Essays in Journals and Books

“Philippians: Reckoning with A Dog-Eat-Dog Interpretive Legacy.” In Judeophobia in the New Testament: Texts, Contexts, and Pedagogy. Eds. Sarah E. Rollens, Eric M. Vanden Eykel, and Meredith J.C. Warren. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2024 forthcoming. “Romans.” Pages 285-320 in The Jewish Annotated New Testament. Revised NRSVue Ed. Eds. Marc Brettler and Amy Jill Levine (New York, et al: Oxford University Press, 2024 forthcoming). “Translating NT texts “within Judaism”: Theory and Practice.” Journal of the Jesus Movement in

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Welcome to the Mark D. Nanos “Paul within Judaism” website!  This website introduces my work as a Jewish historian with a research focus on the Apostle Paul. This project involves investigating ways to read Paul’s letters “within Judaism” during the mid-first century, an effort I share with others involved in exploring this way to re-conceptualize how to interpret Paul. Together, we strive for historical probability within the New Testament discipline of