Dr J Thomas Hewitt

Biography

I am currently Lecturer in Early Judaism and Christian Origins. Prior to this I was the Kirby Laing Research Fellow in New Testament.

External Memberships

• Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Biblical Literature (2022–)
• Co-chair, "Second Temple Judaism and the New Testament" Program Unit, British New Testament Society (2021–)

Research Overview

Interests

• early Judaism and associated literature
• Christian origins and New Testament 
• early scriptural interpretation
• early Jewish and Christian messianologies
• apocalyptic and mystical texts

Selected Forthcoming Publications

2023 – "Messiah." In Israel’s Scriptures in Early Christian Writings. Edited by Matthias Henze and David Lincicum. Eerdmans.

Selected Publications

2022 – "Πνεῦμα, Genealogical Descent, and Things That Do Not Exist according to Paul." New Testament Studies (open access)

2021 – "Review of Jewish Messiahs in a Christian Empire: A History of the Book of Zerubbabel, by Martha Himmelfarb." Review of Biblical Literature. 

2020 – Messiah and Scripture: Paul’s “In Christ” Idiom in Its Ancient Jewish Context. WUNT II 522. Mohr Siebeck.

2019 – "Ancient Messiah Discourse and Paul’s Expression ἄχρις οὗ ἔλθῃ τὸ σπέρμα in Galatians 3.19." New Testament Studies 65.3: 398–411.

2019 – "Review of John and Philosophy: A New Reading of the Fourth Gospel, by Troels Engberg-Pedersen." Reading Religion: A Publication of the American Academy of Religion. http://readingreligion.org/books/john-and-philosophy.

2016 – "Participationism and Messiah Christology in Paul." With Matthew V. Novenson. Pages 393–415 in God and the Faithfulness of Paul: A Critical Examination of the Pauline Theology of N. T. Wright. Edited by Christoph Heilig, J. Thomas Hewitt, and Michael Bird. WUNT II 413. Mohr Siebeck. Reprint, Fortress, 2017.

2016 – God and the Faithfulness of Paul: A Critical Examination of the Pauline Theology of N. T. Wright. Edited with Christoph Heilig and Michael Bird. WUNT II 413. Mohr Siebeck. Reprint, Fortress, 2017.

Current Research

I am currently working on appropriations of scriptural imagery and language in ancient apocalyptic and mystical texts.

Past Research

Previously, I have worked on scriptural interpretation and messianologies in early Jewish and Christian texts.

Teaching Responsibilities

Programme Coordinator, PhD Divinity
Programme Coordinator, MTh

Courses:

• Exploring the New Testament (Level 1/2)
• The Bible in Art, Literature, and Music (Level 1/2)
• God and Salvation in the Letters of Paul (Level 3/4)
• Isaiah and the New Testament (Level 5)
• Recent Developments in New Testament Studies (Level 5)

Reading Groups and Seminars:

• Biblical Studies Research Seminar (PG)
• New Testament Research Seminar (PG)
• New Testament Greek Reading Group (UG and PG)