ERIC M.

VANDEN EYKEL
Assistant Professor of Religion, Ferrum College
P.O. Box 1000, Ferrum, VA 24088
540-263-8724 (cell) | 540-365-4320 (office)
evandeneykel@ferrum.edu

E DUCATION

Ph.D. Marquette University, Religious Studies, 2014

Concentration: Judaism and Christianity in Antiquity

M.A. Marquette University, Biblical Theology, 2009

M.Div. Emory University, Candler School of Theology, 2006

B.A. Southern Methodist University, Religious Studies, 2003

T EACHING AND A CADEMIC E XPERIENCE

2014 Assistant Professor, Ferrum College

Literature of the Bible; Biblical Greek; Religion in Film; Life and Letters of Paul;
Studies in the Gospels; Jesus in History and Tradition; Biblical Archaeology;
Christian Apocryphal Literature; World Religions

20132014 Teaching Fellow, Marquette University

Introduction to Theology; New Testament Overview

P UBLICATIONS

Monograph

2016 But Their Faces Were All Looking Up: Author and Reader in the Protevangelium of James.
The Reception of Jesus in the First Three Centuries 1; London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark,
2016.

Peer-Reviewed Articles

2017 Beyond Historical Criticism? Avery Dulless Model for the Theological Interpretation
of Scripture, The Heythrop Journal 58 (2017): 195-206.

2010 Scripture in the Pastoral Letters of the Provincial Councils of Baltimore, American
Catholic Studies 121: 5579.

Chapters/Entries in Edited Volumes

2018 The Reception of Jesus in the Protevangelium Iacobi in volume 2 of The Reception of
Jesus in the First Three Centuries, edited by Chris Keith, Helen K. Bond, and Jens Schrter
(London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, forthcoming)

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2017 Expanding the Apocryphal Corpus: Some Novel Suggestions in Fakes, Forgeries, and
Fictions: Writing Ancient and Modern Christian Apocrypha: Proceedings from the 2015 York
University Christian Apocrypha Symposium, edited by Tony Burke (Eugene: Cascade,
2017)

2017 Protevangelium of James in e-Clavis: Christian Apocrypha, an online initiative of the

North American Society for the Study of Christian Apocryphal Literature (NASSCAL)

2015 Contributor, the Routledge Encyclopedia of Ancient Mediterranean Religions, edited by Eric
Orlin, Lisbeth S. Fried, Jennifer Knust, and Michael Satlow (New York: Routledge)
entries on the Apocalypse of Elijah, Chaldean Oracles, Ladder of Jacob, Lives of the Prophets,
Questions and Revelation of Ezra
2014 Contributor, the Lexham Bible Dictionary (online - Logos Bible Software) entries on
Christmas, Wilderness of Shur, and the Apocalypse of the Virgin

Book Reviews

2016 Geza Vermes. The True Herod. London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2014. Jewish Culture and
History (forthcoming)
2016 Richard Bauckham, James R. Davila, and Alexander Panayotov, eds. Old Testament
Pseudepigrapha: More Noncanonical Scriptures. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2013. Journal of
the American Oriental Society (forthcoming)
2014 Denis Farkasfalvy, O.Cist. Inspiration & Interpretation: A Theological Introduction to Sacred
Scripture. Washington, D.C.: CUA Press, 2010. Nova et Vetera 11: 13101314.
2013 Donald A. Hagner. The New Testament: A Historical and Theological Introduction. Grand
Rapids: Baker Academic, 2012. Catholic Books Review (April)
2011 David J. OBrien and Thomas A. Shannon, editors. Catholic Social Thought: The
Documentary Heritage. Expanded Edition. Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 2010. Catholic Books
Review (May)
2011 Curtis Mitch and Edward Sri. The Gospel of Matthew. Catholic Commentary on Sacred
Scripture. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2010. Catholic Books Review (January)

In Process

We Have Seen His Star: The Magi in Early Christian Literature and Later Tradition (book manuscript in
preparation)
A Pear is Never Just a Pear: Reconsidering Augustines Spiritual Reading of the Sermon on the
Mount (article in preparation)
Shall You Die On the Mountain? The Death of Moses in the Synoptic Transfiguration Narratives
(article in preparation)

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C ONFERENCE /A CADEMIC P RESENTATIONS
2017 Then Suddenly, Everything Resumed Its Course: The Suspension of Time in the
Protevangelium of James Reconsidered at the Annual Meeting of the SBL, Boston, MA.
Forthcoming
2016 Virginity, the Temple Veil, and their Demise: A Hypothetical Readers Perspective on
Marys Work in the Protevangelium of James at the Annual Meeting of the SBL, Atlanta,
GA. 20 November
2015 Spear Wounds and Sleigh Bells: Believing and Seeing in the Gospel of John and The
Polar Express at the Annual Meeting of the SBL, Atlanta, GA. 21 November
2015 You Shall Die on the Mountain? On Moses Presence in the Synoptic Transfiguration
Narratives at the Annual Meeting of the SBL, Atlanta, GA. 21 November
2015 Expanding the Apocryphal Corpus: Some Novel Suggestions at the York Christian
Apocrypha Symposium, Toronto, Ontario. 25 September
2013 A Virgin Shall Spin and Bear a Son: Reconsidering Marys Work in the Protevangelium
of James at the Annual Meeting of the SBL, Baltimore, MD. 24 November
2013 Whose Love? An Exegetical Analysis of Bernard Lonergans Use of Romans 5:5 at
Lonergan on the Edge, Milwaukee, WI. 20 September
2012 The Death of Moses and the Gospel of Luke at the Upper Midwest Regional SBL, St.
Paul, MN. 31 March
2012 The Virgin, the Moirae, and the Birth of the Messiah: Toward a Christological
Understanding of the Protevangelium Jacobi at the Midwest Regional SBL,
Bourbonnais, IL. 12 February
2011 The Wine of Cana and the of the Cross: The Hour of Jesus in the Fourth Gospel
at the Upper Midwest Regional SBL, St. Paul, MN. 2 April
2010 Response to Jackson Lashier, Irenaeus on the Generation of the Logos, Jewish Roots
of Christian Mysticism panel, Logos Theologies of the Second Century, Milwaukee,
WI. 12 April
2010 Koheleth, Toil, and the Prodigal Son: Reading Lukes Parable through the Eyes of the
Teacher at the Upper Midwest Regional SBL, St. Paul, MN. 10 April
2009 Be Imitators of Me, as I am of Christ: Ren Girards Mimetic Theory in St. Pauls First
Letter to the Corinthians at the Upper Midwest Regional SBL, St. Paul, MN. 28 March

O THER P RESENTATIONS
2015 Tell Your Girlfriend that She Looks Like a Horse, and Other Biblical Dating Advice,
at the Ferrum College Inquiring Minds series, Ferrum, VA. 21 October

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 2015 Jesus: A Messiah in Our Image? at the Ferrum College Inquiring Minds series,
Ferrum, VA. 1 April
2014 The Rich Man and Lazarus: What Can Historical-Critical Methodology Reveal? at
the Marquette University Scripture Project, Milwaukee, WI. 16 April

G RANTS AND A WARDS

20172018 New faculty research grant, Ferrum College
20172018 Professional development grant, Ferrum College
20162017 New faculty research grant, Ferrum College
20162017 Professional development grant, Ferrum College
20152016 New faculty research grant, Ferrum College
20142015 Professional development grant, Ferrum College
20122013 Arthur J. Schmitt Fellowship, Marquette University
20102012 Teaching Assistantship, Marquette University

S ERVICE
2017 Presidents Task Force on Student Persistence and Success, Ferrum College
2017 Faculty Representative, Student Learning Assessment Committee, Ferrum College
2016 Steering Committee, Christian Apocryphal Literature Program Unit, SBL
2016 Religion Department Coordinator, Ferrum College
20152017 Arts and Humanities Faculty Representative, Faculty Council, Ferrum College
20132014 Faculty Mentor, Companions in Leadership Program, Marquette University
20122014 Student Representative, Student Advisory Board of the SBL, Midwest Region
20112014 Speaker, Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Nazareth Project for Marriage and Family
20112012 President, Association of Graduate Students in Theology at Marquette University
20102012 On-Campus Student Representative at Marquette University for the SBL
20102011 Treasurer, Association of Graduate Students in Theology at Marquette University

P ROFESSIONAL D EVELOPMENT
2015 Participant: Information Fluency in the Disciplines: Workshop on Philosophy,
Religious Studies, and the History of Ideas. The Council of Independent Colleges.
Baltimore, MD. 5-7 March
2015 Participant: Conference on Higher Education Pedagogy. Virginia Tech Center for
Instructional Development and Educational Research. Blacksburg, VA. 4-6 February
2013 Participant: LGBT Issues in the Classroom: The Conversation Continues. Marquette
University Center for Teaching and Learning. Milwaukee, WI. 17 April

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 2012 Participant: Theology Engaging and Engaged by the Core Curriculum. Wabash
Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion. Milwaukee, WI. 25 February
P ROFESSIONAL R EFERENCES

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 ERIC M. VANDEN EYKEL
Assistant Professor of Religion, Ferrum College
P.O. Box 1000, Ferrum, VA 24088
540-263-8724 (cell) | 540-365-4320 (office)
evandeneykel@ferrum.edu
Dr. Julian V. Hills Associate Professor of New Testament, Marquette University
julian.hills@marquette.edu
Dr. David B. Howell Professor of Religion and Dean, School of Arts and Humanities, Ferrum College
dhowell@ferrum.edu
Dr. Chris Keith Chair, New Testament and Early Christianity and Director, Centre for the Social-
Scientific Study of the Bible, St. Marys University Twickenham - chris.keith@stmarys.ac.uk

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