Curriculum Vitae

Jason A. Staples
Department of Religious Studies
125 Saunders Hall, CB# 3225
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3225
Department Phone: (919) 962-5666
Department Fax: (919) 962-1567
Email: jasonastaples [at] gmail dot com

Education:

Ph.D. (in progress, 2007–Present)
Ancient Mediterranean Religions (Subfield: New Testament and Early Christianity)
Department of Religious Studies
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Doctoral Advisor: Bart D. Ehrman

M.A., Religions of Western Antiquity (concentrations: Early Judaism and Early Christianity)
Department of Religion, Florida State University, 2003–2007
Advisors: David B. Levenson and Eibert Tigchelaar

B.A. (cum laude), Religious Studies (Minors: Classics and Economics)
Florida State University, 2000–2004

Doctoral Exams:

NT/Early Christianity, Early Judaism, Graeco-Roman Religions and Culture, Early Jewish-Christian Relations (Exams to be taken spring, 2010)

Honors and Awards:

Jacob K. Javits Fellowship, 2008–2012

UNC Tanner Teaching Assistants Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, 2009

UNC Doctoral Merit Assistantship, 2007–2008

FSU College of Arts and Sciences Teaching Fellowship, 2004–2005

FSU Department of Religion Graduate Assistantship, 2004–2007

National Merit Scholarship, 2000–2004

Research and Publications:

“Did Plotinus Know Philo? The Concept of Time in Ennead III 7 and Philo’s Interpretation of Gen 1–3” (in progress)

“Saved by Works of Faith(fulness), Not by Works of Law” (in progress)

“They Feared the LORD and Served Their Own Gods: Godfearers in Early Judaism” (in progress)

“Gentiles Who Keep the Law: Paul’s Law-keeping Gospel” (in progress)

“Anticipating Israel’s Restoration: 4Q372 1 and Joseph’s Continuing Exile” (in progress)

“‘Added For the Sake of Transgressions’? Scribal Changes in Gal 3:19a” (forthcoming)

“What Do the Gentiles Have To Do With ‘All Israel’? A Fresh Look at Romans 11:25–27” Journal of Biblical Literature (in press)

“Greek Oratory and Rhetoric” and “Old Kingdom (Egypt),” in The Encyclopedia of World History, vol. 1. New York: Facts on File, 2007.

Academic Presentations:

“‘Lord, LORD’: The Divine Name in the Synoptics.” To be presented at SECSOR, Atlanta, GA, March 2010.

“Gentiles Who Keep the Law: Paul’s Law-Keeping Gospel.” Presented at SBL Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, November 23, 2009.

“Gentiles Who Keep the Law: Paul’s Law-Keeping Gospel.” Presented at SECSOR, Greensboro, NC, March 2009.

“Gentiles Who Keep the Law: Paul’s Law-Keeping Gospel.” Presented at the Florida State University Graduate Symposium, Tallahassee, FL, February 22, 2009.

“All Israel: What Do the Gentiles Have to Do With It? A Fresh Look at Romans 11:25–27.” Presented at the SBL Annual Meeting, Boston, November 22, 2008.

“Saved by Works of Faith, Not by Works of Law.” Presented at the Society for Pentecostal Studies and Wesleyan Theological Society Third Joint Meeting, Durham, NC, March 2008.

“The Return of the Northern Kingdom: Reexamining the Parable of the Prodigal Son.” Presented at the Florida State University Graduate Symposium, Tallahassee, FL, April 2006.

“All Israel: What Do the Gentiles Have to Do with It? A Fresh Look at Romans 11:25–27.” Presented at AAR/SBL Southeastern Regional Meeting, Atlanta, March 2006.

“Must Elijah Come First? An Analysis of Early Jewish Eschatological Traditions.” Presented at the Florida State University Graduate Symposium, Tallahassee, FL, April 2005.

Service:

University Teaching Awards Committee, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 2010.

Courses Taught:

Spring Semester, 2007
Introduction to the New Testament
Department of Religion, Florida State University

Spring Semester, 2007
Biblical Hebrew II
The Center for Biblical Studies, Tallahassee, FL

Fall Semester, 2006
Biblical Hebrew I
The Center for Biblical Studies, Tallahassee, FL

2005–2007
GRE Instructor and Tutor
Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions

Courses Assisted:

Spring Semester, 2007
Introduction to the New Testament (Bart Ehrman)
Department of Religious Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Fall Semester, 2006
Introduction to the Hebrew Bible (Bart Ehrman)
Department of Religious Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Fall Semester, 2006
Beginning Biblical Hebrew I (David Levenson)
Department of Religion, Florida State University

Spring Semester, 2006
Jerusalem: Conflict and Controversy from Antiquity to Present (David Levenson)
Department of Religion, Florida State University

Fall Semester, 2005
Business Ethics and Moral Leadership (John Kelsay and Robert Brymer)
Department of Religion/Business School, Florida State University

Spring Semester, 2005
Introduction to the Hebrew Bible (Scott Cason)
Department of Religion, Florida State University

Fall Semester, 2004
Religion and Existentialism (David Kangas)
Department of Religion, Florida State University

Academic Employment—Research:

Research Assistant for David B. Levenson, summer 2006

Proof-editor for Nicole Kelley, Problems of Knowledge and Religious Authority in the Pseudo-Clementines: Situating the Recognitions in Fourth-Century Syria. WUNT 2.213. Tübingen: Mohr Ziebeck, 2006. (Checked and edited primary and secondary source citations in Latin, Greek, French, and German; checked Latin and Greek translations; aided in preparing proofs; and prepared indices)

Research Assistant for John Kelsay, summer 2005

Other Academic Employment:

Hebrew Tutor, Florida State University Athletic Academic Support, 2006.

Languages:

Ancient: Greek (Classical and Koine), Hebrew (Biblical and Dead Sea Scrolls), Latin, Aramaic, Syriac, Coptic, Middle Egyptian (beginning)

Modern: Spanish (intermediate), German (reading), French (reading ), Modern Hebrew (beginning)

Professional Memberships:

Society of Biblical Literature, 2003–present