Zacharias Shoukry

Research and Teaching Fellow in New Testament Studies

Biography

  • 1993: born in Carinthia, Austria
  • 2012: Abitur in Frankfurt on the Main
  • 2012 – 2019: Study of Protestant Theology in Marburg
    • 2013 – 2019: Student Assistant as Greek Tutor
    • 2017 – 2019: Scholarship holder of the "Deutschlandstipendium"
  • 2022: "Rigorosum" (oral exams) at Mainz University for the title "Dr. theol."
  • 2019 – present: Research assistant at Mainz University, Department 01, Protestant Faculty, New Testament. First Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ruben Zimmermann. Second Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Esther Kobel

Main research interests: Dissertation project

  • Gospel of John
  • Theology of Creation in Early Judaism and Early Christianity
  • DFG-project "Creation in the Gospel of John" (https://gepris.dfg.de/): "Creation in the Gospel of John. Sources of Johannine Creation Motifs"

Other Research interests

  • Ethics in the New Testament
  • Ethics in the Johannine Letters
  • Second John

Publications (selected)

Shoukry, Z. (2023). Konradt, Matthias: Ethik im Neuen Testament. Theologische Revue, 119, 1-2. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Shoukry, Z. (2021). Creation Motifs in John 9. Biblica, 102, 573-584. DOI Author/Publisher URL
Shoukry, Z. (2021). Review of Die Apokryphen Evangelien. Jesusüberlieferungen außerhalb der Bibel, by Jens Schröter (English). RBL. Author/Publisher URL
Shoukry, Z. (2021). Review of Die Apokryphen Evangelien. Jesusüberlieferungen außerhalb der Bibel, von Jens Schröter. ThLZ, 146, 159-160. Author/Publisher URL
Shoukry, Z., and Zimmermann, R. (2021). Creatio Continua in the Fourth Gospel: Motifs of Creation in John 5–6. In J. Frey and C. R. Koester (eds.), Signs and Discourses in John 5 and 6 (pp. 87-116). Tübingen:Mohr Siebeck. Author/Publisher URL

Memberships

  • Society of Biblical Literature (SBL)
  • European Association of Biblical Studies (EABS)
  • British New Testament Society (BNTS)
  • Rhein-Main-Exegesetreffen (Link)
  • Arbeitsgemeinschaft neutestamentlicher Assistenten und Assistentinnen (AG-Ass)
  • Guest membership in the Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Assistentinnen und Assitenten an bibelwissenschaftlichen Instituten in Österreich (ArgeAss)