Rebekah Eklund

Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests

• New Testament (Gospels)
• Theological and feminist interpretations of Scripture
• The Bible in art
• Depictions of Jesus in film

Recent Publications

• “Fury or Folly? Ἄνοια in Luke 6.11.” New Testament Studies 69/2 (April 2023): 222–229. Published online March 8, 2023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0028688522000376.
  
• “Octaves and Septenaries: Patristic Approaches to the Beatitudes in Medieval Life.” Studia Patristica 105 (2022): 79–94.
  
• The Beatitudes through the Ages. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2021.
  
• Practicing Lament. Cascade Companions series. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2021.
• "Group Worksheets for Collaborative Reading of Texts." Teaching Theology and Religion 21/2 (April 2018). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/teth.12431
• "Hot Jesus, Black Messiah, Suffering Son of God: How Jesus Films Shape Our Moral Imaginations." Journal of Religion and Film 21/1 (April 2017), Article 33. http://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1412&context=jrf

Grants and Awards

• Wabash Center for Teaching & Learning in Theology & Religion Early Career Workshop Fellowship, 2017
• Dissertation Writing Fellowship, Louisville Institute, 2011-2012

Education

• B.A. in English and Biblical/Theological Studies,  North Park College, Chicago, 1997
• M.Div., North Park Theological Seminary, Chicago, 2003
• Th.D. (Doctor of Theology), Duke Divinity School, Durham, NC, 2012

Courses Taught

• God and the Good Life: An Introduction to Theology
• The Human Drama: The Ancient World
• Food, Hunger, and the Bible
• Forgiveness and Reconciliation
• Who is Jesus?
• Becoming Good: Character Ethics
• Jesus and the Gospels
• Hope, Death, and the End of the World
• The Beatitudes
• New Testament Survey