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Dr. Michael B. Cover向日葵视频

向日葵视频Hall, 312

MilwaukeeWI53201United States of America(414) 288-7648michael.cover@marquette.edu

Associate Professor

Theology Department (Judaism and Christianity in Antiquity)

Henri de Lubac Chair in Theology (2022-2025)

Professor Cover specializes in New Testament and early Judaism, particularly the Pauline letters, Philo of Alexandria, and their reception in early Christianity. His articles appear (or are forthcoming) in the Harvard Theological Review, the Journal of Biblical Literature, and the Studia Philonica Annual. His first book, (De Gruyter, 2015), examines Paul's biblical interpretation in the Corinthian Correspondence. Current research interests include the study of echoes of classical tragedy and comedy in the New Testament. He is also working on a book-length commentary on Philo of Alexandria's allegorical treatise, De mutatione nominum, for the Brill (PACS). Michael has been a and was awarded the 2017 . He is a priest in the Episcopal Church and a member of the current round of Anglican-Roman Catholic Ecumenical Dialogue in the United States (ARC-USA). His work is supported by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Fellow 2018-2019, WWU M眉nster).

Education

A.B. Harvard University (The Classics) 

M.St. University of Oxford (Greek Language and Literature) 

M.Div. Yale Divinity School 

Dipl. Anglican Studies, Berkeley Divinity School 

Ph.D. University of Notre Dame (Judaism and Christianity in Antiquity) 

Courses Taught

• Introduction to Theology
• Miracles
• Conversion
• Theology Engaging Culture: Letters from Prison
• Luke-Acts and Historiography
• The Fourth Gospel
• The Corinthian Correspondence
• The Works of Philo (Hellenistic Backgrounds of the NT)
• The Trial and Death of Socrates (Antecedents of the Christian Martyrdom Tradition)

Publications

• 鈥淛ewish Wisdom in the Contest of Hellenistic Philosophy and Culture: Pseudo-Phocylides and Philo of Alexandria.鈥� Pages 229鈥�247 in The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Wisdom Literature. Edited by Matthew Goff and Samuel Adams. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell, 2020.
• 鈥淭he Death of Tragedy: The Form of God in Euripides鈥檚 Bacchae and Paul鈥檚 Carmen Christi.鈥� Harvard Theological Review 111 (2018): 66鈥�89.
• 鈥淭he Divine Comedy at Corinth: Paul, Menander, and the Rhetoric of Resurrection.鈥� New Testament Studies 64 (2018): 532鈥�50.
• 鈥淎 New Fragment of Philo鈥檚 Quaestiones in Exodum in Origen鈥檚 Newly Discovered Homilies on the Psalms? A Preliminary Note.鈥� The Studia Philonica Annual 30 (2018): 15鈥�29.
• 鈥�Paulus als Yischmaelit? The Personification of Scripture as Interpretive Authority in Paul and the School of Rabbi Ishmael.鈥� Journal of Biblical Literature 135 (2016): 611鈥�631.

Additional Information

Office Hours - Fall 2024

• MTu 2:00-3:30