Department of Religious Studies

Susan E. Hylen

Mellon Assistant Professor of New Testament
B.A. University of California, 1990.M.Div. Princeton Theological Seminary, 1995.Ph.D. Emory University, 2004.

Curriculum Vita (PDF)

Susan Hylen is Mellon Assistant Professor of New Testament in the Department of Religious Studies. Her research interests focus on literary aspects of the Gospel of John-in particular, metaphor, irony, and characterization. Understanding John's literary techniques in the light of contemporary Hellenistic Judaism is an important aspect of this research. Her current project is a study of John's characters.

 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 courses for undergraduate students include Themes in the New Testament, The Book of Revelation and its Interpreters, The Gospel of John, and Early Christian Women. Professor Hylen also offers courses for Divinity students, including Teaching the Bible and Bible and Sermon.

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.