Dr Matthew Sharp

Lecturer in New Testament Studies

Researcher profile

Phone

+44 (0)1334 46 2839

Email

mts21@st-andrews.ac.uk

 

Research areas

Dr Sharp's research focuses on early Christian conceptions of God (and divinity more broadly) in the context of ancient Graeco-Roman religion and philosopy. His first monograph Divination and Philosophy in the Letters of Paul (EUP, 2022) examines how the Apostle Paul conceives of communication between gods and humans through the lens of Graeco-Roman divination. His current research project is funded by the Leverhulme Trust and entitled: The Stuff that Gods are Made Of: Divinity and Materiality in the New Testament. It explores the different conceptions of the materiality of the divine world in and outside the New Testament and the various ways in which early Christian authors understood divinity to interact with the material world.

PhD supervision

• Mattie E. Motl
• Junbo Cao
• Josh Johnson

Selected publications

• Eschatology of the New Testament

  Sharp, M., 20 Feb 2024, Oxford bibliographies - Biblical studies. Matthews, C. R. (ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary

• Open access

  Finding out the things of God: A Dialogue on Matthew Sharp's Divination and Philosophy in the Letters of Paul and New Testament Studies

  Sharp, M. & Hewitt, J. T., Jun 2024, In: Journal for the Study of the New Testament. 46, 4, p. 445-463

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

• Divination and philosophy in the letters of Paul

  Sharp, M., 1 Jan 2023, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. 235 p. (Edinburgh studies in religion in antiquity)

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

• Open access

  Paul's corporate Christophany: an evaluation of Paul's Christophanic references in their epistolary contexts

  Sharp, M., 10 Jun 2022, In: Review of Biblical Literature.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review

• Open access

  Courting daimons in Corinth: daimonic partnerships, cosmic hierarchies and divine jealousy in 1 Corinthians 8–10

  Sharp, M., 15 Sept 2022, Demons in early judaism and christianity: characters and characteristics. Patmore, H. M. & Lössl, J. (eds.). Leiden: Brill, p. 112-129 (Ancient judaism and early christianity; no. 113).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Review of Michael Lakey, The Ritual World of Paul the Apostle: Metaphysics, Community and Symbol in 1 Corinthians 10-11

  Sharp, M., 8 Oct 2022, In: Review of Biblical Literature.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review

 

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