Jennifer Knust

Assistant Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins

Professor Knust teaches and conducts research on the transmission and reception of the Gospels, ancient rhetoric and early Christian discourse, and gender and Christian origins. Her publications include Abandoned to Lust: Sexual Slander and Ancient Christianity (Columbia University Press, 2005), Sacrifice in the Ancient Mediterranean (edited with Zsuzsanna Varhelyi, Oxford University Press, forthcoming), as well as essays on a variety of topics, including the letters of Paul, Latin versions of the Bible, and the transmission of the story of the woman taken in adultery (John 7:53–8:11). She has received fellowships and awards from the American Association of University Women, the American Council of Learned Societies, the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, and the Association of Theological Schools/Henry Luce III Foundation. She is currently completing a book on sexuality and the Bible for HarperONE, to be published in 2011.