Dr. John Kloppenborg

Professor

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Biography

John S. Kloppenborg is a specialist in Christian origins and Temple Judaism, particularly the Jesus tradition (both canonical and non-canonical gospels), and the social world of the early Jesus movement in Jewish Palestine and the eastern Empire. He has written extensively on the Synoptic Sayings Gospel (Q) and the Synoptic Problem, and is currently engaged in a writing project on the parables of Jesus and the letter of James, focusing on cultic, professional, and ethnic associations in the Graeco-Roman world. Kloppenborg serves as a general editor of the International Q Project and holds a five-year Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Insight Grant on Associative Practices in the Graeco-Roman World.

Research Interests

Requirements for University of Toronto

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.3
IELTS
Listening
Required:6.5
Reading
Required:6.5
Writing
Required:6.5
Speaking
Required:6.5
Overall
Required:7
TOEFL
Listening
Required:22
Reading
Required:22
Writing
Required:22
Speaking
Required:22
Total
Required:93
Prerequisites
Appropriate four-year bachelor's degree Background in sociological theory and statistics preferred
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Specialization Notes

Department of Sociology