Dr Andrew Clarke

Dr Andrew Clarke The University of Aberdeen School of Divinity, History & Philosophy Senior Lecturer work +44 (0)1224 272389 pref a.d.clarke@abdn.ac.uk pref Divinity and Religious Studies King’s College University of Aberdeen ABERDEEN AB24 3DS

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Biography

Before moving to Aberdeen in 1995, I was the Research Librarian at Tyndale House Biblical Studies Research Library in Cambridge during that particularly interesting early phase of development in academic libraries when the benefits of locally-networked computers, CD ROM and online databases, and the internet were being explored and exploited for academic research. I am currently the Chairman of the Tyndale House Council.

In recent years I have supervised to completion research dissertations in the following areas: Paul’s use of co-authors in his letters; ‘New Creation’ in the Pauline corpus; Paul’s relationship to the OT Prophetic tradition; Spirit and Judgment in Luke-Acts; Aurality in Mark’s Gospel; Paul’s use of Scripture in Philippians; Perspectives on healing held by Mark, Luke and Paul; Paul’s use of metaphors for church in 1 Corinthians; Luke’s use of speeches by non-Christians in Acts; Luke’s use of the phrase ‘not my will but thine be done’; Paul’s use of phroneo in Romans and Philippians; submission within the godhead and the church in Philippians; reactions to the Roman persona in Paul, Epictetus and Valerius Maximus; Paul’s dependence on the Sermon on the Mount for his teaching about wealth/poverty; the David motif in the New Testament.

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Research Interests

My research has focused especially on the Pauline communities and the ways in which these communities differed from each other in regard to how leadership was exercised. In particular, I have sought to compare styles of leadership within each of these communities with those that were widely adopted in the dominant Greek or Roman surrounding contexts. Most recently, I have sought to distil from the Pauline texts those generic characteristics of leadership that Paul espoused – a kind of systematic theology of church leadership. In this, I was particularly interested in recent hermeneutical debates, which have been probing what agendas may have influenced Paul when he addressed issues of church leadership and what influences us in our interpretation of his statements about church leadership.

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Current Research

I am writing a commentary on 1 Corinthians for the Word Biblical Commentary series; and also exploring the nature and characteristics of the early Christian communities.

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Publications

Contributions to Journals

Articles

• Clarke, AD. (2009). '"Do not Judge who is Worthy and Unworthy": Clement's Warning not to Speculate about the Rich Young Man's Response (Mark 10.17-31)'. Journal for the Study of the New Testament, vol 31, no. 4, pp. 447-468.
  [Online] DOI: 10.1177/0142064X09104960
  [Online] AURA: Clarke_Do_not_judge_who_is_worthy_and_unworthy.doc

Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings

Chapters

• Clarke, AD. (2011). 'Membership and the idiotes in the Early Corinthian Community'. J Laansma, G Osborne & R Van Neste (eds), in: New Testament Theology in Light of the Church's Mission. Wipf and Stock, Eugene, pp. 197-211.
• Clarke, AD. (2004). 'Equality or Mutuality?: Paul's Use of 'Brother' Language'. P Williams, AD Clarke, P Head & D Instone-Brewer (eds), in: The New Testament in its First Century Setting: Essays on Context and Background in honour of B.W. Winter on his 65th Birthday. Wm. B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., Grand Rapids, MI, USA, pp. 151-164.
• Clarke, AD. (2002). 'Jew and Greek, Slave and Free, Male and Female: Paul's Theology of Ethnic, Social and Gender Inclusiveness in Romans 16'. P Oakes (ed.), in: Rome in the Bible and the Early Church. Paternoster Press, Carlisle, United Kingdom, pp. 103-125.

Books and Reports

Books

• Clarke, AD. (2008). 'A Pauline Theology of Church Leadership'. Library of New Testament Studies, T. & T. Clark, London, United Kingdom.
• Williams, PJ., Clarke, AD., Head, PM. & Instone-Brewer, D. (eds) (2004). 'The New Testament in Its First Century Setting: Essays on Context and Background in Honour of B.W. Winter on His 65th Birthday'. Wm. B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., Grand Rapids, MI, USA.

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