JASON A. STAPLES NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY Department of Philosophy and Religion jstaple@ncsu.edu 340 Withers Hall, CB #8103 http://www.jasonstaples.com Raleigh, NC 27695-8103 Tel: (919) 515 6334 (Or by Owl Post) Updated 8/26/17 EDUCATION: Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Religious Studies, 2016 Field: Ancient Mediterranean Religions Dissertation: Reconstructing Israel: Restoration Eschatology in Early Judaism and Paul s Gentile Mission Committee: Bart Ehrman (chair), David Lambert, Zlatko Pleše, J. Ross Wagner, Anathea Portier-Young M.A. Florida State University, Department of Religion, 2007 Field: Religions of Western Antiquity (Early Judaism & Early Christianity) Advisors: David B. Levenson and Eibert J.C. Tigchelaar B.A. Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL), 2004 Major in Religion (Minors: Classics and Economics) ACADEMIC POSITIONS/COURSES TAUGHT Teaching Assistant Professor, North Carolina State University, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, 2017 2018 Introduction to the Old Testament, 2017 (fall, cap of 48) Lecturer, Duke Divinity School, 2017 English Exegesis: The Gospel of Mark (spring, cap of 21) Lecturer, North Carolina State University, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, 2016 2017 Introduction to the Old Testament, 2016 (fall, two sections capped at 43) Introduction to the New Testament, 2016 (fall, cap of 48) Introduction to the Old Testament, 2017 (spring, cap of 48) Introduction to the New Testament, 2017 (spring, cap of 48) The Life and Letters of the Apostle Paul, 2017 (spring, cap of 38) Instructor/Teaching Fellow, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Religious Studies, 2010 2013, 2016 Introduction to the History of Christian Traditions, 2016 (fall, online) Introduction to the Hebrew Bible, 2013 (fall, online) Jesus in Myth, Tradition, and History, 2013 (spring, two sections) Christian-Jewish Relations Through the Ages, 2012 (fall) Introduction to the Hebrew Bible, 2012 (summer, online) Advanced New Testament Greek, 2012 (spring) Exploring the Dead Sea Scrolls, 2011 (fall) Introduction to New Testament Literature, 2011 (summer) Jesus in Myth, Tradition, and History, 2010 (fall)
Jason A. Staples, CV 8/26/17, p. 2 Instructor of Sociology, Duke University, Department of Sociology, 2015 Sport and Society, 2015 (fall, cap of 40) Visiting Instructor of Religion, Wake Forest University, Department of Religion, 2013 2014 Jewish-Christian Relations and the New Testament, 2014 (spring) Introduction to the Bible, 2014 (spring, two sections) Visions of the End: Jewish and Christian Apocalyptic, 2013 (fall) Introduction to the Bible, 2013 (fall, two sections) Teaching Fellow, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Religious Studies, 2010 2013 Historical Sociology of Christianity, 2013 (spring, cap of 120) Teaching Fellow, Florida State University, Department of Religion, 2007 Introduction to the New Testament, 2007 (spring) Instructor, The Center for Biblical Studies (accredited through Trinity School for Ministry), Tallahassee, FL, 2006 2007 Biblical Hebrew II, 2007 (spring) Biblical Hebrew I, 2006 (fall) PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES: Teaching Grace with The Godfather (under review) Lord LORD : Jesus as YHWH in Matthew and Luke, New Testament Studies (forthcoming 2018) Altered Because of Transgressions? The Law of Deeds in Gal 3:19a, Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft, 106 no. 1 (2015): 126 35. What Do the Gentiles Have to Do with All Israel? A Fresh Look at Romans 11:25 27, Journal of Biblical Literature 130 no. 2 (2011): 371 90. OTHER ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS: Review, J. R. L. Moxon, Peter s Halakhic Nightmare: Acts 10 11:18 in Jewish and Greco- Roman Perspective, Reviews of the Enoch Seminar (forthcoming). Review: A. Chadwick Thornhill, The Chosen People: Election, Paul and Second Temple Judaism, Studies in Jewish-Christian Relations 12 no. 1 (2017): 1 3. Review: Ben C. Blackwell, John K. Goodrich, and Jason Maston, eds., Reading Romans in Context: Paul and Second Temple Judaism, Journal of Theological Studies 67 no. 2 (2016): 736 37.
Jason A. Staples, CV 8/26/17, p. 3 Instructor s Manual, PowerPoint slides, test questions, and web tools to accompany Bart Ehrman, The Bible: A Historical and Literary Introduction, 1 st Ed. (Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2014) and 2 nd Ed. (OUP, 2017). Instructor s Manual, PowerPoint slides, test questions, and web tools to accompany Bart Ehrman, A Brief Introduction to the New Testament, 3 rd Ed. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012) and 4 th Ed. (OUP, 2016). Instructor s Manual, PowerPoint slides, test questions, and web tools to accompany Bart Ehrman, The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings, 5 th Ed. (Oxford, Oxford University Press: 2011) and 6 th Ed. (OUP, 2015) Review of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (film). Journal of Religion and Film 15.1 (2011). Shadowlands, Myth, and the Creation of Meaning in Inception, Journal of Religion and Film 14.1 (2010). Greek Oratory and Rhetoric in The Encyclopedia of World History, Vol. 1 ( Ancient World, 8000 B.C.E. to 600 C.E ), (New York: Facts on File, 2008), 173 75. Old Kingdom (Egypt), in The Encyclopedia of World History, Vol. 1 ( Ancient World, 8000 B.C.E. to 600 C.E ), (New York: Facts on File, 2008), 316 17. CURRENT ARTICLES IN PROGRESS: Amended for Destruction : Paul s Appeal to Divine Pathos in Rom 9:22 Rise, Kill, and Eat : Gentiles as Animals in Early Judaism and Acts 10 Joseph s Exile and Restoration in 4Q372 1 They feared YHWH and served their gods : God-fearers in Early Judaism and Christianity Circumcision: Added Because of Abraham s Transgression Forgive as God Forgives: Seventy Times Seven and Daniel s Seventy Weeks as the Model for Human Forgiveness Re-Mythologizing Philo: Plotinus Appropriation of Philo on Genesis in Ennead III 7 The Lying Pen of the Scribe : Introducing Textual Criticism to Suspicious Undergraduates LANGUAGES: Ancient: Classical and Koine Greek, Classical Hebrew, Latin, Biblical Aramaic, Syriac, Coptic, Middle Egyptian (beginning) Modern: Spanish (intermediate), German (reading), French (reading), Hebrew (beginning)
Jason A. Staples, CV 8/26/17, p. 4 FELLOWSHIPS, HONORS, AND AWARDS: Thomas S. and Helen Borda Royster and Snowden and Elspeth Merck Henry Dissertation Fellowship, UNC Royster Society of Fellows, 2013 14 ($20,000 + $1,000 travel; Deferred to 2014 15) Jacob K. Javits Fellowship, U.S. Department of Education, 2008 2012 ($30,000/year) Bernard Boyd Memorial Award for Undergraduate Instruction, 2012 13 ($15,000 + benefits) UNC Future Faculty Fellowship Program, 2012 ($450 + materials) Robert Miller Graduate Student Excellence Travel Award, 2011 ($500) Tanner Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, UNC-Chapel Hill, 2009 ($5,000) UNC Doctoral Merit Assistantship, 2007 2008 ($16,000/year) Ph.D. Preliminary exams awarded Honors, UNC-Chapel Hill, 2010 M.A. Field Exam in Early Christianity awarded Honors, UNC-Chapel Hill, 2008 FSU College of Arts and Sciences Teaching Fellowship, 2004 2005 ($8,500/year) FSU Department of Religion Graduate Assistantship, 2004 2007 (~$7,000/year) National Merit Scholarship, 2000 2004 ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS: Seventy Times Seven : Daniel s Seventy Sevens as the Model for Human Forgiveness. To be presented in the Synoptic Gospels Section of the SBL/AAR Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, November 2017. Amended for Destruction : Paul s Appeal to Divine Pathos in Rom 9:22. Presented at SECSOR, Raleigh, NC, March 3, 2017. Who Then Is Israel? Understanding Paul s Restoration Eschatological Hopes. Presented in the Paul and Judaism program unit of the SBL/AAR Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, November 2015. Teaching Paul with The Godfather. Presented in the Academic Teaching and Biblical Studies program unit of the SBL/AAR Annual Meeting, San Diego, November 2014. Re-Mythologizing Philo: Plotinus Appropriation of Philo on Genesis in Ennead III 7. Presented at SECSOR, Greenville, SC, March 2013.
Jason A. Staples, CV 8/26/17, p. 5 Rise, Kill, and Eat : Gentiles as Animals in Early Judaism and Acts 10. Presented in the Book of Acts Section of the SBL/AAR Annual Meeting, Chicago, November, 18, 2012. Rise, Kill, and Eat : Gentiles as Animals in Apocalyptic Judaism and Acts 10. Presented at SECSOR, Atlanta, GA, March 2, 2012. The Lying Pen of the Scribe : Introducing Textual Criticism to Suspicious Undergraduates. Presented at the Teaching Biblical Literature in an Undergraduate Liberal Arts Context Section of the SBL Annual Meeting, San Francisco, November, 2011. They feared YHWH and served their gods : God-fearers in Early Judaism and Christianity. Presented at the Christianity in Antiquity Colloquium, Durham, NC, September 2011. Ephraim s Return: Reexamining the Parable of the Prodigal Son. Presented at SECSOR, Louisville, KY, March 5, 2011. Lord, LORD : Jesus Use of the Divine Name in the Synoptics. Presented in the Synoptic Gospels Section of the SBL Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, November, 22, 2010. Lord, LORD : Jesus Use of the Divine Name in the Synoptics. Presented at SECSOR, Atlanta, GA, March 6, 2010. Gentiles Who Do the Law: Paul s Law-Observant Gospel. Presented in the Pauline Epistles Section of the SBL Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, November 23, 2009. Gentiles Who Do the Law: Paul s Law-Observant Gospel. Presented at SECSOR, Greensboro, NC, March 2009. Gentiles Who Do the Law: Paul s Law-Observant 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 in the Pauline Epistles Section of 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.
Jason A. Staples, CV 8/26/17, p. 6 Must Elijah Come First? An Analysis of Early Jewish Eschatological Traditions. Presented at the Florida State University Graduate Symposium, Tallahassee, FL, April 2005. GUEST LECTURES/PANEL DISCUSSIONS: Christian Interpretations of the Binding of Isaac, First Baptist Church of Raleigh, March 15, 2017. Lecture on Ancient Egypt, East Lee Middle School, Sanford, NC, November 15, 2016. Panelist for the world premiere of the National Geographic Channel s The Story of God with Morgan Freeman (with Jodi Magness, Carl Ernst, Brendan Thornton, Lauren Leve, and executive producer James Younger), Chapel Hill, NC, March 23, 2016. Treasure in Jars of Clay: Meditations on the Foundations of the Faith UNC Graduate InterVarsity, October 24, 2014. Pauline Ethics, Department of Religious Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, March 28, 2012. The Historicity of Acts (mock debate with Bart Ehrman), Department of Religious Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Feb 13, 2012. Judged According to What? UNC Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Jan 30, 2012. The World of the New Testament, Department of Religious Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Jan 18, 2012. The Good News of Transformation, UNC Fellowship of Christian Athletes, April 4, 2011. What is Religion? Department of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Jan 25, 2010. The Divided Kingdom and Early Prophecy, Department of Religion, Florida State University, Feb 19, 2007. SERVICE: Steering Committee, Judaism and Hellenism SBL section, SECSOR, 2011 2013 Convener, Christianity in Antiquity Colloquium (joint UNC-Duke-NC State), 2009, 2011 12 University Teaching Awards Committee, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 2010 OTHER POPULAR PUBLICATIONS AND APPEARANCES: UNC Sports Columnist, The Wilson Times, 2017 present. Football Analyst/Digital Media for InsideCarolina.com (CBS affiliate), 2013 present
Jason A. Staples, CV 8/26/17, p. 7 Unconquered Podcast on Seminole Sports Radio (vsporto), 2015 present. Co-host, Books of Titans Podcast, 2017 present Numerous appearances on national and local sports radio, 2014 2017 Staff Writer/Digital Media, NoleDigest.com (Scout.com), 2015 2016 Lead Writer/Editor/Digital Media Specialist, NoleDigest.com (Scout.com), 2013 2015 Staff Writer and Digital Media Specialist for NoleDigest.com (Scout.com), 2007 2013 Guest appearance/interview, The Reservation Vol. 1, Episode XVI, 12/1/11. OTHER EMPLOYMENT: Wide Receivers/Special Teams/Strength and Conditioning Coach, Durham Jordan High School, 2017 Quarterbacks Coach, Southern Durham High School, 2016. Private Quarterbacks/Passing Game Coach, 2016 present Performance Elite Football Training Camps, Quarterbacks Coach, 2016 2017 Teacher Observer/Trainer, Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions, 2007 GRE Instructor and Tutor, Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions, 2005 2007 Hebrew Tutor, Florida State University Athletic Academic Support, 2006 PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND CERTIFICATIONS: Society of Biblical Literature (2003 present) American Academy of Religion Football Writers Association of America National Strength Coaches Association CrossFit Level 1 Trainer REFERENCES: Bart D. Ehrman James A. Gray Distinguished Professor University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (919) 962 3940 behrman@email.unc.edu Zlatko Pleše
Jason A. Staples, CV 8/26/17, p. 8 Associate Professor University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (919) 962 3936 plese@email.unc.edu Jodi Magness Kenan Distinguished Professor University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (919) 962 3928 magness@email.unc.edu J. Ross Wagner Associate Professor Duke Divinity School (919) 660-3480 ross.wagner@duke.edu David B. Levenson Associate Professor Distinguished Teaching Professor Florida State University (850) 212 5099 dlevenson@fsu.edu