Stephen L. Young. Brown University, Department of Religious Studies 59 George St, Providence, RI Cell (215)

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1 Stephen L. Young Brown University, Department of Religious Studies 59 George St, Providence, RI Cell (215) Academic Positions Education Lecturer in Development of Western Civilization Providence College, Teaching Assistant in Religious Studies, Classics, and Anthropology Brown University, Ph.D. Candidate Brown University Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean (Completion in Fall 2015) Dissertation: Paul the Mythmaker: Religious Experts and Reuse of Myths to Promote Cultic Options (Advisor: Stanley K. Stowers) Th.M. Westminster Theological Seminary Hebrew Bible (2008) Thesis: They Will Shine Like the Stars of Heaven: Early Jewish Angelic Resurrection and Exaltation of the Righteous Traditions in their Hellenistic Matrix M.A.R. Westminster Theological Seminary Biblical Studies (2007) B.A. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill History and English Lit. (2004) Research and Teaching Interests Publications New Testament and Early Christianity; Second Temple Judaism; Hebrew Bible; Textual Production and Sacred Books in the Ancient Mediterranean; Myths and Mythmaking in Religious Studies, Greco-Roman Discourses about Deities; American Evangelicalism; Gender and Religion; Theory and Methodology in Religious Studies; Religions of the World; Ancient Greek, Latin, and Hebrew Peer Reviewed Journal Articles Mythmaking Afterlife Experts and Early Christian Religiosity: Historicizing the Marcosian Redemption Ritual with the Bacchic Gold Tablets. Journal of Early Christian History (Accepted; Forthcoming in 2017) Maximizing Literacy as a Protective Strategy: Redescribing Evangelical Inerrantist Scholarship on Israelite Literacy. Biblical Interpretation 23 (2015): Paul s Ethnic Discourse on Faith : Christ s Faithfulness and Gentile Access to the Judean God in Rom 3:21-5:1. Harvard Theological Review 108 (2015): Protective Strategies and the Prestige of the Academic : A Religious Studies and Practice Theory Redescription of Evangelical Inerrantist Scholarship. Biblical Interpretation 23 (2015): I Will Set His Hand to the Sea : Psalm 88:26 (LXX) and Christology in Mark. With J.R. Daniel Kirk as coauthor. Journal of Biblical Literature 133 (2014): Romans and Paul s Christological Use of Hab 2.4 in Rom 1.17: An Underutilized Consideration in the Debate. Journal for the Study of the New Testament 34 (2012): Page 1 of 5

2 Essays and Entries in Edited Volumes The Rhetoric of Disinterest for Authorizing our Critical Position: Historicizing Critical-Theory in Religious Studies, in Theory in a Time of Excess: The Case of the Academic Study of Religion (ed. Aaron W. Hughes; Sheffield: Equinox Press, 2017). Contributor to the Routledge Dictionary of Ancient Mediterranean Religions (ed. Jennifer W. Knust; New York: Routledge, Forthcoming) Entries on 1 st Maccabees, Apostle, Bar Kokhba, Barnabas, Daniel, Hasmoneans, and Jerusalem Council. Contributor to Baker Illustrated Bible Dictionary (ed. Tremper Longman; Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Academic, 2013) Entries on Apostolic Fathers, Bar-Kochba, Caiaphas, Diaspora, Enoch, Epistle to Galatians, Gentiles, Gnosticism, Hasmoneans, Hellenism, Jannes and Jambres, Flavius Josephus, Judaism, Q. [By contract, entries were subject to un-seen modifications by the editor] Book Reviews Review of David Dungan, Constantine s Bible: Politics and the Making of the New Testament. Published in the Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism 5 (2008): Review of Martha Himmelfarb, A Kingdom of Priests: Ancestry and Merit in Ancient Judaism. Published in the Westminster Theological Journal 70 (2008): Teaching Experience Courses Taught The Bible, Creation, and Evolution Trinity College, Spring 2016 Introduction to the New Testament and Early Christian Literature Trinity College, Spring 2016 Introduction to the Bible (Honors Program) Trinity College, Fall 2015 Development of Western Civilization: Ancient Mediterranean Providence College, Fall 2014 Teaching Assistantships Christianity throughout History Brown University (Religious Studies), Spring 2012 Anthropology of Global Social Problems Brown University (Anthropology), Fall 2011 Greek Mythology Brown University (Classics), Spring 2011 Apocalyptic Imagination Brown University (Religious Studies), Fall 2010 Christianity throughout History Brown University (Religious Studies), Spring 2010 Introduction to the New Testament Brown University (Religious Studies), Fall 2009 Introduction to the New Testament Westminster Theological Seminary, Fall 2007, 2006, 2005 Guest Lecturer Introduction to the New Testament Eastern University, Spring 2012 Celluloid Jesus Brown University (Religious Studies), Spring 2012 Introduction to the New Testament St. Joseph s University, Spring 2008 Teaching Consultant at Brown University, Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning, Workshop Leader at Brown University, Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning, Trained by the Sheridan Center to lead the following workshops for first-time Teaching Assistants and Teachers: Teaching for the First Time, Creating an Interactive Classroom, and Grading Strategies. Led Teaching for the First Time at Brown University s New Teaching Assistant Orientation, Page 2 of 5

3 Academic Fellowships and Grants Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fellowship, , Brown Judaic Studies Student Research Grant, Brown University Dissertation Completion Fellowship, [Declined]. Brown University Summer Study Fellowship: 2011, 2010, Brown University Graduate Fellowship and Teaching Assistant Appointment, Brown University Conference Travel Grant, 2012, 2011, Pedagogical and Professional Development Sheridan Center for Teaching & Learning, Certificate 4 Teaching Consultant Program ( ). Sheridan Center for Teaching & Learning, Certificate 3 Teaching Philosophy and Professional Development Seminar ( ). Sheridan Center for Teaching & Learning, Certificate 1 Reflective Teaching Practice ( ). Conference Papers The Rhetoric of Disinterest for Authorizing our Critical Position: Historicizing Critical-Theory in Religious Studies. Invited response paper for the North American Association for the Study of Religion Theory in a Time of Excess series of panels at the Annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature/American Academy of Religion. To be read in November Is the Tent So Big that it Hides Ideology? Paper to be presented at the North American Association for the Study of Religion Metacriticism of Biblical Scholarship panel at the Annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature/American Academy of Religion. To be read in November Finding the Best Guide: The Competitive Landscape of Christ-Initiation for Successful Afterlife Navigation. Paper to be presented at the New England and Eastern Canada Regional Society of Biblical Literature Meeting. Ancient Christianity Group; April Muddying the Textual Waters by Digging for the Genius Author?: Socially Locating Paul s Textual Practices Involving Judean Sacred Books. Paper invited for a panel at the Eastern International Region Meeting of the American Academy of Religion. May [Under Consideration for Edited Volume] You Were Effeminate: Paul and the Masculinization of Gentiles in Christ. Paper presented at the Annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature. Pauline Epistles Group; November Judean Sacred Books in the Greco-Roman Mediterranean. Paper to be presented at the Annual meeting of the British New Testament Society Conference. Second Temple Judaism Seminar; September Paul and the Prophetic Writings: Mythmaking with Sacred Books about Christ and Gentiles. Paper presented at the Annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature. Pauline Epistles Group; November 19, I Am a Son from the Father : The Afterlife Services of Marcosian Christians and the Bacchic Gold Tablets. Paper presented at the New England Regional meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature. Early Christian Rituals and Rhetoric Session; April 27, A Judean Claims that Judeans are Under Sin?: Paul s Judean-Apocalyptic Logic and Rom 3:9. Paper presented at the Mid-Atlantic Regional meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature. Epistles: Gender and Ethnicity in Paul Section; March 15, Page 3 of 5

4 Paul as Bricoleur of Myth: A Ritual Expert who Markets his Services through Innovations upon Familiar Myths. Paper presented at the Annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature. Biblical Myth and Myth Theory Group; November 19, Having Been Righteoused EK PISTEWS: Christ s Faithfulness in Rom 5:1-2. Paper presented at the New England Regional meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature. Pauline Literature Group; April 29, How Do We Know that They Will Shine Like the Stars of Heaven?: Exegetical Reasons for a Common Early Jewish Eschatological Expectation. Paper presented at the Mid-Atlantic Regional meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature. Second Temple / Apocalyptic Literature Group; March 17, A Kind of Judean Specialist: Theorizing a Redescription of the Religiosity of James the Brother of Jesus. Paper presented at the Annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature. Redescribing Early Christianity Group; November, Professional Service Brown University Graduate Student Council, Executive Team Vice Treasurer (2013). Representative on Brown University Graduate Student Council ( ) Co-Chair of Brown University Religious Studies Graduate Student Conference, March Authenticity, Origins, and Authority in the Practice and Study of Religion. ( Successful Grant Applications to the New England Maritime American Academy of Religion (Conference Grant); and the Cogut Center for the Humanities. Participant in Mellon Graduate Workshop, (Re)Uniting Fractured Disciplines: Intellectual Coherence and Methodological Consistency in the Study of the Ancient Mediterranean and Beyond. Professional Organizations Languages Society of Biblical Literature / American Academy of Religion North American Association for the Study of Religion North American Patristics Society Ancient: Modern: Doctoral Exams Biblical Hebrew, Aramaic, Classical and Hellenistic Greek, Latin French, German New Testament with Focus on Hellenistic Philosophy Nag Hammadi and Gnosticism Judaism in the Hellenistic through early Roman Periods Cognitive-Science, Myth, and the Study of Religion Page 4 of 5

5 References Stanley K. Stowers Saul M. Olyan Professor of Religious Studies Professor of Judaic Studies Brown University, Campus Box 1927 Brown University, Campus Box 1826 Providence, RI Providence, RI (401) (401) Nicola Denzey Lewis Craig Martin Visiting Associate Professor of Religious Studies Associate Professor of Religious Studies Brown University, Campus Box 1927 St. Thomas Aquinas College, 125 Route 340 Providence, RI Sparkill, NY (401) (845) Karen Holland Associate Professor of History Providence College, Ruane Center 123 Providence, RI (401) Page 5 of 5