Douglas Campbell | Scholars@Duke

Douglas Campbell
Professor of New Testament

Professor Campbell's research focuses in one direction on the life and thought (i.e. theology and its development) of Paul with particular reference to soteriological models rooted in apocalyptic and participation as against justification or salvation-history. However, he is interested in contributions to Pauline analysis from modern literary theory, from modern theology, from epistolary theory, ancient rhetoric, ancient comparative religion, modern linguistics and semantic theory, and from sociology. His book-length publications on Paul are The Rhetoric of Righteousness in Romans 3:21-26 (1992); The Quest for Paul's Gospel: A Suggested Strategy (2005); The Deliverance of God: An Apocalyptic Rereading of Justification in Paul (2009); Framing Paul: An Epistolary Biography (2014); Paul: An Apostle's Journey (2018); and Pauline Dogmatics: The Triumph of God's Love (2020). His work is the subject of a book-length engagement, Beyond Old and New Perspectives on Paul (ed. Chris Tilling, 2014). He also edited The Call to Serve: Biblical and Theological Perspectives on Ministry in Honour of Bishop Penny Jamieson (1996), and The Gospel and Gender: A Trinitarian Engagement with Being Male and Female in Christ (2003). His other principal focus is on prisons and their surrounding dynamics. He has co-directed the Prison Program at Duke Divinity School since 2009. The Program’s Certificate in Prison Studies educates students into the dynamics of mass incarceration and responsible prison engagement intellectually, emotionally and practically. It includes participation in inside-outside courses, a mentored prison-related internship, and a formational process addressing the burnout and distress that prolonged engagements with carceral facilities often elicit. Prof. Campbell is trained in restorative justice practices (RJ) that address harm in an alternative way to the current predominantly punitive responses, RJ being a particular specialization in his homeland of New Zealand. He lectures and publishes on the connections between biblical interpretation, theological paradigms, human affects and emotions, and the advocacy of punishment and incarceration. He has led a retraining program for correctional officers in US Marshals and ICE facilities in Texas and New Mexico. He and his spouse have been personally involved in prison visitation and prisoner support since 2005.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Professor of New Testament, Divinity School, Duke University 2014

Contact Information

03 New Divinity Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
dcampbell@div.duke.edu (919) 660-3465

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., University of Toronto (Canada) 1989
- M.A., University of Toronto (Canada) 1986
- B.A., University of Otago, New Zealand 1984
Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Associate Professor of New Testament, Divinity School, Duke University 2009 - 2014
- Assistant Professor of New Testament, Divinity School, Duke University 2003 - 2009
Academic Positions Outside Duke
- Lecturer in New Testament, Department of Theology & Religious Studies, King's College London. 1996 - 2003
- Lecturer in Religious Studies, Department of Religious Studies, University of Otago. 1989 - 1996
Recognition
In the News
- JUL 1, 2016
  
  Divinity's Douglas Campbell Receives National Humanities Center Fellowship
- NOV 30, 2014
  
  Douglas Campbell: How do we continue to value people that we've encountered in unexpected places
- JUN 17, 2014
  
  Divinity Professor Douglas Campbell Takes a New Look at Paul's Letters
- DEC 19, 2013
  
  Phil Robertson's Use of Scripture 'Unwise and One-Sided,' Divinity Professor Says
- NOV 26, 2013 Duke Today
  
  Divinity School Graduates Plant New Churches in North Carolina
Expertise
Subject Headings
Global Scholarship
- Expertise
  - Asia (Continent)
  - United Kingdom (Country)
Research
Selected Grants
- St. Andrews Research Collaboration Agreement awarded by University of St. Andrews 2019 - 2020
External Relationships
- Eerdmans Publishing & Harper Christian Publishing
- Eerdmans Publishing; Open Table Conference; LOGOS Institute, St Andrews University
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Books
  - Campbell, Douglas A. Paul An Apostle's Journey. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2018.
  - Campbell, D. A. The deliverance of God : an apocalyptic rereading of justification in Paul: an apocalyptic rereading of justification in Paul. Grand Rapids, Mich: W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co, 2009.
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  - Campbell, D. A. The quest for Paul's Gospel: a suggested strategy. Vol. 274. London; New York: Clark, 2005.
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  - Campbell, D. A. Gospel and gender: a trinitarian engagement with being male and female in Christ. Vol. 7. London; New York: T&T Clark, 2003.
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  - Campbell, D. A. The rhetoric of righteousness in Romans 3:21-26. Vol. 65. Sheffield: JSOT Pr, 1992.
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- Academic Articles
  - Campbell, D. A. “The future of new testament theology, or, what should devout modern bible scholarship look like?” Religions 12, no. 12 (December 1, 2021). https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12121072.
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  - Campbell, D. A. “The Provenance of Philippians: A Response to the Analyses of Michael Flexsenhar, Heike Omerzu, Angela Standhartinger and Cédric Brélaz.” Journal for the Study of the New Testament 43, no. 4 (June 1, 2021): 508–22. https://doi.org/10.1177/0142064X21990541.
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  - Campbell, D. A. “Mass incarceration: Pauline problems and pauline solutions.” Interpretation (United Kingdom) 72, no. 3 (July 1, 2018): 282–92. https://doi.org/10.1177/0020964318766297.
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  - Campbell, D. A. “A participationist eschatological account of justification: Further reflections.” Revue Biblique 125, no. 2 (January 1, 2018): 249–61. https://doi.org/10.2143/RBI.125.2.3285118.
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  - Campbell, D. A. “Panoramic Lutheranism and apocalyptic ambivalence: An appreciative critique of N. T. Wright's Paul and the Faithfulness of God.” Scottish Journal of Theology 69, no. 4 (November 1, 2016): 453–72. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0036930616000417.
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  - Campbell, D. “Paul’s Apocalyptic Politics.”.” Pro Ecclesia 22, no. 2 (2013): 129–52.
  - Campbell, D. A. “An apocalyptic rereading of "justification" in Paul: or, an overview of the argument of Douglas Campbell's The Deliverance of God - by Douglas Campbell.” Expository Times 123, no. 8 (May 1, 2012): 382–93.
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  - Campbell, D. “What is at stake in the Reading of Romans 1-3? An Elliptical Response to the Concerns of Gorman and Tilling.” Journal for the Study of Paul and His Letters 1, no. 1 (2012).
  - Campbell, D. A. “Beyond justification in Paul: the thesis of the deliverance of God.” Scottish Journal of Theology 65, no. 1 (January 1, 2012): 90–104.
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  - Campbell, D. A. “Is Tom right? an extended review of N T Wright's Justification: God's plan and Paul's vision.” Scottish Journal of Theology 65, no. 3 (January 1, 2012): 323–45.
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  - Campbell, D. A. “An attempt to be understood: a response to the concerns of Matlock and Macaskill with The Deliverance of God.” Journal for the Study of the New Testament 34, no. 2 (December 1, 2011): 162–208.
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  - Campbell, D. A. “Galatians 5.11: Evidence of an Early Law-observant Mission by Paul?” New Testament Studies 57, no. 3 (2011): 325–47. https://doi.org/10.1017/S002868851100004X.
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  - Campbell, D. A. “2 Corinthians 4:13: evidence in Paul that Christ believes.” Journal of Biblical Literature 128, no. 2 (June 1, 2009): 337–56.
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  - Campbell, D. A. “Our Mother Saint Paul.” Theology Today 66, no. 1 (2009): 118–20.
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  - Campbell, D. A. “Navigating Paul: an introduction to key theological concepts.” Theology Today 65, no. 2 (July 1, 2008): 251–251.
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  - Campbell, D. “An Evangelical Paul.” Journal for the Study of the New Testament 28, no. 3 (2006): 337–51.
  - Campbell, D. “Inscriptional Attestation to Sergius Pau[l]lus (Acts 13.6-12) and the Implications for Pauline Chronology.” Journal of Theological Studies 56, no. 1 (2005): 1–29.
  - Campbell, D. A. “Jewish law in gentile churches: halakhah and the beginning of Christian public ethics.” International Journal of Systematic Theology 5, no. 1 (March 1, 2003): 110–14.
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  - Campbell, D. A. “Paul and the Stoics: an essay in interpretation.” International Journal of Systematic Theology 4, no. 3 (November 1, 2002): 338–46.
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  - Campbell, D. A. “An anchor for pauline chronology: Paul's flight from "the ethnarch of King Aretas" (2 Corinthians 11:32-33).” Journal of Biblical Literature 121, no. 2 (June 1, 2002): 279–302.
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  - Campbell, D. “Apostolic Competition at Corinth?: An Essay Review of Michael Goulder's Paul and the Competing Mission at Corinth.” Journal of Beliefs and Values 23, no. 2 (2002): 229–31.
  - Campbell, D. A. “Paul: the man and the myth.” International Journal of Systematic Theology 3, no. 2 (July 1, 2001): 227–29.
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  - Campbell, D. “Paul in Pamphylia (Acts 13.13-14a, 14.24b-26): A Critical Note.” New Testament Studies 46 (2000): 1–8.
  - CAMPBELL, D. A. “Paul in Pamphylia (Acts 13.13-14a; 14.24b-26): A Critical Note.” New Testament Studies 46, no. 4 (2000): 595–602. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0028688500000369.
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  - Campbell, D. A. “Natural Theology in Paul? Reading Romans 1.19–20.” International Journal of Systematic Theology 1, no. 3 (1999): 231–52. https://doi.org/10.1111/1463-1652.00017.
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  - Campbell, D. “The ΔΙΑϑΗΚΗ from Durham.” Journal for the Study of the New Testament 72 (1998): 91–111.
  - Campbell, D. A. “The Scythian Perspective in Col 3:11 : A Response to Troy Martin.” Novum Testamentum 39, no. 1 (January 1, 1997): 81–84.
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  - Campbell, D. A. “False Presuppositions in the πίστις Χριστου̑ Debate: A Response to Brian Dodd.” Journal of Biblical Literature 116, no. 4 (1997): 713–19.
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  - Campbell, D. A. “The crisis in masculinity.” Stimulus 4 (May 1, 1996): 4–6.
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  - Campbell, D. A. “Understanding Paul's ethics: 20th-century approaches.” Stimulus 4 (May 1, 1996): 44–45.
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  - Campbell, D. A. “Paul's narrative thought world: the tapestry of tragedy and triumph.” Stimulus 4 (February 1, 1996): 40–41.
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  - Campbell, D. A. “Unravelling Colossians 3.11b.” New Testament Studies 42, no. 1 (January 1, 1996): 120–32.
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  - Campbell, D. A. “The Second Epistle to the Corinthians.” Pacifica 8, no. 3 (October 1, 1995): 348–50.
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  - Campbell, D. A. “The theology of Paul's letter to the Galatians.” Pacifica 8, no. 3 (October 1, 1995): 350–52.
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  - Campbell, D. A. “A rhetorical suggestion concerning Romans 2.” Society of Biblical Literature Seminar Papers, no. 34 (January 1, 1995): 140–67.
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  - Campbell, D. A. “The Atonement in Paul.” Anvil 11, no. 3 (January 1, 1994): 237–50.
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  - Campbell, D. A. “Romans 1:17-A Crux Interpretum for the πίστις Χριστου̑ Debate.” Journal of Biblical Literature 113, no. 2 (1994): 265–85.
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  - Campbell, D. A. “Commentary on Philippians.” Stimulus 1 (November 1, 1993): 47–48.
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  - Campbell, D. A. “"The priesthood of all believers"--a Pauline perspective.” Journal of the Christian Brethren Research Fellowship, no. 129 (December 1, 1992): 14–24.
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  - Campbell, D. “The Meaning of ΠΙΣΤΙΣ and ΝΟΜΟΣ in Paul: A Linguistic and Structural Investigation.” Journal of Biblical Literature 111 (1992): 85–97.
- Book Sections
  - Campbell, D. A. “Apocalyptic epistemology: The sine qua non of valid pauline interpretation.” In Paul and the Apocalyptic Imagination, 65–85, 2016.
  - Campbell, D. “Christ and the Church in Paul: A Post-New Perspective Account.” In Four Views on the Apostle Paul, edited by M. Bird, 113–43. Grand Rapids, Mich: Zondervan, 2012.
  - Campbell, D. “Response to Luke Timothy Johnson.” In Four Views on the Apostle Paul, edited by M. Bird, 103–7. Grand Rapids, Mich: Zondervan, 2012.
  - Campbell, D. “Response to Mark D. Nanos.” In Four Views on the Apostle Paul, edited by M. Bird, 204–9. Grand Rapids, Mich: Zondervan, 2012.
  - Campbell, D. “Response to Thomas R. Schreiner.” In Four Views on the Apostle Paul, edited by M. Bird, 53–58. Grand Rapids, Mich: Zondervan, 2012.
  - Campbell, D. “The Issue of Shame in Robert Jewett’s commentary on Romans.” In From Rome to Beijing: Symposia on Robert Jewett’s Commentary on Romans, edited by K. K. Yeo, 255–66. Lincoln, Neb: Prairie Muse, 2012.
  - Campbell, D. “The Faithfulness of Jesus Christ in Romans 3:22.” In The Faith of Jesus Christ. Exegetical, Biblical, and Theological Studies, edited by M. Bird and P. Sprinkle, 57–71. Carlisle: Paternoster, 2009.
  - Campbell, D. A. “An echo of scripture in Paul, and its implications.” In Word Leaps the Gap, 367–91. Grand Rapids: William B Eerdmans, 2008.
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  - Campbell, D. A. “"Quasi-Lutheran" considerations: a response to Arichea, "Reading Romans in Southeast Asia".” In Navigating Romans through Cultures, 225–33. New York: T & T Clark, 2004.
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  - Campbell, D. A. “The logic of eschatology: the implications of Paul's gospel for gender as suggested by Galatians 3.28a in context.” In Gospel and Gender, 58–81. London: T&T Clark, 2003.
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  - Campbell, D. “The Gospel of Reconciliation, According to Gal 3.28.” In The Theology of Reconciliation, edited by C. G. Gunton, 39–65. Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 2003.
  - Campbell, D. A. “The story of Jesus in Romans and Galatians.” In Narrative Dynamics in Paul, 97–124. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2002.
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  - Campbell, D. A. “Towards a new, rhetorically assisted reading of Romans 3.27-4.25.” In Rhetorical Criticism and the Bible, 355–402. London: Sheffield Academic Pr, 2002.
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  - Campbell, D. “Some Thoughts on the Apostle Paul and Ethics.” In More than a Single Issue: Theological Considerations Concerning the Ordination of Practising Homosexuals, edited by M. Rae and G. Redding, 77–94. Adelaide: Openbook, 2000.
  - Campbell, D. A. “A Reformational slogan on ministry and Paul's gospel of grace.” In Call to Serve, 51–72. Sheffield, Eng: Sheffield Academic Pr, 1996.
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  - Campbell, D. A. “Introduction : the call to serve Dunedin: an account of the appointment of Bishop Penny Jamieson.” In Call to Serve, 15–29. Sheffield, Eng: Sheffield Academic Pr, 1996.
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  - Campbell, D. “The Fractured Witness.” In Considering Orthodoxy: Foundations for Faith Today, edited by P. J. Trebilco, 63–68. Orewa, Auckland: Colcom Press, 1996.
  - Campbell, D. A. “Determining the Gospel through rhetorical analysis in Paul's letter to the Roman Christians.” In Gospel in Paul, 315–36. Sheffield, Eng: Sheffield Academic Pr, 1994.
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  - Campbell, D. “'Pictures at an Exhibition': Reflections on Christian Hermeneutics in Honour of a Former Colleague, who was also a Friend.” In Theological Fragments: Essays in Honour of Alan Torrance, edited by B. Hamill and M. Rae, 133–40. Auckland: Lada, 1994.
  - Campbell, D. “Reconciliation 'in Christ' according to Ephesians.” In Christ and Context, edited by H. Regan and A. J. Torrance, 160–77. Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1993.
  - Campbell, D. “The Crisis of Faith in Modern New Testament Scholarship.” In Religious Studies - Essays in Honour of Albert C. Moore, edited by M. Andrew, P. Matheson, and S. Rae, 163–74. Dunedin: Faculty of Theology, University of Otago, 1991.
Teaching & Mentoring
Recent Courses
- NEWTEST 808: The Life of Paul 2023
- NEWTEST 954: Pauline Theology 2023
- NEWTEST 770R: Romans 2022
- NEWTEST 808: The Life of Paul 2022
- NEWTEST 955: The Theology of Paul: Structure and Coherence 2022
- PARISH 809: Restorative Justice, Prison Ministry, and the Church 2022
- NEWTEST 808: The Life of Paul 2021
- NEWTEST 870R: Romans 2021
- NEWTEST 954: Pauline Theology 2021
- PARISH 809: Restorative Justice, Prison Ministry, and the Church 2021

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Education, Training, & Certifications

Previous Appointments & Affiliations

Academic Positions Outside Duke

In the News

Subject Headings

Global Scholarship

Expertise

Selected Grants

External Relationships

Selected Publications

Books

Academic Articles

Book Sections

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