John Van Maaren, MA PhD

Curriculum Vitae

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Academic Biography

  • Since 2024 Project leader of the Austrian Science Fund Project “Paul’s Letter to the Romans and Ancient Associations”
  • 2021–2024 Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow, Heidelberg University, Germany
  • 2019–2021 Assistant Director of Academic Support, Grants and Fellowships, The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., USA
  • 2017–2019 Research fellow, Tantur Ecumenical Institute, Jerusalem
  • 2013–2019 PhD student in the Department of Religious Studies, McMaster University, Canada
  • 2011–2013 High school teacher, Washington, USA
  • 2008–2011 Graduate student in New Testament, Trinity International University, Chicago, USA
  • 2004–2008 Undergraduate student in Philosophy, Math, and Biblical Studies, Trinity International University, Chicago, USA
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Research Interests

  • Early Jewish Literature
  • Ancient Associations
  • The Gospel of Mark
  • Paul’s Letter to the Romans
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Memberships

  • Society of Biblical Literature
  • European Association of Biblical Studies
  • Canadian Society of Biblical Studies
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Select Publications

  • The Gospel of Mark’s Judaism and the Death of Christ as a Ransom for Many. Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament I. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2025.
  • “Is the Gospel of Mark Distinctly Pauline? A Critical Evaluation.” Journal of Biblical Literature 143.1 (2024): 125–42. doi: 10.15699/jbl.1431.2024.7.
  • “How Can the New Testament Writings Be within Judaism? Distinguishing Ways of Asking and Answering the Question.” Zeitschrift für die Neuetestamentliche Wissenschaft 114.2 (2023): 264–303. doi: 10.1515/znw-2023-0015.
  • The Boundaries of Jewishness in the Southern Levant 200 BCE–132 CE: Power, Strategies, and Ethnic-Configurations. Studia Judaica 118. Berlin: De Gruyter (2022). doi: 10.1515/9783110787450.
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