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Joseph H. Hellerman

Professor of New Testament Language and Literature
  • Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
  • Th.M., Talbot School of Theology
  • M.Div., Talbot School of Theology
  • M.A., University of California, Los Angeles
  • M.A., California State University, Dominguez Hills
  • B.A., California State University, Dominguez Hills

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Dr. Hellerman has taught at Talbot for more than a decade and ministered in the church most of his adult life. Joe's seminary training (at Talbot) focused on Old Testament studies, while his doctoral research at UCLA dealt with the social history of the early Christians. Joe has authored three academic monographs: The Ancient Church as Family (Fortress Press, 2001), Reconstructing Honor in Roman Philippi (Cambridge University Press, 2005), and Jesus and the People of God: Reconfiguring Ethnic Identity (Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2007). In addition to his full-time duties with our New Testament Department, Joe presently serves as Co-Pastor at Oceanside Christian Fellowship in El Segundo. Joe is constantly encouraged and delighted by the love he receives from his wife Joann and his two adult daughters, Rebekah and Rachel. Away from Talbot, you might find Joe playing jazz-rock piano or fishing on a sportboat in the Pacific Ocean.

For more information about Dr. Hellerman, please visit Dr. Hellerman's website.

Affiliations

  • Evangelical Theological Society
  • Academy of Homiletics and Religious Communication Association
  • Society of Biblical Literakture

Awards and Honors

  • Provost recognition for Excellence in Scholarship, 2009

Publications

Books

  • “When the Church Was a Family” Broadman & Holman, 2009.
  • “The Ancient Church As Family” Fortress Press 2001.
  • “Reconstructing Honor in Roman Philippi: Carmen Christi as Cursus Pudorum” Cambridge University Press, 2005.
  • “Jesus and the People of God: Reconfiguring Ethnic Identity” Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2007.

Journal Articles

  • “Challenging the Authority of Jesus: Mark 11:27-33 and Mediterranean Notions of Honor and Shame.” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 43.2 (June 2000).
  • “Wealth and Sacrifice in Early Christianity: Revisiting Mark's Presentation of Jesus' Encounter with the Rich Young Ruler.” Trinity Journal, 21.2 (Fall 2000).
  • “The Humiliation of Christ in the Social World of Roman Philippi, Part 1.” Bibliothecra Sacra 160 (July-September 2003) 321-36.
  • “The Humiliation of Christ in the Social World of Roman Philippi, Part 2.” Bibliothecra Sacra 160 (October-December 2003) 421-33.
  • “Purity and Nationalism in Second Temple Literature: 1-2 Maccabees and Jubilees.” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society (October 2003).
  • “When the Church was a Family: Revisioning Christian Community in Light of Ancient Social Values.” Journal for the American Society for Church Growth (Fall 2003).

Monographs

  • “The Ancient Church as Family” (Fortress Press, 2001).
  • “Reconstructing Honor in Roman Philippi” (Cambridge University Press, 2005).
  • “Jesus and the People of God: Reconfiguring Ethnic Identity” (Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2007)