Markus Cromhout

I am a research associate at the University of Pretoria, Faculty of Theology. My food is social-scientific criticism of the New Testament. Learning about the different social values and institutions of the Biblical world is a real eye opener! The Bible becomes alive so to speak in its own time and place.

I am a member of The Context Group and enjoy all the work of these scholars, people such as Jerome Nerey, Philip Esler, Denis Duling, Richard Rohrbaugh, John Elliott, and John Kloppenborg, to name but a few.

My particular area of study is ethnic identity. Thus far my work attempts to develop models and to emphasise that ethnic identity should be a key area of research for New Testament scholars, and any serious Bible reader. Ethnic studies will open a whole new understanding of Paul, as well as the New Perspective on Paul, for example.