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.

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

“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).