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William M. Wright IV, Ph.D.Associate ProfessorEDUCATION Ph.D., Emory University (2005) C.V. [pdf] CONTACT INFORMATION |
COURSES TAUGHT
Introduction to the Bible; Old Testament; New Testament; Synoptics and Acts; Pauline Literature; Johannine Literature
RESEARCH, PUBLICATIONS, AND SERVICE
Dr. Wright is a biblical scholar and theologian. His area of specialization is the New Testament and the Gospel according to John in particular. His research interests include the use of Greco-Roman compositional rhetoric in the Gospel literature, the reception of the Old Testament in the New, and the history of interpretation as a resource for contemporary exegesis and theology in light of Catholic Ressourcement theology.
He is the author of Rhetoric and Theology: Figural Reading of John 9 (de Gruyter 2009) and the co-author (with Fr. Francis Martin) of The Gospel of John volume in the Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture Series (Baker Academic, forthcoming). His articles have appeared in Catholic Biblical Quarterly, The Thomist, and Nova et Vetera.
Select publications
Monograph:
Rhetoric and Theology: Figural Reading of John 9 (de Gruyter 2009). Click the image below:
Articles:
“Jesus' Identity and the Use of Scripture in John 6:1-21.” Josephinum Journal of Theology 17 (2010);
“A 'New Synthesis': Joseph Ratzinger‟s Jesus of Nazareth.” Nova et Vetera (English ed.) 7 (2009): 35-66;
“Greco-Roman Character Typing and the Presentation of Judas in the Fourth Gospel.” Catholic Biblical Quarterly 71 (2009): 544-559; [pdf]
“The Theology of Disclosure and Biblical Exegesis.” The Thomist 70 (2006): 395-419. [pdf]
