THOMAS J.

WHITLEY
CURRICULUM VITAE Department of Religion PO Box 3061520 Florida State University Tallahassee, FL 32306 twhitley@fsu.edu 704.604.1986 EDUCATION 2011-! ! PhD, Religions of Western Antiquity, Florida State University 2007-2010 ! MA, Religion, Gardner-Webb University Thesis: The Israel of God: A Literary-Historical and Sociological Examination of Pauls Use of 2007-2010 ! MDiv, M. Christopher White School of Divinity, Gardner-Webb University 2003-2006 ! BA, Cum Laude, Religious Studies, University of North Carolina at ! ! Charlotte PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS Fall 2010 ! Adjunct Professor, Introduction to the Old Testament Gardner-Webb University PUBLICATIONS Review of Emmanuel O. Tukasi, Determinism and Petitionary Prayer in John and the Dead Sea Scrolls: An Ideological Reading of John and the Community Rule (1QS), in Dead Sea Discoveries 20 (2013): 172-174. AWARDS AND GRANTS 2011-2013 ! Graduate Teaching Assistant (full tuition and stipend) ! ! Florida State University 2013! ! ! ! Conference Presentation Support Grant (twice) Congress of Graduate Students, Florida State University

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Conference Presentation Support Grant Congress of Graduate Students, Florida State University Daniel E. Goodman Interpretation Award M. Christopher White School of Divinity, Gardner-Webb University

2009-2010 ! Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina Scholar (twice) 2009! ! ! ! Daniel E. Goodman Academic Research Award M. Christopher White School of Divinity, Gardner-Webb University

CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION Docetism, Gnosis, and Laughter: The Rhetorical Reception of the Passion Narrative at Nag Hammadi at Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, November 24, 2013. Ancient Antidotes: Pollution, Sexual Slander, and The Body in Epiphanius Panarion at The North American Patristics Society Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, May 24, 2013. The Politics of Defamation: Disease and Sexual Invective in Epiphanius Medicine Chest Against Heresies in History of Christianity session at American Academy of Religion SE Regional Meeting, Greenville, SC, March 16, 2013. Heresy on the Margins: Islam as a Christian Heresy in John of Damascus De Haeresibus in Islam and Politics session at Florida State University Graduate Student Symposium, Tallahassee, FL, February 24, 2013. The Savior Laughed: The Rhetorical Use of Jesus Laughter in Early Christian Gnostic Texts in History of Christianity session at American Academy of Religion SE Regional Meeting, Atlanta, GA, March 2, 2012. The Dawn of Heaven: The Benedictus, John the Baptist, and Messianic Allusions in New Testament section at National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion Annual Meeting, Boiling Springs, NC, May 24, 2011. From Qumran to Philo: Precedence for Pauls Use of Israel in New Testament session at Society of Biblical Literature SE Regional Meeting, Atlanta, GA, March 7, 2010. Take It or Leave It: An Examination of Which Ritual Traditions From Judaism Paul Kept, Which Ones He Discarded and Why in New Testament section at National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion Annual Meeting, Waco, TX, May 26, 2009.

Christ as the Tomb of God: An Examination of the Supersessionist Nature of Christian Death of God Theologies in New Testament section at National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion Annual Meeting, Waco, TX, May 27, 2009. Second Temple Jewish Apocalypticism: Literature, Sociology and Theology in Special Graduate Section at Life of the Scholar Multidisciplinary Conference, Boiling Springs, NC, February, 28 2009. TEACHING EXPERIENCE Introduction to the New Testament, Instructor of Record, Florida State University (Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Summer 2013, Fall 2013) Graeco-Roman Religions, Teaching Assistant, Florida State University (Summer 2013) Coptic, Teaching Assistant, Florida State University (Summer 2012) Introduction to the New Testament, Teaching Assistant, Florida State University (Fall 2011, Spring 2012) SERVICE 2013-2014 ! Member, Religion Department Undergraduate Committee 2013-2014 ! Vice President, Student Association for Religious Studies, Florida State ! ! University 2013-2014 ! Director, 13th Annual Department of Religion Graduate Student ! ! Symposium (national), Florida State University 2012-2013 ! Assistant Director, 12th Annual Department of Religion Graduate Student ! ! Symposium (national), Florida State University 2012-2013 ! Member, Graduate Student Advisory Committee, Florida State University 2012-2013 ! President, Student Association for Religious Studies, Florida State ! ! University LANGUAGES Greek (Classical, Koine) Latin Hebrew (Biblical) Aramaic Syriac Coptic

Arabic (Basic) German French PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES Society of Biblical Literature (2008-present) American Academy of Religion (2008-present) North American Patristics Society (2012-present) National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion (2009-present)