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Sean Adams is a Professor in New Testament Ancient Culture in the School of Critical Studies at the University of Glasgow. He started his academic career as a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow and is currently a holder of the British Academy Rising Star Engagement Award. His research focuses on understanding the New Testament within the wider literary and historical contexts of contemporary Jewish literature. He is presently working on a monograph examining how Jewish authors engaged with Greek literature through the adoption of Greek literary forms. Additionally, he investigates how Jewish communities in Alexandria interacted with Greek literary education. Sean has published on ancient manuscripts, exploring the methods ancient scribes used to divide texts. He lectures on various topics related to the New Testament, including the Historical Jesus, Biblical theology, and individual books of the Bible such as Acts and Galatians. He has also supervised undergraduate, master's, and doctoral dissertations, and is open to supervising students interested in the intersections of the New Testament, biblical theology, ancient manuscripts, and Hellenistic literature.
University of Glasgow • Glasgow, Scotland
Teaching and research in New Testament and Ancient Culture.