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MICHAEL KOCHENASH

View Dr. Kochenash's full CV here.

books

2020

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Roman Self-Representation and the Lukan Kingdom of God (Lexington Books/Fortress Academic Press)

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2016

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Christian Origins and the New Testament in the Greco-Roman Context: Essays in Honor of Dennis R. MacDonald (coedited; Claremont Press)

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2018

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Classical Greek Models of the Gospels and Acts: Studies in Mimesis Criticism (coedited; Claremont Press)

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Articles/chapters

2023

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"The Case for Judith's Imitation of 'Nobody' (among Others)"

Journal for the Study of Judaism 54 (2023): 316–49

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2021

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"Trojan Horses: The Counterintuitive Use of Dinah, Helen, and Goliath in Joseph and Aseneth"

Journal for the Study of Judaism 52: 417–41

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2020

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"Cross-Purposes in the Gospel of Judas: What Judas Intended for Evil, God Intended for Good"

Journal of Early Christian Studies 28: 481-500

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2019

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"Cornelius's Obeisance to Peter (Acts 10:25-26) and Judaea Capta Coins"

Catholic Biblical Quarterly 81: 627-40

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2018

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"The Scandal of Gentile Inclusion: Reading Acts 17 with Euripides' Bacchae"

Classical Greek Models of the Gospels...: 125-44

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2018

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"Political Correction: Luke's Tabitha (Acts 9:36-43), Virgil's Dido, and Cleopatra"

Novum Testamentum 60: 1-13

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2017

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"You Can't Hear 'Aeneas' without Thinking of Rome"

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Journal of Biblical Literature 136: 667-85

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2015

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"Taking the Bad with the Good: Reconciling Images of Rome in Luke-Acts"

Religious Studies Review 41: 43-51

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2022

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"Unbelievable: An Interpretation of Acts 12 That Takes Rhoda's Cassandra Curse Seriously"

Journal of Biblical Literature 141: 337–57

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2021

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"Reframing Julius' Kindness (Acts 27) as an Extension of Luke's Socratic Characterisation of Paul"

New Testament Studies 67: 73-84

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2019

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"Better Call Paul 'Saul': Literary Models and a Lukan Innovation"

Journal of Biblical Literature 138: 433-49

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2018

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"'Adam, Son of God' (Luke 3.38): Another Jesus-Augustus Parallel in Luke's Gospel"

New Testament Studies 64: 307-25

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2018

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"Even Good Homer Nods"

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Classical Greek Models of the Gospels...: 17-24

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2017

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"The Advent of Christmas and Early Christian Sacred Space"

Questions Liturgiques 98: 60-80

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2016

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"Reconsidering Luke-Acts and Virgil's Aeneid: Negotiating Ethnic Legacies"

Christian Origins and the New Testament...: 7-38

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