Jonathan Pater MA

Bio

After receiving a Bachelors degree in Theology and Religious Studies in Utrecht University (cum laude), I finished the Research Master in Theology at Tilburg University (cum laude), following courses at Leiden University, VU University Amsterdam and the University of Amsterdam. I am currently employed as a PhD Researcher in the NWO funded project 'Parables and the Partings of the Ways' focussing on banquets as metaphors in early Jewish and Christian parables. In my dissertation I hope to answer the question how parables about banquets function as metaphorical narratives in the different literary sources of early Judaism and Christianity as part of the ancient Mediterranean world. Based on my research I have become involved in several research projects on the meaning of food and (communal) eating in Judaism and Christianity up to the present. Next to my research, I have been teaching on Biblical Studies in a variety of contexts, including higher education.

Expertise

Early Christianity, Rabbinics, Hebrew Bible, (History of) Biblical Interpretation, Parables, Food and Eating in Christianity and Judaism

Teaching

Teaching experience in higher education in the following courses

- Biblical Hebrew

- Introduction to the Bible

- Introduction to the Gospels

- Introduction to the Hebrew Bible (courses on Torah, Prophets, Wisdom/Psalms)

- Biblical Exegesis (Hebrew Bible)

Recent publications

1. It Is Like a Woman Who...? - Women in Early Rabbinic and Early Christ…

   Pater, J., Stoutjesdijk, M., & Oegema, A. (2020). It Is Like a Woman Who...? Women in Early Rabbinic and Early Christian Parables. In E. Ottenheijm, & M. Poorthuis (Eds.), Parables in Changing Contexts: Essays on the Study of Parables in Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and Buddhism (pp. 236-264). (Jewish and Christian Perspectives; Vol. 35). Brill.

2. “Ken je die grap over …?” Gelijkenissen en grappen in de Oudheid

   Pater, J. (Author). (2020). “Ken je die grap over …?” Gelijkenissen en grappen in de Oudheid. Web publication/site

3. Allen deel aan één brood - Sociale dimensies van vroegchristelijke ma…

   Pater, J. (2019). Allen deel aan één brood: Sociale dimensies van vroegchristelijke maaltijden. In L. van Tongeren, & G. Rouwhorst (Eds.), Vieren en delen: De verhouding tussen liturgie en diaconie (pp. 47-71). Berne Media.

4. Aan tafel met armen, slaven, zieken en zondaren - Maaltijd en gemeens…

   Pater, J. (2018). Aan tafel met armen, slaven, zieken en zondaren: Maaltijd en gemeenschapsideaal in het evangelie van Lukas. In M. Klomp, P-B. Smit, & I. Speckmann (Eds.), Rond de tafel: Maaltijd vieren in liturgische context (pp. 137-148, 204-207). (Meander; Vol. 17). Berne Media.

5. A Man Fleeing from a Unicorn Falls into a Well with a Dragon: Parable…

   Pater, J. (Author). (2018). A Man Fleeing from a Unicorn Falls into a Well with a Dragon: Parables in the Legend of Barlaam and Josaphat. Web publication/site https://parabelproject.nl/a-man-fleeing-from-a-unicorn-falls-into-a-well-with-a-dragon-parables-in-the-legend-of-barlaam-and-josaphat/