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Kavin Rowe

Kavin Rowe

George Washington Ivey Distinguished Professor of New Testament
Divinity School
kavin.rowe@duke.edu
Duke Box 90967, Durham, NC 27708-0967
Divinity School, Durham, NC 27708

Selected Publications

The art of retrieval: Stoicism?

Journal Article Journal of Religious Ethics · December 1, 2012 This essay argues that retrieving insights from the ancient Stoic philosophers for Christian ethics is much more difficult than is often assumed and, further, that the "ethics of retrieval" is itself something worth prolonged reflection. The central proble ... Full text Cite

The ecclesiology of Acts 1

Journal Article Interpretation United Kingdom · July 1, 2012 This article examines the ecclesiology of Acts by considering the political shape of Acts vis-à-vis the wider Roman world. The discussion of three scenes in Acts shows that there is a profound and productive tension at the heart of Acts' theological vision ... Full text Cite

God, Greek philosophy, and the Bible: a response to Matthew Levering

Journal Article Journal of Theological Interpretation · March 1, 2011 Link to item Cite

Reading world upside down: a response to Matthew Sleeman and John Barclay

Journal Article Journal for the Study of the New Testament · March 1, 2011 Link to item Cite

The grammar of life: The Areopagus speech and Pagan tradition

Journal Article New Testament Studies · January 1, 2011 This article explores the interconnection between intellection and life in ancient theology and philosophy by means of a reexamination of Paul's famous Areopagus discourse. Instead of reading the speech as an attempt at theological rapprochement, this essa ... Full text Cite

Acts 2.36 and the continuity of Lukan christology

Journal Article New Testament Studies · December 1, 2007 Acts 2.36 has caused problems for biblical interpreters both ancient and modern. This article examines the various readings and different hermeneutical strategies in the history of interpretation in order to situate the verse within its requisite interpret ... Full text Cite

What is a theological commentary?

Journal Article Pro Ecclesia · December 1, 2007 Link to item Cite

Literary unity and reception history: reading Luke-Acts as Luke and Acts

Journal Article Journal for the Study of the New Testament · June 1, 2007 Link to item Cite

History, hermeneutics and the unity of Luke-Acts

Journal Article Journal for the Study of the New Testament · December 1, 2005 Link to item Cite

Luke and the trinity: an essay in ecclesial biblical theology

Journal Article Scottish Journal of Theology · February 2003 Full text Cite

Biblical pressure and trinitarian hermeneutics

Journal Article Pro Ecclesia · June 1, 2002 Link to item Cite

Romans 10:13: what is the name of the Lord?

Journal Article Horizons in Biblical Theology · December 1, 2000 Link to item Cite