Justin David Strong

Professor of New Testament at MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society (Oslo). I research history, literature, and culture in the ancient world, with a focus on ancient Christianity and Judaism in their broader Mediterranean and Near Eastern contexts.

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Featured book

The Fables of Jesus in the Gospel of Luke: A New Foundation for the Study of Parables introduces the world of the ancient fable to biblical scholarship and argues that Jesus’s parables in Luke’s gospel belong to the ancient fable tradition.

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Research areas

  • Fables and other popular story forms in the ancient world
  • The New Testament and Early Christianity
  • Ancient Judaism
  • Greek, Roman, and Near Eastern history and literature
  • Post-humanities approaches, especially Animal Studies

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