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Thomas Blanton

Visiting Assistant Professor - Breen Endowment fr Catholic Studies

Visiting Assistant Professor - Theology and Religious Studies

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eMail

tblanton@jcu.edu

Phone Number - Breen Endowment fr Catholic Studies

216-397-4703

Phone Number - Theology and Religious Studies

216-397-4703

Location - Breen Endowment fr Catholic Studies

B-Wing B250e

Location - Theology and Religious Studies

B-Wing B250e

Employee Type

Faculty

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Thomas R. Blanton IV is a Visiting Assistant Professor at ֱ. His teaching and research focus on early Christianity in its Judaic and Greco-Roman contexts. He is the author ofA Spiritual Economy: Gift Exchange in the Letters of Paul of Tarsus(Yale University Press, 2017),coeditor (with Agnes Choi and Jinyu Liu) of Taxation, Economy, and Revolt in Ancient Rome, Galilee, and Egypt (London: Routledge, 2022), and cochair of theEarly Christianity and the Ancient Economyprogram unit at the Society of Biblical Literature from 2017 to 2022. He is currentlywriting a monograph entitledThe Circumcision of Abraham: Modeling Ritual from Genesis to the Letters of Paulforthe Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library.

Selected Courses

  • TRS 1100: Exploring the Bible
  • TRS 2120: New Testament
  • TRS 3240/5240: Origins of Christianity
  • TRS 4100/5100: Scripture and Revelation

Selected Publications

  • “Wealth, Poverty, Economy.” Pages 296–319 in The Oxford Handbook of the Synoptic Gospels. Edited by Stephen P. Ahearne-Kroll. London: Oxford University Press, 2023.
  • “Manual Labor and Sustenance.” Pages 103–22 in The T&T Clark Handbook to the Historical Paul. Edited by Ryan S. Schellenberg and Heidi Wendt. London: T&T Clark, 2022.
  • “The Expressive Prepuce: Philo’s Defense of Judaic Circumcision in Greek and Roman Contexts.” Studia Philonica Annual 31 (2019)
  • Thomas R. Blanton IV and Raymond Pickett, eds. Paul and Economics: A Handbook. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2017.
  • Thomas R. Blanton IV and David B. Hollander. “Household Economics in the New Testament.” In The Oxford Handbook of Households in the Biblical World: Households in Ancient Israel, Early Judaism, and Early Christianity. Edited by John T. Fitzgerald, Carol Meyers, Eric M. Meyers, and Chris de Wet. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Forthcoming.

Degrees:

  • Ph.D., University of Chicago
  • M.T.S., Duke Divinity School