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    • Friesen

    Steven Friesen
    Professor
    Louise Farmer Boyer Chair in Biblical Studies
    Fellow, Institute for the Study of Antiquity and Christian Origins (ISAC)

    Home Department: Religious Studies
    Office: WAG 223
    Office Hours: by appointment
    Phone: 471-8629
    Friesen [at] mail.utexas.edu
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    Fields of Study:
    Christian origins, Greco-Roman religion, Study of religion

    Research and other work:
    Religious Studies
    Poverty and inequality in the early Roman Empire
    Apocalyptic literature
    Imperial cults
    Urban contexts of religion: Corinth and Ephesus


    Courses taught:
    Spring 09: Gk312L;
    CC348/RS353 Beyond the New Testament: Secret Gospels, Apocryphal Acts, and Disputed Revelations

    Fall 2008: Intro to New Testament;
    Revelation and Apocalyptic Literature (not FS this time)



    Spring 2008: Gk312L Biblical Greek
    RS373 What is Religion?

    Fall 2007: CC304C Introduction to the New Testament
    FS (66820) Revelation and Apocalyptic Literature

    Spring 2007: Gk312L Biblical Greek
    CC383 Corinthian Religion and Society

    Fall 2006: CC304C Introduction to the New Testament
    RS373 What is Religion?