Zachary L. McNeal (BA, MTS)

Thesis title: Reading Ephesians Within Judaism

Biography

Background

Zachary L. McNeal is a PhD candidate in New Testament & Christian Origins at the University of Edinburgh. Prior to his studies at Edinburgh, he studied New Testament at Duke University.

Qualifications

BA, Biblical Studies

MTS, New Testament

Responsibilities & affiliations

Society of Biblical Literature (2019-Present)

North American Patristics Society (2021-Present)

North American Society for the Study of Christian Apocryphal Literature (2021-Present)

Contributor, Religious Studies Review

Research summary

My research focuses on the place of the Epistle to the Ephesians in the literature of the ancient mediterranean and especially  early Judaism. I am also interested in the reception of the Pauline tradition in the 2nd and 3rd centuries, especially in Egypt and the Nag Hammadi Codices.

 

Current research interests

Ephesians, Jewish Apocalypticism, Philo, Josephus, Pauline Epistles,

Past research interests

Nag Hammadi Codices, Early Christian Apocrypha, Ancient Biblical Interpretation, Reception History, Early Egyptian Christianity

Papers delivered

Gentiles and the Politeia of Israel: The Jewish Politeia in Philo, Josephus and Ephesians, BNTS 2024

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