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Troy Martin
Professor of Religious Studies
Biography
Dr. Martin teaches courses in the Hebrew and Christian scriptures and Biblical interpretation, and publishes widely in the area of Biblical Studies.
Courses Taught
- RELST 220: Old Testament
- RELST 221: New Testament
- RELST 271: Jesus and the Gospels
Selected Publications
- "Paul and Circumcision." Chapter 4; Pages 113-142 in vol. 1 of Paul in the Greco-Roman World: A Handbook. Revised Edition. 2 vols. Edited by J. Paul Sampley. New York: Bloomsbury, 2016.
- "Emotional Physiology and Consolatory Etiquette: Reading the Present Indicative with Future Meaning in the Eschatological Statement in 1 Pet 1:6." Journal of Biblical Literature 135 (2016): 649-660.
- "Joy to the World: A Christmas Reflection on Isaiah 9:1-6; Titus 2:11-14; and Luke 2:1-14." FaithJourneySXU 4 (December 24, 2013): online publication.
- "By Philosophy and Empty Deceit" Colossians as Response to a Cynic Critique." Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement Series 118. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1996.
Selected Presentations
- "Christ's Healing Sore: A Medical Reading of 1 Pet 2:24." A paper presented at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Region of the Society of Biblical Literature. Saint Mary's College. South Bend, IN, February 11, 2017.
- "Dating First Peter to a Hairdo (1 Pet 3:3)." A paper presented at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Region of the Society of Biblical Literature. Saint Mary's College. South Bend, IN, February 11, 2017.
- "Contributions of the Septuagint to Hellenistic Hope Piety." A paper presented at the 2016 National Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature. San Antonio, TX, November 21, 2016.
- "Surprised or Not: A New and Old Reading of Galatians 1:6-7." A paper presented to the 2007 Annual Meeting of the Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas. Sibiu, Romania, August 3, 2007.
- "Invention and Arrangement in Recent Pauline Rhetorical Studies: A Survey of the Practices and the Problems." A paper presented to the Paul and Rhetoric Seminar of the Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms Universität, Bonn, Germany, July 30, 2003.