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Dr T.J. Lang

Senior Lecturer in New Testament

Phone

+44 (0)1334 46 2828

Email

tjl5@st-andrews.ac.uk

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Biography

T.J. Lang joined the University of 58³Ô¹Ï in 2016 and is now Senior Lecturer in New Testament Studies. He is also currentlyÌýco-director of the Institute for Bible, Theology, & Hermeneutics. Prior to 58³Ô¹Ï T.J. was Lecturer at Durham University (2014-2016).ÌýHis PhD isÌýin New Testament StudiesÌýfrom Duke University (2014), with minor areas in Early Christianity and Greco-Roman Systems of Thought.ÌýT.J.Ìýwas formerlyÌýa Fulbright scholarÌýat the Universität Heidelberg (2009-2010), aÌýDoloresÌýZohrabÌýLiebmannÌýFellowÌý(2011-14),Ìýand a DAAD Research GrantÌýawardee (2009-2010).ÌýHis first monograph,ÌýMystery and the Making of a Christian Historical Consciousness: From Paul to the Second CenturyÌý(de Gruyter, 2015),Ìýwas awarded the 2017 ManfredÌýLautenschläger Award for Theological Promise. T.J. currently serves as the Divinity School's Director of Postgraduate Studies (Research). HisÌýpublications appear in peer-reviewed journals such as the Journal of Biblical Literature, New Testament Studies, Zeitschrift für die Neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der Älteren Kirche, Zeitschrift für Antikes Christentum,ÌýJournal of Theological Studies, Journal for the Study of the New Testament, Catholic Biblical Quarterly, Biblical Interpretation, and theÌýJournal of Theological Interpretation.

Teaching

Research areas

Dr Lang's scholarship wanders across texts and centuries, but the core of his research is twofold: first, the New Testament; second, the history of its formation and interpretation. Strictly speaking, the anthology named ‘New Testament’ is not a first-century artefact. The canon coalesces alongside the centuries-long reception and interpretation of its contents. Much of Dr Lang's work, therefore, also moves alongside the canonical formation of the New Testament, alongside its earliest interpretation, but ultimately back to the text itself. The accent is not on reception for its own sake but on how the New Testament's reception returns to the text and contributes to its ongoing interpretation. ‘Reception history’ (or Wirkungsgeschichte) is not unfitting as a description of his primary research interest, but he aspires to a version of this that is more intellectually powerful and historically expansive than what is often so labelled.

PhD supervision

• FarhadÌýAref
• RyanÌýBrady
• AndrewÌýGoode
• Mattie E.ÌýMotl

Selected publications

• Lang, T. J., 16 Oct 2015, Berlin: de Gruyter. 293 p. (Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft; vol. 219)

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

• Lang, T. J., 10 Aug 2023, T&T Clark handbook of suffering and the problem of evil. Grebe, M. & Grössl, J. (eds.). London: T&T Clark, p. 84-91 8 p. (T&T Clark handbooks).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Lang, T. J., 1 Sept 2023, One God, one people: oneness and unity in early Christianity. Barton, S. & Byers, A. (eds.). Atlanta, GA: SBL Press, p. 321-340 (Resources for biblical study; no. 104).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Lang, T. J., 15 Sept 2022, Greco-Roman associations, deities, and early Christianity. Longenecker, B. W. (ed.). Waco, Texas: Baylor University Press

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Open access
  Lang, T. J., 8 May 2022, In: Religions. 13, 5, 13 p., 426.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Lang, T. J., 2020, Talking God in Society: Multidisciplinary (Re)constructions of Ancient (Con)texts. Eisen, U. & Mader, H. (eds.). Vandenhoek & Ruprecht, p. 49-66

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Lang, T. J., 10 Sept 2020, Atonement: Jewish and Christian Origins. Botner, M., Duff, J. & Dürr, S. (eds.). Grand Rapids: Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, p. 155-70

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Open access
  Lang, T. J., 14 Jun 2020, In: Journal of Theological Interpretation. 14, 1, p. 120-139 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Lang, T. J., Jul 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) The Oxford Handbook of Pauline Studies. Novenson, M. & Matlock, B. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Open access
  Lang, T. J., 18 Dec 2018, In: Journal of Biblical Literature. 137, 4, p. 981-1001

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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