Professor Sean Adams
- Professor of New Testament and Ancient Culture (Theology & Religious Studies)
telephone:
01413306343
email:
Sean.Adams@glasgow.ac.uk
School of Critical Studies, 5 Lilybank Gardens, Room 406
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6160-2369Research interests
Research Interests:
- Luke-Acts
- Graeco-Roman Biography
- Ancient Genre Theory
- Jewish Hellenistic Authors (Philo, Josephus)
- Ancient Citation Practice
- Septuagint
- Ancient Manuscripts and Scibal Practices
Biography
Sean A. Adams is a lecturer in New Testament and Ancient Culture. Sean began his academic career as a British Academy Postdoctoral fellow and is currently a British Academy Rising Star for Engagement Award holder. Additionally, as of 2015, Sean is a member of the British Academy’s Policy Development Panel.
In his research he seeks to understand the New Testament and contemporary Jewish literature in its wider literary and historical contexts. He is currently working on a monograph that looks at the different ways Jewish authors engaged with Greek literature and adopted Greek literary forms. This work will lay the foundation for his next project, which will investigate the way Jewish communities engaged with Greek literary education and will specific focus on Philo of Alexandria. Sean has also worked with ancient manuscripts and has published a few papers on the way that ancient scribes used paragraphs to divide the text.
Sean lectures on a range of New Testament topics, including the Historical Jesus, Biblical theology, individual books studies (e.g., Acts, Galatians), and introductions to the Bible. Sean has also supervised undergraduate, masters, and doctoral dissertations and would be happy to talk to students interested in studying all aspects of the New Testament, biblical theology, the use of the Old Testament in the New Testament, ancient manuscripts, Hellenistic literature, and Greek education.
Publications
2023
Adams, S.A. and Ehorn, S.M. (2023) Composite citations in early Christian manuscripts. In: Porter, S.E., Yoon, D.I. and Stevens, C.S. (eds.) Paratextual Features of New Testament Papyrology and Early Christian Manuscripts. Brill, pp. 227-266. (In Press)
Adams, S. A. (2023) New insight from a teacher’s manual: the word-lists of Codex Papyrus Chester Beatty 1008 and the practices of ancient educators. Analecta Papyrologica, 33, pp. 129-144.
Adams, S. A. (2023) Philo on the difference between philosophers and sophists. Studia Philonica Annual, (Accepted for Publication)
Adams, S. A. and Domoney-Lyttle, Z. (2023) The Philo of Alexandria Scripture Index. Series: Studia Philonica monographs (9). SBL Press. ISBN 9781628374797
2022
Adams, S. A. (2022) Memory as overt allusion trigger in ancient literature. Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha, 32(2), pp. 110-126. (doi: 10.1177/09518207221137062)
Adams, S. A. (2022) Treatise order in the Greek codices of Philo of Alexandria: lists, pinakes, and manuscripts. Studia Philonica Annual, 34, pp. 1-32.
Adams, S. A. (2022) Fables in Philo of Alexandria: λόγος, μῦθος, and παραβολή. In: Oegema, A., Pater, J. and Stoutjesdijk, M. (eds.) Overcoming Dichotomies: Parables, Fables, and Similes in the Graeco-Roman World. Series: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament (483). Mohr Siebeck: Tübingen, pp. 169-190. ISBN 9783161611575
Adams, S. A. (2022) A Greek school tablet from the Chester Beatty (CBL W 142.1). Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 222, pp. 217-220.
Adams, S. A. (2022) Philo’s education language and didactic metaphor. Adamantius, 2022, pp. 68-88.
Adams, S. A. (2022) The Scribes of Philo of Alexandria’s Oxyrhynchus Codex. In: Farnes, A. T., Mackie, S. D. and Runia, D. (eds.) Ancient Texts, Papyri, and Manuscripts: Studies in Honor of James R. Royse. Series: New Testament tools, studies and documents (64). Brill: Leiden, pp. 219-242. ISBN 9789004465732 (doi: 10.1163/9789004465732_014)
Adams, S. A. (2022) Sympotic learning: symposia literature and cultural education. In: Norton, J. D.H., Allen, G. and Askin, L. A. (eds.) Reading, Writing, and Bookish Circles in the Ancient Mediterranean. Bloomsbury Academic: London, pp. 89-111. ISBN 9781350265028
2021
Adams, S. A. (2021) What are bioi/vitae? Generic self-consciousness in ancient biography. In: De Temmerman, K. (ed.) Oxford Handbook of Ancient Biography. Series: Oxford handbooks. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198703013
Adams, S. (2021) P.Oxy. LXXVI 5532. Psalms 5.12-13, 6.11-7.2. In: Benaissa, A. and Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (eds.) The Oxyrhynchus Papyri vol. LXXXVI. Series: Graeco-Roman memoirs. Egypt Exploration Society: London, pp. 1-3. ISBN 9780856982491
Adams, S. A. (2021) The Book of Exodus in Philo of Alexandria. In: Kowalski, B. and Docherty, S. (eds.) The Reception of Exodus Motifs in Jewish and Christian Literature. Series: Themes in Biblical narrative (30). Brill: Leiden, pp. 183-198. ISBN 9789004471122 (doi: 10.1163/9789004471122_011)
Adams, S. A. (2021) Information structures in New College MS 143 Codex of Philo of Alexandria. New College Notes, 16(4),
Adams, S. A. (2021) James Barr, semantic domains, and the mental lexicon. In: Porter, S. E. (ed.) James Barr Assessed. Series: Biblical interpretation series (192). Brill: Leiden, pp. 163-177. ISBN 9789004465664 (doi: 10.1163/9789004465664_010)
2020
Adams, S. A. (2020) Greek Letter of Jeremiah. In: Feder, F. and Henze, M. (eds.) Textual History of the Bible. Vol. 2: Deuterocanonical Scriptures. Brill. ISBN 9789004395510
Adams, S. A. (2020) Greek Genres and Jewish Authors: Negotiating Literary Culture in the Greco-Roman Era. Baylor University Press: Waco. ISBN 9781481312912
Adams, S. (2020) Barr, lexicography, and semantic domains: some issues and refinement of semantic domain theory for the development of lexicons. In: Porter, S.E. and Boda, M.J. (eds.) James Barr: Life and Work. Pickwick Publications. (In Press)
2019
Adams, S. A. and Domoney-Lyttle, Z. (Eds.) (2019) Abraham in Jewish and Early Christian Literature. Series: Library of Second Temple studies. T&T Clark: London. ISBN 9780567675521
Adams, S. A. (2019) Introduction: themes in ancient scholarship. In: Adams, S.A. (ed.) Scholastic Culture in the Hellenistic and Roman Eras: Greek, Latin, and Jewish. de Gruyter, pp. 1-6. ISBN 9783110660982 (doi: 10.1515/9783110660982-002)
Adams, S. A. (2019) Scholastic Culture in the Hellenistic and Roman Eras. Series: Transmissions. Brill. ISBN 9783110657876
Adams, S. (2019) Luke the Evangelist. In: Allison Jr., D. C., Helmer, C., Seow, C.-L., Spieckermann, H., Walfish, B. D. and Ziolkowski, E. (eds.) Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception (EBR) (online). De Gruyter: Berlin, Germany. ISBN 9783110313345 (doi: 10.1515/ebr.luketheevangelist)
Adams, S. A. (2019) Translating texts: contrasting Roman and Jewish depictions of literary translations. In: Adams, S.A. (ed.) Scholastic Culture in the Hellenistic and Roman Eras: Greek, Latin, and Jewish. de Gruyter, pp. 147-168. ISBN 9783110660982 (doi: 10.1515/9783110660982-010)
2018
Adams, S. A. (2018) Jeremiah in the Old Testament Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha. In: Lundborn, J., Evans, C. A. and Anderson, B. (eds.) The Book of Jeremiah: Composition, Reception, and Interpretation. Series: Vetus Testamentum, supplements (178). Brill: Leiden, pp. 359-378. ISBN 9789004373273 (doi: 10.1163/9789004373273_019)
Adams, S. A. and Ehorn, S. M. (Eds.) (2018) Composite Citations in Antiquity. [Volume 2.]. New Testament Uses. Series: The library of New Testament studies. Bloomsbury T&T Clark: London ; New York. ISBN 9780567665058
Adams, S. A. and Ehorn, S. M. (2018) Composite citations in antiquity: a conclusion. In: Adams, S. A. and Ehorn, S. M. (eds.) Composite Citations in Antiquity. [Volume 2.]. New Testament Uses. Series: The library of New Testament studies (593). Bloomsbury T&T Clark: London ; New York, pp. 209-249. ISBN 9780567665058
Adams, S. A. and Ehorn, S. M. (2018) Introduction. In: Adams, S. A. and Ehorn, S. M. (eds.) Composite Citations in Antiquity. [Volume 2.]. New Testament Uses. Series: The library of New Testament studies (593). Bloomsbury T&T Clark: London ; New York, pp. 1-15. ISBN 9780567665058
Adams, S. A. (2018) Where’s Rome? A possible Roman parallel to the translations of the Septuagint in the Letter of Aristeas. In: Xeravits, G. G. and Goering, G. S. (eds.) Figures Who Shape Scriptures, Scriptures That Shape Figures: Essays in Honour of Benjamin G. Wright III. Series: Deuterocanonical and cognate literature studies (40). De Gruyter: Berlin, pp. 197-210. ISBN 9783110586466 (doi: 10.1515/9783110596373-013)
2016
Adams, S. A. (2016) The characterization of Disciples in Acts: genre, method, and quality. In: Dicken, F. E. and Snyder, J. A. (eds.) Characters and Characterization in Luke-Acts. Series: The library of New Testament studies (548). Bloomsbury: London, pp. 155-168. ISBN 9780567663924
Adams, S. A. (2016) Sense units and manuscript families: a test proposal. In: Fuller Dow, L. K., Evans, C. A. and Pitts, A. W. (eds.) The Language and Literature of the New Testament: Essays in Honour of Stanley E. Porter’s 60th Birthday. Series: Biblical interpretation series (150). Brill: Leiden, pp. 170-200. ISBN 9789004334892
Adams, S. A. (Ed.) (2016) Studies on Baruch: Composition, Literary Relations, and Reception. Series: Deuterocanonical and cognate literature studies. de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110364279
Adams, S. A. and Ehorn, S. M. (Eds.) (2016) Composite Citations in Antiquity. [Volume 1.]. Jewish, Graeco-Roman, and Early Christian Uses. Series: The library of New Testament studies. Bloomsbury T&T Clark: London. ISBN 9780567657978
Porter, S. E. and Adams, S. A. (Eds.) (2016) Pillars in the History of Biblical Interpretation. Wipf and Stock: Eugene, OR. ISBN 9781498202367
Adams, S. A. (2016) Greek education and composite citations of Homer. In: Adams, S. A. and Ehorn, S. M. (eds.) Composite Citations in Antiquity: Jewish, Graeco-Roman, and Early Christian Uses. Series: The library of New Testament studies, 1 (525). Bloomsbury T&T Clark: London, pp. 17-34. ISBN 9780567657978
Adams, S. A. (2016) Jerusalem’s lament and consolation: Baruch 4:55:9 and Its relationships with Jewish scripture. In: Adams, S.A. (ed.) Studies on Baruch: Composition, Literary Relations, and Reception. Series: Deuterocanonical and cognate literature studies (23). de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110364279
Adams, S. A. (2016) Luke and progymnasmata: rhetorical handbooks, rhetorical sophistication and genre selection. In: Pitts, A. W. and Hauge, M. R. (eds.) Ancient Education and Early Christianity. Series: The library of New Testament studies (533). Bloomsbury T&T Clark: London, pp. 137-154. ISBN 9780567660275
Adams, S. A. and Ehorn, S. M. (2016) What is a composite citation? An introduction. In: Adams, S. A. and Ehorn, S. M. (eds.) Composite Citations in Antiquity: Jewish, Graeco-Roman, and Early Christian Uses. Series: The library of New Testament studies, 1 (525). Bloomsbury T&T Clark: London, pp. 1-16. ISBN 9780567657978
2015
Adams, S. A. (2015) The tradition of Peter’s literacy: Acts, 1 Peter, and Petrine literature. In: Bond, H. K. and Hurtado, L. W. (eds.) Peter in Early Christianity. Eerdmans: Grand Rapids, MI, pp. 130-145. ISBN 9780802871718
2014
Adams, S. A. (2014) Review of The World of the New Testament: Cultural, Social, and Historical Contexts by Joel B. Green and Lee Martin McDonald (eds). Expository Times, 126(2), pp. 94-95. (doi: 10.1177/0014524614543432e)[Book Review]
Adams, S. A. (2014) Review of From Jerusalem Priest to Roman Jew: On Josephus and the Paradigms of Ancient Judaism by Michael Tuva. Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 36(5), p. 116. (doi: 10.1177/0142064X14536324)[Book Review]
Adams, S. A. (2014) Baruch and The Epistle of Jeremiah: A Commentary Based on the Texts in Codex Vaticanus. Series: Septuagint commentary series. Brill. ISBN 9789004277335
Adams, S. A. (2014) The Greek Old Testament as Christian Scripture. Review of When God Spoke Greek by T.M. Law. Expository Times, 125(9), pp. 440-441. (doi: 10.1177/0014524614524146)[Book Review]
Adams, S. A. (2014) Review of Josephus, the Emperors, and the City of Rome: From Hostage to Historian. Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity 86 by William den Hollander. Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2014(06), p. 33. [Book Review]
Adams, S. (2014) Review of XIV Congress of the IOSCS, Helsinki, 2010, ed. by Melvin K. H. Peters. Review of Biblical Literature, [Book Review]
Adams, S. (2014) Composite citations of Homer in antiquity and their importance for understanding the New Testament. In: SBL Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA, 22-25 Nov 2014,
Adams, S. A. (2014) Did Aristobulus Use the LXX for His Citations? Journal for the Study of Judaism, 45(2), pp. 185-198. (doi: 10.1163/15700631-12340061)
Adams, S. A. (2014) Mark, manuscripts, and paragraphs: sense-unit divisions in Mark 14-16. In: Roth, D. and Keith, C. (eds.) Mark, Manuscripts, and Monotheism: Essays in Honor of Larry W. Hurtado. Series: Library of New Testament studies (304). Bloomsbury T&T Clark. ISBN 9780567655943
2013
Adams, S. A. (2013) Review of Early Judaism: A Comprehensive Overview by John. J. Collins and Daniel C. Harlow (eds.). Expository Times, 125(2), pp. 94-95. (doi: 10.1177/0014524613494559c)[Book Review]
Adams, S. A. (2013) The Genre of Acts and Collected Biography. Series: Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series, 156. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. ISBN 9781107041042
Adams, S. (2013) Atticism, classicism, and Luke-Acts: discussions with Albert Wifstrand and Loveday Alexander. In: Porter, S. E. and Pitts, A. W. (eds.) The Language of the New Testament: Context, History, and Development. Series: Linguistic biblical studies (6). Brill, pp. 91-111. ISBN 9789004234772
Adams, S. (2013) The tradition of Peter’s literacy: Acts, 1 Peter, and Petrine literature. In: Peter Conference: The Centre for the Study of Christian Origins (CSCO, University of Edinburgh), Edinburgh, UK, 4-6 July 2013, (Unpublished)
Adams, S. A. (2013) Ancient Greek history and its methodology for speeches: is there a relation to Luke? In: Porter, S. E. and Pitts, A. (eds.) Christian Origins and Greco-Roman Culture: Social and Literary Contexts for the New Testament. Series: Texts and editions for New Testament study (9). Brill, pp. 389-411. ISBN 9789004234161
Adams, S. A. (2013) Luke, Josephus, and historiography: the formation of Luke-Acts and its relationship to Jewish apologetic historiography. In: Porter, S. E. and Pitts, A. W. (eds.) Christian Origins and Hellenistic Judaism: Social and Literary Contexts for the New Testament. Series: Texts and editions for New Testament study (10). Brill, pp. 439-459. ISBN 9789004234765
Adams, S. A. (2013) Reframing scripture: a fresh look at Baruch’s so-called “Citations”. In: Xeravits, G. G., Nicklas, T. and Kalimi, I. (eds.) Scriptural Authority in Early Judaism and Ancient Christianity. Series: Deuterocanonical and cognate literature studies (16). De Gruyter, pp. 63-83. ISBN 9783110295481
Adams, S. A. (2013) The relationships of Paul and Luke: Luke, Paul’s letters, and the “We” passages of Acts. In: Porter, S. E. and Land, C. D. (eds.) Paul and His Social Relations. Series: Pauline studies, 7. Brill, pp. 125-142. ISBN 9789004242111 (doi: 10.1163/9789004244221_007)
2012
Adams, S. A. and Pahl, M. W. (Eds.) (2012) Issues in Luke-Acts: Selected Essays. Series: Gorgias Handbooks. Gorgias Press. ISBN 9781607241607
Adams, S. (2012) Acts, The Book of. In: Gilmour, M. J. and Beavis, M. A. (eds.) Dictionary of the Bible and Western Culture: A Handbook for Students. Sheffield Phoenix Press. ISBN 9781907534799
Adams, S. (2012) Antiochus IV Epiphanes. In: Gilmour, M. J. and Beavis, M. A. (eds.) Dictionary of the Bible and Western Culture: A Handbook for Students. Sheffield Phoenix Press. ISBN 9781907534799
Adams, S. (2012) Augustus, Caesar Octavianus. In: Gilmour, M. J. and Beavis, M. A. (eds.) Dictionary of the Bible and Western Culture: A Handbook for Students. Sheffield Phoenix Press. ISBN 9781907534799
Adams, S. (2012) Crucifixion. In: Gilmour, M. J. and Beavis, M. A. (eds.) Dictionary of the Bible and Western Culture: A Handbook for Students. Sheffield Phoenix Press. ISBN 9781907534799
Adams, S. (2012) Luke and rhetorical education: the role of the progymnasmata and a response to recent proposals. In: IBR Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL USA, 16-18 Nov 2012, (Unpublished)
Adams, S. (2012) Reading Jeremiah with Baruch. In: SBL Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL USA, 16-20 Nov 2012, (Unpublished)
Adams, S. (2012) Rome. In: Gilmour, M. J. and Beavis, M. A. (eds.) Dictionary of the Bible and Western Culture: A Handbook for Students. Sheffield Phoenix Press. ISBN 9781907534799
Adams, S. A. and Pahl, M. (2012) The genre of Luke and Acts: the state of the question. In: Adams, S. A. and Pahl, M. W. (eds.) Issues in Luke-Acts: Selected Essays. Series: Gorgias Handbooks (26). Gorgias Press, pp. 113-136. ISBN 9781607241607
Adams, S. A. and Pahl, M. (2012) Issues in Luke-Acts: introduction. In: Adams, S. A. and Pahl, M. W. (eds.) Issues in Luke-Acts: Selected Essays. Series: Gorgias Handbooks (26). Gorgias Press, pp. 17-22. ISBN 9781607241607
2011
Adams, S. A. (2011) Review of Paul and Rhetoric by J. Paul Sampley and Peter Lampe (eds). Expository Times, 122(8), p. 411. (doi: 10.1177/00145246111220080809)[Book Review]
Adams, S. A. (2011) Review of People of the Spirit: Exploring Luke's View of the Church by Graham H. Twelftree. Expository Times, 122(4), p. 166. (doi: 10.1177/00145246111220040102)[Book Review]
Adams, S. (2011) Adolf von Harnack. In: Kurian, G. T. (ed.) The Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization. Blackwell. ISBN 9780470670606 (doi: 10.1002/9780470670606.wbecc0635)
Adams, S. (2011) Characterization in Acts. In: Biblical Studies Seminar, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh UK, March 2011, (Unpublished)
Adams, S. (2011) Jerusalem’s lament and consolation: Baruch’s appropriation of LXX Isaiah 49 in 1 Baruch 4:5-5:9. In: SBL Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, 19-22 Nov 2011,
Adams, S. (2011) Reframing scripture: a fresh look at Baruch’s creative citation of scripture. In: SBL International Meeting, London, UK, 3-7 July 2011, (Unpublished)
Adams, S. (2011) Review of The Assumed Authorial Unity of Luke and Acts: A Reassessment of the Evidence by Patricia Walters. European Journal of Theology, 20, pp. 81-82. [Book Review]
Adams, S. (2011) "Where can wisdom be found?”: Baruch 3:9-4:4, Job 28, Sirach 24 and the location of wisdom. In: SBL International Meeting, London, UK, 3-7 July 2011, (Unpublished)
Adams, S. A. (2011) Epistle of Jeremiah or Baruch 6? The importance of labels. Journal for Septuagint and Cognate Studies, 44, pp. 26-30.
Adams, S. A. (2011) How should we reconstruct the historical Paul? Review Essay of Thomas Phillips’ Paul, His Letters, and Acts. Journal for the Study of Paul and His Letters, 1.2, p. 229. [Book Review]
Adams, S. A. (2011) Luke’s framing of the feeding of the five thousand and an evaluation of possible Old Testament allusions. Irish Biblical Studies, 29(4), pp. 1532-169.
2010
Adams, S. A. (2010) Review of Hearing Between the Lines: The Audience as Fellow-Worker in Luke-Acts and its Literary Milieu by Kathy Maxwell. Expository Times, 122(3), p. 116. (doi: 10.1177/00145246101220030102)[Book Review]
Adams, S. A. (2010) Review of Navigating the Gospels: Luke by Philip Fogarty. Expository Times, 122(1), p. 44. (doi: 10.1177/00145246101220010904)[Book Review]
Adams, S. (2010) Lucian and the New Testament: an evaluation of his life, work, and relationship to New Testament studies. Expository Times, 121(12), pp. 594-600. (doi: 10.1177/0014524610376713)
Adams, S. A. (2010) Review of The Acts of the Apostles by David G. Peterson. Expository Times, 121(9), p. 477. (doi: 10.1177/00145246101210090713)[Book Review]
Adams, S. A. (2010) Review of The Social Sciences and Biblical Translation by D. Neufeld. Expository Times, 121(5), p. 258. (doi: 10.1177/00145246101210051014)[Book Review]
Adams, S. (2010) Review of Meals in the Book of Acts by Reta Halteman Finger. Expository Times, 121(4), p. 203. (doi: 10.1177/00145246101210040905)[Book Review]
Adams, S. A. (2010) Review of Jesus, Patrons, and Benefactors: Roman Palestine and the Gospel of Luke by Jonathan Marshall. Expository Times, 121(4), p. 186. (doi: 10.1177/00145246101210040502)[Book Review]
Adams, S. A. (2010) Review of The Social World of the New Testament: Insights and Models by J.H. Neyrey and E.C. Stewart (eds.). Expository Times, 121(4), p. 208. (doi: 10.1177/00145246101210040915)[Book Review]
Porter, S. E. and Adams, S. A. (Eds.) (2010) Paul and the Ancient Letter Form. Series: Pauline studies. Brill: Leiden. ISBN 978900418163
Adams, S. (2010) Luke and Greco-Roman education: Luke’s education and its influence on the selection of genre. In: SBL Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, USA, 20-23 Nov 2010, (Unpublished)
Adams, S. (2010) What’s in an ending?: Understanding the ending of Acts in light of the collected biography tradition. In: British New Testament Conference, Bangor, UK, 2-4 Sept. 2010, (Unpublished)
Adams, S. A. (2010) Paul’s letter opening and its relationship to ancient Greek letters: a study in epistolary presence. In: Porter, S. E. and Adams, S. A. (eds.) Paul and the Ancient Letter Form. Series: Pauline studies (6). Brill: Leiden, pp. 33-55. ISBN 978900418163 (doi: 10.1163/ej.9789004181632.i-369)
Porter, S. E. and Adams, S. A. (2010) Pauline epistolography: an introduction. In: Porter, S. E. and Adams, S. A. (eds.) Paul and the Ancient Letter Form. Series: Pauline studies (6). Brill: Leiden, pp. 1-7. ISBN 978900418163 (doi: 10.1163/ej.9789004181632.i-369)
2009
Adams, S. A. (2009) Evaluating 1 Thessalonians: an outline of holistic approaches to 1 Thessalonians in the last 25 years. Currents in Biblical Research, 8(1), pp. 51-70. (doi: 10.1177/1476993X09339444)
Adams, S. (2009) Atticism, classicism, and Luke-Acts: discussions with Albert Wifstrand and Loveday Alexander. In: SBL International Meeting, Rome, Italy, 30 June - 4 July 2009, (Unpublished)
Adams, S. (2009) Luke-Acts as a hybridization of philosophical biography and narrative history: an investigation of the evolution of ancient genre. In: British New Testament Conference, Aberdeen, UK, 3-5 Sept 2009, (Unpublished)
2008
Adams, S. (2008) Review of The Earliest Christian Artifacts: Manuscripts and Christian Origins by Larry W. Hurtado. Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism, 5, R3-R5. [Book Review]
Adams, S. (2008) Review of The Message of Acts in Codex Bezae: A Comparison with the Alexandrian Tradition. II. Acts 6.1–12.25: From Judaea and Samaria to the Church in Antioch by Josep Rius-Camps and Jenny Read-Heimerdinger. Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism, 5, R21-R23. [Book Review]
Adams, S. (2008) Review of Thiselton on Hermeneutics: Collected Works with New Essays by Anthony C. Thiselton. Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism, 5, R1-R2. [Book Review]
Adams, S. A. (2008) Crucifixion in the ancient world: a response to L.L. Welborn. In: Porter, S. E. (ed.) Paul's World. Series: Pauline studies (4). Brill, pp. 111-130. ISBN 9789004162723 (doi: 10.1163/ej.9789004162723.i-284.28)
Adams, S. A. (2008) Paul the Roman citizen: Roman citizenship in the ancient world and its importance for understanding Acts 22:22–29. In: Porter, S.E. (ed.) Paul: Jew, Greek, and Roman. Series: Pauline studies (5). Brill, pp. 309-326. ISBN 9789004171596 (doi: 10.1163/ej.9789004171596.i-370.87)
2007
Adams, S. (2007) Barr, lexicography, and semantic domains: some issues and refinement of semantic domain theory for the development of lexicons. In: SBL International Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA, 11-20 November 2007, (Unpublished)
Adams, S. (2007) Feminist Biblical interpretation. In: Porter, S. E. (ed.) Dictionary of Biblical Criticism and Interpretation. Routledge, pp. 107-108. ISBN 9780415201001
Adams, S. (2007) Register, genre, and context: their differentiation and importance for the study of the Greek New Testament. In: SBL International Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA, 11-20 November 2007, (Unpublished)
Adams, S. (2007) Review of Paul, the Fool of Christ: A Study of 1 Corinthians 1–4 in the Comic-Philosophic Tradition by L.L. Welborn. Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism, 3, R89-R91. [Book Review]
Adams, S. (2007) To break or not to break: developing criteria for paragraphing in Hellenistic Greek letters. In: Linguistics Institute of Ancient and Biblical Greek, Hamilton, UK, August 2007, (Unpublished)
Pitts, A. and Adams, S. A. (2007) Implementing an algorithm for detecting paragraph division in narrative Greek discourse using the OpenText.org database. In: 2007 Society for Textual Scholarship 14th Biennial International Interdisciplinary Conference, New York, NY, 14-17 March 2007, (Unpublished)
2006
Adams, S. (2006) Ancient Greek historiography and its methodology: How does Luke relate? In: Canadian Society of Biblical Studies Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, 27-28 May 2006, (Unpublished)
Adams, S. (2006) Linguistic analysis and cohesion in 2 Peter: using a discourse approach to determine its structure and divisions. In: SBL International Meeting, Washington DC, USA, 18-21 November 2006, (Unpublished)
Adams, S. (2006) Luke's preface and its relationship to Greek historiography: a response to Loveday Alexander. Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism, 3, pp. 177-191.
Adams, S. (2006) Luke’s Preface (1:1-4) and its relationship to Greek historical prefaces: a response to Loveday Alexander. In: Canadian Society of Biblical Studies Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, 27-28 May 2006, (Unpublished)
Adams, S. (2006) The paragraph in Hellenistic Greek: the use of formal features in the determination of paragraph breaks. In: Linguistics Institute of Ancient and Biblical Greek, Hamilton, UK, August 2006, (Unpublished)
Adams, S. (2006) Review of , Acts in Its Ancient Literary Context: A Classicist Looks at the Acts of the Apostles by Loveday Alexander. Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism, 3, R75-R78. [Book Review]
Adams, S. (2006) Review of Cohesion and Structure in the Pastoral Epistles by Ray Van Neste. Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism, 3, R36-R38. [Book Review]
Adams, S. (2006) Review of Epochs and Styles: Selected Writings on the New Testament, Greek Language and Greek Culture in the Post-Classical Era by Albert Wifstrand. Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism, 3, R32-R35. [Book Review]
Adams, S. (2006) Review of Philippians by Stephen E. Fowl. Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism, 3, R79-R81. [Book Review]
Adams, S. (2006) Review of The Gospel of John: A Commentary by Craig S. Keener. Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism, 3, R18-R20. [Book Review]
Adams, S. (2006) Review of The Original Language of the Lukan Infancy Narrative by Chang-Wook Jung. Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism, 3, R71-R74. [Book Review]
2005
Adams, S. (2005) Review of Echoes of Scripture in Luke–Acts: Telling the History of God’s People Intertextually by Kenneth Duncan Litwak. Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism, 2, R65-R67. [Book Review]
Adams, S. (2005) Review of Magic in the Biblical World: From the Rod of Aaron to the Ring of Solomon by Todd Klutz (ed.). Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism, 2, R53-R57. [Book Review]
Adams, S. (2005) Review of Philippians by Moisés Silva. Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism, 2, R68-R70. [Book Review]
Adams, S. (2005) Review of Scalometry and the Pauline Epistles by George K. Barr. Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism, 2, R31-R34. [Book Review]
Adams, S. (2005) Review of The Gospel of Matthew’s Dependence on the Didache by Alan J.P. Garrow. Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism, 2, R35-R38. [Book Review]
Adams, S. (2005) Review of The Message of Acts in Codex Bezae: A Comparison with the Alexandrian Tradition I. Acts 1.1–5.42: Jerusalem by Josep Ruis-Camps and Jenny Read-Heimerdinger. Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism, 2, R17-R20. [Book Review]
Adams, S. (2005) Review of The New Testament in Its First Century Setting: Essays on Context and Background in Honour of B.W. Winter on His 65th Birthday by P.J. Williams, Andrew D. Clarke, Peter M. Head and David Instone- Brewer (eds.). Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism, 2, R58-R61. [Book Review]
Adams, S. (2005) Review of The Quest for Paul’s Gospel: A Suggested Strategy by Douglas A. Campbell. Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism, 2, R62-R64. [Book Review]
Adams, S. (2005) Review of What Are the Gospels? A Comparison with Graeco-Roman Biography by Richard A. Burridge. Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism, 2, R6-R8. [Book Review]
Articles
Adams, S. A. (2023) New insight from a teacher’s manual: the word-lists of Codex Papyrus Chester Beatty 1008 and the practices of ancient educators. Analecta Papyrologica, 33, pp. 129-144.
Adams, S. A. (2023) Philo on the difference between philosophers and sophists. Studia Philonica Annual, (Accepted for Publication)
Adams, S. A. (2022) Memory as overt allusion trigger in ancient literature. Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha, 32(2), pp. 110-126. (doi: 10.1177/09518207221137062)
Adams, S. A. (2022) Treatise order in the Greek codices of Philo of Alexandria: lists, pinakes, and manuscripts. Studia Philonica Annual, 34, pp. 1-32.
Adams, S. A. (2022) A Greek school tablet from the Chester Beatty (CBL W 142.1). Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 222, pp. 217-220.
Adams, S. A. (2022) Philo’s education language and didactic metaphor. Adamantius, 2022, pp. 68-88.
Adams, S. A. (2021) Information structures in New College MS 143 Codex of Philo of Alexandria. New College Notes, 16(4),
Adams, S. A. (2014) Did Aristobulus Use the LXX for His Citations? Journal for the Study of Judaism, 45(2), pp. 185-198. (doi: 10.1163/15700631-12340061)
Adams, S. A. (2011) Epistle of Jeremiah or Baruch 6? The importance of labels. Journal for Septuagint and Cognate Studies, 44, pp. 26-30.
Adams, S. A. (2011) Luke’s framing of the feeding of the five thousand and an evaluation of possible Old Testament allusions. Irish Biblical Studies, 29(4), pp. 1532-169.
Adams, S. (2010) Lucian and the New Testament: an evaluation of his life, work, and relationship to New Testament studies. Expository Times, 121(12), pp. 594-600. (doi: 10.1177/0014524610376713)
Adams, S. A. (2009) Evaluating 1 Thessalonians: an outline of holistic approaches to 1 Thessalonians in the last 25 years. Currents in Biblical Research, 8(1), pp. 51-70. (doi: 10.1177/1476993X09339444)
Adams, S. (2006) Luke's preface and its relationship to Greek historiography: a response to Loveday Alexander. Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism, 3, pp. 177-191.
Books
Adams, S. A. and Domoney-Lyttle, Z. (2023) The Philo of Alexandria Scripture Index. Series: Studia Philonica monographs (9). SBL Press. ISBN 9781628374797
Adams, S. A. (2020) Greek Genres and Jewish Authors: Negotiating Literary Culture in the Greco-Roman Era. Baylor University Press: Waco. ISBN 9781481312912
Adams, S. A. (2014) Baruch and The Epistle of Jeremiah: A Commentary Based on the Texts in Codex Vaticanus. Series: Septuagint commentary series. Brill. ISBN 9789004277335
Adams, S. A. (2013) The Genre of Acts and Collected Biography. Series: Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series, 156. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. ISBN 9781107041042
Book Sections
Adams, S.A. and Ehorn, S.M. (2023) Composite citations in early Christian manuscripts. In: Porter, S.E., Yoon, D.I. and Stevens, C.S. (eds.) Paratextual Features of New Testament Papyrology and Early Christian Manuscripts. Brill, pp. 227-266. (In Press)
Adams, S. A. (2022) Fables in Philo of Alexandria: λόγος, μῦθος, and παραβολή. In: Oegema, A., Pater, J. and Stoutjesdijk, M. (eds.) Overcoming Dichotomies: Parables, Fables, and Similes in the Graeco-Roman World. Series: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament (483). Mohr Siebeck: Tübingen, pp. 169-190. ISBN 9783161611575
Adams, S. A. (2022) The Scribes of Philo of Alexandria’s Oxyrhynchus Codex. In: Farnes, A. T., Mackie, S. D. and Runia, D. (eds.) Ancient Texts, Papyri, and Manuscripts: Studies in Honor of James R. Royse. Series: New Testament tools, studies and documents (64). Brill: Leiden, pp. 219-242. ISBN 9789004465732 (doi: 10.1163/9789004465732_014)
Adams, S. A. (2022) Sympotic learning: symposia literature and cultural education. In: Norton, J. D.H., Allen, G. and Askin, L. A. (eds.) Reading, Writing, and Bookish Circles in the Ancient Mediterranean. Bloomsbury Academic: London, pp. 89-111. ISBN 9781350265028
Adams, S. A. (2021) What are bioi/vitae? Generic self-consciousness in ancient biography. In: De Temmerman, K. (ed.) Oxford Handbook of Ancient Biography. Series: Oxford handbooks. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198703013
Adams, S. (2021) P.Oxy. LXXVI 5532. Psalms 5.12-13, 6.11-7.2. In: Benaissa, A. and Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (eds.) The Oxyrhynchus Papyri vol. LXXXVI. Series: Graeco-Roman memoirs. Egypt Exploration Society: London, pp. 1-3. ISBN 9780856982491
Adams, S. A. (2021) The Book of Exodus in Philo of Alexandria. In: Kowalski, B. and Docherty, S. (eds.) The Reception of Exodus Motifs in Jewish and Christian Literature. Series: Themes in Biblical narrative (30). Brill: Leiden, pp. 183-198. ISBN 9789004471122 (doi: 10.1163/9789004471122_011)
Adams, S. A. (2021) James Barr, semantic domains, and the mental lexicon. In: Porter, S. E. (ed.) James Barr Assessed. Series: Biblical interpretation series (192). Brill: Leiden, pp. 163-177. ISBN 9789004465664 (doi: 10.1163/9789004465664_010)
Adams, S. A. (2020) Greek Letter of Jeremiah. In: Feder, F. and Henze, M. (eds.) Textual History of the Bible. Vol. 2: Deuterocanonical Scriptures. Brill. ISBN 9789004395510
Adams, S. (2020) Barr, lexicography, and semantic domains: some issues and refinement of semantic domain theory for the development of lexicons. In: Porter, S.E. and Boda, M.J. (eds.) James Barr: Life and Work. Pickwick Publications. (In Press)
Adams, S. A. (2019) Introduction: themes in ancient scholarship. In: Adams, S.A. (ed.) Scholastic Culture in the Hellenistic and Roman Eras: Greek, Latin, and Jewish. de Gruyter, pp. 1-6. ISBN 9783110660982 (doi: 10.1515/9783110660982-002)
Adams, S. (2019) Luke the Evangelist. In: Allison Jr., D. C., Helmer, C., Seow, C.-L., Spieckermann, H., Walfish, B. D. and Ziolkowski, E. (eds.) Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception (EBR) (online). De Gruyter: Berlin, Germany. ISBN 9783110313345 (doi: 10.1515/ebr.luketheevangelist)
Adams, S. A. (2019) Translating texts: contrasting Roman and Jewish depictions of literary translations. In: Adams, S.A. (ed.) Scholastic Culture in the Hellenistic and Roman Eras: Greek, Latin, and Jewish. de Gruyter, pp. 147-168. ISBN 9783110660982 (doi: 10.1515/9783110660982-010)
Adams, S. A. (2018) Jeremiah in the Old Testament Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha. In: Lundborn, J., Evans, C. A. and Anderson, B. (eds.) The Book of Jeremiah: Composition, Reception, and Interpretation. Series: Vetus Testamentum, supplements (178). Brill: Leiden, pp. 359-378. ISBN 9789004373273 (doi: 10.1163/9789004373273_019)
Adams, S. A. and Ehorn, S. M. (2018) Composite citations in antiquity: a conclusion. In: Adams, S. A. and Ehorn, S. M. (eds.) Composite Citations in Antiquity. [Volume 2.]. New Testament Uses. Series: The library of New Testament studies (593). Bloomsbury T&T Clark: London ; New York, pp. 209-249. ISBN 9780567665058
Adams, S. A. and Ehorn, S. M. (2018) Introduction. In: Adams, S. A. and Ehorn, S. M. (eds.) Composite Citations in Antiquity. [Volume 2.]. New Testament Uses. Series: The library of New Testament studies (593). Bloomsbury T&T Clark: London ; New York, pp. 1-15. ISBN 9780567665058
Adams, S. A. (2018) Where’s Rome? A possible Roman parallel to the translations of the Septuagint in the Letter of Aristeas. In: Xeravits, G. G. and Goering, G. S. (eds.) Figures Who Shape Scriptures, Scriptures That Shape Figures: Essays in Honour of Benjamin G. Wright III. Series: Deuterocanonical and cognate literature studies (40). De Gruyter: Berlin, pp. 197-210. ISBN 9783110586466 (doi: 10.1515/9783110596373-013)
Adams, S. A. (2016) The characterization of Disciples in Acts: genre, method, and quality. In: Dicken, F. E. and Snyder, J. A. (eds.) Characters and Characterization in Luke-Acts. Series: The library of New Testament studies (548). Bloomsbury: London, pp. 155-168. ISBN 9780567663924
Adams, S. A. (2016) Sense units and manuscript families: a test proposal. In: Fuller Dow, L. K., Evans, C. A. and Pitts, A. W. (eds.) The Language and Literature of the New Testament: Essays in Honour of Stanley E. Porter’s 60th Birthday. Series: Biblical interpretation series (150). Brill: Leiden, pp. 170-200. ISBN 9789004334892
Adams, S. A. (2016) Greek education and composite citations of Homer. In: Adams, S. A. and Ehorn, S. M. (eds.) Composite Citations in Antiquity: Jewish, Graeco-Roman, and Early Christian Uses. Series: The library of New Testament studies, 1 (525). Bloomsbury T&T Clark: London, pp. 17-34. ISBN 9780567657978
Adams, S. A. (2016) Jerusalem’s lament and consolation: Baruch 4:55:9 and Its relationships with Jewish scripture. In: Adams, S.A. (ed.) Studies on Baruch: Composition, Literary Relations, and Reception. Series: Deuterocanonical and cognate literature studies (23). de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110364279
Adams, S. A. (2016) Luke and progymnasmata: rhetorical handbooks, rhetorical sophistication and genre selection. In: Pitts, A. W. and Hauge, M. R. (eds.) Ancient Education and Early Christianity. Series: The library of New Testament studies (533). Bloomsbury T&T Clark: London, pp. 137-154. ISBN 9780567660275
Adams, S. A. and Ehorn, S. M. (2016) What is a composite citation? An introduction. In: Adams, S. A. and Ehorn, S. M. (eds.) Composite Citations in Antiquity: Jewish, Graeco-Roman, and Early Christian Uses. Series: The library of New Testament studies, 1 (525). Bloomsbury T&T Clark: London, pp. 1-16. ISBN 9780567657978
Adams, S. A. (2015) The tradition of Peter’s literacy: Acts, 1 Peter, and Petrine literature. In: Bond, H. K. and Hurtado, L. W. (eds.) Peter in Early Christianity. Eerdmans: Grand Rapids, MI, pp. 130-145. ISBN 9780802871718
Adams, S. A. (2014) Mark, manuscripts, and paragraphs: sense-unit divisions in Mark 14-16. In: Roth, D. and Keith, C. (eds.) Mark, Manuscripts, and Monotheism: Essays in Honor of Larry W. Hurtado. Series: Library of New Testament studies (304). Bloomsbury T&T Clark. ISBN 9780567655943
Adams, S. (2013) Atticism, classicism, and Luke-Acts: discussions with Albert Wifstrand and Loveday Alexander. In: Porter, S. E. and Pitts, A. W. (eds.) The Language of the New Testament: Context, History, and Development. Series: Linguistic biblical studies (6). Brill, pp. 91-111. ISBN 9789004234772
Adams, S. A. (2013) Ancient Greek history and its methodology for speeches: is there a relation to Luke? In: Porter, S. E. and Pitts, A. (eds.) Christian Origins and Greco-Roman Culture: Social and Literary Contexts for the New Testament. Series: Texts and editions for New Testament study (9). Brill, pp. 389-411. ISBN 9789004234161
Adams, S. A. (2013) Luke, Josephus, and historiography: the formation of Luke-Acts and its relationship to Jewish apologetic historiography. In: Porter, S. E. and Pitts, A. W. (eds.) Christian Origins and Hellenistic Judaism: Social and Literary Contexts for the New Testament. Series: Texts and editions for New Testament study (10). Brill, pp. 439-459. ISBN 9789004234765
Adams, S. A. (2013) Reframing scripture: a fresh look at Baruch’s so-called “Citations”. In: Xeravits, G. G., Nicklas, T. and Kalimi, I. (eds.) Scriptural Authority in Early Judaism and Ancient Christianity. Series: Deuterocanonical and cognate literature studies (16). De Gruyter, pp. 63-83. ISBN 9783110295481
Adams, S. A. (2013) The relationships of Paul and Luke: Luke, Paul’s letters, and the “We” passages of Acts. In: Porter, S. E. and Land, C. D. (eds.) Paul and His Social Relations. Series: Pauline studies, 7. Brill, pp. 125-142. ISBN 9789004242111 (doi: 10.1163/9789004244221_007)
Adams, S. (2012) Acts, The Book of. In: Gilmour, M. J. and Beavis, M. A. (eds.) Dictionary of the Bible and Western Culture: A Handbook for Students. Sheffield Phoenix Press. ISBN 9781907534799
Adams, S. (2012) Antiochus IV Epiphanes. In: Gilmour, M. J. and Beavis, M. A. (eds.) Dictionary of the Bible and Western Culture: A Handbook for Students. Sheffield Phoenix Press. ISBN 9781907534799
Adams, S. (2012) Augustus, Caesar Octavianus. In: Gilmour, M. J. and Beavis, M. A. (eds.) Dictionary of the Bible and Western Culture: A Handbook for Students. Sheffield Phoenix Press. ISBN 9781907534799
Adams, S. (2012) Crucifixion. In: Gilmour, M. J. and Beavis, M. A. (eds.) Dictionary of the Bible and Western Culture: A Handbook for Students. Sheffield Phoenix Press. ISBN 9781907534799
Adams, S. (2012) Rome. In: Gilmour, M. J. and Beavis, M. A. (eds.) Dictionary of the Bible and Western Culture: A Handbook for Students. Sheffield Phoenix Press. ISBN 9781907534799
Adams, S. A. and Pahl, M. (2012) The genre of Luke and Acts: the state of the question. In: Adams, S. A. and Pahl, M. W. (eds.) Issues in Luke-Acts: Selected Essays. Series: Gorgias Handbooks (26). Gorgias Press, pp. 113-136. ISBN 9781607241607
Adams, S. A. and Pahl, M. (2012) Issues in Luke-Acts: introduction. In: Adams, S. A. and Pahl, M. W. (eds.) Issues in Luke-Acts: Selected Essays. Series: Gorgias Handbooks (26). Gorgias Press, pp. 17-22. ISBN 9781607241607
Adams, S. (2011) Adolf von Harnack. In: Kurian, G. T. (ed.) The Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization. Blackwell. ISBN 9780470670606 (doi: 10.1002/9780470670606.wbecc0635)
Adams, S. A. (2010) Paul’s letter opening and its relationship to ancient Greek letters: a study in epistolary presence. In: Porter, S. E. and Adams, S. A. (eds.) Paul and the Ancient Letter Form. Series: Pauline studies (6). Brill: Leiden, pp. 33-55. ISBN 978900418163 (doi: 10.1163/ej.9789004181632.i-369)
Porter, S. E. and Adams, S. A. (2010) Pauline epistolography: an introduction. In: Porter, S. E. and Adams, S. A. (eds.) Paul and the Ancient Letter Form. Series: Pauline studies (6). Brill: Leiden, pp. 1-7. ISBN 978900418163 (doi: 10.1163/ej.9789004181632.i-369)
Adams, S. A. (2008) Crucifixion in the ancient world: a response to L.L. Welborn. In: Porter, S. E. (ed.) Paul's World. Series: Pauline studies (4). Brill, pp. 111-130. ISBN 9789004162723 (doi: 10.1163/ej.9789004162723.i-284.28)
Adams, S. A. (2008) Paul the Roman citizen: Roman citizenship in the ancient world and its importance for understanding Acts 22:22–29. In: Porter, S.E. (ed.) Paul: Jew, Greek, and Roman. Series: Pauline studies (5). Brill, pp. 309-326. ISBN 9789004171596 (doi: 10.1163/ej.9789004171596.i-370.87)
Adams, S. (2007) Feminist Biblical interpretation. In: Porter, S. E. (ed.) Dictionary of Biblical Criticism and Interpretation. Routledge, pp. 107-108. ISBN 9780415201001
Book Reviews
Adams, S. A. (2014) Review of The World of the New Testament: Cultural, Social, and Historical Contexts by Joel B. Green and Lee Martin McDonald (eds). Expository Times, 126(2), pp. 94-95. (doi: 10.1177/0014524614543432e)[Book Review]
Adams, S. A. (2014) Review of From Jerusalem Priest to Roman Jew: On Josephus and the Paradigms of Ancient Judaism by Michael Tuva. Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 36(5), p. 116. (doi: 10.1177/0142064X14536324)[Book Review]
Adams, S. A. (2014) The Greek Old Testament as Christian Scripture. Review of When God Spoke Greek by T.M. Law. Expository Times, 125(9), pp. 440-441. (doi: 10.1177/0014524614524146)[Book Review]
Adams, S. A. (2014) Review of Josephus, the Emperors, and the City of Rome: From Hostage to Historian. Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity 86 by William den Hollander. Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2014(06), p. 33. [Book Review]
Adams, S. (2014) Review of XIV Congress of the IOSCS, Helsinki, 2010, ed. by Melvin K. H. Peters. Review of Biblical Literature, [Book Review]
Adams, S. A. (2013) Review of Early Judaism: A Comprehensive Overview by John. J. Collins and Daniel C. Harlow (eds.). Expository Times, 125(2), pp. 94-95. (doi: 10.1177/0014524613494559c)[Book Review]
Adams, S. A. (2011) Review of Paul and Rhetoric by J. Paul Sampley and Peter Lampe (eds). Expository Times, 122(8), p. 411. (doi: 10.1177/00145246111220080809)[Book Review]
Adams, S. A. (2011) Review of People of the Spirit: Exploring Luke's View of the Church by Graham H. Twelftree. Expository Times, 122(4), p. 166. (doi: 10.1177/00145246111220040102)[Book Review]
Adams, S. (2011) Review of The Assumed Authorial Unity of Luke and Acts: A Reassessment of the Evidence by Patricia Walters. European Journal of Theology, 20, pp. 81-82. [Book Review]
Adams, S. A. (2011) How should we reconstruct the historical Paul? Review Essay of Thomas Phillips’ Paul, His Letters, and Acts. Journal for the Study of Paul and His Letters, 1.2, p. 229. [Book Review]
Adams, S. A. (2010) Review of Hearing Between the Lines: The Audience as Fellow-Worker in Luke-Acts and its Literary Milieu by Kathy Maxwell. Expository Times, 122(3), p. 116. (doi: 10.1177/00145246101220030102)[Book Review]
Adams, S. A. (2010) Review of Navigating the Gospels: Luke by Philip Fogarty. Expository Times, 122(1), p. 44. (doi: 10.1177/00145246101220010904)[Book Review]
Adams, S. A. (2010) Review of The Acts of the Apostles by David G. Peterson. Expository Times, 121(9), p. 477. (doi: 10.1177/00145246101210090713)[Book Review]
Adams, S. A. (2010) Review of The Social Sciences and Biblical Translation by D. Neufeld. Expository Times, 121(5), p. 258. (doi: 10.1177/00145246101210051014)[Book Review]
Adams, S. (2010) Review of Meals in the Book of Acts by Reta Halteman Finger. Expository Times, 121(4), p. 203. (doi: 10.1177/00145246101210040905)[Book Review]
Adams, S. A. (2010) Review of Jesus, Patrons, and Benefactors: Roman Palestine and the Gospel of Luke by Jonathan Marshall. Expository Times, 121(4), p. 186. (doi: 10.1177/00145246101210040502)[Book Review]
Adams, S. A. (2010) Review of The Social World of the New Testament: Insights and Models by J.H. Neyrey and E.C. Stewart (eds.). Expository Times, 121(4), p. 208. (doi: 10.1177/00145246101210040915)[Book Review]
Adams, S. (2008) Review of The Earliest Christian Artifacts: Manuscripts and Christian Origins by Larry W. Hurtado. Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism, 5, R3-R5. [Book Review]
Adams, S. (2008) Review of The Message of Acts in Codex Bezae: A Comparison with the Alexandrian Tradition. II. Acts 6.1–12.25: From Judaea and Samaria to the Church in Antioch by Josep Rius-Camps and Jenny Read-Heimerdinger. Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism, 5, R21-R23. [Book Review]
Adams, S. (2008) Review of Thiselton on Hermeneutics: Collected Works with New Essays by Anthony C. Thiselton. Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism, 5, R1-R2. [Book Review]
Adams, S. (2007) Review of Paul, the Fool of Christ: A Study of 1 Corinthians 1–4 in the Comic-Philosophic Tradition by L.L. Welborn. Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism, 3, R89-R91. [Book Review]
Adams, S. (2006) Review of , Acts in Its Ancient Literary Context: A Classicist Looks at the Acts of the Apostles by Loveday Alexander. Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism, 3, R75-R78. [Book Review]
Adams, S. (2006) Review of Cohesion and Structure in the Pastoral Epistles by Ray Van Neste. Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism, 3, R36-R38. [Book Review]
Adams, S. (2006) Review of Epochs and Styles: Selected Writings on the New Testament, Greek Language and Greek Culture in the Post-Classical Era by Albert Wifstrand. Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism, 3, R32-R35. [Book Review]
Adams, S. (2006) Review of Philippians by Stephen E. Fowl. Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism, 3, R79-R81. [Book Review]
Adams, S. (2006) Review of The Gospel of John: A Commentary by Craig S. Keener. Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism, 3, R18-R20. [Book Review]
Adams, S. (2006) Review of The Original Language of the Lukan Infancy Narrative by Chang-Wook Jung. Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism, 3, R71-R74. [Book Review]
Adams, S. (2005) Review of Echoes of Scripture in Luke–Acts: Telling the History of God’s People Intertextually by Kenneth Duncan Litwak. Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism, 2, R65-R67. [Book Review]
Adams, S. (2005) Review of Magic in the Biblical World: From the Rod of Aaron to the Ring of Solomon by Todd Klutz (ed.). Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism, 2, R53-R57. [Book Review]
Adams, S. (2005) Review of Philippians by Moisés Silva. Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism, 2, R68-R70. [Book Review]
Adams, S. (2005) Review of Scalometry and the Pauline Epistles by George K. Barr. Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism, 2, R31-R34. [Book Review]
Adams, S. (2005) Review of The Gospel of Matthew’s Dependence on the Didache by Alan J.P. Garrow. Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism, 2, R35-R38. [Book Review]
Adams, S. (2005) Review of The Message of Acts in Codex Bezae: A Comparison with the Alexandrian Tradition I. Acts 1.1–5.42: Jerusalem by Josep Ruis-Camps and Jenny Read-Heimerdinger. Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism, 2, R17-R20. [Book Review]
Adams, S. (2005) Review of The New Testament in Its First Century Setting: Essays on Context and Background in Honour of B.W. Winter on His 65th Birthday by P.J. Williams, Andrew D. Clarke, Peter M. Head and David Instone- Brewer (eds.). Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism, 2, R58-R61. [Book Review]
Adams, S. (2005) Review of The Quest for Paul’s Gospel: A Suggested Strategy by Douglas A. Campbell. Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism, 2, R62-R64. [Book Review]
Adams, S. (2005) Review of What Are the Gospels? A Comparison with Graeco-Roman Biography by Richard A. Burridge. Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism, 2, R6-R8. [Book Review]
Edited Books
Adams, S. A. and Domoney-Lyttle, Z. (Eds.) (2019) Abraham in Jewish and Early Christian Literature. Series: Library of Second Temple studies. T&T Clark: London. ISBN 9780567675521
Adams, S. A. (2019) Scholastic Culture in the Hellenistic and Roman Eras. Series: Transmissions. Brill. ISBN 9783110657876
Adams, S. A. and Ehorn, S. M. (Eds.) (2018) Composite Citations in Antiquity. [Volume 2.]. New Testament Uses. Series: The library of New Testament studies. Bloomsbury T&T Clark: London ; New York. ISBN 9780567665058
Adams, S. A. (Ed.) (2016) Studies on Baruch: Composition, Literary Relations, and Reception. Series: Deuterocanonical and cognate literature studies. de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110364279
Adams, S. A. and Ehorn, S. M. (Eds.) (2016) Composite Citations in Antiquity. [Volume 1.]. Jewish, Graeco-Roman, and Early Christian Uses. Series: The library of New Testament studies. Bloomsbury T&T Clark: London. ISBN 9780567657978
Porter, S. E. and Adams, S. A. (Eds.) (2016) Pillars in the History of Biblical Interpretation. Wipf and Stock: Eugene, OR. ISBN 9781498202367
Adams, S. A. and Pahl, M. W. (Eds.) (2012) Issues in Luke-Acts: Selected Essays. Series: Gorgias Handbooks. Gorgias Press. ISBN 9781607241607
Porter, S. E. and Adams, S. A. (Eds.) (2010) Paul and the Ancient Letter Form. Series: Pauline studies. Brill: Leiden. ISBN 978900418163
Conference Proceedings
Adams, S. (2014) Composite citations of Homer in antiquity and their importance for understanding the New Testament. In: SBL Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA, 22-25 Nov 2014,
Adams, S. (2013) The tradition of Peter’s literacy: Acts, 1 Peter, and Petrine literature. In: Peter Conference: The Centre for the Study of Christian Origins (CSCO, University of Edinburgh), Edinburgh, UK, 4-6 July 2013, (Unpublished)
Adams, S. (2012) Luke and rhetorical education: the role of the progymnasmata and a response to recent proposals. In: IBR Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL USA, 16-18 Nov 2012, (Unpublished)
Adams, S. (2012) Reading Jeremiah with Baruch. In: SBL Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL USA, 16-20 Nov 2012, (Unpublished)
Adams, S. (2011) Characterization in Acts. In: Biblical Studies Seminar, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh UK, March 2011, (Unpublished)
Adams, S. (2011) Jerusalem’s lament and consolation: Baruch’s appropriation of LXX Isaiah 49 in 1 Baruch 4:5-5:9. In: SBL Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, 19-22 Nov 2011,
Adams, S. (2011) Reframing scripture: a fresh look at Baruch’s creative citation of scripture. In: SBL International Meeting, London, UK, 3-7 July 2011, (Unpublished)
Adams, S. (2011) "Where can wisdom be found?”: Baruch 3:9-4:4, Job 28, Sirach 24 and the location of wisdom. In: SBL International Meeting, London, UK, 3-7 July 2011, (Unpublished)
Adams, S. (2010) Luke and Greco-Roman education: Luke’s education and its influence on the selection of genre. In: SBL Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, USA, 20-23 Nov 2010, (Unpublished)
Adams, S. (2010) What’s in an ending?: Understanding the ending of Acts in light of the collected biography tradition. In: British New Testament Conference, Bangor, UK, 2-4 Sept. 2010, (Unpublished)
Adams, S. (2009) Atticism, classicism, and Luke-Acts: discussions with Albert Wifstrand and Loveday Alexander. In: SBL International Meeting, Rome, Italy, 30 June - 4 July 2009, (Unpublished)
Adams, S. (2009) Luke-Acts as a hybridization of philosophical biography and narrative history: an investigation of the evolution of ancient genre. In: British New Testament Conference, Aberdeen, UK, 3-5 Sept 2009, (Unpublished)
Adams, S. (2007) Barr, lexicography, and semantic domains: some issues and refinement of semantic domain theory for the development of lexicons. In: SBL International Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA, 11-20 November 2007, (Unpublished)
Adams, S. (2007) Register, genre, and context: their differentiation and importance for the study of the Greek New Testament. In: SBL International Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA, 11-20 November 2007, (Unpublished)
Adams, S. (2007) To break or not to break: developing criteria for paragraphing in Hellenistic Greek letters. In: Linguistics Institute of Ancient and Biblical Greek, Hamilton, UK, August 2007, (Unpublished)
Pitts, A. and Adams, S. A. (2007) Implementing an algorithm for detecting paragraph division in narrative Greek discourse using the OpenText.org database. In: 2007 Society for Textual Scholarship 14th Biennial International Interdisciplinary Conference, New York, NY, 14-17 March 2007, (Unpublished)
Adams, S. (2006) Ancient Greek historiography and its methodology: How does Luke relate? In: Canadian Society of Biblical Studies Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, 27-28 May 2006, (Unpublished)
Adams, S. (2006) Linguistic analysis and cohesion in 2 Peter: using a discourse approach to determine its structure and divisions. In: SBL International Meeting, Washington DC, USA, 18-21 November 2006, (Unpublished)
Adams, S. (2006) Luke’s Preface (1:1-4) and its relationship to Greek historical prefaces: a response to Loveday Alexander. In: Canadian Society of Biblical Studies Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, 27-28 May 2006, (Unpublished)
Adams, S. (2006) The paragraph in Hellenistic Greek: the use of formal features in the determination of paragraph breaks. In: Linguistics Institute of Ancient and Biblical Greek, Hamilton, UK, August 2006, (Unpublished)
Grants
2015-2016 British Academy Rising Star for Engagement Award (£10,000) 'The Future of Academic Publishing'. This project brings scholars (early and late career), members of the publishing industry, members of government who oversee university funding in the UK, and librarians together to talk about the future of this industry and its impact on scholarship and society. Topics would include: the future of the industry (e.g., open access, e-books), the role and function of the library, publishing, career advancement, government funding (REF), as well as a practical workshop for PhD students and ECR.
2012-2015 British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship (£235,288) 'Jewish Hellenistic Authors and Greek Literary Forms'. This project traces the diversity of ways Jewish authors interacted with Greek literary culture (e.g., authors, texts, literary forms). It argues that this engagement changed over time and with geographic locale and resulted in distinct literary adaptations.
2011 Social Science and Humanities Research Council (Canada) ($40,000) 'Ancient Genre Theory and Collected Biographies'. This project developed an emic theory of genre and applied it to the development of ancient biographies in the Classical, Hellenistic, and Early Roman eras.
Supervision
I am interested in supervising any work that attempts to situate the New Testament in its Graeco-Roman and Jewish contexts. I am also interested in Luke-Acts, Paul, Intertestamental literature, Philo, Josephus, Hellenistic Judaism, Septuagint use in the New Testament, and ancient manuscripts. Please contact me if you would like to discuss a proposal for postgraduate study within my areas of specialism.
Teaching
In 2015-16, I convene Level 2 'Texts and Cultures of the Bible', Level 1 'Introduction to the Bile for Ministry', and the Honours course 'The Historical Jesus'. I also part of the team that teaches Level 1 'Creation to Apocalypse' and the MLitt in 'Ancient Cultures'.
I have previously taught courses on ‘The New Testament in its Graeco-Roman Context’, 'New Testament Texts: Acts and Galatians', ‘Intertestamental Literature and the New Testament’, and 'Greek Exegesis'.
