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Ron Cameron
Ron Cameron (B.A. in Philosophy and
Religion, Western Kentucky University;
Ph.D. in the Study of Religion, Harvard
University) is Professor of Religion. His
research and teaching focus on
"redescribing the beginnings of
Christianity as religion." He has
published a number of important studies in
Christian origins, among them The
Cologne Mani Codex (1979), The
Other Gospels (1982), Sayings
Traditions in the Apocryphon of James
(1984), and Redescribing Christian Origins
(2004), in addition to essays and
monographs especially investigating the
Gospel of Thomas. He is an avid Red Sox
fan.
Contact
Information
Department of Religion
Wesleyan University
Middletown, CT 06459
rcameron@wesleyan.edu
Telephone: 860-685-2299
Fax: 860-685-2821
Select Courses
The New Testament: An Introduction (RELI 212)
The
Gospels and Jesus (RELI 250)
Politics & Piety in Early Christianities (RELI 286)
History of Religion (RELI 301)
Judaism in the Time of Jesus (RELI 312)
The
Gospel of Mark & Christian Origins (RELI 380)
Curriculum
Vitae
RON CAMERON
Education and Teaching
B.A. Western Kentucky University.
1974
M.T.S. Harvard Divinity School. 1977
Ph.D. Harvard University. 1983
Wesleyan University. Visiting Instructor
(1981-1982), Instructor (1982-1983),
Assistant Professor (1984-1989), Associate
Professor (1989-1996), Professor of
Religion (1996-).
Awards
Fulbright Scholarship. University of
Manchester. 1974-1975.
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst.
Universität Tübingen. 1978.
National Endowment for the Humanities.
Fellowship for College Teachers.
1985-1986.
Binswanger Award for Excellence in
Teaching. Wesleyan University. 2000.
Books and Edited Volumes
The Cologne Mani Codex (P. Colon. inv. nr.
4780) "Concerning the Origin of His Body" (with
Arthur J. Dewey). Society of Biblical
Literature Texts and Translations Series
15. Missoula, MT: Scholars Press,
1979.
The Other Gospels: Non-Canonical
Gospel Texts. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1982.
Sayings Traditions in the Apocryphon
of James. Harvard Theological Studies 34.
Philadelphia: Fortress, 1984; reprint, Cambridge:
Harvard Divinity School, 2004.
Redesribing Christian Origins (with Merrill
P. Miller). Society of Biblical Literature
Symposium Series 28. Atlanta: Society of
Biblical Literature; Leiden and Boston: Brill,
2004.
Select Essays and Articles
1. "Parable and Interpretation in the Gospel of
Thomas." Foundations and Facets Forum 2,
2 (1986) 3-39.
2. "The Gospel of Thomas: A Forschungsbericht and Analysis" (with
Francis T. Fallon). Pp. 4195-4251 in
Aufstieg und Niedergang der
römischen Welt 2.25.6, ed.
Wolfgang Haase and Hildegard Temporini.
Berlin and New York: De Gruyter, 1988.
3. "Response to 'Female Figures in the Gnostic
Sondergut in Hippolytus's Refutatio' by
Luise Abramowski." Pp. 153-57 in Images of
the Feminine in Gnosticism, ed. Karen L. King.
Studies in Antiquity and Christianity.
Philadelphia: Fortress, 1988.
4. "'What Have You Come Out To See?'
Characterizations of John and Jesus in the
Gospels." Pp. 35-69 in The Apocryphal
Jesus and Christian Origins, ed. Ron
Cameron. Semeia 49. Atlanta:
Scholars Press, 1990.
5. Review of Jesus, A New Vision: Spirit,
Culture, and the Life of Discipleship, by Marcus
J. Borg. Toronto Journal of Theology 6,
1 (1990) 119-23.
6. "The Gospel of Thomas and Christian
Origins." Pp. 381-92 in The Future of
Early Christianity: Essays in Honor of
Helmut Koester, ed. Birger A. Pearson
et al. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1991.
7. "Matthew's Parable of the Two Sons."
Foundations & Facets Forum
8,3-4 (1992) 191-209.
8. "Gospel of Thomas." Pp. 535-40 in vol. 6 of
The Anchor Bible Dictionary, ed. David Noel
Freedman. New York: Doubleday, 1992.
9. "The Apocryphon of James (Nag Hammadi Codex I,
2:1.1-16.30)." Pp. 111-17 in Documents for
the Study of the Gospels, rev. ed. David R.
Cartlidge and David L. Dungan. Minneapolis:
Fortress, 1994.
10. "Alternate Beginnings-Different Ends:
Eusebius, Thomas, and the Construction of
Christian Origins." Pp. 501-25 in
Religious Propaganda and Missionary
Competition in the New Testament World:
Essays Honoring Dieter Georgi, ed.
Lukas Bormann et al. Supplements to Novum
Testamentum 74. Leiden: Brill, 1994.
11. "Mythmaking and Intertextuality in
Early Christianity." Pp. 37-50 in
Reimagining Christian Origins: A
Colloquium Honoring Burton L. Mack,
ed. Elizabeth A. Castelli and Hal Taussig.
Valley Forge, PA: Trinity Press
International, 1996.
12. "The Anatomy of a Discourse: On
'Eschatology' as a Category for Explaining
Christian Origins." Method & Theory
in the Study of Religion 8 (1996)
231-45.
13. "The Sayings Gospel Q and the Quest of the
Historical Jesus: A Response to John S. Kloppenborg." Harvard Theological Review
89 (1996) 351-54.
14. "Ancient Myths and Modern Theories of
the Gospel of Thomas and Christian
Origins." Method & Theory in the
Study of Religion 11 (1999)
236-57.
15. "On Comparing Q and the Gospel of Thomas." Pp.
59-69 in Early Christian Voices: In Texts,
Traditions, and Symbols. Essays in Honor of
François Bovon, ed. David H. Warren et al.
Boston & Leiden: Brill, 2003.
16. Review of Mark's Other Gospel:
Rethinking Morton Smith's Controversial Discovery,
by Scott Go. Brown. In University of
Toronto Quarterly 76, no. 1 (2006-2007).
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