Education, Degrees
- 2017: Ph.D. in Theology and Religious Studies, ETF Leuven & Theologische Universiteit Kampen
- 2010: Master of Theology and Religious Studies, ETF Leuven
- 2007: Bachelor of Theology and Religious Studies, ETF Leuven
- 2004: Marnix Gymnasium, Rotterdam
Academic Positions and Teaching Experience
- 2021-present: Assistant Professor of New Testament, ETF Leuven
- 2018-present: Policy Advisor, ETF Leuven
- 2018-2021: Senior Researcher in the Institute of Leadership and Social Ethics, ETF Leuven
- 2017-2021: Senior Researcher in New Testament, ETF Leuven
- 2015-present: Research Associate, University of Pretoria, South-Africa
- 2011-2017: Teaching Assistant in New Testament, ETF Leuven
- 2010-present: Senior Tutor in New Testament studies, King’s Evangelical Divinity School, University of Chester, UK
- 2009-2011: Instructor in New Testament Greek, ETF Leuven
Academic Memberships
- 2019-present: Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas
- 2018-2021: Institute of Leadership and Social Ethics
- 2017-present: Netherlands School for Advanced Studies in Theology and Religion
- 2015-2018: Center of Excellence in Reformed and Evangelical Theology
- 2015-present: Studiosorum Novi Testamenti Conventus
- 2015-present: British New Testament Society
- 2014-present: European Association of Biblical Studies
- 2011-present: Society of Biblical Literature
- 2010-present: Research Center for Early Christianity
Selected Bibliography
Books
- With Jacobus (Kobus) Kok and Jeremy Otten, eds. Let God Be True: Perspectives on Romans 3. Gorgias Biblical Studies 73. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2023.
- With Myriam Klinker-De Klerck and Arco den Heijer, eds. Troubling Texts in the New Testament. Contributions to Biblical Exegesis and Theology 113. Leuven: Peeters, 2022.
- Ed. Cursusboek Inleiding Grieks, revised edition. Leuven: Acco, 2022.
- Ed. Course Book Introductory Greek, revised edition. Leuven: Acco, 2022.
- With Mark Paridaens and Elbert Kroon, Cursusboek Seminarie Grieks, revised edition. Leuven: Acco, 2022.
- With Mark Paridaens and Elbert Kroon, Course Book Greek Seminar, revised edition. Leuven: Acco, 2022.
- Ed. Kort maar krachtig: De boodschap van de Filemonbrief toen en nu. Zoetermeer / Soest: Boekencentrum / Boekscout (bc•bs), 2020.
- With Jacobus (Kobus) Kok and Martin Webber, eds. Drawing and Transcending Boundaries in the New Testament and Early Christianity. Beiträge zum Verstehen der Bibel / Contributions to Understanding the Bible 38. Zurich: LIT Verlag, 2019.
- Pauline Language and the Pastoral Epistles: A Study of Linguistic Variation in the Corpus Paulinum. Linguistic Biblical Studies 16. Leiden: Brill, 2018.
Journal Articles and Book Chapters
- “Who is Talking in Romans 3:1-9? Some New and Old Perspectives.” In Let God Be True: Perspectives on Romans 3, edited by Jacobus (Kobus) Kok, Jermo van Nes, and Jeremy D. Otten, 59–81. Gorgias Biblical Studies 73. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2023.
- “Pauline Language and the Pastoral Epistles: An Update.” In The Vitality of Evangelical Theology: Celebrating ETF Leuven at 40, edited by Andreas J. Beck, Jos de Kock and Steven C. Van den Heuvel, 65–80. Leuven: Peeters, 2022.
- “Moral Language and Ethical Argument in Titus: A Reassessment of the Pseudonymity Hypothesis.” In “Ready for Every Good Work” (Titus 3:1): Implicit Ethics in the Letter to Titus, edited by Ruben Zimmermann and Dogara Ishaya Manomi, 103–23. Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 484. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2022.
- “Hapax Legomena in the Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53–8:11): A Linear Regression Analysis of Johannine Vocabulary.” In Troubling Texts in the New Testament: Essays in Honour of Rob van Houwelingen, edited by Myriam Klinker-De Klerck, Arco den Heijer, and Jermo van Nes, 83–100. Contributions to Biblical Exegesis and Theology 113. Leuven: Peeters, 2022.
- “Second-Century Vocabulary in the Pastoral Epistles? A Reassessment.” Filología Neotestamentaria 34 (2021): 227–54.
- “De Bijbel in Gewone Taal: Een exegetische evaluatie van Efeziërs 2:19-22.” In Off the Beaten Path: A Festschrift in Honor of Gie Vleugels, edited by Jacobus (Kobus) Kok and Martin Webber in collaboration with Jeremy Otten and Mark Paridaens, 109–121. Beiträge zum Verstehen der Bibel / Contributions to Understanding the Bible 48. Zurich: LIT, 2021.
- “Divine and Human Stones: Hearing 1 Peter 2:4-8 in First-Century Asia Minor.” In Peter in the Early Church: Apostle – Missionary – Church Leader, edited by Judith Lieu, 673–91. Bibliotheca Ephemeridum Theologicarum Lovaniensium 325. Leuven: Peeters, 2021.
- “Doing Good Deeds: Titus and the Shaping of Early Christian Identity.” In Drawing and Transcending Boundaries in the New Testament and Early Christianity, edited by Jacobus (Kobus) Kok, Martin Webber, and Jermo van Nes, 33–46. Beiträge Zum Verstehen Der Bibel / Contributions to Understanding the Bible 38. Zurich: LIT Verlag, 2019.
- “The Pastoral Epistles: Common Themes, Individual Compositions? An Introduction to the Quest for the Origins of the Letters to Timothy and Titus.” Journal for the Study of Paul and His Letters 9, no. 1-2 (2019): 6–29.
- “Who are “our people” (οἱ ἡμέτεροι) in Titus 3:14? A New Proposal.” Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses 95, no. 4 (2019): 661–65.
- “Missing ‘Particles’ in Disputed Pauline Letters? A Question of Method.” Journal for the Study of the New Testament 40, no. 3 (2018): 383–98.
- “Hapax Legomena in Disputed Pauline Letters: A Reassessment.” Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft 109, no. 1 (2018): 118–37.
- With Harro Koning. “Motif-Semantic Differences in Paul? A Question to Advocates of the Pastorals’ Plural Authorship in Dialogue with Michaela Engelmann.” Tyndale Bulletin 68, no. 1 (2017): 73–94.
- “On the Origin of the Pastorals’ Authenticity Criticism: A ‘New’ Perspective.” New Testament Studies 62, no. 2 (2016): 315–20.
- “Under Construction: The Building of God’s Temple according to Ephesians 2,19-22.” In Paul’s Graeco-Roman Context, edited by Cilliers Breytenbach, 631–44. Bibliotheca Ephemeridum Theologicarum Lovaniensium 277. Leuven: Peeters, 2015.
- “Faith(fulness) of the Son of God? Galatians 2:20b Reconsidered,” Novum Testamentum 55, no. 2 (2013): 127–39.
- “The Problem of the Pastoral Epistles: An Important Hypothesis Reconsidered.” In Paul and Pseudepigraphy, edited by Stanley E. Porter and Gregory P. Fewster, 153–69. Pauline Studies 8. Leiden: Brill, 2013.