Thesis Title:
Miracles as Prophetic Authentication in Jewish, Pauline, and Second - Century Christian Texts
Supervisor:
Prof Markus Bockmuehl
College:
Wycliffe Hall
Biography:
I was born and raised in Southeastern Kentucky, USA. After having a Damascus Road experience as an undergraduate, I committed to Christ, became a licensed minister, and have since spent my time in study and teaching. I have taught introductory Greek to undergrads, participated in teaching intensives abroad, and served as a TA for several courses in NT and OT.
Educational Background:
I have earned master’s degrees from Duke University Divinity School (MTS) and Asbury Theological Seminary (ThM; MA)
Research Interests:
My current research compares the role of miracles in authenticating prophets and prophecy in Early Judaism (especially Josephus) with miracles in Paul. In addition to prophecy and miracles, I am also interested in NT ethics, pneumatology, Christology, and the experience of God in the NT.
Recent Publications:
Articles:
“Is This Not the Τεκτων?: Revisiting Jesus’ Vocation in Mark 6:3,” NeoT 55.2 (2021): 431-445.
“According to the Promise: Situating Galatians 3:28 Within Paul’s Pneumatology,” EQ 92.4 (2021): 293–311.
Presentations:
“The Signs of the Apostle: 2 Cor. 12:12 in Paul’s Apology.” The Oxford New Testament Seminar, University of Oxford (Fall, 2024)
“Divine Topos in Ancient Biographies and the Gospels.” Synoptic Gospels Section, Midwest Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature (2020).
“Scandalized by the Τεκτων: Reading Mark 6:3 in Light of Vocational Boundedness in Plato and Hellenistic Thought.” Synoptic Gospels Section, Midwest Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature (2022).
Links:
https://oxford.academia.edu/RobinsonMatthew
