AnneMarie Luijendijk (pronounce Lion-dyke) is a scholar of New Testament and Early Christianity and a papyrologist. She is interested in the social history of early Christianity, using both literary texts and documentary sources. Her book on Christians in the ancient Egyptian city of Oxyrhynchus, Greetings in the Lord: Christian Identity and the Oxyrhynchus Papyri, will be published through Harvard University Press in 2007. She is currently working on the publication of a 6th century Coptic manuscript containing Christian oracles. Her other research includes projects on early Christian women in papyrological sources, on the use and disuse of biblical manuscripts in the early Church, and on private letters from early Christians. She specialized in New Testament at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and received her doctorate from Harvard University, The Divinity School, in 2005.

(abbreviated C.V. follows)

AnneMarie Luijendijk

Assistant Professor, Department of Religion

1879 Hall, Princeton University

Princeton, NJ 08544

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Education

2005Th.D., New Testament and Early Christianity

Harvard University, The Divinity School.

Spring 1995Semester in Master of Theological Studies Program

Harvard University, The Divinity School.

1996 Th.M. (cum laude)

Vrije Universiteit, Faculteit der Godgeleerdheid, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Specialized papyrological training

July 2006First International Summer School in Coptic Papyrology

Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, Austria.

Summer 2003Papyrological Institute

Yale University, Beinecke Library.

Employment

2006-Assistant Professor, Department of Religion

Princeton University, Princeton, NJ.

2005-2006Acting Director of Language Studies and Lecturer

Harvard University, The Divinity School, Cambridge, MA.

Spring 2004Visiting Lecturer in Early Christianity, Department of Religion

Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH.

2002-2004Instructor in Coptic, Christian Latin, Greek

Harvard University, The Divinity School, Cambridge, MA.

1997-2000, 2001-2002 Teaching Fellow

Harvard University, The Divinity School, Cambridge, MA.

2002Teaching Fellow, Core Program

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.

Publications

Book

  • “Greetings in the Lord:”Christian Identity and the Oxyrhynchus Papyri (Harvard Theological Studies 59), Cambridge: Harvard University Press (forthcoming, 2007).

Articles

  • “Papyri from the Times of the Persecutions: Roman and Christian Perspectives,” to appear in Journal of Early Christian Studies 2008.
  • “Papyrus with Two Private Letters,” (P.CtYBR inv. 1254 qua), Alexandria, 2nd cent. c.e., and “Official Correspondence” (P.CtYBR inv. 275) Large Oasis, 120-123 c.e.,” in Hélène Cuvigny, Ann E. Hanson, and Ruth Duttenhöfer, eds., Yale Papyri in the Beinecke Library, volume IV (to appear in 2007).
  • “Ongehoorde stemmen van vroege Christenen uit Oxyrhynchus,” in: Theologisch Debat 3 (Juni 2006), 26-29.
  • “The Theater of Pergamon,” and “The Dionysos Cultroom,” in Helmut Koester, Cities of Paul: Images and Interpretations from the Harvard New Testament and Archaeology Project, Minneapolis: Fortress, 2005. (CD-ROM).
Invited Lectures and Conference Presentations
  • “Revelation Through Lot Divination: The Case of the Sortes Sanctorum,” Colloquium Revelation, Literature and Community, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, January 15, 2007.
  • “Larry W. Hurtado, The Earliest Christian Artifacts: Manuscripts and Christian Origins, (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2006),” (invited panelist), American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., November 19, 2006.
  • “Are New Testament Manuscripts Trash? On the Use and Disuse of Early Christian Texts,” American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., November 18, 2006.
  • “The Gospel of the Lots of Mary,” Summer Seminar in Papyrology, Columbia University, New York, NY, July 6, 2006 (invited lecture).
  • “Personal Reflections on the Study and Utilization of Patristic Texts and Material Culture in Religious Studies,” (invited panelist), Pappas Graduate Student Conference in Patristic Studies, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Brookline, MA, March 25, 2006.
  • “Papyri from the Times of the Persecutions. Roman and Christian Perspectives,” Patristica Bostoniensia (Boston Area Patristics Society), Cambridge, MA, February 16, 2006.
  • “Violent Properties and Contested Identities: Roman Persecution of Christians in the Papyrological Evidence,” American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 20, 2005.
  • “When You Find Yourself in Times of Trouble…: Answers through Mother Mary in the Sortes Sanctorum,” American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 19, 2005.
  • “How Do You Know a Christian When You See One: Exploring Christian Identity in Documentary Papyri,” Inaugural Sather Conference: Papyrology: New Directions in a New Generation, University of California, Berkeley, November 11-12, 2005 (invited lecture).
  • “Christians and Christian Identity in Oxyrhynchus: The Case of Papas Sotas, the Bishop,” Patristica Bostoniensia (Boston Area Patristics Society), Cambridge, MA, February 17, 2005.
  • Bringing Reason to the Passion, New Testament expert in a Panel Discussion at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, on the movie “The Passion of the Christ,” April 11, 2004.
  • “What’s in a nomen? Nomina sacra in Private Letters and Christian Scribal Practices,” American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, November 25, 2003.
  • “No Heretics or Pagans. Christians and Christianity in Late Antique Oxyrhynchus,” American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, November 23, 2002.
  • “Fragments from Oxyrhynchus. A Case Study in the Diversity of Early Christianity,” Society of Biblical Literature New England Regional Meeting, Cambridge, MA, April 27, 2001.

Honors and Awards

  • Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, 2004-2005.
  • Beinecke Library Grant, Yale University, Summer 2003.
  • Dean’s Dissertation Fellowship, Harvard Divinity School, 2000-2001.
  • Clarence G. Campbell Scholarship, Harvard Divinity School, 1996-1999.
  • Pfeiffer Scholarship, Harvard Divinity School, Spring 1997 and Spring 1995.
  • Stichting Dr Hendrik Muller’s Vaderlandsch Fonds, 1995.
  • STIR beurs (Stimulerings Fonds Internationale Relaties, Vrije Universiteit), 1995.
  • Fundatie van de Vrijvrouwe van Renswoude te ‘s-Gravenhage, 1995.
  • Stichting Bekker-laBastide-Fonds, 1995.
  • Radboudstichting Wetenschappelijk Onderwijsfonds, 1995.

Memberships of Professional Organizations

  • Chair (2007–) and Member (2004–) of the Steering Committee for the New Testament Textual Criticism Section of the Society of Biblical Literature.
  • Member of the American Academy of Religion.
  • Member of the Society of Biblical Literature.
  • Member of the American Society of Papyrologists.
  • Member of the Association Internationale de Papyrologues.
  • Member of p.e.x., the New Testament Association of the University of Amsterdam. 1992–1996.