James Maurice Morgan

• Curriculum Vitae

  2023 to present	researcher for the francophone chair of New Testament with Prof. Dr. Gudrun Nassauer (UNIFR)
  2013 to present	Lecturer of biblical Greek, Faculté de théologie de l’Université de Fribourg
  2017-2023	Professor and co-chair of New Testament, Haute école de théologie HET-PRO (St-Légier); adjunct professor from July 1, 2023. 2013-2017: part-time lecturer in exegesis; from Jan. 2017 professor of Nouveau Testament, Institut biblique et missionnaire Emmaüs (St-Légier)
  2013-2017	Regional leader VBG, Region Fribourg
  2012-2015	Regional leader GBU, Region Fribourg
  2012-2013	administrative assistant of Prof. Luc Devillers, Department of Biblical Studies, Université de Fribourg
  2006-2012	Chair and professor of Nouveau Testament, l’École supérieure privée de théologie (ESPriT) and director of the Foyer évangélique universitaire, Niamey (Niger)
  2010	PhD. Doctoral dissertation, The Thoroughfare Motif in Luke-Acts: Its Poetic Value and Theological Implications. Evangelische Theologische Faculteit, Leuven (Belgium)
  1998-2006	Instructor of biblical Hebrew and Greek; History of religions; and Leadership at the Istituto biblico evangelico italiano, Rome (Italy)
  2004	Master of Theology. Thesis: derek YHWH: A Study of the Divine Way in the Old Testament, Evangelische Theologische Faculteit, Leuven (Belgium)
  1995-1997	Bible teacher and Christian Education coordinator, Centre biblique de Niamey, Niamey (Niger)
  1993	Master of Arts - Old Testament, Columbia Biblical Seminary, Columbia, South Carolina (USA)
  1988	Bachelor of Science (Geography and Geology), University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, Virginia (USA)

• Publications

  ARTICLES

  • « Historicismes et historiographie » in Dictionnaire de Jésus et des Évangiles, J. B. Green, J. K. Brown, and N. Perrin (eds.), Charols, Excelsis, 2023, p. 504-511.
  • « Luc (Évangile) » in Dictionnaire de Jésus et des Évangiles, J. B. Green, J. K. Brown, and N. Perrin (eds.), Charols, Excelsis, 2023, p. 636-658.
  • « Proofs of the divine: Luke’s use of τεκμήριον in Acts 1:3 in light of Herodotus’ description of the battle of Mycale (Hist. 9.100.2) », The Journal of Theological Studies, 73-1 (2022): p. 43-61.
  • « Le mythos dans la Poétique d'Aristote et l'exégèse biblique: impasse ou clé de lecture? », Hokhma, 108 (2015): p. 97-123. 
  • « How do Motifs Endure and Perform? Motif Theory for the Study of Biblical Narratives », Revue Biblique 122-2 (2015): p. 194-216.
  • « Emplotment, Plot and Explotment: Refining Plot Analysis of Biblical Narratives from the Reader’s Perspective », Biblical Interpretation21 – 1 (2013): p. 64-98.
  • « Luc-Actes: un tour de force théologique et littéraire », Hokhma103, 2013, p. 9-29.
  • « La nascita del cristianesimo…il dilemma dello storico », Studio critico di Paul Barnett, The Birth of Christianity: The First Twenty Years(After Jesus, vol. 1, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2005), Lux Biblica 33 (2006): 121-139.
  • « Gli inizi della giustizia: Il Dio giusto nella Genesi », Lux Biblica 31 (2005): 3-19. 

   

  CONTRIBUTIONS TO COLLECTIVE WORKS

  • « Prophetic historiography: Definition and relevance for Herodotean and Lukan research» in «Le corpus lucanien (Luc-Actes) et l’historiographie ancienne: quels rapports?», S. Butticaz, L. Devillers, J. M. Morgan et S. Walton (sous dir.), Berlin, LIT, 2019.
  • « Marvelous Women of Prophecy in the Narrative Strategies of Herodotus’s Histories and Luke-Acts» in Sprachbilder und Bildsprache. Studien zur Kontextualisierung biblischer Texte. Festschrift für Max Küchler zum 75. Geburtstag, NTOA / StUNT 121, M. Lau, K. M. Schmidt et T. Schumacher (sous dir.), Göttingen, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2019, p. 423–455.
  • « La découverte de Qumrân: quelle pertinence pour l’étude du Nouveau Testament? in Les manuscrits de Qumrân au lendemain de leur 70^ème anniversaire, sous dir. Antony Perrot, St-Légier, Éditions HET, 2019, p. 165–211.

   

  BOOKS

  • Encountering Images of Spiritual Transformation: The Thoroughfare Motif within the Plot of Luke-Acts, Eugene, Wipf & Stock, 2013. (Publication of dissertation: « The Thoroughfare Motif in Luke-Acts: Its Poetic Value and Theological Implications », PhD dissertation, Evangelische Theologische Faculteit, Leuven, 2010).

   

  COLLECTIVE WORKS AS EDITOR

  • Butticaz S., L. Devillers, J.M. Morgan et S. Walton (sous dir.), L’historiographie ancienne et Luc-Actes: quels rapports?, Théologie biblique, Vol. 2, Zurich, LIT, 2019.

   

  BOOK REVIEWS

  • Review of V. George Shillington, An Introduction to the Study of Luke-Acts, 2nd ed., (London: Bloomsbury, 2015) in RBL 12, 2016.
  • Review of James R. McConnell, The Topos of Divine Testimony in Luke-Acts (Eugene: Pickwick, 2014) in Histos10 (2016) xxxv–xl.
  • Review of Alexander Kyrychenko, The Roman Army and the Expansion of the Gospel: The Role of the Centurion in Luke-Acts (BZNW 203, Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter, 2014) in RBL 06, 2015.
  • Review of Daniel Lynwood Smith, The Rhetoric of Interruption: Speech-Making, Turn-Taking and Rule-Breaking in Luke-Acts and Ancient Greek Narrative (BZNW 193, Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter, 2012) in Histos 9, 2015.
  • Review of Doohee Lee, Luke-Acts and ‘Tragic History’: Communicating Gospel with the World(Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2013) in Histos 8, June 2014. 
  • Review of Daniel Marguerat, L’uomo che veniva da Nazareth. Che cosa si può sapere oggi su Gesù (Torino, Claudiana, 2005, 111 p.) in Lux Biblica 33 (2006) 153-156.
  • Review of Filippo Serafini, Corso di Greco del Nuovo Testamento(Cinisello Balsamo, San Paolo, 2003, pp. 276) in Lux Biblica 31 (2005) 252-253.
  • Review of Giuliano Vigini, Vocabolario del Nuovo Testamento greco-italiano(Milano, Paoline, 2003, p. 639) in Lux Biblica 31 (2005) 253.
  • Review of R.T France,Il Vangelo secondo Matteo, Commentari Tyndale al Nuovo Testamento (trad. di M. Fanelli, Chieti-Roma, GBU, 2004, p. 607) in Lux Biblica 31 (2005) 225-227.
  • Review of Romano Penna, Il DNA del cristianesimo. L’identità cristiana allo stato nascente(Cinisello Balsamo, San Paolo, 2004, 463 p.) in Lux Biblica 31 (2005) 227-230.
  • Review of Ergun Mehmet Caner e Emir Fethi Caner, Unveiling Islam: An Insider's Look at Muslim Life and Beliefs(Grand Rapids, Kregel 2002) in Lux Biblica 29 (2004) 187-188.
  • Review of Ravi Zacharias, Luce nell'ombra della jihad: la battaglia per la verità, a cura di Carlo Lainò, trad. di Elisabetta Robinson (Grottaferrata, Italia per Cristo, 2003, p. 143) in Lux Biblica 29 (2004) 189-190.
  • Review of Millard J. Erickson, Truth or consequences: the promise and perils of postmodernism(Downers Grove, InterVarsity 2001, p. 335) in Lux Biblica 27 (2003) 166-168.
  • Review of James Swetnam, Il Greco del Nuovo Testamento, 2 vol., 2^e éd. in italiano a cura di Carlo Rusconi (Edizioni Dehoniane, Bologna 1998, ristampa 2002) in Lux Biblica 27 (2003) 141-143.
  • Review of David K. Naugle, Worldview: the history of a concept(Grand Rapids, Eerdmans 2002, p. 384) in Lux Biblica 27 (2003) 169-170.
  • Review of John G. Stackhouse, Jr. (a cura di), No Other Gods before Me? Evangelicals and the challenge of world religions(Baker, Grand Rapids 2001, p. 208) in Lux Biblica 25 (2002) 67-68.

   

  TRANSLATIONS

  • Translation Italian-English: Vittorino Grossi, « Augustine’s Soteriology Regarding Original Sin: Ancient Questions and Research Orientations » in Für uns und für unser Heil.Soteriologie in Ost und West, T. Hainthaler et al. (éd.), Pro Oriente Band XXXVII, Tyrolia-Verlag, Innsbruck, 2014, p. 221-243.

   

  Many contributions for a wider audience can be found on my Academia page: https://jamesmauricemorgan.academia.edu

• Mandats

  Membership in professional societies

  • Association catholique française pour l’étude de la Bible (ACFEB)
  • British New Testament Society (co-chair of the seminar on the Acts of the Apostles)
  • European Narratology Network
  • Réseau des narratologues francophones (RéNaF)
  • Society for Biblical Literature