My research focuses on the origins of Christianity, its earliest texts, and the reception history of the Bible in culture and society. My work concentrates on the New Testament Gospels and the letters of Paul in light of ancient Jewish and Greco-Roman literary conventions. I also examine the reception history of the Bible, including topics such as the apocrypha as fan fiction, Rembrandt as a biblical interpreter, translations and children's Bibles, as well as the role of the Bible in politics.
I mainly teach and supervise New Testament and related areas in the theology programme.
Coordinator of the Research Unit in New Testament Studies (www.nt.au.dk)
Editorial board member: Dansk Teologisk Tidsskrift and Studia Theologica
Organizer of Tekst og Teologi - semi-annual seminar for alumni
Member of Folkeuniversitets Programråd
Member of Colloquium Ioanneum, Colloquium Marcianum, Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas, Society of Biblical Literature, Collegium Biblicum
