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Dr. Matthew Thiessen

Visiting Professor in New Testament Studies

Education

• PhD, Religion, Duke University, 2010
• MSt, Jewish Studies, University of Oxford, 2004
• MA, Biblical Studies, Trinity Western University, 2003

Pastoral Work

• Rotational Preacher, Chapel Hill Mennonite Fellowship (2005-10)
• Deacon, Chapel Hill Mennonite Fellowship (2007-09)
• Adult Education Teacher, Chapel Hill Mennonite Fellowship (2006-09)
• Intern Youth Minister, Burnaby Pacific Grace Chinese MB Church (2003)

Teaching Appointments

• LTS Visiting Professor in New Testament Studies; ESC, Senior Lecturer (2010- )
• Elon University, Adjunct Instructor (2010)
• Duke Divinity School, Instructor in Hellenistic Greek (2009-2010)
• Duke Divinity School, Teaching Assistant (2006-2009)

Selected Publications

• Contesting Conversion: Genealogy, Circumcision, and Identity in Ancient Judaism and Christianity. Forthcoming, Oxford University Press
• "The Text of Genesis 17:14." Journal of Biblical Literature 128.4 (2009): 625-42
• "The Function of a Conjunction: Inclusivist or Exclusivist Strategies in Ezra 6.21 and Nehemiah 10.29-30?" Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 34.1 (2009): 63-79
• "Hebrews 12.5-13, the Wilderness Period, and Israel's Discipline." New Testament Studies 55 (2009): 366-79
• "4Q372 1 and the Continuation of Joseph's Exile." Dead Sea Discoveries 15.3 (2008): 380-95
• "Hebrews and the End of the Exodus." Novum Testamentum 49.4 (2007): 353-69
• "The Form and Function of the Song of Moses (Deuteronomy 32:1-43)." Journal of Biblical Literature 123.3 (2004): 1-23

For more information, please visit my website.

Classes 2010-2011

• BL 350 Biblical Theology (Fall)
• BE 3xx/4xx Gospel of Mark (J-Term)
• BE/BL 272 Galatians (Winter)