Mark W. Elliott
Mark Elliott is Senior Lecturer in Church History and teaches in the areas of Early and Medieval Church, pre-Enlightenment Theology, and Christian life and thought since Reformation times.
He also teaches the history of biblical hermeneutics at honours and postgraduate Masters levels.
Education
B.A. (Jurisprudence), University of Oxford.
B.D. (Hons in OT and NT), University of Aberdeen.
Ph.D. University of Cambridge.
Research Interests
My research looks to combine the wisdom of pre-modern and modern exegesis, in order to see what one can call biblical theology in the light of history of interpretation. I have a growing interest in the area of the History of Spirituality (Medieval and Modern, European and Scottish), particularly with reference to traditions of biblical exegesis. This is expressed in teaching and in planned publications.BOOKS
- The reality of Biblical Theology (Bern: Peter Lang, 2007)
- Isaiah 40-66, Ancient Christian Commentary Series (Downers Grove, IVP, 2007)
- Postmodernism and Theology (Leicester: RTSF Monographs, 1998.) [Revised version published in P. Duce and D. Strange (eds.), (Leicester: IVP, 2002.)]
- The Song of Songs and Christology in the Early Church, 381-451 (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2000.)
EDITED BOOKS
- Mark W. Elliott (ed.), The Dynamics of Human Life (Carlisle: Paternoster, 2002).
- Mark W. Elliott and John L. McPake, The Only Hope: Jesus; yesterday, today, forever (Fearn: Christian Focus Publications, 2001).
- K. Brewer and M.W. Elliott (eds.), The Reader must understand (Leicester: IVP, 1998.) Reprinted in USA as: Eschatology in Bible & Theology: Evangelical Essays at the Dawn of a New Millennium (Downers Grove: IVP, 1999).
ARTICLES
- `Mike Higton's Systematic Theology: review article', Expository Times 2009.
- `Augustine: More confessed than unconfessed. Thoughts Gained From Teaching the Canonical Augustine,' Zeitschrift für Antikes Christentum11 (2007), 115-28.
- `Thomas Mann: Bible, Art and Salvation' in Journal of European Theology XI (2002):2, 127-34.
- `Aesthetics and Ethics in The Song of Songs.' Tyndale Bulletin 45.1 (1994): 137-52.
- `Pistis Xristou in the Church fathers and Beyond', in Michael Bird, Preston M. Sprinkle (eds.), The Faith of Jesus Christ: Exegetical, Biblical, and Theological Studies (Carlisle, UK: Paternoster, 2009.)
- `Four types of early modern reading of Leviticus 16' in W. François and A. van Hollander (eds.), Infant Milk or Hardy Nourishment? The Bible for Lay People and Theologians in the Early Modern Period (Leuven: Peeters, 2009.)
- `Romans 7 in the Reformation era', in R. Ward Holder (ed.), Romans through History and Cultures, Vol. 7 (New York-London, Continuum, 2008.)
- `Leviticus in the Low Countries: Lapide and Grotius' in T. Römer, Leviticus and Numbers, (Bibliotheca Ephemeridum Theologicarum Lovaniensium; Leuven: Peeters, 2008.)
- `Romans in the Later Middle Ages' in Cristina Grenholm and Daniel Patte, General Editors, Romans through History and Cultures, Vol. 6 (New York: Continuum, 2007.)
- `The voice of the Fathers on Isaiah 40-66,' in Ralf George Czapla & Ulrike Rembold (Hg.), Die Bibel im Dialog mit Wissenschaften, Künsten und Medien (P. Lang, 2006), 67-84.
- `The Desert Fathers, Cassian and Western Spirituality' in Christopher Patridge and Theodore Gabriel (Eds.) Mysticisms East and West: Studies in Mystical Experience (Carlisle: Paternoster Press, 2003), 166-81.
- Several chapters of The Dynamics of Human Life (Carlisle: Paternoster, 2002.) `Human Embodiment'; `The Spiritual Nature of Human Beings'(with Chris Partridge); `Human Wellbeing' (with Nicholas Townsend)'; Human Beings in Action'; `Conclusion' (with Adrian Popa.)
- `The Way from Chalcedon' in Mark W. Elliott and John L. McPake, The Only Hope: Jesus; yesterday, today, forever (Fearn: Christian Focus Publications, 2001), 95-125.
- `Authentic Conservatism: Accommodating the liberal critique', in I. Markham and J. Jobling (eds.), Theological Liberalism (London: SPCK, 2000), 43-59.
- `Eschatology towards the End of the First Millennium.' Evangel 17 (1999): 81-84.
- `Introduction' in K. Brewer and M.W. Elliott (eds.), The Reader must understand(Leicester: IVP, 1998.)
- `Calvin the Hebraist?' in A.N.S Lane (ed.), Interpreting the Bible (Leicester: IVP, 1997), 99'112.
- `Postmodernism: friend or foe ?' Whitefield Institute Briefings 2.2 (July 1996.)
Dictionary Articles
- `Hildegard of Bingen', `Incarnation', `John Locke', `Pietism', `Revelation', `Council of Trent' for New Dictionary of Theology(Leicester: IVP, 2009.)
- For ed. O. Wischmeyer et al (ed.), Lexicon der Biblehermeneutik (Berlin:De Gruyter, 2009): short articles on: Aesthetics; Cultural Relativism; Literary Criticism; New Criticism; Pragmatics; Structuralism.
- `Allegory' and `Typology' for the New Interpreters Bible Dictionary (Nashville: Abingdon, 2007.)
- Entries on `Gabler' and `Hengstenberg' for the 2nd edition of the Handbook of Major Biblical Interpreters (Downers Grove: IVP USA, 2007.)
- `Pierre Bayle', `Roman Catholicism', `Paul Tillich', `Richard Rorty', for the New Dictionary of Apologetics (Leicester: IVP, 2006.)
- `assurance', New Dictionary of Biblical Theology (Leicester: IVP, 2000.)
MAJOR PROJECTS IN PROGRESS
- Leviticus through the centuries (Oxford: Blackwell, 2010) (deadline for ms: August 2009.)
- Church History as the History of Interpretation of the Bible (Baker publishers considering).
PAPERS GIVEN WITHIN THE LAST TWO YEARS
- November 2006: `Leviticus as the Groundwork for Christian Spirituality. A History of reception of Leviticus 24.' SBL Washington, DC.
- July 2007: `Four Types of Christian Reading of Leviticus 16.' (Biblia Sacra); Presiding at `Bible and Its Influence: History and Impact' session. SBL International, Vienna.
- August 2007: `The Patristic Homily as Secret Weapon.' XVth Oxford Patristics Conference.
- November 2007: `Theological Insights on and from Leviticus 1-7.' (Christian Theology and the Bible section.) SBL, San Diego. `Brevard Childs and the History of Interpretation of the Bible.' SBL, San Diego.
- March 2008: `Response to Ephraim Radner's Leviticus Commentary.' And `The contribution of the history of interpretation.' (Both at Wycliffe College, Toronto.)
- April 2008: `Calvin and Leviticus 12.' At Calvin and his contemporaries annual meeting, Edinburgh.
- May 2008: `Origenes über Levitikus.' Universität Regensburg, Vorlesungsreihe `Die Bibelhermeneutik Ulrich Luzs', mit Antwort von Prof Luz. Universität Regensburg, Sondervorlesung
- June 2008: `Brevard Childs und die Auslegungsgeschichte.' Universität Regensburg, Oberseminar, Prof Chr. Dohmen.
- November 2008: `Leviticus between Fifth-century Jerusalem and Ninth-Century Merv.' And `Leviticus and priestly mediation of sacrifice in the Church Fathers.' SBL, Boston.
