| College: | Knox College |
| Degrees: | DD (Pretoria) |
| Email: | ernest.vaneck@utoronto.ca |
| Phone: | 416-978-4511 |
| Teaching Category: |
Regular Tenure Stream
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| Appointment Status: |
Basic Degree
GCTS Full
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| Research Interests: |
Scripture / Bible / Sacred Texts
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Bio
Professor Ernest van Eck is professor in New Testament at Knox College. Professor Ernest van Eck (BA, BA [Hon], MA [Greek], BD, MDiv, DD), obtained all but the BA-degree from the University of Pretoria. His two master’s degrees focused on different aspects of space used in secular and religious narratives, and in his DD-thesis, obtained in 1993, the focus was a social-scientific interpretation of ideological/political use of space in the gospel of Mark. He has authored 55 and co-authored 41 peer reviewed articles, 14 chapters in international publications, and his latest monograph, focusing on parable research, is titled The parables of Jesus the Galilean: Stories of a social prophet. He has successfully supervised 39 Master’s and 28 PhD students. Professor Van Eck is member of the New Testament Society of South Africa, the USA-based Context Group, Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas, and the international Society of Biblical Literature.
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Specializations
- Social-scientific criticism and ideological-critical reading of the parables of the historical Jesus
- Historical Jesus studies
- Gospels
- Gender-studies
- Sexuality in ancient texts
- Paul
- Post-colonial hermeneutics
- Narratology and literary theories
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Publications
- Van Eck, E., 2016, The parables of Jesus the Galilean: Stories of a social prophet, Cascade Books, Eugene. (Matrix: The Bible in Mediterranean Context).
- Van Eck, E., 2017, Realism and method: The parables of Jesus’, Neotestamentica 51(2), 163-184.
- Van Eck, E., 2019, ‘A Samaritan merchant and his friend, and their friends: Practicing life-giving theology’, HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 75(1), a5499.
- Van Eck, E., 2019, ‘A realistic reading of the parable of the Lost Coin in Q: Gaining or losing even more?’, HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 75(4), a5656.
- Van Eck, E., 2020, ‘A theology of marriage: A biblical or a cultural construct?’, HTS Teologiese Studies/ Theological Studies 76(4), a6027.
- Ntem, G.S., & Van Eck, E, 2021, “An African Biblical interpretation of Matthew 20:1–15 in relation to social justice for workers in Cameroon”, Stellenbosch Theological Journal 7(1), 1-20.
- Van Eck, E., 2022, ‘Reading the text does matter: Texts as symbols of personal and social transformation’, in E-M. Becker, J. Herzer, A. Standhartinger, & F. Wilk &, Reading the New Testament in the manifold contexts of a globalized world: Exegetical perspectives, pp. 39-60, Narr Francke Attempto Verlag GmbH + Co.
- Van Eck, E., 2022, ‘A realistic reading of the parable of the Lost Coin in Q: Gaining or losing even more?, in T.E. Goud, J.R.C. Cousland & J Harrison, Encountering the parables in contexts old and new, pp. 64-81, T&T Clark, London.
- Kim, V.S., Nel, M. & Van Eck, E., 2022, ‘A holistic homiletical approach to preaching based on ancient and modern texts’, Verbum et Ecclesia 43(1), a2587.
- Sakitey, D. & Van Eck, E., 2022, ‘Πάτερ, ημων ο εν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς (Mt 6:9a): Reading the Lord’s Prayer with insight from Ewe cosmology’, HTS Teologiese Studies/ Theological Studies 78(3), a7559.
- Gharbin, G.K. & Van Eck, E., 2022, ‘The Johannine prologue: A hermeneutical key to the community theme’, Verbum et Ecclesia 43(1), a2621.
- Gharbin, G.K. & Van Eck, E., 2023, ‘Solitude in the multitude: A Christological response to loneliness in the Akan community of God’, Verbum et Ecclesia 44(1), a2771.
- Gharbin, G.K. & Van Eck, E., 2023, ‘Building a united community: Reading the Johannine concept of unity through the eyes of an Akan’, HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 79(4), a8419.
- Gharbin, G.K. & Van Eck, E., 2023, ‘The true vine and the branches: Exploring the community ideation in John 15:1–16:3’, Verbum et Ecclesia 44(1), a2802.
- Becker-Ferreiral, A. & Van Eck, E., 2023, Die “ander”: Lukaanse Jesus en Lévinas (The “other”: The Lukan Jesus and Lévinas), Tydskrif vir Geesteswetenskappe, Jaargang 63(4), 737-755.