Sara Parks. Curriculum Vitae January Assistant Professor in New Testament Studies University of Nottingham

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1 Sara Parks Curriculum Vitae January 2019 Assistant Professor in New Testament Studies University of Nottingham CURRENT APPOINTMENT 2017 Assistant Professor in New Testament Studies University of Nottingham EDUCATION 2016 Ph.D. Early Judaism; minor, Historical Jesus McGill University, Faculty of Religious Studies Thesis: Spiritual Equals: Women in the Q Gender Pairs Supervisor: Dr. Gerbern Oegema 2005 M.A. New Testament and Christian Origins McGill University, Faculty of Religious Studies Thesis: The Role of Women in 1 and 2 Maccabees Supervisor: Dr. Gerbern Oegema 2000 B.A. English Literature and Biblical Studies (with distinction) Crandall University 1998 Foundation Diploma, Fine Arts Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University PREVIOUS TEACHING EXPERIENCE Adjunct Lecturer, Hebrew Bible, Concordia Department of Theological Studies Women s Bible Instructor, Leclerc Detention Centre Occasional Lecturer in Biblical Studies, Concordia University Dept. of Theological Studies Summer 2016 Co-Organiser for Experiential Learning Component of Pilgrim Bodies: Sacred Journeys course: Walking Pilgrimage from Old Montreal to Kahnawake First Nation, Concordia University Dept. of Theological Studies Page 1 of 9

2 Course Instructor and Designer, Reading Women in Greco-Roman Judaism and Christianity, Faculty of Religious Studies, McGill University Teaching Assistant (including lecturing, supervising, and assessing undergraduate students), Faculty of Religious Studies, McGill, for: The Christian Narrative through Art Introduction to Sikhism (2 years) Jesus of Nazareth Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (2 years) Religion of Ancient Israel Sexual Ethics (2 years) Women in the Christian Tradition. OTHER UNIVERSITY EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE Director, McGill Office of Religious and Spiritual Life Residence Life Manager (Hall Director), McGill Student Housing and Hospitality Services Office Assistant, Faculty of Religious Studies, McGill 2012 Buddhism Web Assistant, Faculty of Religious Studies, McGill Translator, Faculté de théologie et de sciences des religions, Université de Montréal Copy-editor and Indices, The Pseudepigrapha and Christian Origins: Essays from the Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas. Edited by Gerbern Oegema and James H. Charlesworth. T&T Clark International, Outreach Assistant, McGill Chaplaincy Services 2006 Assistant Coordinator, Colloquium on Religion and Health 2005 Copy-editor, Early Judaism and Modern Culture: Literature and Theology. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, Grant-Writer, (Successful) Funding Proposal for the creation of CREOR (McGill Centre for Research on Religion) Editor, Radix McGill Student Spirituality Magazine PUBLICATIONS Books 2020 Jewish and Christian Women in the Ancient Mediterranean. London: Routledge Press, 2019 (with Meredith Warren and Shayna Sheinfeld, contracted) Women in Q: Gender in the Rhetoric of Jesus. Maryland: Lexington/Fortress Academic (contracted and in press). Page 2 of 9

3 Journal Articles 2019 Historical-Critical Ministry? The Biblical Studies Classroom as Restorative Secular Space. New Blackfriars 100/1086 (2019): The Brooten Phenomenon : Moving Women from the Margins in Second-Temple and New Testament Scholarship. The Bible and Critical Theory (2018): Widening the Possibilities for Ancient Biblical Interpreters: 1 Maccabees and Scripture. Scriptura: Nouvelle Série 8/2: Interprétation et Textes Sacrés: L herméneutique Multiforme Des Grandes Religions (Fall 2007): Chapters in Edited Volumes 2020 Women in the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha, in The Oxford Handbook to the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha. Oxford University Press. Edited by G. Oegema (contracted and forthcoming) An Educated (Canadian) Imagination: the Great Code, Margaret Atwood, and the Creation of Canadian Identity, in Who Knows What We d Ever Make of It, if we Got our Hands on It? : Margaret Atwood and the Bible. Edited by Rhiannon Graybill and Peter Sabo. Piscataway: Gorgias, (contracted and forthcoming) Prayer and Meditation Spaces on Canadian Campuses: Status, Challenges, and Recommendations, in Spirituality and Religious Pluralism on Canadian Campuses. Toronto: Canadian Association of College and University Student Services (with Kate Johnson, contracted and in press). Encyclopaedia Entries 2017 The Bible in the Work of J. K. Rowling, in The Bible and Fiction. Oxford Biblical Studies Online Greek Apocalypse of Ezra, in Routledge Dictionary of Ancient Mediterranean Religions. Edited by Michael Satlow. New York and London: Routledge, Hasidim, in Routledge Dictionary of Ancient Mediterranean Religions. Edited by Michael Satlow. New York and London: Routledge, Samaria, in Routledge Dictionary of Ancient Mediterranean Religions. Edited by Michael Satlow. New York and London: Routledge, Midwife, in Dictionary of the Bible and Western Culture. Edited by Mary Ann Beavis and Michael J. Gilmour. Waco: Baylor University Press, Volumes Edited and Translated 2019 Pilgrim Bodies: An Anatomy of Christian and Post-Christian Intentional Movement. Special Issue of the International Journal of Religious Tourism Page 3 of 9

4 and Pilgrimage 7/1. Issue editors: Sara Terreault, Matthew Anderson, and Sara Parks. (2019): n.p Odette Mainville, Les christophanies du Nouveau Testament. Historicité et théologie. Translated into English by Sara Parks. Montréal, Médiaspaul, The Changing Face of Judaism, Christianity, and Other Greco-Roman Religions. Gütersloher Verlagshaus. Edited by Ian H. Henderson and Gerbern S. Oegema with Sara Parks. Festschrift James H. Charlesworth. Gütersloh: Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Reviews 2011 Matthew Coomber, Re-Reading the Prophets Through Corporate Globalization, in Arc: The Journal of the Faculty of Religious Studies, McGill University, Richard Bauckham, Jesus and the Eyewitnesses, in Arc: The Journal of the Faculty of Religious Studies, McGill University, Popular publications 2018 (Video) Why Study Women in Q? Nottingham: University of Nottingham, 2018 (with Tom O Loughlin). youtu.be/tfgg3gljycg 2018 (Video) Why Study Q? Nottingham: University of Nottingham, 2018 (with Tom O Loughlin). youtu.be/nwaor7van Frequently Asked Questions: Protestant versus Catholic Bibles. Comme un Livre Ouvert: Haute Fidélité 127/1 (2009): FUNDED RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 2018 Teaching Relief Grant for Research Incentive, University of Nottingham 2012 Research Assistant, Faculty of Religious Studies, McGill Visual Reception History of the Apocrypha: Tobit and Sarah. Funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Principal Investigator: Dr. Gerbern Oegema Research Assistant, Faculty of Religious Studies, McGill Modern Relevance of Non-Canonical Early Jewish texts. Funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Principal Investigator: Dr. Gerbern Oegema. AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS 2018 Nominated for the Lord Dearing Award for Excellence in Teaching 2018 Writing Retreat Travel Award. Funded by the Rights and Justice Research Priority Area, University of Nottingham Saint Lazarus Award for Academic Merit, Hospitallers 2015 Spirituality and Sustainability Grant, Hay Foundation 2014 Travel Grant, Inspirit Foundation Page 4 of 9

5 2012 Research Travel Grant, McGill University 2011 Dean s Fellowship, McGill University 2010 Dean s Fellowship, McGill University 2007 Conference Travel Award, McGill University 2005 Research Grant, SSHRC (Principal Investigator, Dr. Gerbern Oegema) 2004 First prize, Graduate Essay Contest, Canadian Society for the Study of Religion INVITED LECTURES 2019 When a Hat Isn't a Hat: Continuing the Tradition of Hebrew Penis Euphemisms in a Hellenistic Anti-Hellenistic Text. Sheffield Institute for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies, Sheffield Nixing the Niche: Moving Women from the Margins in Second-Temple Jewish Scholarship. 10th Enoch Nangeroni Meeting: Gender & Second Temple Judaism, June 17-21, Rome How to Tame a Radical Rabbi: Lukan Discomfort with Jesus Rhetoric of Gender. Nottingham Biblical Seminar, February, Nottingham 2016 Was Jesus a Feminist? (Are Luke s Women Q s Women?) Sheffield Interdisciplinary Institute for Biblical Studies, October 10, Sheffield Q Sayings: A Case for Radical Gender Equality in the Earliest Stratum of the Jesus Movement. St. Ambrose Conference on Bible and Justice, May 30 June 2, Iowa 2007 Widening the Possibilities for Ancient Biblical Interpreters. Scriptura 8/2 Journal Launch, Université de Montréal The Role of Women in 1 & 2 Maccabees. Canadian Society for the Study of Religion Annual Meeting, May 28 May 31, University of Western Ontario. (Graduate Student Prizewinner Keynote) CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS 2018 SBL As A Masculine Space: Invited Panel. SBL Metacriticism Group. SBL Annual Meeting, November 2018, Denver The Quest for the Rhetorical Jesus: Innovation in the Gender Pairs of Q. SBL Annual Meeting, November 2018, Denver Paul s Corinthian Rhetoric and the Creation of the Gentiles. Canadian Society of Biblical Studies Annual Meeting, May 26 29, Toronto (with Matthew Anderson) What s at Stake in Feminist Responses to the Q Gender Pairs? Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, November 21 24, Atlanta Women in Q: Intellectual Equals but not Social Equals. American Academy of Religion Eastern International Regional Conference, May 1 2, McGill University, Montreal Pauline Gender Construction and the Augustan Reforms. The Once and Future World the 17 th annual Concordia Graduate Interdisciplinary Conference, March 1, Montreal. Page 5 of 9

6 2008 Ignoring Bernadette Brooten: Breaking Out of Subjectivity a Lost Cause for Second Temple Jewish Studies? Breaking Out of Subjectivity: Contemporary Challenges in the Study of Religion the Annual McGill- CREOR Graduate Students Conference, March 7, Montreal Harry Potter Canon Discourse and the Biblical Canons. Rethinking the Concept and Categories of Bible in Antiquity group, Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, San Diego, with Aaron Ricker Solus Lector: If We Can't Agree on Harry Potter, then How Can We Agree on the Bible? (The Reader as Ultimate Canonicity Criterion). Eastern Regional Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Quebec City. Part of a four-part panel on Thinking with Harry Potter about Hermeneutics and Biblical Interpretation Biblical Interpretation in 1 Maccabees. Eastern Regional Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Montreal. GUEST LECTURES 2017 Anti-Semitic Afterlives of New Testament Texts. Centre College, Kentucky (Skype) 2017 Mary Magdalene: Rumours versus Evidence, Centre College, Kentucky (Skype) 2016 Supersessionism and the Parting of the Ways, Centre College, Kentucky (Skype) 2016 Pelikan s Jesus as Prince of Peace and Teacher of Common Sense, Concordia University, Montreal The Synoptic Puzzle, Concordia University, Montreal The Gospel of Mark in Early Jewish Context, Concordia University, Montreal Historical Jesus Research Past and Present, Concordia University, Montreal The Parting of the Ways between Judaism and Christianity, McGill, Montreal The Changing Status of Roman Women in the Wake of Caesar Augustus, McGill, Montreal The Essenes and the Historical Jesus, McGill, Montreal The Literary Criticism of the Hebrew Bible: Northrop Frye and Robert Alter, McGill, Montreal. COMMUNITY TALKS 2018 Be More Mary and Less Gregory: Gender and Inclusion. Public Talk, All Saints with Holy Trinity Parish Church, Loughborough, UK Underdogs of the Hebrew Bible, Apocrypha, and New Testament. Public Talk, Good Shepherd Senior s Residence, March 14, St. Lambert, Quebec There s Just Something about Mary Magdalene. Public Talk, St. Veronica s Catholic Parish, St. Lambert, February 1, Dorval, Quebec. Page 6 of 9

7 2017 Who were the Gnostics? Public Talk, Good Shepherd Senior s Residence, January 10, St. Lambert, Quebec Midwives and the Christmas Story: Sages-Femmes et l histoire de noel. Public Talk, Good Shepherd Senior s Residence, December 6, St. Lambert, Quebec Are Luke s Women Jesus Women? Public Talk, Good Shepherd Senior s Residence, October 5, St. Lambert, Quebec Women in the Early Church: Mary Magdalene. Public Talk, Good Shepherd Senior s Residence, June 14, St. Lambert, Quebec The Parting of the Ways Between Judaism and Christianity. Public Talk, Good Shepherd Senior s Residence, May 17, St. Lambert, Quebec The Reception History of Tobit in Renaissance Art: Initial Findings. McGill Public Lecture Series, The Reception History of the Apocrypha in Renaissance Art, November, Montreal, Quebec. SERVICE TO PROFESSION 2018 present Member, Q Steering Committee, Society of Biblical Literature 2017 Co-organiser The Reformation and the City Conference. Montreal, McGill and Concordia Universities 2005 present Peer-reviewer for Scriptura: Nouvelle Série, Université de Montreal s bilingual graduate student journal of theology and biblical studies 2006 Volunteer, World s Religions after September 11th Global Congress, Montreal, Palais des Congrès 2004 Volunteer, Eastern International Regional Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Montreal 2003 Assistant organiser and on-site facilitator, International Conference on The Changing Face of Judaism, Christianity, and other Greco-Roman Religions in Antiquity, Faculty of Religious Studies, McGill SERVICE TO UNIVERSITY 2018 present 2018 present 2018 present Admissions Tutor, Dept. of Theology and Religious Studies, Nottingham Peer Mentorship Coordinator, Dept. of Theology and Religious Studies, Nottingham Chair, Biblical Seminar, Dept. of Theology and Religious Studies, Nottingham Departmental Library Liaison, Dept. of Theology and Religious Studies, Nottingham Wellness Task Force, Student Life and Learning, McGill Vision 20/20 Sustainability Consultant, Office of Sustainability, McGill 2015 present Founding Member, Spirituality and Religious Pluralism Community of Practice (within CACUSS, the Canadian Association of College and University Student Services) Student Services Communications Committee 2011 present Academic Writing Group, Co-founder and leader Dean s Advisory Committee, McGill University Page 7 of 9

8 Governing board of the McGill Centre for Research on Religion (CREOR) Conference Organizing Committee, first annual Religious Studies Grad Student Society (RSGS) Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference: Subjectivities Member-at-large, Religious Studies Grad Student Society (RSGS) Faculty Review Group, McGill Faculty of Religious Studies Faculty Council, McGill Faculty of Religious Studies Co-organizer, Graduate Professional Development Conference, McGill Faculty of Religious Studies Co-president, Religious Studies Graduate Society (RSGS) Co-founder, FRS Language Lab (weekly translation workgroup) Founder of the annual McGill Religious Studies Graduate Grant-writing Workshop ( SSHRC-shop ) Assistant organiser and on-site facilitator, Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Religion and Health for the McGill Centre for Research on Religion (CREOR) Graduate Policies and Procedures Committee, McGill Faculty of Religious Studies Co-founder, Biblical Studies Women s Association (regular discussion group for McGill women graduate students in the Biblical Area) SERVICE TO COMMUNITY 2015 present 2014 present 2012 present 2010 present Interfaith Consultant, Walking School Bus literacy non-profit, international Board of Governors (Treasurer), Enpuku-Ji Zen Centre, Montreal Board of Governors (Secretary), Cause 4 Paws Rescue and Advocacy, Montreal Founder/Director, Moncton Treekeepers/Sentinelles des Arbres de Moncton LANGUAGES Modern: English French Ancient Working Knowledge: Koine Greek Biblical Hebrew PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS American Academy of Religion (AAR) British New Testament Society (BNTS) Canadian Society for the Study of Religion (CSSR) Canadian Society of Biblical Studies (CSBS) Enoch Seminar McGill Centre for Research on Religion (CREOR), founding member Montreal Biblical Studies Colloquium (MBSC) Page 8 of 9

9 Sheffield Institute for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies (SIIBS) Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) Spirituality and Religious Pluralism Community of Practice (SRPCoP), founding member Page 9 of 9