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Assistant Professor, Biblical Studies | Dean, School of Theology | Mount St. Mary’s Seminary & School of Theology | PhD @NotreDame | NT & Early Christianity

Cincinnati, OH
Joined March 2009
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Release day! The Life of Jesus in the Writings of Origen of Alexandria (Cambridge University Press) cambridge.org/us/universityp…
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That moment when the archaeology of Israel's emergence + historical critical perspectives on Deuteronomy/Joshua make you think Origen's reading of Joshua was not only kind of right but also a lot closer to what maybe the genocide texts were always about than you;d think
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Publication day! The world doesn’t need another essay on the “Son of Man”… except for this one. In the latest issue of the Journal of Theological Studies: “The Son of Man as Corporate Figure in Early Jewish and Christian Tradition” (doi.org/10.1093/jts/flag039)
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Mark your calendars! CBA is pleased to announce our upcoming Unbound Book Reviews for the end of 2026 and the beginning of 2027.
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Thrilled that @CatholicBiblica is hosting an Unbound Book Review of The Life of Jesus in the Writings of Origen of Alexandria (@CambridgeUP)! Livestream with Q&A is two weeks from today, Nov. 11 at 10am ET. Free registration here: catholicbiblical.org/meeting…
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Featuring reviews from @MichaelPBarber, Charles Hughes-Huff, and Annaline Cely
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Cincinnati friends interested in the future of Protestant / Catholic dialogue, would love to see y'all this Thursday at the Athenaeum. Lecture by Mike Root—Catholic theologian and one of the drafters of the JDDJ—and response by yours truly. athenaeum.edu/october-15-jus…
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Thanks so much for having me on— such a great conversation!
New episode is now available. Sam Johnson joins the show to discuss his new book The Life of Jesus in the Writings of Origen of Alexandria (Cambridge, 2025). youtu.be/GkHq47lZkOw
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Happy to announce my book's been published! My warm thanks to the editors of Supplements to Novum Testamentum for accepting it and to the team at @degruyter_brill for producing it. If this interests you, track me down at ETS or SBL. brill.com/display/title/7507…
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Really enjoyed this conversation! Galatians plays the starring role, of course, but also featuring cameos from L. Frank Baum, Origen, Widow’s Bay, the Acts of Paul, and The Wind in the Willows…
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I am very grateful that my article, "Drinking in the Kingdom: The Last Supper ‘Vow’ of Jesus and His Death in the Synoptic Gospels," has been published by Journal for the Study of the New Testament in the latest edition. Here is a link. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs…
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Grateful for this thoughtful and generous review in the Journal of Early Christian Studies: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/9…
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Read Samuel B. Johnson's article "The Allegory of the Cross in Galatians" in #JBL145.2 when you log in using your SBL username and password buff.ly/Z4GmlSW
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The McGrath Institute for Church Life is pleased to announce a six-part Lenten video lecture series exploring the depths of forgiveness, led by renowned biblical scholar and University of Notre Dame Professor Gary Anderson.
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Read “On Having a Body: Time and Divine Embodiment" by Jennie Grillo in #JBL144.3. Access the article online using your SBL username and password. tinyurl.com/a6cbyh55. #WomensHistorySBL26
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The Call for Papers for the 2026 Annual Meeting in Denver, CO, has been extended to 11:59PM ET on March 9. Don't miss this chance to engage the global community of biblical scholarship. buff.ly/4hRL28M
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“This brilliant study… shows that Origen wrestles with many of the same critical questions asked by contemporary exegetes… has the potential to reshape narratives about the quest and to reframe debates about theological interpretation.” Thank you, @MichaelPBarber!
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“Origen has been both maligned and valued as one who anticipated contemporary biblical criticism: Johnson’s careful observations help readers to place this influential thinker both in his own time and in the flow of Christian thought. Thoroughly engaging…” – Edith Humphrey
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