Curriculum Vitae
R. Steven Notley, Ph.D.
EDUCATION
1983-93
1977-1979
1973-1979
Ph.D. in History of Religions at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem,
concentrating in Ancient Judaism and Christian Origins.
Graduate studies at Oral Roberts University. Masters of Arts Degree in
Theology with a concentration in Biblical Literature (Old and New
Testaments). Honors.
Undergraduate studies at Oral Roberts University. Bachelor of Arts
Degree in Greek New Testament.
PROFESSIONAL
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Professor of Biblical Studies, Nyack College, NYC
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Member of the Society of Biblical Literature
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Member of the Jerusalem School of Synoptic Research
2006-2007
Contributor, “Virtual Dig of Jerusalem,” Center for Online Judaiac
Studies: www.cojs.org.
1996-2001
Chair, Department of New Testament Backgrounds and Associate
Professor in New Testament and Early Christianity, Jerusalem University
College, Jerusalem.
1993-1996
Visiting Lecturer in Religious Education at King's College, University of
London and Research Scholar at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem.
1991-1993
Instructor in Religious Studies and Biblical Languages,
Tulsa Community College.
1986-1987
Lecturer in Judaism and Christianity at Bethlehem University.
1986-1991
Founding Director of Shoresh Study Programme, Christ Church,
Jerusalem (Anglican).
SELECTED CONFERENCES-SPECIAL LECTURES
AUGUST 2009
“Abel, Jesus and the Son of Man.” The Alexander Men
Conference.” Nyack College NYC, NY.
JULY 2009
“The Sea of Galilee: Development of a Christian Toponym.”
International Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, Rome,
Italy.
MARCH 2009
“The Son of Man Must Suffer.” Regional Conference of the
Evangelical Theological Society, Nyack, NY.
NOVEMBER 2008
“Non-Septuagintal Hebraisms in the Third Gospel.” Annual
Conference of the Society of Biblical Literature, Boston, MA.
APRIL 2008
“The Sage from Galilee: Rediscovering Jesus’ Genius.” 2008
Chandler Annual Lecture. Salvation Army School for Officer
Training. Suffern, New York.
MARCH 2008
“Herodian Jerusalem: Reshaping the Holy City.” Gallery Lecture
for the Yeshiva University Museum.
NOVEMBER 2007
“The Myth of the Essene Quarter.” Annual Conference of the
Society of Biblical Literature, San Diego, CA.
NOVEMBER 2006
“Jesus’ Jewish Hermeneutical Method in the Nazareth
Synagogue.” Annual Conference of the Society of Biblical
Literature, Washington D.C.
NOVEMBER 2006
“Was Galilee No Longer Jewish in the Days of Judah
Aristobulus?” Annual Conference of the Society of Biblical
Literature, Washington D.C.
NOVEMBER 2005
“The Sea of Galilee: Development of an Early Christian
Toponym.” Annual Conference of the Society of Biblical
Literature, Philadelphia.
NOVEMBER 2005
“Anachronistic Toponyms as Historical Markers in the
Development of the Gospel Tradition.” Annual Conference of the
Society of Biblical Literature, Philadelphia.
NOVEMBER 2003
“Historical and Geographical Evidence for the Site Identification
of Bethsaida,” Annual Conference of the Society of Biblical
Literature, Atlanta.
NOVEMBER 2003
“Abel the Righteous,” Annual Conference of the Society of
Biblical Literature, Atlanta.
NOVEMBER 2003
“Historical and Geographical Evidence for the Site Identification
of Bethsaida,” Annual Meeting of the American School of
Oriental Research, Atlanta.
MARCH 2002
“First Century Jewish Use of Scripture: The Evidence from Luke
4,” 2002 Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting of the Society of Biblical
Literature, Baltimore.
NOVEMBER 2001
“Abel, Jesus and the Son of Man.” Annual Conference of the
Society of Biblical Liberature, Tornto.
DECEMBER 2000
“Learn the Lesson of the Fig Tree (Luke 21:28-30).” Public Lecture
to the Biblical Departments Seminar of the Toronto School of
Theology.
NOVEMBER 2000
“The Eschatological Thinking of the Dead Sea Sect and the Order
of Blessings in the Christian Eucharist.”
Annual Conference of the Society of Biblical Literature, Nashville.
SEPTEMBER 2000
“Jesus as a Teacher of the Law.” Public lecture at Wycliffe
College, University of Toronto.
AUGUST 2000
“Historical and Geographical Evidence for the Site Identification
of Bethsaida.” Jesus and Archaeology 2000 Conference, Jerusalem.
APRIL 2000
“Abel, Jesus and an Ancient Jewish Theologeoumenon.”
Oxford Millennium Conference.
NOVEMBER 1999
“John’s Baptism of Repentance.”
Annual Conference of the Society of Biblical Literature, Boston.
APRIL 1999
“The Tale of Two Sites: An Historical Geographical Evaluation of
the Bethsaida Excavations.” Caspari Centre, Jerusalem.
NOVEMBER 1998
“Taking the Kingdom by Force.”
Annual Conference of the Society of Biblical Literature, Orlando.
JUNE 1998
“The Land of Israel in Christian Texts.”
Interfaith Coordinating Council in Israel.
NOVEMBER 1997
“When the Bridegroom is Taken Away.”
Annual Conference of the Society of Biblical Literature, San
Francisco.
DECEMBER 1994
“The Roots of Christian Anti-Semitism: Anti-Jewish Tendencies in
the Synoptic Gospels."
Annual Conference of the Council of Christians and Jews,
London.
NOVEMBER 1994
“John the Baptist and the Dead Sea Scrolls.”
Conference at Christ Church, Jerusalem.
OCTOBER 1994
“Jerusalem to Rome: The Emergence of Christianity from its
Jewish Context into the Pagan World.” Citadel Museum,
Jerusalem.
JUNE 1994
“Agriculture in the Land of Israel and the Gospels.”
Neot Kedumim, the Israel Reserve for Biblical Landscape.
MARCH 1990
“The Historical Jesus: Jesus Behind the Gospels.”
Israel Ministry of Education Conference on Jesus and Early
Christianity.
SELECTED COURSES RECENTLY TAUGHT
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Koiné Greek
Biblical Hebrew
Introduction to New Testament Literature
Introduction to Intertestamental Literature
Dead Sea Scrolls
Parables in Jewish Pedagogy and the Teachings of Jesus
Synoptic Gospels
Acts
Qumran and Hellenistic Christianity
Paul and the Hellenistic World: Greece/Turkey Field Study
New Testament Historical Geography
Archaeology of Jerusalem
Romans
The Holy Spirit in Early Jewish and Christian Understanding
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
FORTHCOMING
“Historical Background for Jaffa in the Greco-Roman Era.” The
Jaffa Cultural Heritage Project; (4 vols.; M. Peilstöcker and A. Burke,
eds.; Jaffa Museum January, 2010)
JUNE 2009
“Jesus’ Hermeneutical Method in the Nazareth Synagogue.” Early
Christian Literature and Intertexuality. Scripture in Early Judaism and
Christianity. (C. A. Evans and D. Zacharias, eds.; T & T Clark:
2009) 46-59.
JANUARY 2009
“The Sea of Galilee: Development of a Christian Toponym.”
Journal of Biblical Literature 128:1 (2009) 183-188.
DECEMBER 2007
“Et-Tell is Not Bethsaida.” Near Eastern Archaeology 70:4 (2007)
220-230.
SEPTEMBER 2007
Carta’s New Century Atlas of the Bible. Anson F. Rainey, R. Steven
Notley (Jerusalem: Carta, 2007).
AUGUST 2007
The Sage from Galilee: Rediscovering Jesus’ Genius. David Flusser, R.
Steven Notley, (Eerdmans, 2007).
NOVEMBER 2005
Jesus’ Last Week: Jerusalem Studies in the Synoptic Gospels (Volume
One). R. Steven Notley, Marc Turnage, Brian Becker, eds. (Leiden:
Brill, 2005).
NOVEMBER 2005
“Learn the Lesson of the Fig Tree,” Jerusalem Studies in the Synoptic
Gospels, (Leiden: Brill, 2005) 107-120.
NOVEMBER 2005
“The Eschatological Thinking of the Dead Sea Sect and the Order
of Blessings in the Christian Eucharist.” Jerusalem Studies in the
Synoptic Gospels (Leiden: Brill, 2005) 121-138.
SEPTEMBER 2005
The Sacred Bridge: Carta’s Atlas of the Biblical World. Anson F.
Rainey and R. Steven Notley (Jerusalem: Carta, 2005).
MAY 2005
Eusebius, Onomasticon: A Triglott Edition with Notes and
Commentary. R. Steven Notley and Ze’ev Safrai (Leiden: Brill,
2005).
MARCH 2002
“First Century Jewish Use of Scripture: The Evidence from Luke
4,” Jerusalem Dispatch 27/2 (March-April).
JULY 1997
Jesus. David Flusser in collaboration with R. Steven Notley
(Jerusalem: Magnes, 1997, 1998, 2001).
JUNE 2000
“Is the Search for Bethsaida Over?” (Pt. 2) Jerusalem Dispatch 25/3
(May-Jun 2000).
MAY 2000
“The Kingdom of Heaven Forcefully Advances,” The Interpretation
of Scripture in Early Judaism and Christianity: Studies in Language
and Tradition. Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Supplement
Series 33. Studies in Scripture in Early Judaism and Christianity 7,
Craig A. Evans, ed. (Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2000)
279-311.
APRIL 2000
“Is the Search for Bethsaida Over?” (Pt. 1) Jerusalem Dispatch 25/2
(Mar-Apr 2000).
FEBRUARY 2000
“Jesus and the Essene Passover,” Jerusalem Dispatch 25/1 (Jan-Feb
2000).
OCTOBER 1999
“The Teaching of Balaam,” Jerusalem Dispatch 24/5 (Sep-Oct 1999).
AUGUST 1999
“Christian Attitudes to Jews and Moslems—Jesus’ Teaching
Concerning ‘The Other’ and Pauline Christianity’s SelfDefinition,” Common Values—Different Sources: Jewish, Christian and
Muslim Reflections, Interreligious Coordinating Council in Israel
(August 1999) 84-97 (Hebrew).
AUGUST 1999
“The Sabbath Was Made for Man,” Jerusalem Dispatch 24/4.
(Jul-Aug 1999)
JUNE 1999
“Something Greater Than the Temple,” Jerusalem Dispatch 24/3
(May-Jun 1999).
APRIL 1999
“The Cross and the Jewish People,” Jerusalem Dispatch 24/2
(Mar-Apr 1999).
FEBRUARY 1999
“Jesus and the Son of Man,” Jerusalem Dispatch 24/1
(Jan-Feb 1999).
DECEMBER 1998
“Let the One Who Has Ears to Hear,” Jerusalem Dispatch 23/6
(Nov-Dec 1998).
JUNE 1998
“Give Unto Caesar: Jesus, the Zealots & the Imago Dei,” Jerusalem
Dispatch 23/3 (May-Jun 1998).
APRIL 1998
“The Man Who Would Be King,” Jerusalem Dispatch 23/2
(Mar-Apr 1998).
FEBRUARY 1998
“Let Your Eye Be Single,” Jerusalem Dispatch 23/1 (Jan-Feb 1998).
DECEMBER 1997
“Jesus’ Jewishness: David Flusser” (A Review of Jesus), Jerusalem
Dispatch 22/6 (Nov-Dec 1997).
OCTOBER 1997
“John’s Baptism of Repentance,” Jerusalem Dispatch 22/5 (Sep-Oct
1997).
AUGUST 1997
“Divorce and Remarriage in Historical Perspective,” Jerusalem
Disptach 22/4 (Jul-Aug 1997).
JUNE 1997
“Let Him Who is Without Sin,” Jerusalem Dispatch 22/3
(May-June 1997).
APRIL 1997
“The Finger of God,” Jerusalem Dispatch 22/2 (Mar-Apr 1997).
FEBRUARY1997
“Jesus’ Jewish Command to Love,” Jerusalem Dispatch 22/1
(Jan-Feb 1997).
DECEMBER 1996
“Jesus’ Command To Hate” Jerusalem Dispatch 21/6
(Nov-Dec1996).
SEPTEMBER 1996
Christian Documents on Jewish-Christian Relations in the
Contemporary Era, Editor and Introductions to Protestant
Documents (Jerusalem, 1996) 59-104 (Hebrew).
APRIL 1996
“Anti-Jewish Tendencies in the Synoptic Gospels,” Jerusalem
Perspective, Number 51 (April-June 1996) 20-35.
JUNE 1995
“The Roots of Christian Anti-Semitism: Anti-Jewish Tendencies in
the Synoptic Gospels,” Israel and the Church (C.C.J.U.K., 1995).
MAY 1991
“Unearthing Literary Strata," Jerusalem Perspective, 4/3 (May-June,
1991).
SPRING 1991
“Jesus of Nazareth,” Jerusalem Almanac, Geoffrey Wigoder, ed.
(Jerusalem: Jerusalem Publishing House, 1991), pp. 366-369.
MARCH 1990
“Who Questioned Jesus?” Jerusalem Perspective, 3/2
(March-April, 1990).
NOVEMBER 1989
A Comparative Greek Concordance of the Synoptic Gospels Vol.3,
General editor R.L. Lindsey (Jerusalem, 1989). Editing and
supervision of the volume's publication.
JULY 1989
“By the Finger of God,” Jerusalem Perspective, 2/9 (July-August
1989).
MARCH 1988
“Discovering the Jerusalem of Jesus,” Bible Times, 1/1
(New York, 1988).