Our Faculty
John T. Fitzgerald, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Professor Fitzgerald has taught at the University of Miami since 1981. He is the author of two books, four dozen articles, more than 150 book reviews, and is the editor of six volumes, including one in the acclaimed Norton Critical Edition series on the writings of St. Paul. Fitzgerald concentrates on the religions and philosophical schools of the ancient Mediterranean world in the period between Alexander the Great (d. 323 BCE) and Constantine (d. 337 CE). He is particularly interested in Second Temple and Hellenistic Judaism, the history and literature of early Christianity, and Hellenistic moral philosophy. His research focuses on the ways in which Jews and Christians interacted with the various segments of Greco-Roman culture and appropriated philosophical materials for religious use. The recipient of two UM teaching awards, he offers courses primarily in the areas of early Judaism and early Christian literature. In addition to offering “Introduction to the New Testament” (REL 121) at least once a year, he regularly offers courses on “The Rise of Judaism” (REL 314 = JUS 314), Jesus (REL 325), Paul (REL 322), and on other topics dealing with the Bible in its various socio-historical contexts. Fitzgerald has been a visiting professor at both Brown and Yale, and he currently serves as General Editor of the Writings from the Greco-Roman World Series, Chair of Council of the Society of Biblical Literature, and Professor Extraordinary at North-West University in South Africa.
