Jeremy F. Hultin, MA, PhD
Associate Professor of Biblical Languages
CONTACT
3041 Broadway, BT 604
New York, NY 10027
EDUCATION
B.A., Ohio State University (1994)
M.A.,Trinity International University (1997)
Ph.D.,Yale University (2003)
BIOGRAPHY
Professor Jeremy Hultin comes to Union from Perth, Australia, where he was Lecturer in New Testament at Murdoch University, and where he worked with Anglican ordinands at Wollaston Theological College, from 2012-2016. Before that, he taught New Testament at Yale Divinity School from 2003-2012.
Dr. Hultin is interested broadly in the history, language, and literature of ancient Judaism and Christianity, as well as in the broader study of philosophy and religion in the Mediterranean.
Dr. Hultin’s first book, The Ethics of Obscene Speech in Early Christianity and Its Environment (Brill 2008), examined early Christian rhetoric about foul language in the broader context of ancient discussions about the nature and propriety of speech. Work on that book prompted an ongoing interest in the ways that gender, status, and ethnicity figure in ancient discussions of speech, and the way that social realities are revealed—and shaped—by discourse about how to talk. In 2010, Dr. Hultin co-founded a new Society of Biblical Literature Unit called “Speech and Talk in the Ancient Mediterranean World,” which has brought together scholars from various disciplines.
Dr. Hultin has also completed a translation (with notes) for a bi-lingual edition of Hippolytus’s Commentary on Daniel, which will be published in SBL’s Writings from the Greco-Roman World series. Hippolytus’s Commentary is of special interest, as it is the earliest surviving Christian commentary on a book of the Hebrew Bible; furthermore, it is valuable source of information about Christian practice and belief at the turn of the third century.
Dr. Hultin is currently working on several projects, the largest of which is a commentary for the Hermeneia series on Jude and 2 Peter.
PRIOR Courses:
- Introduction to Biblical Greek
- Introduction to Biblical Hebrew
- Intermediate Greek
- The Gospel of Matthew
- The Gospel of Luke
- Beyond the Boundaries of the Biblical Canon: Noncanonical Jewish and Christian Texts from Antiquity
Recent Courses
FALL 2020, FALL 2021
An introduction to the basic grammar and vocabulary of biblical Hebrew. This course also focuses on skills in reading and writing Hebrew. Must be taken in one academic year with HB 204.
SPRING 2021, SPRING 2022
A continuation of the basic grammar and vocabulary of biblical Hebrew. This course focuses on the translation of selected portions of biblical texts. Must be taken in one academic year with HB 111.
FALL 2020, FALL 2021
An introduction to the basic grammar and vocabulary of biblical Greek. This course also focuses on skills in reading and writing Greek. Must be taken in one academic year with NT 204.
SPRING 2021, SPRING 2022
A continuation of the basic grammar and vocabulary of biblical Greek. This course focuses on the translation of selected portions of biblical texts.
FALL 2020
The goal of this course is to gain a rich, multifaceted understanding of the Gospel of Matthew. Accordingly, we approach Matthew from several perspectives, employing varied literary, historical, and theological approaches. Matthew is considered in its ancient literary context, comparing the narrative techniques with comparable ancient texts and traditions. Also studied is Matthew's "effective history," considering the roles Matthean passages have played throughout history, and reflecting on the hermeneutical, ethical, and theological challenges that Matthew poses today.
FALL 2021
This course explores some of the ancient Jewish and Christian texts that came to be regarded as "noncanonical" or "deutero-canonical," that is, not fully a part of the biblical canon. The primary focus is study of this literature itself, the rich and rewarding texts, several of which were very influential, despite their non-canonical status. Special attention is given to three works included in the revised common lectionary (Sirach, Wisdom, and Baruch). The secondary focus is to explore the process of canonization. How and why did Jewish and Christian communities decide to include some books and to reject others? Works studied include: Sirach; the Wisdom of Solomon; Baruch; 1 Enoch; the Gospel of Peter; the Apocalypse of Peter; the Gospel of Mary; the Acts of Paul and Thecla.
FALL 2020, FALL 2021
Part one of a two-part course for students who have completed at least two semesters of biblical Greek. Students review grammar as well as further their linguistic and translation skills by reading a selection of different Greek texts.
SPRING 2021, SPRING 2022
Part two of a two-part course for students who have completed at least two semesters of biblical Greek. Students review grammar as well as further their linguistic and translation skills by reading a selection of different Greek texts.