Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • D.Phil., University of Oxford (United Kingdom) 1994
  • M.Phil., University of Oxford (United Kingdom) 1990
  • B.A., University of Oxford (United Kingdom) 1988
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  Previous Appointments & Affiliations

  • Chair of the Department of Religious Studies, Religious Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2019 - 2022
  • Associate Professor of Religion, Religious Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2005 - 2013
• Recognition
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  In the News

  • JUN 22, 2020

    Trinity College of Arts and Sciences

    A Comforting Voice on the New Testament

  • FEB 23, 2017

    The Historical Jesus: Separating Fact from Fiction

  • JUN 21, 2016

    New York Times

    'Jesus's Wife' papyrus is likely a fake, professor now says

  • MAY 1, 2016

    Honoring Teaching, Leadership in Trinity College

  • DEC 28, 2015

    TIME

    Mark Goodacre: What we know about when Jesus was actually born

  • NOV 10, 2014

    ABC’s “Good Morning America

    Mark Goodacre comments: Jesus Christ, wife Mary Magdalene had 2 kids, new book claims

  • MAY 6, 2014

    The Wall Street Journal

    Mark Goodacre comments: How the 'Jesus' wife' hoax fell apart
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  Awards & Honors

  • Howard D. Johnson Teaching Award. Trinity College, Duke University. 2016
• Expertise
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  Subject Headings

  • Apocryphal Gospels
  • Apocryphal books (New Testament)
  • Bible
  • Bible. New Testament
  • Bible. New Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  • Composition
  • Passion narratives (Gospels)
  • Religion
• Research
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  External Relationships

  • Biblical Archaeology Society
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Books

    • Goodacre, Mark S. Thomas and the Gospels: The Case for Thomas's Familiarity with the Synoptics. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2012.
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    • Goodacre, M. S. The Synoptic Problem: A Way Through the Maze. Continuum, 2004.
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    • Goodacre, Mark S. The Synoptic Problem: A Way Through the Maze. Continuum, 2004.
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    • Goodacre, Mark S. Questioning Q. Edited by Mark Goodacre and Nick Perrin. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press, 2004.
    • Goodacre, Mark S. Questioning Q. Edited by Mark Goodacre and Nick Perrin. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press, 2004.
    • Goodacre, M. S. The Case Against Q: Studies in Markan Priority and the Synoptic Problem. Harrisburg, PA: Continuum, 2002.
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    • Goodacre, Mark S. Goulder and the Gospels: An Examination of a New Paradigm. Continuum, 1996.
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  • Academic Articles

    • Goodacre, M. “A World without Mark: an Experiment in Erasure History.” Biblical Interpretation 31, no. 1 (January 1, 2022): 120–34. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685152-20221517.
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    • Goodacre, M. “How Empty Was the Tomb?” Journal for the Study of the New Testament 44, no. 1 (September 1, 2021): 134–48. https://doi.org/10.1177/0142064X211023714.
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    • Goodacre, M. “Q, Memory and Matthew: A Response to Alan Kirk.” Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus 15, no. 2–3 (January 1, 2017): 224–33. https://doi.org/10.1163/17455197-01502005.
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    • Goodacre, M. “A flaw in McIver and Carroll's experiments to determine written sources in the Gospels.” Journal of Biblical Literature 133, no. 4 (January 1, 2014): 793–800. https://doi.org/10.1353/jbl.2014.0049.
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    • Goodacre, M. “Did Thomas know the synoptic Gospels? A response to Denzey Lewis, Kloppenborg and Patterson.” Journal for the Study of the New Testament 36, no. 3 (January 1, 2014): 282–93. https://doi.org/10.1177/0142064X14523523.
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    • Goodacre, M. “How reliable is the story of the Nag Hammadi discovery?” Journal for the Study of the New Testament 35, no. 4 (June 1, 2013): 303–22. https://doi.org/10.1177/0142064X13482243.
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    • Goodacre, Mark. “The Jesus Discovery? A Sceptic’s Perspective.” Bible and Interpretation, 2013.
    • Goodacre, Mark. “Review of David Alan Black and David R. Beck (eds.), Rethinking the Synoptic Problem.” Novum Testamentum 49 (2013): 197–99.
    • Goodacre, M. “Does περιβολαιον mean "testicle" in 1 Corinthians 11:15?” Journal of Biblical Literature 130, no. 2 (January 1, 2011): 391–96. https://doi.org/10.2307/41304207.
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    • Goodacre, M. “Does peribolaion mean ‘testicle’ in 1 Corinthians 11.15?” Journal of Biblical Literature 130, no. 2 (2011): 391–96.
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    • Goodacre, M. S. “[Review of the book Mel Gibson's Passion: The Film, the Controversy, and Its Implications, edited by Zev Garber].” Review of Biblical Literature, May 12, 2007.
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    • Goodacre, M. S. “[Review of the book Rethinking the Synoptic Problem, edited by D.A. Black and D.R. Beck].” Novum Testamentum: An International Quarterly for New Testament and Related Studies 49, no. 2 (2007): 197–99.
    • Goodacre, Mark. “Review of Zev Garber, ed., Mel Gibson’s Passion: The Film, the Controversy, and Its Implications.” Review of Biblical Literature, 2007.
    • Goodacre, M. “On Choosing and Using Appropriate Analogies: A Response to F. Gerald Downing.” Journal for the Study of the New Testament 26, no. 2 (2003): 237–40.
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    • Goodacre, M. S. “Reverence and Resolution: The Heart of Carroll's Religion.” The Carrollian  the Lewis Carroll Journal 9 (2002): 32–42.
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    • Goodacre, M. S. “[Review of the book A History of the Synoptic Problem: The Canon, the Text, the Composition and the Interpretation of the Gospels, by D.L. Dungan].” Scottish Journal of Theology 55 (2002): 373–77.
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    • Goodacre, M. “The Synoptic Jesus and the Celluloid Christ: Solving the Synoptic Problem Through Film.” Journal for the Study of the New Testament 23, no. 80 (2001): 31–43. https://doi.org/10.1177/0142064X0102308002.
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    • Goodacre, M. S. “[Review of the book Star Trek and Sacred Ground: Explorations of Star Trek, Religion, and American Culture, by J.E. Porter and D.L. MacLaren].” Reviews in Religion and Theology 7 (2000): 531–33.
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    • Goodacre, M. S. “[Review of the book The Composition of the Sayings Source: Genre, Synchrony, & Wisdom Redaction in Q, by A. Kirk].” Novum Testamentum: An International Quarterly for New Testament and Related Studies 42 (2000): 185–87.
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    • Goodacre, M. S. “[Review of the book The Gospel of Mathew and Christian Judaism: The History and Social Setting of the Matthean Community, by D.C. Sim].” Heythrop Journal: A Quarterly Review of Philosophy and Theology 41 (2000): 334–36.
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    • Goodacre, M. S. “[Review of the book Introduction to New Testament Greek Using John's Gospel, by S. Bruce].” Reviews in Religion and Theology 7 (2000): 285–86.
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    • Goodacre, M. S. “[Review of the book James: Wisdom of James, Disciple of Jesus the Sage, by R. Bauckham].” Reviews in Religion and Theology 7 (2000): 52–54.
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    • Goodacre, M. “The Quest to Digest Jesus: Recent Books on the Historical Jesus.” Reviews in Religion & Theology 7, no. 2 (2000): 156–61. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9418.00051.
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    • Goodacre, M. S. “Do You Think You're What They Say You Are? Reflections on Jesus Christ Superstar.” Journal of Religion and Film 3, no. 2 (October 1, 1999).
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    • Goodacre, M. S. “[Review of the book The Quest of the Historical Gospel: Mark, John and the Origins of the Gospel Genre, by L.M. Wills].” Review of Biblical Literature, 1999.
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    • Goodacre, M. S. “[Review of the book Just James: The Brother of Jesus in History and Tradition, by J. Painter].” Heythrop Journal: A Quarterly Review of Philosophy and Theology 40 (1999): 481–82.
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    • Goodacre, M. S. “[Review of the book Example Stories: Perspectives on Four Parables in the Gospel of Luke, by J.T. Tucker].” Reviews in Religion and Theology 6 (1999): 387–88.
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    • Goodacre, M. S. “[Review of the book "Mysticism" in the Gospel of John: An Inquiry into its Background, by J.J. Kanagaraj and the book Courting Betrayal: Jesus as Victim in the Gospel of John, by H. Orchard].” Scripture Bulletin 29 (1999): 102–3.
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    • Goodacre, M. S. “[Review of the book Stewardship and Almsgiving in Luke's Theology, by K.J. Kim].” Reviews in Religion and Theology 6 (1999): 89–90.
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    • Goodacre, M. “Comprehensively Questing for Jesus?” Reviews in Religion & Theology 6, no. 2 (1999): 116–20. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9418.00013.
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    • Goodacre, M. “Beyond the Q Impasse or Down a Blind Alley?” Journal for the Study of the New Testament, no. 76 (1999): 33–52.
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    • Goodacre, M. S. “[Review of the book The Story of Jesus According to L, by K. Paffenroth].” Review of Biblical Literature, 1998, 363–64.
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    • Goodacre, M. S. “[Review of the book Luke's Gospel, by J. Knight].” Reviews in Religion and Theology 4 (1998): 101–2.
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    • Goodacre, M. S. “[Review of the book Paul Between Damascus and Antioch: The Unknown Years, by M. Hengel and A.M. Schwemer].” Reviews in Religion and Theology 3 (1998): 94–95.
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    • Goodacre, M. S. “[Review of the book The Moral Vision of the New Testament: Community, Cross, New Creation. A Contemporary Introduction to New Testament Ethics, by R.B. Hays].” Reviews in Religion and Theology 3 (1998): 30–32.
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    • Goodacre, M. S. “[Review of the book The Gospel of Luke, by J. Green].” Reviews in Religion and Theology 2 (1998): 46–48.
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    • Goodacre, M. S. “[Review of the book The Semitic Background of the New Testament: A Combined Edition of Essays on the Semitic Background of the New Testament and A Wandering Aramean: Collected Aramaic Essays, by J.A. Fitzmyer].” Scripture Bulletin 28, no. 1 (1998): 52–52.
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    • Goodacre, M. S. “[Review of the book An Introduction to the New Testament, by R.E. Brown].” Reviews in Religion and Theology 3 (1998): 93–94.
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    • Goodacre, M. S. “[Review of the book The Second Epistle to the Corinthians, by P. Barnet].” Scripture Bulletin 28, no. 1 (1998): 51–52.
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    • Goodacre, M. S. “[Review of The Interpretation of John, by J. Ashton].” Scripture Bulletin 28, no. 1 (1998): 48–49.
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    • Goodacre, M. “Fatigue in the Synoptics.” New Testament Studies 44, no. 01 (1998): 45–58. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0028688500016349.
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    • Goodacre, M. “Recent Books in … New Testament Studies.” Reviews in Religion & Theology 5, no. 1 (1998): 71–76. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9418.1998.tb00179.x.
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    • Goodacre, M. “Recent Books In…New Testament Studies.” Reviews in Religion & Theology 4, no. 1 (1997): 77–81. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9418.1997.tb00215.x.
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    • Goodacre, M. S. “The Preaching of Lewis Carroll.” Jabberwocky 20, no. 3 (1993): 15–27.
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  • Book Sections

    • Goodacre, M. “The Protevangelium of James and the creative rewriting of Matthew and Luke.” In Connecting Gospels: Beyond the Canonical/Non-Canonical Divide, 57–76, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198814801.003.0004.
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    • Goodacre, Mark. “Michael Goulder.” In The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press, 2013.
    • Goodacre, Mark. “Redaction Criticism.” In The Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels, edited by Joel Green, 767–70. Intervarsity, 2013.
    • Goodacre, Mark. “The Synoptic Problem.” In The Oxford Encyclopaedia of Biblical Interpretation, edited by Steven L. McKenzie. Oxford University Press, 2013.
    • Goodacre, M. S. “Criticizing the Criterion of Multiple Attestation: The Historical Jesus and the Question of Sources.” In Jesus, Criteria, and the Demise of Authenticity, edited by Chris Keith and Anthony Le Donne. London & New York: T & T Clark International, 2012.
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    • Goodacre, Mark. ““The Talpiot Tomb and the Bloggers”.” In Archaeology, Politics and the Media (Proceedings of Duke Symposium, April 2009), edited by Carol Meyers, 2012.
    • Goodacre, Mark. “Criticizing the Criterion of Multiple Attestation: The Historical Jesus and the Question of Sources.” In Jesus, Criteria, and the Demise of Authenticity, edited by Chris Keith and Anthony LeDonne, 152–69. T & T Clark, 2012.
    • Goodacre, Mark. “"The Talpiyot Tomb and the Bloggers".” In Archaeology, Bible, Politics and the Media: Proceedings of the Duke University Conference, April 23–24, 2009, edited by Eric M. Myers and Carol Meyers, 56–68. Eisenbrauns, 2012.
    • Goodacre, M. S. “The Synoptic Problem: John the Baptist and Jesus.” In Method and Meaning: Essays on New Testament Interpretation in Honor of Harold W. Attridge, edited by A. B. McGowan and K. H. Richards, 177–92. Atlanta, GA: Society of Biblical Literature, 2011.
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    • Goodacre, Mark. “The Synoptic Problem: John the Baptist and Jesus.” In Method and Meaning: Essays on New Testament Interpretation in Honor of Harold W. Attridge, edited by Andrew B. McGowan and Kent Harold Richards, 177–92. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2011.
    • Goodacre, Mark. “The Evangelists’ Use of the Old Testament and the Synoptic Problem.” In New Studies in the Synoptic Problem, edited by P. Foster, A. Gregory, J. S. Kloppenborg, and J. Verheyden. Peeters, 2011.
    • Goodacre, M. S. “Mark, Elijah, the Baptist and Matthew: The Success of the First Intertextual Reading of Mark.” In Biblical Interpretation in Early Christian Gospels, Volume 2: Matthew, edited by Thomas Hatina, 2:73–84. London & New York: Continuum, 2010.
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    • Goodacre, Mark. “Redaction Criticism, NT.” In New Interpreters Dictionary of the Bible, edited by Katharine Sakenfeld, Vol. 4. Abingdon, 2009.
    • Goodacre, Mark. “Mark, Elijah, the Baptist and Matthew: The Success of the First Intertextual Reading of Mark.” In Biblical Interpretation in Early Christian Gospels, Volume 2: Matthew, edited by Tom Hatina, 73–84. T & T Clark, 2008.
    • Goodacre, Mark. “Redaction Criticism.” In Searching for Meaning, edited by Paula Gooder, 38–44. SPCK, 2008.
    • Goodacre, Mark. “Source Criticism (Including the Synoptic Problem).” In Encyclopaedia of the Historical Jesus, edited by Craig Evans, 599–602. Routledge, 2008.
    • Goodacre, M. S. “Scripturalization in Mark’s Crucifixion Narrative.” In The Trial and Death of Jesus: Essays on the Passion Narrative in Mark, edited by Geert Van Oyen and Tom Shepherd, 33–47. Leuven: Peeters Publishers, 2006.
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    • Goodacre, M. S. “The Rock on Rocky Ground: Matthew, Mark and Peter as Skandalon.” In What Is It That the Scripture Says?: Essays in Biblical Interpretation, Translation, And Reception in Honour of Henry Wansbrough Osb, edited by Philip McCosker, 61–73. London & New York: Continuum, 2006.
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    • Goodacre, Mark. “Scripturalization in Mark’s Crucifixion Narrative.” Leuven: Peeters, 2006.
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    • Goodacre, Mark. “The Rock on Rocky Ground: Matthew, Mark and Peter as Skandalon.” In What Is It That the Scripture Says?: Essays in Biblical Interpretation, Translation, And Reception in Honour of Henry Wansbrough Osb, edited by Philip McCosker, 61–73. London and New York: T & T Clark, 2006.
    • Goodacre, M. S. “The Power of The Passion of the Christ: Reactions and Overreactions to Gibson's Artistic Vision.” In Jesus and Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ: The Film, the Gospels and the Claims of History, edited by R. Webb and K. Corley. London & New York: Continuum, 2004.
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    • Goodacre, M. S. “When is a Text not a Text? The Quasi-Text-Critical Approach of the International Q Project.” In Questioning Q, edited by Nicholas Perrin and M. S. Goodacre. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press, 2004.
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    • Goodacre, M. S. “When is a Text not a Text? The Quasi-Text-Critical Approach of the International Q Project.” In Questioning Q, edited by Nicholas Perrin and M. S. Goodacre. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press, 2004.
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    • Goodacre, M. S. “A World Without Q.” In Questioning Q, edited by Mark S. Goodacre and Nicholas Perrin. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press, 2004.
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    • Goodacre, M. S. “A World Without Q.” In Questioning Q, edited by Mark S. Goodacre and Nicholas Perrin. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press, 2004.
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    • Goodacre, Mark. “Jesus.” In The Good Book, 60–77. London: BBC Factual and Learning, 2004.
    • Goodacre, Mark. “Paul.” In The Good Book, 78–90. London: BBC Factual and Learning, 2004.
    • Goodacre, Mark. ““The Power of The Passion of the Christ: Reactions and Overreactions to Gibson’s Artistic Vision".” In Jesus and Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ: The Film, the Gospels and the Claims of History, edited by Kathleen Corley and Robert Webb, Chapter3–Chapter3. London and New York: Continuum, 2004.
    • Goodacre, M. S., D. Parker, and D. Taylor. “The Dura-Europos Gospel Harmony.” In Texts and Studies: Contributions to Biblical and Patristic Literature, edited by D. Taylor, 1:192–228. Birmingham: University of Birmingham PRess, 1999.
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  • Other Articles

    • Goodacre, Mark. “The New Testament Gateway,” 2013.
    • Goodacre, Mark. “NT Blog,” 2013.
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    • Goodacre, Mark. “NT Podcast,” 2013.
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    • “The Bible,” 2013.
    • Goodacre, M. S. “Celebrating the Use of Internet Resources (Unpublished).” The Bible and Interpretation. http://www.bibleinterp.com/opeds/inter_35722.shtml, September 1, 2009.
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    • Goodacre, M. S. “Admitting Our Ignorance About the Historical Jesus (Unpublished).” The Bible and Interpretation, August 1, 2009.
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    • Goodacre, M. S. “On Scholarly Conduct (Unpublished).” The Bible and Interpretation, July 1, 2009.
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    • Ehrman, Bart, Mark Goodacre, Leonard Greenspoon, and James Charlesworth. “Who Really Wrote the Bible?” Biblical Archaeology Society, 2009.
    • Goodacre, Mark. “The Passion,” 2008.
    • Goodacre, M. S. “The Nativity Story: A Review (Unpublished).” Society of Biblical Literature Forum, January 1, 2007.
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    • Goodacre, Mark, and N. Perrin. “Questioning Q: A Multidimensional Critique.” Downers Grove, Ill: IVP, February 2005.
    • Goodacre, M. S. “The Passion, Pornography and Polemic: In Defense of The Passion of the Christ (Unpublished).” The Bible and Interpretation, April 1, 2004.
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    • Goodacre, M. S. “The Pleasures and Perils of Talking to the Media (Unpublished).” Society of Biblical Literature Forum, March 1, 2004.
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  • Book Series

    • Goodacre, Mark S. “Library of New Testament Studies.” Edited by M. S. Goodacre. New York: T & T Clark International, 2013.
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    • Goodacre, Mark S. “Library of New Testament Studies.” Edited by M. S. Goodacre. New York: T & T Clark International, 2013.
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  • Conference Papers

    • Goodacre, M. S. “The Talpiyot Tomb and the Bloggers.” In Archaeology, Bible, Politics and the Media: Proceedings of the Duke University Conference, April 23–24, 2009, edited by E. M. Meyers and C. Meyers, 56–68. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns, 2012.
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    • Goodacre, M. S. “The Evangelists' Use of the Old Testament and the Synoptic Problem.” In New Studies in the Synoptic Problem: Oxford Conference, April 2008, edited by P. Foster, A. Gregory, J. S. Kloppenborg, and J. Verheyden, 281–98. Leuven: Peeters Publishers, 2011.
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    • Goodacre, M. S. “A Monopoly on Marcan Priority? Fallacies at the Heart of Q.” In Society of Biblical Literature Seminar Papers 2000, 538–622. Atlanta, GA: Society of Biblical Literature, 2000.
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• Teaching & Mentoring
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  Recent Courses

  • NEWTEST 999: Directed Study 2023
  • RELIGION 350S: Non-Canonical Gospels 2023
  • RELIGION 493: Honors Research 2023
  • RELIGION 635S: Exegesis of the Greek New Testament: John's Gospel 2023
  • RELIGION 935S: Gospel of John in Greek 2023
  • RELIGION 937S: Historical Jesus 2023
  • CLST 322: Jesus and the Gospels 2022
  • NEWTEST 999: Directed Study 2022
  • RELIGION 351: Jesus and the Gospels 2022
  • RELIGION 630-11: Exegesis of the Greek New Testament II: The Synoptic Gospels 2022
  • RELIGION 934: Synoptic Gospels in Greek 2022
  • AMES 138: Scripture: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam 2021
  • JEWISHST 156: Scripture: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam 2021
  • NEWTEST 999: Directed Study 2021
  • RELIGION 156: Scripture: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam 2021
  • RELIGION 360: Jesus in Film 2021
  • RELIGION 494: Honors Research 2021
• Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
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  Presentations & Appearances

  • Was Jesus Married to Mary Magdalene?. October 1, 2013  2013
  • Apocryphal Gospels and Historical Jesus Research: Response to Stephen Patterson. September 1, 2013  2013
  • Myths of Mary and the Married Jesus: How Popular Culture is Affecting Scholarship. January 1, 2013  2013
  • The Secret Gospel of Mark: Primitive Gospel or Modern Hoax?. November 1, 2012  2012
  • Criticizing the Criterion of Multiple Attestation: The Historical Jesus and the Question of Sources. October 1, 2012  2012
  • Overestimating Orality? Text, Tradition and the Gospel of Thomas. July 1, 2012  2012
  • Monarch or Messiah? The King of Jewish Expectation and the Christ of the Gospels. March 1, 2012  2012
  • A World Without Mark. November 1, 2011  2011
  • Junia: An Apostle in Christ before Paul: A Neglected Feature in the Discussion of Rom. 16.7. November 1, 2011  2011
  • Pods, Blogs and Other Time-Wasters: Do Electronic Media Detract from Proper Scholarship. November 1, 2011  2011
  • A Walking, Talking Cross or the Walking, Talking Crucified One? A Conjectural Emendation in the Gospel of Peter. July 1, 2011  2011
  • How reliable is the story of the Nag Hammadi Discovery?. July 1, 2011  2011
  • James Crossley and the Politics of the Bibliobloggers. November 1, 2010  2010
  • Paul, Women, Men and the End. November 1, 2010  2010
  • Finding your niche in Biblical Studies. SBL Annual Meeting. SBL. January 13, 2010  2010
  • Did Thomas know the Synoptic Gospels?. November 1, 2009  2009
  • How and why the NT Gateway was rebooted, revitalized and relaunched. November 1, 2009  2009
  • Does peribolaion mean ‘testicle’ in 1 Corinthians 11.15?. July 1, 2009  2009
  • The Talpiot Tomb and the Bloggers. April 1, 2009  2009
  • Dating the crucial sources in early Christianity. November 1, 2008  2008
  • When were the Gospels Written?. November 1, 2008  2008
  • Charles Dodgson and the Conventions of Victorian Piety. April 1, 2008  2008
  • The Evangelists Use of the Old Testament. April 1, 2008  2008
  • From Monarch to Messiah: the King of Jewish Expectation and the Christ of the New Testament. March 1, 2008  2008
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  Service to the Profession

  • Editorial Board Member. Journal of Biblical Literature. 2015 - 2018  2015 - 2018
  • Editorial Board Member. Journal for the Study of the New Testament. 2010 - 2018  2010 - 2018
  • Society of Biblical Literature "Bible Odyssey" NEH Project Advisory Board. 2009 - 2017  2009 - 2017

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