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Rev Assoc Prof Stephen Hultgren

BA, MDiv, PhD

HDR Supervisor

Stephen Hultgren is Senior Lecturer in New Testament at Australian Lutheran College, where he has served since 2012.

An American by birth, he received the BA in classics from Gustavus Adolphus College (1993), the MDiv from Luther Seminary (St. Paul) (1997) and the PhD in New Testament from Duke University (2001). Dr Hultgren held teaching positions at Duke University (2001–04) and Fordham University (2004–12) before moving to Australia. He has twice held Alexander von Humboldt fellowships for advanced study in Germany (2008, Tübingen; 2012, Berlin). He was elected to membership in SNTS, the international society of New Testament scholars, and is currently co-chair of one of its seminars.

Dr Hultgren’s research areas run broad and deep, encompassing the synoptic gospels, Pauline theology, ancient Judaism (including the Dead Sea Scrolls) and biblical hermeneutics. This research has resulted in three monographs as well as numerous journal articles and book contributions, among other things. His current, major research project is a monograph on the intersection of narrative, memory and Christology in the formation of the gospel tradition. By applying social memory theory, with special attention to the role of narrative in the ways that communities remember their past, this project seeks to fill a gap in current gospel scholarship, where social memory theory has already been amply applied to the historical Jesus and the finished gospels.

Dr Hultgren regularly teaches across the New Testament field and koine Greek. He is also involved in postgraduate supervision, including doctoral studies. He welcomes inquiries from potential postgraduate students, particularly in his research areas.

Ordained in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in 2004, he served as pastor of St. Thomas Lutheran Church, Central Nyack, New York (2004–07). He is on the role of pastors of the Lutheran Church of Australia, and serves on the LCA’s Commission on Theology and Inter-Church Relations.

University Appointments

    Lecturer in New Testamant , Coordinator of Biblicial Studies (Australian Lutheran College)

Teaching disciplines

Biblical Studies; Biblical Languages; Pastoral Theology and Ministry Studies

Research areas

Synoptic Gospels; Pauline Theology; Dead Sea Scrolls; Ancient Judaism; Biblical Hermeneutics

Recent Publications

All publications
2022 Event, Word, Faith: (Critically) Engaging Bultmann in Johannine Theology
2019 “Hilastērion (Rom 3:25) and the Union of Divine Justice and Mercy. Part I: The Convergence of Temple and Martyrdom Theologies"
2019 Luther@500: Martin Luther's Theology Past, Present and Future
2019 Hilastērion (Rom 3:25) and the Union of Divine Justice and Mercy. Part II: Atonement in the Old Testament and in Romans 1–5
2018 Serekh ha-Yahad (S)
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