Joel Marcus | Scholars@Duke

Joel Marcus
Professor Emeritus of New Testament

Joel Marcus teaches New Testament with an emphasis on the Gospels and the context of early Christianity within Judaism. His publications include two monographs on Mark, a two-volume commentary on the same Gospel in the Anchor Bible series (Doubleday, 2000, 2009), and several articles about the parting of the ways between Judaism and the Christianity of the first three centuries of the Christian era. He has a book in press on John the Baptist and is currently working on a monograph on the Gospel of Peter as a Jewish Christian document.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Professor Emeritus of New Testament, Divinity School, Duke University 2019

Contact Information

217 Gray Building, Durham, NC 27708
Duke Box 90967, Durham, NC 27708-0967
jmarcus@div.duke.edu (919) 660-3562

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Columbia University 1985
- M.Phil., Columbia University 1983
- M.A., Columbia University 1981
- B.A., New York University 1979
Duke Appointment History
- Professor of New Testament, Divinity School, Duke University 2001 - 2019
Recognition
Awards & Honors
- Fellow. National Humanities Center. 2004
Expertise
Global Scholarship
- Expertise
  - Europe (Continent)
Publications & Artistic Works
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. “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 (January 1, 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, Joel. “No More Zealots in the House of the Lord.” Novum Testamentum 55, no. 1 (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. O. E. L. “Mark – Interpreter of Paul.” New Testament Studies 46, no. 4 (October 2000): 473–87. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0028688500000278.
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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. O. E. L. “A NOTE ON MARKAN OPTICS.” New Testament Studies 45, no. 2 (March 1999): 250–56. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0028688598002501.
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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, Joel. “Modern and Ancient Jewish Apocalypticism.” The Journal of Religion 76, no. 1 (January 1996): 1–27. 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, Joel. “Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice: A Theological Reflection.” Theology Today 46, no. 3 (October 1989): 288–98. https://doi.org/10.1177/004057368904600306.
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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).
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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, Joel. “Mark 14:61: "Are You the Messiah-Son-of-God?".” Novum Testamentum 31, no. 2 (1989): 125–41. https://doi.org/10.1163/156853689x00036.
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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, Joel. “Paul at the Areopagus.” Biblical Theology Bulletin: Journal of Bible and Culture 18, no. 4 (November 1988): 143–48. https://doi.org/10.1177/014610798801800405.
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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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