 Associate Professor of Religion.
B.S. Seattle Pacific University
M.S. Columbia University
M. Div. Yale University
M. Phil, Ph.D. Yale University.
Prof. Snyder has taught at Davidson since 1998. He teaches courses on New Testament literature, Jesus, Paul, and selected topics in early Christianity.
His research interests include the social history of religious and philosophical groups under the Roman Empire; the results of this study are gathered in his book, Teachers and Texts in the Ancient World (London: Routledge, 2000). Along with Allen Hilton, he is the editor of In Search of the Early Christians: Selected Essays of Wayne Meeks (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2002). Recent articles include, "'Above the Bath of Myrtinus': Justin Martyr's 'School' in the City of Rome," in Harvard Theological Review 100 (2007): 335-62; "Pictures in Dialogue: A Viewer-Centered Approach to the Hypogeum on Via Dino Compagni," in the Journal of Early Christian Studies 13 (2005): 349-386; an article currently in press, " The Classroom in the Text: Exegetical Practices in Justin and Galen,” will appear in Christian Origins and Classical Culture: Social and Literary Contexts for the New Testament, edited by Stanley Porter and Andrew Pitts (Brill). In process: an article entitled, “Valentinians on the Via Latina: a Christian Group in the Roman Suburbs.” These studies of teachers and schools in Rome will converge in a book dealing with the social world of Christian teachers in Rome during the second century.
Courses Taught - Rel 130 History and Literature of the New Testament
- Rel 230 Jesus and His Interpreters
- Rel 231 Letters and Thought of Paul
- Rel 333 The Book of Revelation and the Apocalyptic Imagination
- Rel 335 The Other Gospels: The Lost Literature of Early Christianity
- Rel 341/Cla 372 Religions of the Roman Empire
- Rel 363 Idea of the Book
- Rel 410 Myths and Theories of Origin
- Hums 150 and 151
To contact: Department of Religion
Davidson College
Box 7038
Davidson NC 28035-7038
Chambers 2014
Phone: (704) 894-2260
Fax: (704) 894-2005
E-Mail: grsnyder@davidson.edu
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