John W. Marshall

Faculty

Associate Professor, Department for the Study of Religion

416-978-6667

UC 254
15 King’s College Circle, Toronto, ON M5S 3H7
Campus: St. George

John Marshall joined the Department for the Study of Religion in 2000. His graduate study at Princeton University in religions of late antiquity generated an abiding interest in religious boundary crossing in the ancient world. Professor Marshall is cross appointed to the Centre for Jewish Studies and the Department of Classics. His current academic interests are apocalyptic literature, colonialism and religion in the ancient world, Early Jewish-Christian relations, historical Jesus, “magic”, and the role of Paul in the construction of Christianity. His researches takes account of ancient literary sources to address social-historical questions in the history of Second Temple Judaism and the development of early Christianity.

B.A. University of Waterloo, Religious Studies, English
M.A. Wilfrid Laurier University, Religion and Culture
Ph.D. Princeton University, Religion

Jewish Studies
Religions of Mediterranean Antiquity
Apocalyptic literature
Colonialism and religion in the ancient world
Early Jewish-Christian relations
Historical Jesus
“Magic”
The role of Paul in the construction of Christianity

2018. “The Influence of ‘The Introspective Conscience’ on the New Paul(S).” In Krister among the Jews and Gentiles: Essays in Appreciation of the Life and Work of Krister Stendahl, edited by Paula Fredriksen and Jesper Svartvik. Studies in Judaism and Christianity. New York: Paulist. pp. 122–45.
2018. “Trophy Wives of Christ: Tropes of Seduction and Conquest in the Apocryphal Acts.” in Reading and Teaching Ancient Fiction: Jewish, Christian, and Greco-Roman Narratives. Eds. Sara R. Johnson, Rubén R. Dupertuis, and Christine Shea. Writings from the Greco-Roman World, Supplement Series, 11. Atlanta: SBL. 43–70.
2017. “From Small Words: Reading Deixis and Scope in Romans.” Journal of The Jesus Movement in Its Jewish Setting 4: 1–20.
2017. “Judean Diaspora, Judean War: Class and Networks.” Forum (Third Series) 6.2 pp. 171-182.