Monday, March 24 2025, 4:30 - 5:30pm Peabody Hall Guest speaker Ben White Department of Philosophy and Religion Clemson University Profile Dr. White, Chair; Associate Professor (New Testament and Early Christianity), is a scholar of ancient and modern interpretations of the New Testament, the reconstruction of Christian origins, and the development of early Christianities. He is particularly interested in the figure of Paul in Christian theopolitical discourse, as well as the intersection of memory, historiography, and ideology in the development of Pauline traditions. His first book, Remembering Paul: Ancient and Modern Contests over the Image of the Apostle, was published by Oxford University Press in 2014. His research articles have appeared in the Journal for the Study of the New Testament, The Journal of Early Christian Studies, Catholic Biblical Quarterly, and Vigiliae christianae, among other places. Dr. White's current research explores the role that stylometry has played in solving the Pauline authorship problem. It is part of a larger book-length project entitled Counting Paul: Scientificity, Fuzzy Math, and Ideology in Pauline Studies. Professionally, he directs the BA in Religious Studies at Clemson, co-chairs the Historical Paul section of the Society of Biblical Literature, and serves on the editorial board of The Journal of Theological Studies.
