"Synopsis of The Historiographical Jesus"
Prepared for the Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting in Atlanta (2010). Bible in Ancient and Modern Media panel book review.
This synopsis represents my portion of the live panel book review featuring my first book. The reviewers included Paula Fredriksen (Boston University), Chris Keith (Lincoln Christian University), and Barry Schwartz (University of Georgia). Here I summarize the central thesis of my PhD dissertation and subsequent Baylor publication. It was quite an odd experience to refine four years of my life into a fifteen minute synopsis! That said, doing so was invaluable for me as helped to reinforce my educational foundation and prepare me for my next research project.
A Diachronic Approach to Perception and Memory,
or Why a Synchronic Jesus should be a Topic of Historical Criticism
Prepared for
The Bible and Interpretation (online professional journal).
In this short essay, I argue that while new "memory approaches" to Jesus research tend toward synchronic interests, new advances in memory theory can also help us rethink historical Jesus research. I suggest that both Mark's trial narrative and Jesus' words after his Temple demonstration in John 2:19-22 are examples of "counter-memory".
