Profile : Gregory C. Jenks

Gregory C. Jenks

Academic Dean, St Francis Theological College
Senior Lecturer, School of Theology, Charles Sturt University

Co-Director, Consortium for the Bethsaida Excavations Project
Fellow, Westar Institute, Willamette University

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Research Interests

Biblical Interpretation
Christian origins
Historical Jesus
History of Ancient Israel and Judah
Second Temple Judaism

Teaching Areas

Advanced Biblical Exegesis
Biblical Hebrew
Contemporary Approaches to Biblical Studies
Introduction to New Testament Studies
Introduction to Old Testament Studies
Judaism and Early Christianity
New Testament Greek
Old Testament History and Narrative
Pentateuch
Prophetic Literature

Recent and Forthcoming Publications

2012

“Apocalyptic resistance to the powers that be: Ancient Jewish and Christian alternative realities,” in The spirit of revolution, edited by J. Harold Ellens. Santa Barbara, CA: Praegar Press, 2012 (under contract)

“Between Christ and Constantine: Second & third century Christian perspectives on heaven, hell, and the afterlife” in Heaven, hell, and the afterlife, edited by J. Harold Ellens. Santa Barbara, CA: Praegar Press, 2012 (under contract)

“Jesus and the afterlife: Glimpses of Jewish traditions in the parables and aphorisms,” in Heaven, hell, and the afterlife, edited by J. Harold Ellens. Santa Barbara, CA: Praegar Press, 2012 (under contract)

“Jesus and the kingdom of God: Resistance to empire,” in The spirit of revolution, edited by J. Harold Ellens. Santa Barbara, CA: Praegar Press, 2012 (under contract)

“Paul and Christianity: The beginnings of a new religious tradition” in The spirit of revolution, edited by J. Harold Ellens. Santa Barbara, CA: Praegar Press, 2012 (under contract)

“Paul and the afterlife: Glimpses of emerging Christian ideas about heaven, hell and the afterlife in the Pauline letters,” in Heaven, hell, and the afterlife, edited by J. Harold Ellens. Santa Barbara, CA: Praegar Press, 2012 (under contract)

“The apocalypse and beyond: Reshaping traditional beliefs about heaven and hell in the Christian apocalyptic tradition,” in Heaven, hell, and the afterlife, edited by J. Harold Ellens. Santa Barbara, CA: Praegar Press, 2012 (under contract)

“The problem of the Bible for theologians” in The once and future Scriptures: Exploring the role of scripture in the contemporary church, edited by Gregory C. Jenks. Salem, OR: Polebridge Press, 2012 (under contract)

2011

“Biblical Scholarship” in Handbook of progressive Christianity, edited by Rex A. E. Hunt and John W. H. Smith. Salem, OR: Polebridge Press, 2011 (in the press)

“Earliest Christianities” in Handbook of progressive Christianity, edited by Rex A. E. Hunt and John W. H. Smith. Salem, OR: Polebridge Press, 2011 (in the press)

“The historical Jesus” in Handbook of progressive Christianity, edited by Rex A. E. Hunt and John W. H. Smith. Salem, OR: Polebridge Press, 2011 (in the press)

The once and future Bible: An introduction to the Bible for religious progressives. (Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2011).

“Reading the Bible” in Handbook of progressive Christianity, edited by Rex A. E. Hunt and John W. H. Smith. Salem, OR: Polebridge Press, 2011 (in the press)

“Rules for holy living: A progressive reading of 1 Timothy 1:8–11.” In Five uneasy pieces: Essays on scripture and sexuality, edited by Nigel Wright, 59-73. Adelaide: ATF Theology, 2011)

“The sign of the prophet Jonah: Tracing the tradition history of a biblical character in ancient Judaism and early Christianity.” In Why me? Send someone else, edited by M. M. Caspi and J. T. Greene. North Richland Hills, TX: Bibal, 2011. (forthcoming)

2010

“Trends in theological education at St Francis Theological College, Brisbane (1975–2010): A participant-observer report.” In From Augustine to Anglicanism: The Anglican Church in Australia and beyond, edited by Marcus Harmes, Lindsay Henderson and Gillian Colclough, 133-145. (Toowoomba, Qld: Augustine to Anglicanism Conference/Anglicans in Australia and Beyond, 2010).

“Memories of Jesus in early Islam. An inquiry into the transmission of the Jesus tradition in early Islam.” In Problems translating texts about Jesus, edited by M. M. Caspi and J. T. Greene, 113–72. North Richland Hills, TX: Bibal, 2010.