Stephen Ahearne-Kroll
Associate Professor of New Testament
740-362-3368
sahearne-kroll@mtso.edu
Gault Hall 237
Curriculum vitae
Education
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 2005
M.Div., Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley, 1996
B.S., University of Massachusetts, 1990
Areas of expertise
Gospels, especially the Gospel of Mark and how it uses previous cultural traditions in creative ways to express the significance of Jesus; the meaning of religious activity in Greco-Roman culture; identity formation of early Christian groups in relationship to other Greco-Roman groups, including other Jewish groups; the use of the Hebrew Bible and Septuagint in the New Testament.
Selected published works
Women and Gender in Ancient Religions: Interdisciplinary Approaches (edited with Paul A. Holloway and James A. Kelhoffer). Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungenzum Neuen Testament 263. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2010.
The Psalms of Lament in Mark’s Passion: Jesus’ Davidic Suffering. Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series 142. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007.
“Audience Inclusion and Exclusion as Rhetorical Technique in the Gospel of Mark.” Journal of Biblical Literature129 (4, 2010): 714-33.
“Challenging the Divine: LXX Psalm 21 in the Passion Narrative of the Gospel of Mark.” Pages 119-148 in Tom Shepherd and Geert van Oyen, eds., Mark’s Trial and Crucifixion of Jesus. Leuven: Peeters Publishing, 2006.
“‘Who Are My Mother and My Brothers?’ Family Relations and Family Language in the Gospel of Mark.” Journal of Religion 81 (2001): 1-25.
Conferences organized
Women in the Religious and Intellectual Activity of the Ancient Mediterranean World: An Interdisciplinary and International Conference in Honor of Adela Yarbro Collins
March 15-17, 2009, Methodist Theological School in Ohio and Ohio State University. Speakers: 19 (keynote speaker: Loveday Alexander, Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies, University of Sheffield), respondents: 18. Co-sponsors: Yale University Divinity School, The Center for the Study of Religion at OSU, The Department of Greek and Latin at OSU, and Methodist Theological School in Ohio.
New Directions for a New Nuclear Age: Church Influence and Public Policy
Nov. 20, 2008, Methodist Theological School in Ohio. Speakers: John Ahearne, Director of the Atomic Energy Commission for the Carter administration; John Langan, S.J., Cardinal Bernardin Chair of Catholic Social Thought, Georgetown University; Rev. Barbara G. Green, Executive Director, Churches’ Center for Theology and Public Policy, Washington, D.C.; Rev. Tyler Wigg-Stevenson, Director, Two Futures Project and Policy Director for Faithful Security.
Sites of interest
Book: The Psalms of Lament in Mark’s Passion
Society of Biblical Literature
Society for Ancient Mediterranean Religions
Center for the Study of Religion
Syllabi
NT 110: Introduction to the New Testament
