Dr. Andrew Bowden

Scientific Assistant of New Testament Studies (Prof. Kobel)

Bowden, Andrew

New Testament Studies II
Academic Staff Member

Phone: +49 6131 39 22683

Email: abowden@uni-mainz.de

Website: https://uni-mainz.academia.edu/AndrewBowden

Portrait Bowden, Andrew

Contents

  1. Biography
  2. Main research interests
  3. Current Research Project
  4. Membership
  5. Publications (selected)
    1. Books
    2. Translated Books
    3. (Co-)Edited Volumes
    4. Articles
    5. Essays
    6. Dictionary Entries
    7. Book Reviews
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Biography

  • 1984: geboren in Iowa, USA.
  • 2002: High School Abschluss in Albemarle, Virginia, USA.
  • 2002-2006: B.A. mit Konzentration auf Bibelwissenschaft, Toccoa Falls College, Georgia, USA.
  • 2007-2010: M.Div in Bibelwissenschaft und Theologie, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest University, North Carolina, USA.
  • 2010-2011: Th.M im Neuen Testament, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary; Thema: Discourse Analysis as an Interpretive Key to Microstructure, with Specific Application to James 5,13-18.
  • 2012-2020: Promotion an der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München; Thema: Semantische Untersuchungen zu ἐπιθυμία κτλ bei Paulus.
  • Seit 10/2020: Post-Doc Stelle an der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität; Thema: Mahlzeiten im Matthäusevangelium.
  • 2013-2014: Wissenschaftlicher Tutor, Collegium Öcumenicum, München.
  • 2014-2015: Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Evangelische Theologie, Neues Testament I, Prof. Dr. David S. du Toit.
  • 2015-2018: Research Fellow, Distant Worlds, Munich Graduate School for Ancient Studies.
  • 2018-2020: Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Evangelische Theologie, Neues Testament I.
  • Seit 10/2020: Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Evangelische Theologie, Neues Testament, Neues Testament II.
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Main research interests

  • Semantik, Textlinguistik und das Neue Testament
  • Das Matthäusevangelium
  • Antike Mahlzeiten
  • ἐπιθυμία κτλ in kaiserzeitlichen Texten sowie in Paulus
  • Theologie des Paulus, insbesondere Anthropologie, Soteriologie
  • Der Jakobusbrief
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Current Research Project

  • "Ernährung im Matthäusevangelium"
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Membership

  • Society of New Testament Studies (SNTS)
  • Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft für Theologie (WGTh)
  • Deutscher Hochschulverband (DHV)
  • Society of Biblical Literature
  • European Association of Biblical Studies
  • International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies
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Publications (selected)

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Books

Bowden, Andrew M. Desire in Paul's Undisputed Epistles: Semantic observations on the use epithymeō, ho epithymētēs, and epithymía of in Roman Imperial Texts, WUNT II/539, Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck.

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Translated Books

Bowden, Andrew M. A Commentary on the New Testament from the Talmud and Midrash (Bd. 1), Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press. Eine Übersetzung von Kommentar zum Neuen Testament aus Talmud und Midrasch, Bd. 1, von Hermann L. Strack und Paul Billerbeck, Munich: Oscar Beck, 1922.

Bowden, Andrew M. (2018): New Testament Lexicography. Introduction–Theory–Method, Berlin: de Gruyter. Eine Übersetzung, Ergänzung und Auseinandersetzung des Metodo de Analysis Semantico: Aplicado al Griego del Nuevo Testamento, von J. Mateos, Estudios de Filología Neotestamentaria 1, Cordoba: Ediciones el Almendro, 1989, sowie des Metodología del Diccionario Griego-Español del Nuevo Testamento, von J. Peláez, Estudios de Filología Neotestamentaria 6, Cordoba: Ediciones el Almendro, 1996.

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(Co-)Edited Volumes

Kobel, Esther, Jo-Ann Brant, and Meredith J. C. Warren, in collaboration with Andrew Bowden. The Ties that Bind: Negotiating Relationships in Early Jewish and Christian Texts, Contexts and Reception History. London: Bloomsbury, 2023.

Frey, Jörg, and Craig Koester, with assistance from Andrew Bowden, eds. Signs and Discourses in John 5 and 6: Historical, Literary, and Theological Readings from the Colloquium Ioanneum 2019 in Eisenach. WUNT 463. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2021.

Seleznev, Mikhail, William R. G. Loader, and Karl-Wilhelm Niebuhr, with assistance from Andrew Bowden, eds. The Gospel of Matthew in its Historical and Theological Context: Papers from the International Conference in Moscow, September 24 to 28, 2018. WUNT 459. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2021.

Levison, Jack; Frey, Jörg; mit Bowden, Andrew M. (Hg.) (2014): The Holy Spirit, Inspiration, and the Cultures of Antiquity: Multidisciplinary Perspectives, EKSTASIS 5, Berlin: de Gruyter.

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Articles

Bowden, Andrew M. (2015): Sincerely James: Reconsidering Frederick Francis’s Proposed Health Wish Formula. In: Journal for the Study of the New Testament (JSNT), Vol. 38: S. 241-257.

Bowden, Andrew M. (2015): Translating ἀσθενέω in James 5 in Light of the Prophetic LXX. In: The Bible Translator (BT), Vol. 66, Nr. 1: S. 91-105.

Bowden, Andrew M. (2014): Count What All Joy? The Translation of πειρασμός in James 1:2 and 12. In: The Bible Translator (BT), Vol. 65, Nr. 2: S. 113-124.

Bowden, Andrew M. (2014): An Overview of the Interpretive Approaches to James 5:13-18. In: Currents in Biblical Research (CBR), Vol. 12, Nr. 4: S. 113-124.

Bowden, Andrew M. (2013): The Fruit of Righteousness in James: A Study in Discourse Analysis. In: Filología Neotestamentaria (FNT), Vol 26: S. 3-20.

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Essays

Bowden, Andrew M. (2021): Specific Vices as Manifestations of ‘Desire,’ which Arise in the ‘Mind’: Reassessing the Vice Lists in Rom 1:24–31 and Rom 13:13–14. In Frey, Jörg; Nägele, Manuel (Hgg.): Der Nous bei Paulus und in seiner Umwelt. Griechisch-römische, frühjüdische und frühchristliche Perspektiven. WUNT 464. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck. S. 43-66.

Bowden, Andrew M. (2020): And the Mixed among Them Desired a Desire: The Reception of Desire in Numbers 11 LXX in Greek Texts, Ending with the Apostle Paul. In: Stuckenbruck, Loren; Smith, Daniel (Hgg.): Testing and Temptation in Late Jewish and Early Christian Texts. WUNT II/516. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck. S. 93-116.

Bowden, Andrew M. (2016): Sklaverei, Gesetz und Erkenntnis der Sünde. Die Rolle der Begierde in Röm 7,7-8. In: Krauter, Stefan (Hg.): Perspektiven auf Römer 7. Biblisch- Theologische Studien. Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag. S. 17-48.

Bowden, Andrew M. (2016): A Semantic Investigation of Desire in 4 Maccabees and Its Bearing on Romans 7:7. In: Kraus, Wolfgang; van der Meer, Michaël; Meiser, Martin (Hg.): XV Congress of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies. Atlanta, GA: SBL Press, 2016. S. 409-424.

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Dictionary Entries

Bowden, Andrew M. Art. ἐπιθυμέω, ἐπιθύμημα, ἐπιθυμητής, ἐπιθυμητός, ἐπιθυμία in Historical and Theological Lexicon of the Septuagint, Vol. 2: Delta – Iota. In: Bons, Eberhard (Hg.), Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, (im Druck).

forthcoming.Bowden, Andrew M. (2013): Art. The Language of the New Testament. In: Barry, John D. (Hg.), Bellingham, WA: Lexham Bible Dictionary.

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Book Reviews

Review of Ruth Christa Mathieson, Matthew’s Parable of the Royal Wedding Feast. A Sociorhetorical Interpretation. ESEC 26. Atlanta: SBL Press, 2023. Filología Neotestamentaria 37 (2023), forthcoming.

Review of Walter T. Wilson, The Gospel of Matthew. 2 vols. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2022.
Reviews in Religion & Theology (2023), forthcoming.

Review of Joseph Verheyden, Jens Schröter, and David C. Sim (eds.), The Composition, Theology, and Early Reception of Matthewʼs Gospel. WUNT 477. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck 2022.
In Biblische Notizen (forthcoming).

Review of Adele Reinhartz, Bible and Cinema: An Introduction. 2nd ed. London/New York: 2022. In Filología Neotestamentaria 36 (2023), 141–144.

Review of Heiko Wojtkowiak, Tradition und Redaktion im Matthäusevangelium. Formale und inhaltliche Charakteristika matthäischer Redaktionspraxis. BZNW 245. Berlin/Boston: de Gruyter, 2021. In Filología Neotestamentaria 36 (2023), 131–132.

Review of Sandra Huebenthal, Gedächtnistheorie und Neues Testament. Eine methodisch-hermeneutische Einführung. UTB 5904. Tübingen: Narr Francke, 2022. In Eulenfisch Literatur 2 (2023), 18–19.

Review of Nils Neumann and Anna-Lena Senk (eds.), Emotionen in der Bibel und ihrer Welt, BThSt 192. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2022. In Religious Studies Review 49.2 (2023), 197.

Review of Luzia Sutter Rehmann, Rage in the Belly: Hunger in the New Testament. Translated by Monica Buckland. Forward by H. Martin Rumscheidt. Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2021. In Review of Biblical Literature 05/2023 (https://www.sblcentral.org/home/bookDetails/
1000256).

Review of Hans-Josef Klauck, Studien zum Korpus der johanneischen Schriften. WUNT 439. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2020. In Religious Studies Review 48.2 (2022), 570.

Review of Ronald Charles (ed.), Paul and Matthew among the Jews: Essays in Honour of Terence L. Donaldson. LNTS 628. T&T Clark: London et al., 2021. In Religious Studies Review 48.3 (2022), 394–395.

Review of Jan Heilmann, Lesen in Antike und frühen Christentum. Kulturgeschichtliche, philologische sowie kognitionswissensschaftliche Perspektiven und deren Bedeutung für die neutestamentliche Exegese. TANZ 63. Tübingen: Francke, 2020. In Religious Studies Review 48.3 (2022), 393–394.

Review of Joseph Sievers and Amy-Jill Levine (eds.), The Pharisees. Grand Rapids: Eerdmanns, 2021. In Filología Neotestamentaria 25 (2022), 106–112.

Review of Francis J. Moloney, Johannine Studies 1975–2017. WUNT 372. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2017. In Filología Neotestamentaria 25 (2022), 112–116.

Review of William R. G. Loader, Sexuality and Gender: Collected Essays. WUNT 458. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2021. In Religious Studies Review 48.2 (2022), 250–252.

Review of Christopher W. Skinner, Nijay K. Gupta, Andy Johnson, and Drew J. Strait (eds.), Cruciform Scripture: Cross, Participation, and Mission. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2021. In Reviews in Religion & Theology 29.1–2 (2022), 82–84.

Review of Alexander Goldmann, Über die Textgeschichte des Römerbriefs. Neue Perspektiven aus dem paratextuellen Befund. TANZ 63. Tübingen: Francke, 2020. In Religious Studies Review 47.4 (2021), 533.

Review of Timothy G. Gombis, Power in Weakness: Paul’s Transformed Vison for Ministry. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2021. In Reviews in Religion & Theology 28.4 (2021),
368–371.

Review of Colin G. Kruse, The Letters of John. PNTC. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2020. In Reviews in Religion & Theology 28.3 (2021), 300–303.

Review of Sandra Huebenthal, Reading Mark’s Gospel as a Text from Collective Memory. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2020. In Reviews in Religion & Theology 28.2 (2021), 200–203.

Review of Helen K. Bond, The First Biography of Jesus: Genre and Meaning in Mark’s Gospel. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2020. In Reviews in Religion & Theology 28.2 (2021),
150–153.

“Recent Trends in Scholarship on the Epistle to the Romans, in Honor of Professor Dr. Norbert Baumert.” In Filología Neotestamentaria 19 (2021), 215–233.

Review of Ian E. Rock, Paul’s Letter to the Romans and Roman Imperialism: An Ideological Analysis of the Exordium (Romans 1:1–17). Cambridge: James Clarke & Co, 2017. In Reviews in Religion & Theology 27.3 (2020), 405–408.

Review of Adam J. Johnson (ed.), Five Views on the Extent of the Atonement. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2019. In Reviews in Religion & Theology 27.2 (2020), 247–251.

Review of Frank Thielman, Romans, Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2018. In Reviews in Religion & Theology, 26.4 (2019),
717–721.

Review of E. P. Sanders, Paul: The Apostle’s Life, Letters, and Thought. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2015. In Filología Neotestamentaria 32 (2019), 161–167.

Review of Scot McKnight, The Letter of James. NICNT. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2011. In Neotestamentica 48.1 (2014), 228–240.

Review of William Loader, Making Sense of Sex: Attitudes toward Sexuality in Early Jewish and Christian Literature. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2013. In Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 57.3 (2014), 619–621.

Review of Dale C. Allison Jr., James: A Critical and Exegetical Commentary. ICC. London/New York: T&T Clark, 2013. In Neotestamentica 47.2 (2014), 400–404.

Review of Dempsey J. Rosales Acosta, La victoria sobre el poder de la muerte: Ensayo semantico y narrativo del texto griego de Marcos 9:30–32. Almería: Editorial Círculo Rojo, 2012. In Reviews in Religion & Theology 21.1 (2014), 122–124.

Review of Murray J. Harris, Prepositions and Theology in the Greek New Testament. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2012. Criswell Theological Review 11.1 (2013), 137–138.

Review of William Loader, Philo, Josephus, and the Testaments on Sexuality: Attitudes towards Sexuality in the Writings of Philo and Josephus and in the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs. Grand Rapids/Cambridge: Eerdmans, 2011. In Reviews in Religion & Theology 20.3 (2013), 457–459.

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