onesimus (STL thesis;

2016).

Nathanael Polinski OSB, Interpreting John 19:25-34 through the Lens of Early

Christian Worship (STL thesis; 2015).

Peter Brown, The Use of Ransom Language in 1 Timothy 2:1-7 and Titus 2:11-

14 (PhD dissertation; 2014).

Flory Malloy, “She Labored to Give Birth”: A Study of the Birth-Pangs Motif

in Rev 12:2 (PhD dissertation; 2014).

See also under IV below

III. MENTORING/ADVISING

Teaching Mentor for Teaching Fellows:

Matthew Gore (TRS201; Fall 2015)

Sung Cho (TRS310; Spring 2016)

Andrew Montanaro (TRS500C; Spring 2017)

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Lead Professor Mentoring Teaching Assistants:

Anastacia Wooden (TRS310; Fall 2013)

Matthew Gore (TRS210; Spring 2014)

Maria Rodriguez (TRS310; Fall 2014)

Andrew Montanaro (TRS609; Spring 2016)

Jordan Schmidt OP (TRS313; Spring 2015)

Lucas Briola (TRS310; Fall 2016)

Isaac Alderman (TRS203; Spring 2016)

Brian Carrier (TRS310; Fall 2015)

Tim Rucker (TRS313; Spring 2018; TRS609; Spring 2019)

Xi Li (TRS310; Fall 2018)

World Kim (TRS310; Spring 2020)

Research Assistants:

Eric Trinka (Fall 2016)

Xi Li (2017-2018)

In addition, I have served as advisor for doctoral students and seminarians, and since Fall

2018 as Class Dean for TRS majors.

IV. UNIVERSITY EXAMINING

University of Oxford (1994 – 2013):

Preliminary Examination in Theology (2013).

DPhil, Confirmation of Status (2008, 2012, 2013).

DPhil (internal examiner): Robert Evans, Reception-Historical Methods in Biblical Studies: An

Evaluation of the Hermeneutics of Some Recent Practice, with Reference to Reception of New

Testament Texts about Subordination (2012).

Postgraduate Diploma in Theology (assessor 2012).

MPhil and MSt in Theology (2006 – 2009, assessor 2012).

DPhil, Transfer of Status (2011).

Bachelor of Theology and Certificates in Theology (1996 – 1999, 2006 – 2010).

DPhil (internal examiner): Seth Turner, Revelation 11:1-13: History of Interpretation (2005).

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MTh in Applied Theology (2001 – 2004; Chair of Examiners, 2002 – 2003).

External Examining:

Australian College of Theology, MTh thesis: Peter Judge-Mears, Why the Millennium Must

End: John’s Interaction with Ezekiel’s Eschatological Hope (2020).

Macquarie University, PhD thesis: Paul Henry Yeates, Competing Cosmologies in Early

Christianity: Cosmology in the Book of Revelation, Roman Imperial Ideology, and in the

Province of Asia (2018).

Charles Sturt University, PhD thesis: Matthew Anslow, The Prophetic Vocation of Jesus in the

Gospel of Matthew: A Narrative and Socio-Historical Study (2017).

King’s College, University of London, PhD thesis: Michelle Elizabeth Fletcher, Reading

Revelation as Pastiche (2015).

University of Oxford, DPhil thesis: Peter Anthony, Interpreting Vision: a survey of patristic

reception of the Transfiguration and its earliest depiction, with special reference to the

Gospel of Luke (2014).

University of Cambridge, PhD thesis: Sarah Suzanne Underwood, “ἡ μαρτυρία Ἰησοῦ” in the

Book of Revelation (2014).

Macquarie University, PhD thesis: John Peacock, Judaic and Christian Renewal in

Divergence: Apocalyptic Indicators in the Revelation of John (2014).

University of Bristol, PhD thesis: Hae Saeng Kwon, Jesus as High Priest in John 17: A Critical

Reassessment of an Old Interpretation (2012).

South West Ministry Training Course, University of Exeter, External Examiner (2010 – 2013).

Macquarie University, PhD thesis: Mark Stephens, Destroying the Destroyers of the Earth: the

New Creation in the Book of Revelation (2009).

University of Exeter, PhD thesis: John Christopher White, Worship as a Locus of Imperialism

and Resistance in the Book of Revelation (2009).

University of Chichester, External Examiner, MA in Theology (2007 – 2010).

SERVICE

School

2020 New Testament Search Committtee, School of Theology and Religious Studies,

Catholic University of America

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2020 – Ministerial Degrees Committee, School of Theology and Religious Studies,

Catholic University of America

2018 – Civil Degrees Committee, School of Theology and Religious Studies, Catholic

University of America

2016 – 2018 Undergraduate Committee, School of Theology and Religious Studies, Catholic

University of America

2016 – 2017 ATS Self-Study Steering Committee, School of Theology and Religious

Studies, Catholic University of America

2014 – 2016 Library Committee, School of Theology and Religious Studies, Catholic

University of America (Chair 2015 – 2016)

2014 – 2016 Structures/Governance Committee, School of Theology and Religious Studies,

Catholic University of America

2013 – 2015 Spirituality Academic Area, School of Theology and Religious Studies,

Catholic University of America

University

2019 Talk to Writing Center Boot Camp, Catholic University of America, June 2019

2019 Judge, University Research Day, Catholic University of America

2018 – Executive Committee, Center for the Study of Early Christianity, Catholic

University of America

2018 Judge, University Research Day, Catholic University of America

2015 – 2017 Organizing Committee for University Research Day, Catholic University of

America

External

2018 – Steering Committee, John’s Apocalypse and Cultural Contexts Ancient and Modern

Section, Society of Biblical Literature

2018 – Evaluating Committee for the Emerging Scholars Fellowship, Catholic Biblical

Association of America

2016 – Steering Committee, Bible and Visual Art Section, Society of Biblical

Literature (Co-Chair since 2019)

2016 Academic consultant for BBC iWonder website: Book of Revelation

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2003 – 2013 Member of House Council, House of St Gregory and St Macrina, Oxford

(ecumenical student house founded to encourage dialogue between Eastern and

Western Christians)

1997 – 2013 Full Member of the Faculty of Theology, University of Oxford

2003 Member of Validation Panel, Certificate in Higher Education: Christian

Theology and Ministry, King Alfred’s College, Winchester

2001 – 2003 Executive Committee, Catholic Theological Association of Great Britain

1997 – 2001 Director of Studies for Theology and College Lecturer in Theology, New

College, Oxford

1995 – 1999 Tutor, Oxford Diocesan Portfolio and Certificate in Religious Studies

1994 – 2013 New Testament Teaching, Final Honour School of Theology (regular tutor for

Blackfriars and Lady Margaret Hall; occasional tutor for other Oxford colleges)

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

2019 Workshop on Responding to Clergy Sexual Abuse Crisis in Teaching (led by Dr. David

Bosworth), School of Theology and Religious Studies, Catholic University of America,

September 2019

2019 Workshop on Use of Blackboard for Teaching (led by Dr. David Bosworth), School of

Theology and Religious Studies, Catholic University of America, May 2019

2019 Workshop on Project Management for Academics (led by Dr. Angela Roskop

Erisman), School of Theology and Religious Studies, Catholic University of America,

March 2019

2019 Privacy and Information Security Training, Catholic University of America (last taken

January 2019)

2019 Preventing Discrimination, Harassment, and Sexual Misconduct, Catholic University

of America (last taken January 2019)

2019 Advanced FERPA Training, Catholic University of America (last taken January 2019)

2019 Compliance Training, Catholic University of America (last taken January 2019)

2018 Workshop on Mentors and Mentoring (led by Dr. W. Brad Johnson, United States

Naval Academy and Johns Hopkins University), School of Theology and Religious

Studies, Catholic University of America, October 2018

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2018 Training on EAB Student Success Platform, Catholic University of America, March

2018

2015 Symposium on Catholic Liberal Arts Education (led by Fr. Brian Shanley and Dr.

Daniel Fallon), Catholic University of America, May 2015

2013 Blackboard Training, December 2013

2013 Orientation Program for New Faculty, Catholic University of America, August 2013