Invited Lectures
2022
2021
2020
2019
“Situating the Fables of Jesus between the Prophet Nathan, Aristotle, and Josephus.” University of Groningen. Groningen, The Netherlands. July.
“How to Read the Gospel from Below with a High View of Scripture.” Southern Nazarene University. Bethany, OK. February.
“The Marginal Gospel: Classical Literature for Rustics, Slaves, Women, and Children.” Jesuit School of Theology at Santa Clara University. Berkeley, CA. December.
„Zieh von unten raus:“ Methode und Ziel in der Gleichnis- und Evangelienforschung.” Invited lecture at the Evangelisch-Theologische Fakultät. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. Bonn, Germany. April.
“Jesus the Fable Teller: A New Paradigm for the Study of Jesus and His Parables.” Invited lecture at the University of Durham New Testament Seminar. Durham, UK. Jan.
“Die antike Fabel als Begriffsumfeld der christlichen und jüdischen Parabeln.” Invited lecture at Petronian Society – Munich Section. Munich, Germany. [cancelled due Covid].
“Sacred Scripture and the Open Text.” Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies. University of Groningen. Groningen, Netherlands. June.
“The Graeco-Roman Fable Tradition and Aesopica in the Gospel of Luke.” Invited lecture at the University of Cambridge New Testament Seminar. Cambridge, UK. Feb.
“Parable Interpretation in Light of the Lessons from the Fable.” Invited lecture at Humboldt University of Berlin New Testament Colloquium (Gastgeber Cilliers Breytenbach). Berlin, Germany. June.
Conference Presentations
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
“From East to West and Back Again: From Ahiqar and Aesop to the Bible and the Rabbis.” Paper presented at the conference, “La favola tra Oriente e Occidente/The Fable between East and West.” University of Trento. Trento, Italy. Oct.
“The Past, Present, and Future of ‘Parables’ in the Fable Context.” Paper presented at the conference, “The Parables and Their Reception.” University of Oslo and Oslo Metropolitan University. Oslo, Norway. Sept.
Respondent to Albertina Oegema, Jonathan Pater, and Martijn Stoutjesdijk, eds., Overcoming Dichotomies: Parables, Fables, and Similes in the Graeco-Roman World, WUNT 1/483 (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2022). Sept. Response delivered at the Protestantse Theogische Universiteit. Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Sept.
Respondent to Bill Loader, Christology, Soteriology, and Ethics in John and Hebrews. Collected Essays, WUNT 478 (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2022). Response delivered in the Neutestamentliche Sozietät der Universität Mainz. Mainz, Germany. July.
“Embedding Fables into the Gospels: Composition Techniques and Rhetorical Functions.” Paper presented at the conference, “Et in cothurnis prodit Aesopus nouis. On the Interaction between Ancient Fable and Literary Genres.” University of Graz. Graz, Austria. June.
“‘Gospel,’ the Synoptic Outline, and The Life of Aesop.” Paper to be presented in the Synoptic Gospels section at the Annual Meeting of the SBL. Boston, MA. Nov.
“The Partings of the Ways between the Parable and the Fable in the Early Church.” Paper to be presented at the Conference, “The Parables and Their Reception: Towards a New Paradigm for Interpreting the Parables.” University of Oslo and Oslo Metropolitan University. Oslo, Norway. [postponed by Covid to Oct. 2022].
“Puzzling the Fables: Neue Lösungen und neue Rätzel in der Parabelforschung.” Neutestamentliche Sozietät der Universität Mainz. Mainz, Germany. Dec.
“The Form and Ethics of the Fable in the Lukan Parables.” Paper presented in the Gospel of Luke section at the Annual Meeting of the SBL. Boston, MA. Dec.
“Muthos in Mark.” Paper presented at the conference, “The Gospel of Mark and Genre: Micro and Macro.” University of Aarhus. Sønderborg, Denmark. Jan.
“Babrius: A Lost and Re-Lost First-Century Jewish Poet?” Hellenistic Judaism section at the Annual Meeting of the SBL. San Diego, CA. Nov.
“Jewish and Christian Parables in Light of Recent Scholarship on the Ancient Fable.” Paper presented at the conference, “The Power of Parables: Narrating Religion in Late Antiquity.” Tilburg School of Catholic Theology, Tilburg University. Utrecht, Netherlands. June.
“Parables in Q or Parables in L?” Paper presented in the Q section at the Annual Meeting of the SBL. Denver, CO. Nov.
“Aesop, Bar Kappara, and Jesus: The Literary Persona of the Historical Fable Teller.” Paper presented in, “Parables in Rabbinic Judaism and Early Christianity: Towards a New Comparative Approach.” Annual Meeting of the EABS. Helsinki, Finland. Aug.
“Parables and Paratexts: Promythium and Epimythium as a Guide and a Crutch to Interpretation.” Synoptic Gospels Section at the Annual Meeting of the ISBL. Helsinki, Finland. Aug.
“Learning a Lesson from Laughter: The Didactic Value of Humor in Ancient Education.” Paper presented at the conference, “What’s So Funny? Discovering and Interpreting Humor in the Ancient World.” The Ohio State University. Columbus, OH. April.
“‘Did You Hear the One about the Widow Who Hits a Judge?’ The Parable in Luke 18:2–5.” Gospel of Luke section at the Annual Meeting of the SBL. Boston, MA. Nov.
“The Rape of Men in the Bible and the Syrian Civil War: Limitations of a Feminist Hermeneutic.” Paper presented in, “Doing Biblical Masculinity Studies as Feminist Biblical Studies? Critical Interrogations,” at the Annual Meeting of the ISBL and EABS. Berlin, Germany. Aug.
“Personified Cities between Aelius Aristides and John the Apocalyptist.” Apocalyptic Section at the Annual Meeting of the SBL Midwest Region. Notre Dame, IN. Feb.
“Lazarus and the Dogs: The Diagnosis and Treatment.” Gospel of Luke Section at the Annual Meeting of the SBL. San Antonio, TX. Nov.
“The Denigration and Rehabilitation of Saul the Prophet.” Graduate Student Theological Seminar. The Wesleyan Church World Headquarters. Fishers, IN. Sept.
“Jubilees and Hellenistic Physiognomy.” Groningen-Leuven Encounters on the Dead Sea Scrolls. Qumran Institute, University of Groningen. Groningen, Netherlands. April.