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DR. BEN DUNSON

Sessional Assistant Professor of Religion and Theology
 
Phone: 905.648.2131 Ext. 4244
Office: 128D

Courses taught 2011/2012:
REL101   Biblical Theology
REL327   New Testament Studies: Pauline Letters
REL201   Theological Interpretation of the Bible
REL326   NT Studies: Gospels & Acts


EDUCATION

 
Ph.D. (2011), New Testament, University of Durham
Thesis title: "Individual and Community in Paul's Letter to the Romans."
 
Th.M. (2008), New Testament, Westminster Theological Seminary
Thesis title: "The Wisdom of God Hidden in a Mystery: Origen's Interpretation of 1 Corinthians 2:6-7."
 
M.A.R (2007), Biblical Studies, Westminster Theological Seminary
 
B.Sc. (2002), Political Science, Texas A&M University


RECENT PUBLICATIONS

 
BOOKS
 
Individual and Community in Paul’s Letter to the Romans. Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. Series 2. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck. Forthcoming 2012.
 
ARTICLES
 
"Faith in Romans: The Salvation of the Individual or Life in Community?" Journal for the Study of the New Testament 34 (2011): 19-46.
 
 
 37 entries in Baker Illustrated Bible Dictionary (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic), forthcoming 2012.
 
REVIEWS
 
Reviews in several journals, including Westminster Theological Journal, Themelios, Religious Studies Review, and European Journal of Theology.
 
 
ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS

 
“‘Bowling Alone’ or ‘I and Thou’? Individual and Community in Epictetus and Paul.”
  • Paper presented in the Hellenistic Moral Philosophy and Early Christianity section, Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, November 2010.
  • Paper presented in the Social World of the New Testament seminar, British New Testament Society Annual Conference, Bangor University, Wales, UK, September 2010.
“Do Bible Words have Bible Meaning? or, Why Biblicism isn’t Biblical: Imputation as a Test Case.”
  • Paper presented at the Evangelical Theological Society Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, November 2010.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
 
Teaching Assistant – Introduction to Christian Theology, Department of Theology and Religion, University of Durham, 2009-2010.
 
 
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

 
Evangelical Theological Society
Society of Biblical Literature
 
 
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