STEPHEN P. AHEARNE-KROLL, Ph.D

June 2017

STEPHEN P. AHEARNE-KROLL, Ph.D.

Sundet Family Chair in New Testament and Christian Studies Department of Classical and Near Eastern Studies 245 Nicholson Hall University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN 55455 612-301-1480 [email protected]

EDUCATION

University of Chicago, Ph.D. The Divinity School (New Testament). Dissertation: “The Suffering of David and the Suffering of Jesus: The Use of Four Psalms of Individual Lament in the Passion Narrative of the Gospel of Mark.” Directors: Hans-Josef Klauck and Adela Yarbo Collins. August 2005.

The Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley. M.Div. 1996.

University of Massachusetts, Amherst. B.S. Mechanical Engineering. 1990.

ADDITIONAL EDUCATION

Yale University. Teaching Fellow in Residence at Yale Divinity School; coursework in the Department of Religious Studies: Gnosticism (Bentley Layton); Gospel of John (Harold Attridge); Epistle to the Hebrews (Harold Attridge); Medicine, Magic, and Miracle (Dale Martin); Ancient Lives (Adela Yarbro Collins). September 2000-June 2004.

University of California at Berkeley. Coursework: Attic Greek I and II, Phaedo (G. R. F. Ferrari). 1995-1996.

Graduate Theological Union. Coursework: Intermediate Greek I and II, Septuagint Greek. 1996-1997.

TEACHING AREAS: New Testament, Greek and Hellenistic religions, Second Temple Judaism, gender in ancient religion, family in the ancient Mediterranean world, ancient and modern hermeneutical theory, methods in the academic study of religion.

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Regular and Visiting Faculty Appointments:

Associate Professor and Sundet Family Chair in New Testament and Christian Studies, Department of Classical and Near Eastern Studies, Core Faculty in the Program in Religious Studies, University of Minnesota. Minneapolis, MN. August 2014-Present.

Professor of New Testament, Methodist Theological School in Ohio. Delaware, OH. July 2013-July 2014. Stephen P. Ahearne-Kroll, Ph.D. 2

Associate Professor of New Testament. Methodist Theological School in Ohio. Delaware, OH. July 2009-July 2013.

Assistant Professor of New Testament. Methodist Theological School in Ohio. Delaware, OH. July 2006-June 2009.

Resident Assistant Professor of Theology (New Testament). Creighton University. Omaha, Nebraska. July 2005-July 2006.

Instructor of New Testament. Princeton Theological Seminary. Princeton, New Jersey. July 2004-June 2005.

Other Academic Appointments:

Teaching Fellow (New Testament Interpretation). Yale University Divinity School. New Haven, Connecticut. September 2000-May 2004.

Research and Teaching Assistant (Christology, Trinity and Christ, Ecclesiology, Sacraments, Introduction to the Gospels, Intermediate Greek). Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley. Berkeley, California. September 1996-May 1997.

Site Coordinator and Mathematics Instructor. Early Academic Outreach Program and the Pre-College Academy. University of California, Berkeley. Berkeley, California. May 1996-June 1998.

Mathematics Tutor in the Athletic Studies Center. University of California, Berkeley. Berkeley, California. January 1993-May 1996.

AWARDS, HONORS, AND FELLOWSHIPS

Memorial Stipend, Catholic Biblical Association, 1999-2004.

Gerald Brauer Seminar Fellowship, Strategies of Goodness: The New Testament and Ethics, University of Chicago, 1999.

Society of Biblical Literature Midwest Region Graduate Student Paper Contest Award for “‘Who Are My Mother and My Brothers?’ Family Relations and Family Language in the Gospel of Mark,” 2000.

Faculty Development Grant, Methodist Theological School in Ohio, 2007.

Faculty Research Project Grant, Methodist Theological School in Ohio, 2013.

PUBLICATIONS ** Post-Tenure at UMN

BOOKS: Stephen P. Ahearne-Kroll, Ph.D. 3

**In progress: A Chord of Gods: The Reception of Paul’s God Among Gentiles in Greece and Macedonia. Synkrisis; Yale University Press (oral agreement; full manuscript will be submitted for peer review after completion). **In progress: Editor, The Oxford Handbook of the Synoptic Gospels. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Co-edited with Paul A. Holloway and James A. Kelhoffer. Women and Gender in Ancient Religions: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungenzum Neuen Testament 263. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2010.

The Psalms of Lament in Mark’s Passion: Jesus’ Davidic Suffering. Society for New Testa- ment Studies Monograph Series 142. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007.

ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS:

Peer Reviewed:

** In Progress: “Mark.” New Jerome Biblical Commentary for the 21st Century. Bloomsbury Academic Press.

**“Mnēmosynē at the Asklepeia.” Classical Philology 109 (2, 2014): 99-118.

“The Afterlife of a Dream and the Ritual System of the Epidauran Asklepeion.” Archiv für Religionsgeschichte 15 (1, 2014): 35-52.

“Audience Inclusion and Exclusion as Rhetorical Technique in the Gospel of Mark.” Journal of Biblical Literature 129 (4, 2010): 714-33.

“‘Who Are My Mother and My Brothers?’ Family Relations and Family Language in the Gospel of Mark.” Journal of Religion 81 (2001): 1-25.

Editor Reviewed/Invited:

**“Remembering the Loaves.” Forthcoming in Gregory E. Sterling and Anathea E. Portier- Young, Scripture and Justice: The Bible in Contemporary Struggles for Social Justice. Philadelphia: Fortress Press.

“The Psalms in the New Testament.” Pages 269-280 in William P. Brown, ed. The Oxford Handbook on the Psalms. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014.

“Genesis in Mark.” Pages 27-41 in Stephen Moyise and Maarten Menken, eds. Genesis in the New Testament. The New Testament and the Scriptures of Israel. London: T&T Clark, 2012.

“ The Scripturally Complex Presentation of Jesus in the Gospel of Mark.” Pages 45-67 in Susan E. Myers, ed. Portraits of Jesus: Essays in Christology. Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungenzum Neuen Testament II, 321. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2012. Stephen P. Ahearne-Kroll, Ph.D. 4

“Mysterious Explanations: Mark 4 and Reversal of Audience Expectations.” Pages 62-79 in Between Author and Audience: Markan Narration, Characterization, and Interpretation. Edited by Elizabeth Struthers Malbon. Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2009.

“Challenging the Divine: LXX Psalm 21 in the Passion Narrative of the Gospel of Mark.” Pages 119-148 in Tom Shepherd and Geert van Oyen, eds., Mark’s Trial and Crucifixion of Jesus. Leuven: Peeters Publishing, 2006.

“ Abandonment and Suffering: The Use of Psalm 40 (LXX) in the Markan Passion Narrative.” Pages 293-310 in Glenn Wooden and Wolfgang Kraus, eds., Septuagint Research: Issues and Challenges in the Study of the Greek Jewish Scriptures. Septuagint and Cognates Studies Series. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2006.

ENCYCLOPEDIA AND REFERENCE ARTICLES:

“Adria, Sea of.” Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2009.

“ Apollonia.” Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2009.

“Appian Way.” Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2009.

Exegetical Commentary for Pentacost (John 14:8-17). Feasting on the Word: Preaching the Revised Lectionary, Year B, Volume III. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2009.

Exegetical Commentary for Trinity Sunday (John 16:12-15). Feasting on the Word: Preaching the Revised Lectionary, Year B, Volume III. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2009.

Exegetical Commentary for Proper 3 (Luke 6:39-49). Feasting on the Word: Preaching the Revised Lectionary, Year B, Volume III. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2009.

Exegetical Commentary for Proper 7 (2 Corinthians 6:1-13). Feasting on the Word: Preaching the Revised Lectionary, Year B, Volume III. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2009.

BOOK REVIEWS: Stephen P. Ahearne-Kroll, Ph.D. 5

**Larry Hurtado, Destroyer of the Gods: Early Christian Distinctiveness in the Roman World (Baylor University Press, 2016). Forthcoming in Church History.

**Andrew E. Arterbury, W. H. Bellinger, Jr., Derek S. Dodson, Engaging the Christian Scriptures: An Introduction to the Bible (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2014). Review of Biblical Literature.

**Hans Leander, Discourses of Empire: The Gospel of Mark from a Postcolonial Perspective (Society of Biblical Literature, Atlanta, 2013). Interpretation 69 (2015): 496.

Robert Titley, A Poetic Discontent: Austin Farrer and the Gospel of Mark (LNTS 419; London: T & T Clark, 2010) and Kelli S. O’Brien, The Use of Scripture in the Markan Passion Narrative (LNTS 384; London: T & T Clark, 2010). Journal of Religion 91 (2011): 563-65.

William R. Telford, Writing on the Gospel of Mark (Guides to Advanced Biblical Research; Dorset, England: Deo Publishing, 2009). Catholic Biblical Quarterly 73 (2011): 883-85.

Anders Runesson, Donald D. Binder, and Birger Olsson, The Ancient Synagogue from Its Origins to 200 C.E.: A Source Book (Leiden: Brill, 2008). Biblical Theology Bulletin 40 (2010): 61-62.

Brendan Byrne, A Costly Freedom: A Theological Reading of Mark’s Gospel (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2008). Theological Studies 71 (2010): 251.

Richard A. Burridge, Imitating Jesus: An Inclusive Approach to New Testament Ethics (Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans, 2007). Journal of Religion 89 (April, 2009): 255- 257. [Published with the misspelled last name “Hearne-Kroll.”]

John G. Gager, Reinventing Paul (Oxford: Oxford University Press: 2000). Biblical Theology Bulletin 38 (2008): 184.

Jaime Clark-Soles, Death and the Afterlife in the New Testament (New York: T & T Clark, 2006). Biblical Theology Bulletin 39 (2009): 95-96.

Stephen C. Barton, ed. The Cambridge Companion to the Gospels (Cambridge University Press, 2006). Horizons in Biblical Theology 29 (2, 2007): 248-249.

PAPERS PRESENTED/PANEL DISCUSSIONS **Post-Tenure at UMN

**“Ritual and Identity at the Restored Epidauran Asklepieion.” Presented at the 147th Annual Meeting of the Society for Classical Studies, January 2016, San Francisco.

**“The Other Rituals at the Epidauran Asklepieion.” Presented to the Greco-Roman Religions Group at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, Atlanta.

**“‘A Chord of Gods’: The Reception of Paul’s God among the Gentiles.” Presented as the Sundet Family Lecture, The University of Minnesota, October 2015. Stephen P. Ahearne-Kroll, Ph.D. 6

**“Remembering the Loaves.” Presented at the conference “Scripture and Justice: A Conference in Honor of John R. Donahue, S.J., September 18-19, 2015, Yale University Divinity School.

“ The Corinthian Last Supper in Light of the Ritual Dimensions of Memory in Greece.” Presented to the Corpus Hellenisticum Novi Testamenti Group at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, Chicago.

“Correcting the Corinthians through Memory and Recollection of Jesus’ Death.” Presented at the Columbia University New Testament Seminary, New York, NY, September 2012.

“Solidifying Visionary Experiences: The Role of Memory in the Publication of Dreams and Visions in Greek Religion.” Presented at the Midwest Consortium on Ancient Religion 10th Anniversary Meeting: “‘The Stuff that Dreams are Made of’: The Interpretation, Divination, and Use of Dreams in Ancient Mediterranean Religions.” The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, February 2012.

“ Memory as an Indicator of Belief in the Oracle of Trophonius.” Presented to the Greco- Roman Religions Group at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, Atlanta.

“Birth and Memory: Platonic and Johannine Epistemologies in Dialogue.” Presented to the Johannine Literature Group at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, Boston.

Member of panel discussion for “Envisioning Biblical Criticism for the 21st Century.” Two- part lecture given by Fernando Segovia for the Williams Lecture at Methodist Theological School in Ohio, April 2008.

“ Audience Exclusion as Rhetorical Technique in the Gospel of Mark.” Presented to the Synoptic Gospels Section at the 2007 International Society of Biblical Literature Conference, Vienna, Austria.

“ David in Mark 10-12.” Presented to the New Testament Ph.D. Colloquium, Princeton Theological Seminary, March 2005.

“The Passion of the Christ: The Movie and the Gospels.” Presented for the Annual Religious Studies Lecture, St. Joseph College, West Hartford, CT, March 2004.

“David, Four Psalms of Individual Lament, and the Portrayal of Jesus’ Suffering and Death in the Gospel of Mark.” Presented at the Mark Group at the 2004 Annual Meeting of National Society of Biblical Literature, San Antonio, TX.

“ Abandonment and Suffering: The Use of Psalm 40 (LXX) in the Markan Passion Narrative.” Presented at The Septuagint in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity (an international conference on the Septuagint), Bangor Theological Seminary, September, 2002. Stephen P. Ahearne-Kroll, Ph.D. 7

“‘Who Are My Mother and My Brothers?’ Family Relations and Family Language in the Gospel of Mark.” Presented at the 2000 Midwest Regional Society of Biblical Literature Conference, Chicago, IL.

CONFERENCES AND LECTURES ORGANIZED **Post-Tenure at UMN

**Radcliffe Edmonds III, Bryn Mawr College, “Drawing Down the Moon: Defining Magic in the Greco-Roman World.” Public lecture, UMN, February 2017 (organized as chair of CNES Speakers Committee).

**Janet E. Spittler, The University of Virginia, “Jokes and Play in the Acts of John.” Public lecture, UMN, September 2016.

**Sarah Iles Johnston, Arts and Humanities Distinguished Professor of Religion, The Ohio State University, “Wondering about, and Wondering at, Metamorphosis in Greek Myths.” Public lecture, UMN, March 2016.

**Michael Peppard, Fordham University, “The World’s Oldest Church.” Public Lecture, UMN, March 2016.

**Mary Jane Cuyler, University of Sydney, and Brent Nongbri, Macquarie University, “Archaeology and History Workshop: Roman Ostia.” Two-day workshop on epigraphic palaeography and reconstruction, prosopography, integration of literary and material evidence, and the importance of archival work focusing on Roman Ostia and the synagogue there. UMN, October 2015.

**Bronwen Wickkiser, “Music and Medicine in the Thymele at Epidauros.” Public lecture and seminar presentation, UMN, March 2015.

**Fritz Graf, Distinguished University Professor, The Ohio State University, “Ancient Healing Inscriptions—or: Is There Truth in Medical Ads?” Public lecture and seminar presentation/discussion, March 2015.

Amy-Jill Levine, Vanderbilt University, “I Don’t Mean to Sound Anti-Jewish: Where Christian Sermons Go Wrong.” Public lecture and classroom visits, March 2011, Methodist Theological School in Ohio.

“Women in the Religious and Intellectual Activity of the Ancient Mediterranean World: An Interdisciplinary and International Conference in Honor of Adela Yarbro Collins.” Speakers: 19 (keynote speaker: Loveday Alexander, Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies, University of Sheffield), respondents: 18. Co-sponsors: Yale University Divinity School, The Center for the Study of Religion at The Ohio State University, The Department of Greek and Latin at The Ohio State University, and Methodist Theological School in Ohio. March 2009, Methodist Theological School in Ohio and The Ohio State University.

“New Directions for a New Nuclear Age: Church Influence and Public Policy.” Speakers: John Ahearne, Director of the Atomic Energy Commission for the Carter administration; John Langan, S.J., Cardinal Bernardin Chair of Catholic Social Thought, Georgetown University; Rev. Barbara G. Green, Executive Director, Churches’ Center for Theology and Stephen P. Ahearne-Kroll, Ph.D. 8

Public Policy, Washington, D.C.; Rev. Tyler Wigg-Stevenson, Director, Two Futures Project and Policy Director for Faithful Security. November 2008, Methodist Theological School in Ohio.

COURSES TAUGHT **UMN courses/advising

GRADUATE:

**CNES 8190: Issues in Art and Archaeology (Asklepios) **GRK 5200 Biblical Greek (Mark) Introduction to the New Testament Religion and Religious Practice in the Greco-Roman World Identity in Second Temple Judaism Gender in Ancient Religion Introduction to New Testament Greek Greek Exegesis of the New Testament Greek Exegesis of 1 Corinthians Greek Exegesis of 2 Corinthians The Gospel of Mark The Gospel of John Advanced Interpretation of the Greek New Testament (1 Corinthians) Cross-Cultural Immersion (including travel to Israel/Palestine) Corinthian Correspondence

UNDERGRADUATE:

**CNES/RELS 3071 Greek and Hellenistic Religions **CNES/RELS 1082 and 1082H Jesus in History **CNES/RELS 3072 The New Testament **HSEM 3018H Body and Gender in Ancient Christianity Christianity in Context Reading the New Testament

PHD ADVISING:

Joshua Reno, Greek, University of Minnesota, Co-advising with Melissa Harl Sellew, 2015-Present. Exams given: New Testament (with Melissa Sellew) and Ancient Gender (with Christopher Nappa).

MASTER’S THESES ADVISED:

Nicholas A. Kiger, “Mark’s Secrecy Motif: Hellenistic Mystery Cults and the Warning Against Revealers in Mark’s Gospel,” Methodist Theological School in Ohio, 2008. Allan T. Georgia, “Basil the Great’s Hexameron: Hellenistic Context and the Cosmology of Faith: A Translation and Commentary of a Selection from the First Sermon,” Methodist Theological School in Ohio, 2009. Stephen P. Ahearne-Kroll, Ph.D. 9

Richard S. Pfannenschmidt, “Group Construction: A Voluntary Association Model for the Formation of the Markan Community,” Methodist Theological School in Ohio, 2011.

UNDERGRADUATE SENIOR THESES:

**Krystyna Keena (Journalism and Mass Communication), “Queer, Christian Communication: The Communications Intersection of Straight Christians, Queer Non-Christians and Queer Christians.” University of Minnesota, Fall 2015. Reader. **Kelly Pearson (Philosophy), “Plato’s Dialogues and Platonic Doctrine.” University of Minnesota, Spring 2015. Reader. **Jonathan Combrink (CNES), “Gospel of Mark and the Roman Empire.” University of Minnesota, Spring 2015 Advisor.

INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE:

University of Minnesota:

Steering Committee, Program in Religious Studies (2014- ) CNES Merit Committee (2014-16) CLA Roadmap Goal Team Committee Member (2014-2015) CNES Speakers Committee (2015- ; Chair 2015-17) CNES Curriculum Committee (2015)

Methodist Theological School in Ohio:

Admissions and Student Aid Committee (2006-09) Self-Study Sub-Committee (Curriculum Review; 2007-08) Presidential Strategic Planning Resource Team (2007) Academic Council (2006-07) Faculty Secretary (2007-09) Budget Committee (2008) Nominating Committee (2009-11) Introduction to Theological Studies Course Development Group (2009) Search Committee for the Director of the Library (2008) Founder and Leader of Ph.D. Mentoring Group (2008-2014) Faculty Personnel Committee (2011-Present) Student Review Committee (Chair 2012-13) Educational Technology Taskforce (2011-2014) Presidential Strategic Planning Subcommittee on Programmatic Advancement (2012)

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES AND ORGANIZATIONS

Society for Classical Studies, 2015-Present.

Society for Ancient Mediterranean Religions (http://socamr.wikispaces.com/), 2009-Present.

Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.org), 1997-Present. Stephen P. Ahearne-Kroll, Ph.D. 10

Core member of the Mark Group, 2005-2007. Steering committee member for Ethics and Biblical Interpretation Consultation, 2008- 2011.

Affiliated Faculty Member of the Center for the Study of Religion, The Ohio State University, (http://religion.osu.edu), 2006-2014.

Catholic Biblical Association, Associate Member (http://catholicbiblical.org), 1998-2005; Full Member 2005-Present.

PUBLIC LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS

“What Does It Mean to be Catholic?” Hilltonia United Methodist Church, Columbus, OH, May 2012.

“Jesus.” Westerville Community United Church of Christ, Westerville, OH, May 2012.

“Paul.” Westerville Community United Church of Christ, Westerville, OH, January 2012.

“ Catholic Sacramentality and the Environment.” In the series Abrahamic Faiths and the Environment. The Ohio State University St. Thomas More/Newman Center, Columbus, OH, April 2011.

“Paul.” The Ohio State University St. Thomas More/Newman Center, Columbus, OH, April 2009.

“What Was Jesus Like?” Ohio Wesleyan University Catholic Campus Ministry, Delaware, OH, December 2008.

“ Paul’s Life and Thought.” The Ohio State University St. Thomas More/Newman Center, Columbus, OH, October 2008.

“ The Bible and Cultural Engagement.” Keynote Speaker, Buckeye Area Ministerial Association, Medina, OH, October 2008.

“ The Apocryphal Texts: What Made It In and What Did Not?” Covenant Presbyterian Church, Upper Arlington, OH, April 2008.

“The Apocrypha (2 Parts).” St. John Evangelical Presbyterian Church/UCC, Columbus, OH. April 2008.

Presentation/discussion of The Reluctant Parting: How the New Testament’s Jewish Writers Created a Christian Book. Congregation Beth Tikva, Worthington, OH, March, 2008.

“Eschatology.” St. Thomas More Newman Center at The Ohio State University. Columbus, OH, January 2008.

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“ The Bible.” St. Thomas More Newman Center at The Ohio State University. Columbus, OH, October 2007.

“Why Did Jesus Die, According to the Gospel of Mark?” Worthington Presbyterian Church, Worthington, OH, October, 2007.

“ The Passion of the Christ.” Presented at St. Mary’s Catholic Parish, Clinton, CT, April 2004.

“The Passion of the Christ: The Movie and the Gospels.” Presented for the Annual Religious Studies Lecture, St. Joseph College, West Hartford, CT, March 2004.