Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Ph.D., Columbia University 2001
  • M.Phil., Columbia University 1997
  • M.Div., Union Theological Seminary 1991
  • B.S., University of Illinois 1988
• Research
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  External Relationships

  • Hebrew University (Jerusalem)
  • University of Oklahoma
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Books

    • Knust, Jennifer, and Tommy Wasserman. To Cast the First Stone The Transmission of a Gospel Story. Princeton University Press, 2018.
    • Moser, Claudia. Ritual Matters Material Remains and Ancient Religion. University of Michigan Press, 2017.
    • Orlin, Eric. Routledge Encyclopedia of Ancient Mediterranean Religions. Routledge, 2015.
    • Knust, J. W., and Z. Várhelyi. Ancient Mediterranean Sacrifice, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199738960.001.0001.
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    • Knust, Jennifer Wright. Unprotected Texts The Bible's Surprising Contradictions About Sex and Desire. Harper Collins, 2011.
    • Knust, Jennifer Wright. Abandoned to Lust Sexual Slander and Ancient Christianity. Columbia University Press, 2006.

  • Academic Articles

    • Wheeler-Reed, D., J. W. Knust, and D. B. Martin. “Can a man commit 'Greek passage' with his wife?” Journal of Biblical Literature 137, no. 2 (January 1, 2018): 383–98. https://doi.org/10.15699/jbl.1372.2018.345030.
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    • Knust, Jennifer, and Tommy Wasserman. “The Biblical Odes and the Text of the Christian Bible: A Reconsideration of the Impact of Liturgical Singing on the Transmission of the Gospel of Luke.” Journal of Biblical Literature 133, no. 2 (2014): 341–65. https://doi.org/10.1353/jbl.2014.0024.
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    • Knust, Jennifer, and Tommy Wasserman. “Earth Accuses Earth: Tracing What Jesus Wrote on the Ground.” Harvard Theological Review 103, no. 4 (October 2010): 407–46. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0017816010000799.
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    • Knust, Jennifer Wright. “In Pursuit of a Singular Text: New Testament Textual Criticism and the Desire for the True Original.” Religion Compass 2, no. 2 (March 2008): 180–94. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-8171.2008.00062.x.
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    • Knust, J. W. “Early Christian re-writing and the history of the pericope adulterae.” Journal of Early Christian Studies 14, no. 4 (January 1, 2006): 485–536. https://doi.org/10.1353/earl.2007.0009.
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    • Knust, Jennifer. “"Who's Afraid of Canaan's Curse? Genesis 9:18-29 and the Challenge of Reparative Reading".” Biblical Interpretation 22, no. 4–5 (n.d.): 388–413.

  • Book Sections

    • “The Future of New Testament Textual Scholarship.” Mohr Siebeck, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1628/978-3-16-156663-9.
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    • “The Bible and Feminism.” Oxford University Press, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198722618.001.0001.
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    • Knust, J. W., and Z. Várhelyi. “Introduction: Images, Acts, Meanings and Ancient Mediterranean Sacrifice,” 2012.
    • Knust, J. W. “Jesus’ conditional forgiveness.” In Ancient Forgiveness: Classical, Judaic, and Christian, 176–94, 2011. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511978654.011.
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• Teaching & Mentoring
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  Recent Courses

  • CLST 881: Christian Manuscript Culture 2020
  • HISTORY 881: Christian Manuscript Culture 2020
  • RELIGION 101: Introduction to Religious Studies 2020
  • RELIGION 155: The New Testament 2020
  • RELIGION 361: The End of The World: Apocalyptic Arguments from Antiquity to the Present Day 2020
  • RELIGION 885: Christian Manuscript Culture 2020
  • CLST 940: Death and Dying in Late Antiquity 2019
  • HISTTHEO 999: DIRECTED STUDY 2019
  • RELIGION 353: Ethical Issues in Early Christianity 2019
  • RELIGION 367: Women and Sexuality in the Christian Tradition 2019
  • RELIGION 930: Death and Dying in Late Antiquity 2019

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