Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Ph.D., Columbia University 1985
  • M.Phil., Columbia University 1983
  • M.A., Columbia University 1981
  • B.A., New York University 1979
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Professor of New Testament, Divinity School, Duke University 2001 - 2019
• Recognition
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  Awards & Honors

  • Fellow. National Humanities Center. 2004
• Expertise
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  Global Scholarship

  • Expertise

    • Europe (Continent) 
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Books

    • Marcus, J. Mark: 8-16, 2009.
    • Marcus, J. Mark 8-16: a new translation with introduction and commentary. Vol. 27A. New Haven; London: Yale University Press, 2009.
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    • Marcus, J. Jesus and the Holocaust: reflections on suffering and hope. New York: Doubleday, 1997.
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    • Marcus, J. The Way of the Lord: Christological Exegesis in the Gospel of Mark. Louisville/Edinburgh: John Knox/Westminster-T&T Clark, 1992.
    • Soards, M. L. Apocalyptic and the New Testament : essays in honor of J Louis Martyn. Edited by J. Marcus. Vol. 24. Sheffield, Eng: Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Pr, 1989.
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    • Marcus, J. The Mystery of the Kingdom of God. Vol. 90. Atlanta: Scholars Pr, 1986.
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  • Academic Articles

    • Marcus, J. “Response to the respondents: Competition, Qumran and supersessionism.” Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus 19, no. 1 (January 1, 2021): 99–133. https://doi.org/10.1163/17455197-19010005.
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    • Marcus, J. “John the Baptist in history and theology: A summary.” Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus 19, no. 1 (January 1, 2021): 3–7. https://doi.org/10.1163/17455197-19010006.
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    • Marcus, J. “The Gospel of Peter as a Jewish Christian document.” New Testament Studies 64, no. 4 (January 1, 2018): 473–94. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0028688518000188.
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    • Marcus, J. “Barclay's Gift.” Journal for the Study of the New Testament 39, no. 3 (March 1, 2017): 324–30. https://doi.org/10.1177/0142064X17689990.
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    • Marcus, J. “The twelve tribes in the Diaspora (James 1.1).” New Testament Studies 60, no. 4 (September 10, 2014): 433–47. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0028688514000095.
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    • Marcus, J. “Passover and last supper revisited.” New Testament Studies 59, no. 3 (July 1, 2013): 303–24. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0028688513000076.
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    • Marcus, J. “No more zealots in the house of the lord a note on the history of interpretation of zechariah 14:21.” Novum Testamentum 55, no. 1 (April 29, 2013): 22–30. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685365-12341402.
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    • Marcus, J. “Israel and the church in the exegetical writings of hippolytus.” Journal of Biblical Literature 131, no. 2 (September 7, 2012): 385–406. https://doi.org/10.1353/jbl.2012.0014.
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    • Marcus, Joel. “A Jewish-Christian 'Amidah?” Early Christianity 3, no. 2 (2012): 215–215. https://doi.org/10.1628/186870312800778220.
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    • Marcus, J. “The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs and the Didascalia Apostolorum: A Common Jewish Christian Milieu?” The Journal of Theological Studies 61, no. 2 (October 1, 2010): 596–626. https://doi.org/10.1093/jts/flq135.
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    • Marcus, J. “Birkat Ha-Minim revisited.” New Testament Studies 55, no. 4 (October 1, 2009): 523–51. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0028688509990063.
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    • Marcus, J. “The Greatest.” Journal of Religion, Disability and Health 12, no. 1 (December 1, 2008): 69–73. https://doi.org/10.1080/15228960802073873.
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    • Marcus, J. “The Greatest: A Sermon.” Journal of Religion, Disability, and Health, no. April (2008).
    • Marcus, J. “Meggitt on the madness and kingship of Jesus.” Journal for the Study of the New Testament 29, no. 4 (June 1, 2007): 421–24.
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    • Marcus, J. “The last enemy.” Expository Times 118, no. 6 (March 1, 2007): 287–88.
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    • Marcus, J. “Border Lines: The Partition of Judaeo-Christianity. A Conversation with Daniel Boyarin.” Henoch 28 (2006): 24–30.
    • Marcus, J. “Crucifixion as parodic exaltation.” Journal of Biblical Literature 125, no. 1 (January 1, 2006): 73–87. https://doi.org/10.2307/27638347.
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    • Marcus, J. “Idolatry in the New Testament.” Interpretation  Journal of Bible and Theology 60, no. 2 (January 1, 2006): 151–64. https://doi.org/10.1177/002096430606000203.
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    • Marcus, J. “Son of man as son of Adam Part II: Exegesis (continued from January 2003 issue).” Revue Biblique, no. 3 (December 1, 2003): 370–86.
    • Marcus, J. “Son of man as son of Adam, Part 2: Exegesis of selected gospel passages.” Revue Biblique 110, no. 3 (July 2003): 370–86.
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    • Marcus, J. “Son of man as son of Adam (Exploring an Adamic eschatology within the pre-Gospel Jewish-Christian tradition).” Revue Biblique 110, no. 1 (January 2003): 38–61.
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    • Marcus, J. “The once and future messiah in early Christianity and Chabad.” New Testament Studies 47, no. 3 (July 1, 2001): 381–401.
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    • Marcus, J. “"Under the law": the background of a Pauline expression.” Catholic Biblical Quarterly 63, no. 1 (January 1, 2001): 72–83.
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    • Marcus, J. “Mark--Interpreter of Paul.” New Testament Studies 46, no. 4 (October 1, 2000): 473–87.
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    • Marcus, J. “The millstone.” Christian Century 117, no. 25 (September 13, 2000): 902–318.
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    • Marcus, J. “Uncommon sense.” Christian Century 117, no. 24 (August 30, 2000): 860–318.
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    • Marcus, J. “A Note on Markan Optics.” New Testament Studies 45, no. 2 (April 1, 1999): 250–56.
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    • Marcus, J. “Rivers of Living Water from Jesus' Belly (John 7:38).” Journal of Biblical Literature 117, no. 2 (June 1, 1998): 328–30.
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    • Marcus, J. “In the World But Not Of It.”.” Katallagete 11 (1998): 22–28.
    • Marcus, J. “Blanks and Gaps in the Markan Parable of the Sower.” Biblical Interpretation 5, no. 3 (July 1, 1997): 247–62.
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    • Marcus, J. “Scripture and Tradition in Mark 7.” Bibliotheca Ephemeridum Theologicarum Lovaniensium 131 (1997): 145–63.
    • Marcus, J. “Modern and ancient Jewish apocalypticism.” Journal of Religion 76, no. 1 (January 1, 1996): 1–26. https://doi.org/10.1086/489733.
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    • Marcus, J. “Jesus' Baptismal Vision.” New Testament Studies 41, no. 4 (October 1, 1995): 512–21.
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    • Marcus, J. “The Jewish War and the Sitz im Leben of Mark.” Journal of Biblical Literature 111, no. 3 (September 1, 1992): 441–62.
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    • Marcus, J. “The Pharisee and the tax collector.” Princeton Seminary Bulletin 11, no. 2 (January 1, 1990): 138–42.
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    • Marcus, J. “Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice : a theological reflection.” Theology Today 46, no. 3 (October 1, 1989): 288–98.
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    • Marcus, J. “Mark 14:61 : "Are you the Messiah-Son-of-God?".” Novum Testamentum 31, no. 2 (April 1, 1989): 125–41.
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    • MARCUS, J. “Mark 9,11 - 13: "As It Has Been Written".” Zeitschrift Für Die Neutestamentliche Wissenschaft Und Die Kunde Der Älteren Kirche 80, no. 1 (1989): 42.
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    • Marcus, J. “The circumcision and the uncircumcision in Rome.” New Testament Studies 35, no. 1 (January 1, 1989): 67–81.
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    • Marcus, J. “Entering into the kingly power of God.” Journal of Biblical Literature 107, no. 4 (December 1, 1988): 663–75.
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    • Marcus, J. “Paul at the Areopagus : window on the Hellenistic world.” Biblical Theology Bulletin 18, no. 4 (October 1, 1988): 143–48.
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    • Marcus, J. “The gates of Hades and the keys of the kingdom (Matt 16:18-19).” Catholic Biblical Quarterly 50, no. 3 (July 1, 1988): 443–55.
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    • Marcus, J. “"Let God arise and end the reign of sin" : a contribution to the study of Pauline parenesis.” Biblica 69, no. 3 (January 1, 1988): 386–95.
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    • Marcus, J. “The Evil Inclination in the Letters of Paul.” Irish Biblical Studies 8 (1986): 8–21.
    • Marcus, J. “Mark 4:10-12 and Marcan epistemology.” Journal of Biblical Literature 103, no. 4 (December 1, 1984): 557–74.
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    • Marcus, J. “The evil inclination in the Epistle of James.” Catholic Biblical Quarterly 44, no. 4 (October 1, 1982): 606–21.
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  • Book Sections

    • Marcus, J. “Jesus the Jew in Recent Western Scholarship.” In Gospel Images of Jesus Christ in Church Tradition and Scholarship: Fifth International East-West Symposium of New Testament Scholars, Minsk, September 2 to 9, 2010, edited by C. Karakolis, K. Niebuhr, and S. Rogalsky, 235–50. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2012.
    • Marcus, J. “‘I Believe; Help My Unbelief!’ Human Faith and Divine Faithfulness in Mark 9.l4-29.” In Paul, Grace and Freedom: Essays in Honour of John K. Riches, edited by P. Middleton, A. Paddison, and K. Wenell, 39–49. London/New York: T&T Clark: T&T Clark, 2009.
    • Marcus, J. “Identity and ambiguity in Markan Christology.” In Seeking the Identity of Jesus, 133–47. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2008.
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    • Marcus, J. “Idolatry in the New Testament.” In Word Leaps the Gap, 107–31. Grand Rapids: William B Eerdmans, 2008.
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    • Marcus, J. “Jewish christianity.” In The Cambridge History of Christianity: Volume 1: Origins to Constantine, 87–102, 2006. https://doi.org/10.1017/CHOL9780521812399.006.
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    • Marcus, J. “John the Baptist and Jesus.” In When Judaism and Christianity Began: Essays in Memory of Anthony J. Saldarini, edited by A. J. Avery-Peck, D. Harrington, and J. Neusner, 179–97. Leiden: Brill, 2004.
    • Marcus, J. “The Beelzebul controversy and the eschatologies of Jesus.” In Authenticating the Activities of Jesus, 247–77. Leiden: E J Brill, 1999.
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    • Marcus, J. “The intertextual polemic of the Markan vineyard parable.” In Tolerance and Intolerance in Early Judaism and Christianity, 211–27. New York: Cambridge Univ Pr, 1998.
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    • Marcus, J. “Scripture and tradition in Mark 7.” In Scriptures in the Gospels, 177–95. Louvain: Leuven Univ Pr, 1997.
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    • Marcus, J. “The Old Testament and the Death of Jesus: The Role of Scripture in the Gospel Passion Narratives.” In The Death of Jesus in Early Christianity, edited by J. T. Carroll and J. B. Green, 205–34. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1995.
    • Marcus, J. “Mark and Isaiah.” In Fortunate the Eyes That See, 449–66. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995.
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    • Marcus, J. “Authority to forgive sins upon the earth : the Shema in the Gospel of Mark.” In Gospels and the Scriptures of Israel, 196–211. Sheffield, Eng: Sheffield Academic Pr, 1994.
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    • Marcus, J. “The Epistle of James.” In The Books of the Bible., 339–43. New York: Scribners, 1989.
    • Marcus, J. “"The time has been fulfilled" (Mark 1:15).” In Apocalyptic and the New Testament, 49–68. Sheffield, Eng: Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Pr, 1989.
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• Teaching & Mentoring
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  Recent Courses

  • RELIGION 999: Special Readings 2019

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