Angela Kim Harkins, M.A. (1997), Ph.D. (2003), Professor ordinaria, S.T.L. (2019)

Professor of New Testament / Professor Ordinaria

Boston College Clough School of Theology and Ministry

Professional Bio

Dr. Angela Kim Harkins, Professor Ordinaria of the New Testament, is a biblical scholar whose research in Second Temple Judaism and early Christianity focuses on prayer, apocalypse, and religious experience. Her scholarship examines ancient Jewish and Christian texts and traditions of prayer, visionary experience, and apocalyptic revelation. She is particularly interested in how religious experience is represented in ancient texts. She regularly teaches courses on the Gospels, Letter to the Hebrews, and Second Temple Judaisms.

Institution

Boston College Clough School of Theology and Ministry

Simboli Hall 9 Lake Street
Brighton, MA 2135
United States http://www.bc.edu/schools/stm.html

Full Member

Education:

University of Notre Dame 1997 M.A.

University of Notre Dame 2003 Ph.D.

Boston College School of Theology and Ministry 2019 S.T.L.

Awards:

1997-1998 Fulbright, Hebrew University, Jerusalem Israel

2014 Marie Curie International Incoming Fellowship

OT Books

Ezra, Nehemiah, Job, Psalms, Daniel

NT Books

Matthew, Mark, John, Hebrews, 1-2-3 John, Revelation

OT/NT Backgrounds #1

Hellenistic Period, NT Apocrypha/Pseudepigrapha, OT Apocrypha/Pseudepigrapha, Paleography, Qumran/ Dead Sea Scrolls, Roman period, Second Temple Studies

OT/NT Backgrounds #2

Israel History- Second Temple Period, Israel History- Hellenistic Judaism, Religion-Greco-Roman

OT Themes and Topics

Afterlife, Anthropology, Apocalyptic, Biblical translations (Ancient), Covenant, Creation, Death, Deuterocanonical Books, Eschatology, History of Scholarship, History of Interpretation (Patristic), Messianism, Prayer, Ritual (cult)

NT Topics

Apocalyptic, Death, Eschatology, God in the NT, History of scholarship, History of Interpretation -Patristic, Jewish-Christian relations, Judgment, Liturgy, Miracles, Prayer, Synoptic gospels, Spirituality

Hermeneutics

Authority of Scripture, Historical Criticism: Canonical (OT), Historical Criticism: Canonical (NT), Historical Criticism: Redaction (NT), Historical Criticism: Source (NT), Historical Criticism: Textual (OT), Modern Criticism: Feminist (OT), Modern Criticism: Psychological (NT), Modern Criticism: Psychological (OT), Modern Criticism: Rhetorical (OT), Modern Criticism: Rhetorical (NT), Modern Criticism: Socio-scientific (OT), Modern Criticism: Socio-scientific (NT), Senses of Scripture

Ancient Languages

Arabic, Aramaic (Middle), Aramaic (Eastern- Syriac), Coptic, Greek (LXX), Greek (NT), Hebrew

Modern Languages (for research and speaking)

French, German, Hebrew-Modern

Year Associate Member

1997

Year Full Member

2004

Studies

bibl. studies at Notre Dame, Indiana, 1995-97 (M.A.); at Hebrew Univ., Jerusalem, 1997-98 (Fulbright); Christianity & Judaism in Antiquity, 1997-2003 at Notre Dame, IN (Ph.D. 2003). Licentiate in Sacred Theology at Boston College School of Theology and Ministry (S.T.L., 2019).

Teaching

bibl. stud./Hebrew at Notre Dame, 2002-03; at Duquesne Univ. (asst. prof.), 2003-06; at Fairfield Univ., (assoc. prof.) 2006-2013; University of Birmingham (England) Marie Curie International Incoming Fellow 2014-2015; Boston College School of Theology and Ministry (Professor Ordinaria and assoc. prof., 2015-2023; full professor in 2023) 2015-.

Available formats for presentations

In-person, Virtual

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