DR. JARVIS JERMAINE WILLIAMS
Associate Professor of New Testament and Greek
Appointed 2007

Personal Information
Office:  Druien Hall 121
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Email:  jjwilliams@campbellsville.edu

Family
Wife: Ana Elba Williams
Children: Jaden Alexander Williams

Education
Ph.D.   The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY, 2007.  Major: New Testament Theology   Minors: (1) New Testament Greek and (2) Old Testament Hebrew
Dissertation Topic: Maccabean Martyr Traditions in Paul’s Theology of Atonement
Th.M.   The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2004.   Major: New Testament Greek Exegesis  
M.Div.  The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2003.   Major: Biblical & Theological Studies
B.S.      The James P. Boyce College, 2000
Other Schools Attended:   Lexington Baptist College (1997-1999), Hazard Community College (1997), St. Catharine Community College (1996)

Current and Forthcoming Books
(1)   Maccabean Martyr Traditions in Paul’s Theology of Atonement: Did Martyr Theology Shape Paul’s Conception of Jesus’ Death? (Eugene, Or.: Wipf & Stock, 2010)
(2)  One New Man: The Cross and Racial Reconciliation in Pauline Theology (Nashville: Broadman & Holman 2010)
(3)  For Whom Did Christ Die: The Extent of the Atonement in Paul's Theology (Milton Keynes, UK: Paternoster, 2012)

Published Articles and Essays
(1)  “Penal Substitution in Romans 3:25-26?” Published in The Princeton Theological Review 13 (December 2007):  73-81.
(2)  "Violent Atonement in Romans: The Foundation of Paul's Soteriology."  Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 53 (2010): 579-99.
(3)  "Martyr Theology in Hellenistic Judaism and Paul's Conception of Jesus' Death in Romans 3:21-26."  In Christian Origins and Hellenistic Judaism: Literary and Social Contexts for the New Testament. Edited by Stanley E. Porter and Andrew W. Pitts (Leiden: Brill, Forthcoming).

Organizational Membership
(1) The American Academy of Religion
(2) The Evangelical Theological Society
(3) The Institute for Biblical Research
(4) The Society of Biblical Literature

Research Interests
(1) Romans, (2) Paul's Soteriology, (3) Paul's Atonement Theology, and (4) the Soteriology and Atonement Theology in Second Temple Judaism.

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