Dr. Thomas Scheck

Dr. Thomas ScheckDr. Thomas Scheck, a Senior Fellow of The St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology, is an Upper School Latin Teacher at Naples Classical Academy, Naples Florida.

Thomas Scheck received his Ph.D. from the University of Iowa (2004) in Religion, Classics and Philosophy. His works include:
Erasmus’s Life of Origen: A New Annotated Translation of the Prefaces to Erasmus of Rotterdam’s Edition of Origen’s Writings (1536) (The Catholic University of America Press, 2016).
Origen and the History of Justification: The Legacy of Origen’s Commentary on Romans (The University of Notre Dame Press, 2008).

Dr. Scheck has also translated several works of the Fathers of the Church including:
St. Chromatius of Aquileia’s Sermons and Tractates on Matthew (The Newman Press, 2018).
St. Jerome’s Commentaries on the Twelve Prophets, volume 2 [Zechariah, Malachi, Hosea, Joel, Amos]. (Intervarsity Press, 2017), St. Jerome: Commentary on Ezekiel (The Newman Press, 2017), and Commentaries on the Twelve Prophets, volume 1 [Nahum, Micah, Zephaniah, Haggai, Habakkuk, Jonah, Obadiah] (Intervarsity Press, 2016).

Dr. Scheck is a revert to the Catholic Church (1999). After experiencing a deep religious conversion in 1983 (which had followed a Catholic upbringing), he pursued full-time ministry as an evangelical Protestant. From 1990-99 he served as an Evangelical Free Church pastor in Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa and spent three years as a missionary in Leipzig, Germany. Professor Scheck attributes his return to the Catholic Church to his encounter with the Catholic theological tradition, above all the writings of the Fathers of the Church, the Catechism of the Catholic Church, and the writings of Erasmus of Rotterdam.

Dr. Scheck is married and has six children. He and his wife, Susan, live in Ave Maria, Florida.

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Curriculum Vitae

 

Employment History
2006-2022 Ave Maria University, Associate Professor of Theology
2022- Naples Classical Academy, Naples, Florida, Upper School Latin Teacher https://www.naplesclassical.org

Education
1982-84 Iowa State University
1984-87 Moody Bible Institute, BA, Bible/Theology (1987)
1987-89 Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Master of Divinity, magna cum laude (1989)
1999-2004 University of Iowa, Ph.D. (2004)

PUBLICATIONS

Books

  • Erasmus’s Life of Origen: A New Annotated Translation of the Prefaces to Erasmus of Rotterdam’s Edition of Origen’s Writings (1536). Translated with commentary by Thomas P. Scheck. Foreword by Richard L. DeMolen. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2016. ISBN: 978-0813228013
  • Origen and the History of Justification: The Legacy of Origen’s Commentary on Romans. Foreword by Joseph T. Lienhard, S.J. Notre Dame, Indiana: The University of Notre Dame Press, 2008. Paperback edition, 2016. ISBN: 978-0268041533

Translations

  • Jerome’s Commentary on Daniel. Translated by Thomas P. Scheck. Ancient Christian Writers. New York: The Newman Press, 2023.
  • Epistulae: The Exegetical Letters by St. Jerome. Translated by Thomas P. Scheck. Fathers of the Church, vol. 147. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2023.
  • Pelagius: Commentaries on the Thirteen Epistles of Paul with the Libellus Fidei. Introduced and translated by Thomas P. Scheck. Ancient Christian Writers. Mahwah, N.J.: Newman Press, 2022. ISBN: 978-0-8091-0659-2.
  • Julian of Eclanum. Commentaries on Job, Hosea, Joel and Amos. Translated by Thomas P. Scheck. Ancient Christian Texts. Downers Grove: Intervarsity, 2021. ISBN: 978-0-8308-2547-9.
  • Chromatius of Aquileia. Sermons and Tractates on Matthew. Ancient Christian Writers, No. 75. New York: The Newman Press, 2018. ISBN: 978-0-8091-0646-2.
  • Commentaries on the Twelve Prophets, volume 2 [Zechariah, Malachi, Hosea, Joel, Amos]. Edited by Thomas P. Scheck. Ancient Christian Texts. Downers Grove: Intervarsity Press, 2017. ISBN: 978-0-8308-2917-0
  • Jerome: Commentary on Ezekiel. Translated by Thomas P. Scheck. Ancient Christian Writers No. 71. New York: The Newman Press, 2017. ISBN: 978-0-8091-0631-8
  • Commentaries on the Twelve Prophets, volume 1 [Nahum, Micah, Zephaniah, Haggai, Habakkuk, Jonah, Obadiah]. Edited by Thomas P. Scheck. Ancient Christian Texts. Downers Grove: Intervarsity Press, 2016. ISBN: 978-0-8308-2916-3
  • Jerome: Commentary on Isaiah; Origen: Homilies 1-9 on Isaiah. Translated by Thomas P. Scheck. Ancient Christian Writers No. 68. New York: The Newman Press, 2015. ISBN: 978-0809106080
  • Jerome’s Commentaries on Galatians, Titus and Philemon. Translated by Thomas P. Scheck. Notre Dame, IN.: University of Notre Dame Press, 2010. ISBN: 978-0268041335
  • Pamphilus: Apology for Origen. Rufinus: On the Falsification of the Books of Origen. Translated by Thomas P. Scheck. The Fathers of the Church 120. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 2010. ISBN: 978-0813201207
  • Homilies 1-14 on Ezekiel. Translated by Thomas P. Scheck. Ancient Christian Writers. No. 62. New York: The Newman Press, 2010. ISBN: 978-0809105670
  • Homilies 1-28 on Numbers. Translated by Thomas P. Scheck. Edited by Christopher A. Hall. Ancient Christian Texts. Downers Grove: Intervarsity Press, 2009. ISBN: 978-0830829057
  • Jerome. Commentary on Matthew. Translated by Thomas P. Scheck. The Fathers of the Church 117. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2008. ISBN: 978-0813227207
  • Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans, Books 6-10. Translated by Thomas P. Scheck. The Fathers of the Church 104. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2002. ISBN: 978-0813220215
  • Origen. Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans, Books 1-5. Translated by Thomas P. Scheck. The Fathers of the Church 103. Washington D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2001. ISBN: 978-0813217369

Articles

  • “The Influence of Origen on Erasmus.” Chapter 26: The Oxford Handbook of Origen, edited by Ronald E. Heine, Karen Jo Torjesen. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021. Pp. 484-504.
  • “Jerome’s Origenistic Exegesis of Romans 9 (Epistle 120.10 to Hedibia).” In: Hieronymus noster, Instrumenta Patristica et Mediaevalia. Brepols. Forthcoming.
  • “Thomas More: First and Best Apologist for Erasmus.” Moreana 1 (2021): 75-111.
  • “Jerome’s Use of Origen’s Exegesis of Romans 9 in his Epistle 120.10 to Hedibia.” St Vladimir’s Theological Quarterly 62:4 (2018) 349–371.
  • “Origen’s Theology of Salvation.” Pp. 22-40 in: Christian Theologies of Salvation: A Comparative Introduction. Edited by Justin S. Holcomb. New York: New York University Press, 2017.
  • “Law: In the Patristic Era.” In: Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception, vol. 15. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2017.
  • “Justification: Greek and Latin Patristics.” In: Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception, vol. 14 Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2017.
  • “Origen.” Ch. 47 (pp. 943-58) in: The Early Christian World. 2nd Edited by Philip F. Esler. New York: Routledge/Taylor & Francis, 2017.
  • “Jerome. Christianity. Patristics and Orthodox Churches.” In: Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception, vol. 13. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2016.
  • “Gospel Prologues.” In: Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception, vol. 10. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2014.
  • “Bishop John Fisher’s Response to Martin Luther.” Franciscan Studies 71 (2013) 463-509.
  • “Origen’s Interpretation of Romans.” In: A Companion to St. Paul in the Middle Ages. Edited by Steven R. Cartwright. Leiden: Brill, 2013. 15-49.
  • “Pelagius’s Interpretation of Romans.” In: A Companion to St. Paul in the Middle Ages. Edited by Steven R. Cartwright. Leiden: Brill, 2013. 79-113.
  • “Humanitas in Cicero’s Moral Philosophy and its Christian Reception.” Ave Maria Law Review 2 (2012) 405- 415.
  • “Erasmus’s Edition of Origen.” In: Tradition and the Rule of Faith: Festschrift for Joseph T. Lienhard. Eds. R. Rombs and E. Hwang. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 2010. 308-336.
  • “The Polemics of John Heigham and Richard Montagu and the Rise of English Arminianism.” Recusant History (May 2008) 12-27.
  • “Walter Bauer’s Rechtgläubigkeit und Ketzerei im ältesten Christentum.” Reviewed by Walther Völker. Introduced, translated and annotated by Thomas P. Scheck. Journal of Early Christian Studies 4 (2006) 399-405.
  • “William of St. Thierry’s Reception of Origen’s Exegesis of Romans.” Adamantius 10 (2004) 238-258.
  • “Law.” In: The Westminster Handbook to Origen. John A. McGuckin, ed.. (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2004) 138-40.
  • “Justification by Faith Alone in Origen’s Commentary on Romans and its Reception During the Reformation Era.” In: Origeniana Octava: Origen and the Alexandrian Tradition. Papers of the 8th International Origen Congress, Pisa, 27-31 August 2001, 2 vols., ed. L. Perrone (Louvain: Peeters, 2003), Vol. 2, 1277-1288.

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Academic Appointments

  • 2004-05 Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Notre Dame
  • 2006-08 Assistant Professor in Pastoral Theology, Ave Maria University
  • 2008-13 Assistant Professor of Classics and Theology, Ave Maria University
  • 2013 Promoted to Associate Professor of Theology and Classics, Ave Maria University
  • 2014 Appointment changed to Associate Professor of Theology, Adjunct Professor of Classics, Ave Maria University
  • June 30, 2022 Employment term at Ave Maria University ended
  • July 2022. Began employment at Naples Classical Academy, Naples, Florida. Upper School Latin Teacher. https://www.naplesclassical.org

 

Fellowships, Post-PhD Teaching Experience, Awards/Grants

  • 2003-2004 Seashore Dissertation Year Fellowship. The University of Iowa
  • 2004 Appointed Senior Fellow of The St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology
  • 2004-2005 Adjunct Assistant Professor, The University of Notre Dame, Classics & Theology Departments
  • 2004-2006 Post-Doctoral Research Associate, The Jacques Maritain Center, The University of Notre Dame
  • 2005-2006 Instructor in Latin and German, Trinity (High) School at Greenlawn, South Bend, Indiana
  • 2006-2008 Visiting Scholar, University of Notre Dame
  • 2015 Appointed to the Advisory Board, Ancient Christian Writers, Paulist/Newman Press
  • November 2019 Laurel Grant of $2200, to enable participation in HIERONYMUS NOSTER conference, 1600th Anniversary of the Death of St. Jerome, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Ocbober 2019
  • Summer 2020 Summer Research Grant of $6000 from The Center for Thomas More Studies, awarded by Dr. Gerard Wegemer of the University of Dallas, to enable the completion of an article for the journal Moreana, entitled: “Thomas More: First and Best Apologist for Erasmus,” and participation in the November 2020 Thomas More conference in Dallas, Texas.
  • Summer 2022 Summer Research Grant of $8000 from Emmaus Academic Press to complete a new translation of St. Isidore of Seville’s Mysticorum Expositiones Sacramentorum seu Quaestiones in Vetus Testamentum, Explanation of the Mysterious and Sacred Truths, or Questions on the Old Testament.

 

Courses Taught (post Ph.D.)

Ave Maria University

  • Theo 415/595: Erasmus/Luther/Thomas More. Spring 2019
  • Theo 410/501: Advanced Scripture: Old Testament. Fall 2017-20
  • Theo 611: Patristic Exegesis of Isaiah. Fall 2016
  • Theo 411/502: Advanced Scripture: New Testament, Spring 2016, Spring 2017
  • Theo 205: Sacred Doctrine, Spring 2015-present
  • Theo 250: Foundations of Catechesis, Spring 2014-present
  • Theo 595/695(630): Patristic Exegesis of St. Paul, Fall 2013, Fall 2015, Spring 2018, Spring 2020
  • Latin 415: Special Topics: Jerome’s Commentary on Ezekiel, Spring 2013
  • Theo 415/595: Protestant Reformation, Catholic Response, Spring 2013
  • German 101: Elementary German. Fall 2012-present
  • German 102: Intermediate German. Spring 2016-present
  • Latin 304: Latin Church Fathers. Fall 2012
  • Theo 695/Latin 415: Special Topics: Jerome’s Commentary on Isaiah. Fall 2011
  • Latin 415/Theo 595: Patristic Exegesis: Origen & St. Jerome. Spring 2011
  • Theo 105/105H: Sacred Scripture (Honors). 2010-18
  • Theo 525: Christ and Salvation. Fall 2009
  • Theo 697: Directed Readings Special Topics: Origen. Fall 2008
  • Elementary & Intermediate Latin 101/102. 2008-16; Elementary and Intensive Latin 103/104, Summer 2009-13
  • New Testament II: Luke-Acts. IPT (Institute for Pastoral Theology) Program. Spring 2008, Spring 2009
  • Old Testament I: Introduction to the Old Testament. IPT Program. Fall 2007
  • New Testament I: Introduction to the New Testament. IPT Program. Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2011
  • New Testament II: The Epistles of Saint Paul. IPT Program. Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2011
  • Old Testament II: Literature of Hellenistic Judaism. IPT Program. Fall 2006, Fall 2007

 

Pre-Ave Maria

  • Introduction to Latin. International Catholic University (Distance Education Course on DVD), 2006
  • Beginning Latin, Trinity School, South Bend, 2005-06
  • Beginning German. Trinity School, South Bend, 2005-06
  • Intermediate Latin, University of Notre Dame, Summer 2005
  • Beginning Greek, University of Notre Dame, Fall 2004
  • Foundations of Theology. University of Notre Dame, Fall 2004

M.A. Theses Directed (Ave Maria University)

  • 2020: William Marcinkus, “Interpreting the Council of Trent’s Decree on Justification: A Response to Dr. Steven A. Long.”
  • 2019: Jamie Elizabeth Archer, “The Value of the Epistle from Clement of Rome to the Corinthians for Modern Magisterial Teaching.”
  • 2019: Rachel Corcho, “That Ancient Serpent”: An Exploration into Satan, Old Testament Sea Creatures, and Near Eastern Creation Accounts.”
  • 2019: Rebecca Felix, “Imago Dei: A New Method of Catechetical Formation for a Modern World.”
  • 2018: Daniel Waldow, “From Whom Was Man Saved? A Retrieval and Defense of Origen’s Ransom Soteriology.” Published as an article under the title: “From Whom Was Humanity Saved? The Ransom Soteriology of Origen’s Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans,” International Journal for Systematic Theology 3 (2019) 265-289.
  • 2016: Manuel Cardenas Riviera, “The Contemporary Catholic Church and the Exegesis of Romans 9: A Comparison of St. Thomas Aquinas and St. John Chrysostom.”
  • 2013: Anthony Cazares, “A Translation of St. Jerome’s Commentary on Micah.” Published with my collaboration by Intervarsity Press (Ancient Christian Texts, 2016).
  • 2011: Sr. Albert Marie Surmanski, OP, “A Translation of St. Jerome’s Commentary on Nahum.” Published with my collaboration by Intervarsity Press (Ancient Christian Texts, 2016).
  • 2010: Alex Wolf, “Trends in Modern Catholic Biblical Exegesis: A Comparison of the Study Notes in the Jerusalem Bible (1966) and the New Jerusalem Bible (1983).”

 

Published as an article in: Angelicum 89 (2012) 7-47.

  • 2010: Fr. Hyacinth Jemigbola, “Origen’s Influence on Erasmus’ Enchiridion.”

 

Conference Papers, Public Presentations, YouTube Interviews and Lectures

  • Interviewed by Al Kresta, “Kresta in the Afternoon,” Ave Maria Radio, on the Feast Day of St. Jerome, Thursday September 30, 2021, 5:20pm Eastern. https://anchor.fm/alkresta/episodes/The-Cranky-but-Brilliant-St–Jerome—Dr–Thomas-Scheck-30-September-2021-e184pmo
  • Interviewed by Catholic Challenge on Maria Vision, June 16, 2021 https://youtu.be/T111sXm8DFI
  • Bible Readers Podcast: August 2020. https://biblereaderspodcast.podbean.com/e/dr-thomas-scheck/
  • Interview June 4, 2021: “4D Catholicism: Origen and the History of Justification”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtgWHXJ3sno
  • I was invited to give a “Webinar” lecture entitled: “Rehabilitating Erasmus: Healing the Protestant-Catholic Divide.” Institute of Catholic Culture, June 22, 2021, 7:30-9:30pm. https://instituteofcatholicculture.org/events/rehabilitating-erasmus
  • I have accepted an invitation from Prof. Dr. Alfons Fürst of the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the University of Münster, Germany, to participate in an Erasmus/Origen conference in the summer of 2021 in Lago di Como, Italy. The conference theme is the last text of Erasmus about Origen, the Vita Origenis (1536), of which work I have published an English translation and commentary in 2016 (Erasmus’s Life of Origen).
  • In November 2019 I was awarded a summer research grant by Dr. Gerard Wegemer of the The Center for Thomas More Studies (University of Dallas) to write an article for the journal Moreana, entitled: “Thomas More: First and Best Apologist for Erasmus,” and to participate in the November 2020 Thomas More conference in Dallas, Texas. (Conference cancelled due to Covid).
  • I gave a paper at a conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia: “Hieronymus Noster: International Symposium on the 1600th Anniversary of Jerome’s Death. 23-26 October, 2019. My paper was entitled: “Jerome’s Origenistic Exegesis of Romans 9 (Epistle 120.10 to Hedibia).” See: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQuSPzP5TzNF_b5_C6-mgs72kpaA07OIQ
  • I was invited to give two papers at the 71st Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, “Christ in All Scripture,” Nov. 20-22, 2019, San Diego, CA. The Session was entitled: “Patristic and Medieval History: Christ in all Scripture in the Fathers.” My papers were entitled: “Origen’s Spiritual Exegesis of Numbers and St. Jerome’s Response;” and: “Jerome’s Reception of Origen’s Exegesis of Romans 9.”
  • “The Relation of Chromatius of Aquileia’s Doctrine of Grace to that of Pelagius and Augustine.” North American Patristics Society. Chicago, May 2018.
  • “Origen, Teacher of Saints.” “Scholars Corner” lecture. Friday January 20, 2017. Ave Maria University.
  • “Plagiarism of Origen as Supreme Praise: Jerome’s Preface to Book 2 of his Commentary on Micah.” North American Patristics Society. Chicago, May 2016.
  • I was interviewed on The Drew Mariani Show on Relevant Radio, with Leo Brown guest hosting, Thursday, July 31, 2014 around 4:10pm Eastern for about 20 minutes.
  • I was interviewed by Dr. Jonathon Armstrong for “God Talks.” An audio of the interview is posted online (Dec. 9, 2013) at the website: “Aqueduct Project.” http://aqueductproject.org/.
  • “Jerome’s Doctrine of Grace Compared with Augustine’s.” North American Patristics Society, May 2013, Chicago.
  • “Introduction to Jerome’s Commentary on Isaiah.” North American Patristics Society, May 2012, Chicago.
  • “Cardinal Ratzinger’s Reflections on the Importance of Patristic Exegesis, with a Test Case from St. Jerome (Isaiah 7:14).” Reading God’s Word Conference: Ratzinger’s Erasmus Lecture a Generation Later. February 10-11, 2012. Ave Maria University.
  • “Humanitas in Cicero’s Moral Philosophy and its Christian Reception.” A Conference on the Foundations of Human Rights: Catholic Contributions. Co-sponsored by Ave Maria School of Law, Ave Maria University and Sacred Heart Major Seminary. Ave Maria, Florida. 3-4 March 2011.
  • “ Jerome on Predestination, Free Will, and Divine Foreknowledge.” North American Patristics Society, May 2010, Chicago.
  • “St. Jerome’s Interpretation of Paul’s Conflict with Peter at Antioch (Gal 2:11-14) and Augustine’s Response.” North American Patristics Society, May 2009, Chicago.
  • “Origen’s Interpretation of Romans.” North American Patristics Society Annual Meeting, May 22, 2008, Chicago, Illinois.
  • “Introduction to St. Paul,” and “St. Paul’s Knowledge of the Gospel Tradition.” Two evening talks at: St. Ann’s Catholic Church, Augusta, Michigan. May 14 & June 13, 2008.
  • “Origen’s Interpretation of Romans.” North American Patristics Society Meeting, May 2008. Chicago.
  • “Pamphilus of Caesarea’s Apology for Origen (309): Its Purpose and Aims.” North American Patristics Society Meeting. May 25, 2006. Chicago.
  • “The Evidence for Augustine’s Use of the Origen-Rufinus Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans.” North American Patristics Society Meeting. June 4, 2005. Chicago.
  • “Pelagius’s Use of the Origen-Rufinus Commentary on Romans.” North American Patristics Society Annual Meeting. May 29, 2004. Loyola University of Chicago.
  • “William of St. Thierry’s Reception of Origen’s Exegesis of Romans.” Congress on Medieval Studies. May 7, 2004. Kalamazoo, Michigan.
  • “The Authority of Augustine in Erasmus’s Catholic Apologetics, or McSorley: Right or Wrong?”
  • Sixteenth Century Studies Conference. October 31, 2003. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
  • “Phillip Melanchthon’s Reception of Origen’s Exegesis of Romans.” American Society of Church History meeting, January 3, 2003. Chicago.
  • “The First Printed Editions of Origen’s Commentary on Romans: Salodianus (Venice, 1506), Merlin (Paris, 1512), and Erasmus (Basel, 1536).” North American Patristic Society Annual Meeting, May 23-25, 2002, Loyola University, Chicago.
  • “The Authority of Augustine in Erasmus’s Catholic Apologetics.” American Catholic Historical Association, Spring Meeting, March 15-16, 2002. University of Portland, Portland, Oregon.
  • “The Importance of the Delarue Edition of Origen (1733/59).” South Central Society for 18th -Century Studies, 27th Annual Meeting, February 21-23, 2002, South Padre Island, Texas.
  • “Justification by Faith Alone in Origen’s Commentary on Romans and its Reception During the Reformation Era.” Colloquium Origenianum Octavum: Origen and the Alexandrian Tradition, August 27-31, 2001, Pisa, Italy.
  • “Philo, Paul, and Origen on the ‘Mercy Seat’ (Ex 25.17; Rom 3.25).” North American Patristic Society Annual Meeting, May 24-26, 2001, Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois.

 

Book Reviews, Peer Review of Articles, et al

  • Reviewed a manuscript containing an introduction and translation of Sedulius Scottus’ Commentary on Romans for consideration for publication in Dallas Medieval Texts and Translations. January 2022
  • Reviewed an article submission for the journal Clotho, entitled: “St Jerome’s Posthumous Life: Aspects of his Reception in the 20th century.” January 2022.
  • Wrote a review of Christopher J. Malloy, False Mercy: Recent Heresies Distorting Catholic Truth (Manchester, NH: Sophia Institute Press, 2021). https://www.amazon.com/False-Mercy-Heresies-Distorting-Catholic/dp/1644134187/ref=sr_1_1?crid=29HOPGROV8G0U&keywords=false+mercy+malloy&qid=1641210407&s=books&sprefix=false+mercy%2Cstripbooks%2C408&sr=1-1#customerReviews December 2021.
  • Wrote a review of Shakira-Tasmin Prädicow, Intertextualität in den Mönchsviten des Athanasios und des Hieronymus: Eremiten zum Dialog bestellt (Berlin: De Gruyter, 2020). Church History (2022) ?
  • Wrote a review of Erasmus on Literature: his Ratio or ‘System’ of 1518/1519: (The Ratio verae theologiae). Edited by Mark Vessey from the translation and notes by Robert D. Sider; with a foreword by Anthony Grafton and essays by Brian Cummings, Kathy Eden, Riemer Faber, and Christopher Ocker (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2021). Moreana 1 (2022): 141-148.
  • Wrote a book note of Alfons Fürst, ed., Origen’s Philosophy of Freedom in Early Modern Times: Debates about Free Will and Apokatastasis in 17th-Century England and Europe. Adamantiana 13. Münster: Aschendorff, 2019. Church History ( ).
  • Wrote a review of Alberto de Mingo Kaminouchi, An Introduction to Christian Ethics: A New Testament Perspective translated by Brother John of Taizé (Collegeville: Liturgical Press 2020), for Journal of Moral Theology.
  • Wrote a book review of Thomas E. Hunt, Jerome of Stridon and the Ethics of Literary Production in Late Antiquity (Leiden: Brill, 2020) for the journal Church History.
  • Wrote a back cover endorsement for Mark Goodwin’s book, Paul and Participation: The Patristic Witness (Lexington Press, 2020).
  • Wrote a book review of Ross Dealy, Before Utopia: The Making of Thomas More’s Mind (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2020) for the journal Moreana 2 (2021) 264-268.
  • Refereed an article submission for International Journal of Systematic Theology entitled: “Reconciling the Nature and Extent of the Atonement in Origen’s Thought.” July 2020
  • Refereed an article submission for Irish Theological Quarterly entitled: “John Fisher at the Council of Trent and his Sermon on Christ’s Passion.” June 2019.
  • Refereed an article submission for Catholic Historical Review entitled: “Consolation & Encouragement from St. Jerome: A Comparative Study of Epistles 68, 75, 76 and 79.” April 2019
  • Wrote a review of Stephen Bagby, Sin in Origen’s Commentary on Romans (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic 2018. Vigiliae Christianae 73 (2019) 339-41.
  • Refereed a paper entitled “Philipp Melanchthon’s twofold reception of Platonism,” for the volume of papers from the 2018 International Society for Neoplatonic Studies Conference in Los Angeles. Edited by Eric Perl and John F. Finamore.
  • Wrote a reader’s report at the request of University of Toronto Press for the manuscript: Ross Dealy, Before Utopia: The Making of Thomas More’s Mind. July 2018
  • Wrote the “Foreword” for David W. T. Brattston’s, Papal Supremacy: Quotations and Commentaries. St. Polycarp Publishing House, 2018.
  • Wrote a review of: Rufinus of Aquileia: History of the Church. Translated by Philip R. Amidon, SJ.[Fathers of the church, Volume 133.] (Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press. 2016. For: Catholic Historical Review 3 (Summer 2017) pp. 11-12.
  • Wrote a review of Ross Dealy, The Stoic Origins of Erasmus’ Philosophy of Christ. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2017. For: Moreana 2 (2017) 255-60.
  • Evaluated article submission for International Journal of Systematic Theology: “The Pedagogue and the High Priest: A Systematic Presentation of Origen’s Soteriology.” May 2016.
  • Wrote Review Essay of A. J. Brown (ed.), Opera Omnia Desiderii Erasmi, VI-4 Novum Testamentum ab Erasmo Recognitum, IV Epistolae Apostolicae et Apocalypsis Iohannis (Leiden: Brill, 2013). Erasmus Studies 1 (2014), 59-62.
  • Evaluated an article submission for Journal of Theological Studies entitled: “The Gospel According to Mark in Two Latin Mixed-Text Manuscripts.” June 2014.
  • Evaluated an article submission for Journal of Theological Studies entitled: “The Biblical Text of Jerome’s Commentary on Galatians.” September 2013.
  • Evaluated an article submission for Harvard Theological Review entitled, “Origen and Volitional Sin in the Commentary on Romans.” April 2013.
  • Wrote extended review of: Joseph Ratzinger/Pope Benedict XVI, Jesus of Nazareth. In: Nova et Vetera 1 (2009) 1-6.
  • Wrote an extended review of: Henri de Lubac, History and Spirit: The Understanding of Scripture according to Origen. In: Nova et Vetera (2009) 532-38.
  • Evaluated an article submission for Journal of Early Christian Studies entitled: “Rufinus of Aquileia and Alexandrian Afterlives: Translation of Origenism.” December 2008.
  • Wrote a review of Mark Reasoner, Romans in Full Circle: A History of Interpretation (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2005). In: Journal of Early Christian Studies 3 (Fall 2006) 379-381.
  • Wrote a review of Maureen Beyer Moser, Teacher of Holiness: The Holy Spirit in Origen’s Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans. In: Journal of Early Christian Studies 1 (2006) 122-24.
  • Wrote a review of J. A. McGuckin, ed. The Westminster Handbook to Origen. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2004. In: Adamantius 11 (2005) 526-529.
  • Wrote a review of M. Simonetti, ed. Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture: Matthew 1-13, Matthew 14-28. 2 vols. Downers Grove: Intervarsity 2002. In: Journal of Early Christian Studies 3 (Fall 2004) 380-382.
  • Wrote a review of Homilies on Joshua, translated by Barbara J. Bruce, edited by Cynthia
  • White (The Fathers of the Church. A New Translation,105), The Catholic University of America Press, Washington D.C. 2002. In: Adamantius 10 (2004) 473-474.
  • Wrote a review of Elizabeth Van Diver, ed. Luther’s Lives: Two Contemporary Accounts of Martin Luther (Manchester 2002). In: Erasmus of Rotterdam Society Yearbook (2003) 111-118.
  • Wrote an In Memoriam John C. Olin (7 October 1915-6 June 2000). In: Erasmus of Rotterdam Society Yearbook 21 (2001) 90-93.
  • Wrote a review of Abraham Friesen, Erasmus, the Anabaptists, and the Great Commission (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998). In: Erasmus of Rotterdam Society Yearbook 20 (2000) 82-87.
  • Wrote a review of Timothy J. Wengert, Human Freedom, Christian Righteousness: Philip Melanchthon’s Exegetical Dispute with Erasmus of Rotterdam (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998). In: Trinity Journal 20 (1999) 111-116.
  • Wrote a review of Desiderius Erasmus, Patristic Scholarship: The Edition of St. Jerome. The Collected Works of Erasmus, vol. 61., ed., trans., and annot. by James F. Brady and John C. Olin (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1992). In: Trinity Journal 14 (1993) 79-85.

 

Works in Progress

  • New translation of St. Isidore of Seville’s Mysticorum Expositiones Sacramentorum seu Quaestiones in Vetus Testamentum, Explanations of the Holy Mysteries, or Questions on the Old Testament. Under contract with Emmaus Academic Press.
  • Translation of St. John Fisher’s, Assertionis Lutheranae Confutatio (Confutation of Luther’s Assertion)
  • Article: “Election as Foreknowledge from Justin Martyr to St. Jerome.” Chapter in The T&T Clark Companion to Election, edited by Edwin Chr. Van Driel.
  • “From Origen to Jerome.” 25,000 word chapter in the forthcoming volume: Literature and the Bible. Edited by Ian Christopher Levy and Stephen Prickett. Includes a new translation of Jerome’s Epistle 78 to Fabiola.
  • Article: “Faith and ‘Works of the Law’ in Origen’s Commentary on Romans.” In: Pauline and Patristic Scholars in Debate. Edited by Paul M. Blowers and Elizabeth Dively Lauro. Bloomsbury/T & T Clark.
  • Article: “The Interpretation of Romans 5, 7, & 9 during the Pelagian Controversy.” 7000 words. Oxford Handbook for the Pelagian Controversy. Edited by G. Malavasi, A. Dupont, B. Matz.