Jason Staples

Bio

Jason A. Staples is a specialist in Ancient Mediterranean Religions, focusing primarily on Early Judaism and Christian Origins.

Before coming to NCSU, Jason taught a broad range of courses in the fields of Religious Studies and Sociology at Duke, Wake Forest, UNC-Chapel Hill, and Florida State University.

Website

http://jasonstaples.com

Research Publications

Paul and the Resurrection of Israel: Former Jews, Gentiles, Israelites. Cambridge University Press, 2023.

The Idea of Israel in Second Temple Judaism: A New Theory of People, Exile, and Israelite Identity​​​​​​​. Cambridge University Press, 2021.

“Empire” in The Dictionary of Paul and His Letters, 2nd Ed., edited by Nijay K. Gupta and Lynn H. Cohick. IVP Academic, 2023,  242–50.

“Body of Christ” in The Dictionary of Paul and His Letters, 2nd Ed., edited by Nijay K. Gupta and Lynn H. Cohick. IVP Academic, 2023, 83–85.

“Babylon,” in The Bible and Science Fiction. Edited by Kelly J. Murphy and Nicole L. Tilford. Atlanta: SBL Press, 2023.

“Vessels of Wrath and God’s Pathos: Potter/Clay Imagery in Rom 9:19–23,” Harvard Theological Review 115.2 (2022): 197–218.

“‘Rise, Kill, and Eat’: Gentiles as Animals in Early Jewish Apocalyptic Literature and Acts 10,” Journal for the Study of the New Testament 42 no. 1 (2019), 1–15

“‘Lord Lord’: Jesus as YHWH in Matthew and Luke,” New Testament Studies 64 no. 1 (2018): 1–19.

“‘Altered Because of Transgressions’? The ‘Law of Deeds’ in Gal 3:19a,” Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft 106 no. 1 (2015): 126–35.

“What Do the Gentiles Have to Do with ‘All Israel’? A Fresh Look at Romans 11:25–27,” Journal of Biblical Literature 130 no. 2 (2011): 371–90.

Review of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (film). Journal of Religion and Film 15.1 (2011).

“Shadowlands, Myth, and the Creation of Meaning in Inception,” Journal of Religion and Film 14.1 (2010).