Department
of Religious StudiesDepartment
of Religious Studies
Susan
E. Hylen
Assistant Professor of New
Testament
B.A. University of California, 1990.
M.Div. Princeton Theological Seminary, 1995.
Ph.D. Emory University, 2004.
In the classroom, Professor Hylen teaches practices of New
Testament interpretation. She equips students to become interpreters
of the biblical texts and to interact with and evaluate other
readings. Her current undergraduate courses include Themes in the New
Testament, Women in the New Testament, The Gnostic Gospels, and The
Book of Revelation and its Interpreters. Her Divinity courses include
The New Testament, Teaching the Bible, Bible and Sermon: the Gospel
of John, and Early Christian Women.
Hylen's publications focus on literary aspects of the Gospel of John
and the Book of Revelation. Her work involves understanding John's
literary techniques like metaphor or characterization in light of
contemporary Hellenistic Judaism. Her current research project is an
exploration of the roles and authority of women in the early
church.
Professor Hylen's publications include:
Imperfect Believers: Ambiguous Characters in the Gospel of John. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, forthcoming (Fall, 2009).John. Westminster Bible Companion. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2006. (Co-authored with Gail R. O'Day.)
Allusion and Meaning in John 6. Beiheifte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der älteren Kirche. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2005.