Dr. THOMAS P. SCHECK
Assistant Professor of Classics and Theology
Ave Maria University
PH.D., University of Iowa, 2004 (Interdisciplinary Studies: Religion, Classics and Philosophy)
CURRICULUM VITAE
Education
1982-84 Iowa State University
1984-87 Moody Bible Institute, BA, Bible/Theology (1987)
1987-89 Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Master of Divinity, magna cum laude(1989)
1999-2004 University of Iowa, Ph.D. (2004)
PUBLICATIONS
Books
· Origen and the History of Justification: The Legacy of Origen’s Commentary on Romans. Notre Dame, Indiana: The University of Notre Dame Press, 2008.
Translations
· St. Jerome. Commentaries on Galatians, Titus and Philemon. Notre Dame, IN.: University of Notre Dame Press, 2010.
· St. Pamphilus. Apology for Origen. The Fathers of the Church 120. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 2010.
· Origen. Homilies on Ezekiel. Ancient Christian Writers. Mahwah, N.J.: Paulist Press, 2009.
· Origen. Homilies on Numbers. Ancient Christian Texts. Downers Grove: Intervarsity Press, 2009.
· St. Jerome. Commentary on Matthew. The Fathers of the Church 117. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2008.
· Origen. Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans, 2 vols. The Fathers of the Church, series, volumes 103 & 104. Washington D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2001-02.
Articles
· “Origen, Tradition, and Erasmus’s Edition of Origen.” Forthcoming in: Tradition and the Rule of Faith: Festschrift for Joseph T. Lienhard. Ed. Ron Rombs. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 2010.
· “Pelagius’s Interpretation of Romans.” Handbook on St. Paul in the Middle Ages. Edited by S. Cartwright. Leiden: Brill, 2009.
· “Origen’s Interpretation of Romans.” Handbook on St. Paul in the Middle Ages. Edited by S. Cartwright. Leiden: Brill, 2009.
· “The Polemics of John Heigham and Richard Montagu and the Rise of English Arminianism.” Recusant History (May 2008), pp. 12-27.
· “Walter Bauer’s Rechtgläubigkeit und Ketzerei im ältesten Christentum.”Reviewed by Walther Völker. Introduced, translated and annotated by Thomas P. Scheck. Journal of Early Christian Studies 14.4 (2006) 399-405.
· “William of St. Thierry’s Reception of Origen’s Exegesis of Romans.” Adamantius 10 (2004) pp. 238-258.
· “Justification by Faith Alone in Origen’s Commentary on Romans and its Reception During the Reformation Era.” In: Origeniana Octava: Origen and the Alexandrian Tradition. Papers of the 8th International Origen Congress, Pisa, 27-31 August 2001, 2 vols., ed. L. Perrone (Louvain: Peeters, 2003), 2: 1277-1288.
· “Law.” In: The Westminster Handbook to Origen. John A. McGuckin, ed.. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2004.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Academic Appointments
· 2008 Assistant Professor of Classics and Theology, Ave Maria University
· 2006 Assistant Professor in Pastoral Theology, Ave Maria University
· 2004 Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Notre Dame
Fellowships, Post-PhD Teaching Experience
· 2007-2008 Visiting Scholar, University of Notre Dame
· 2006-2007 Visiting Scholar, University of Notre Dame
· 2004-2006 Post-Doctoral Research Associate, The Jacques Maritain Center, The University of Notre Dame
· 2004-2005 Adjunct Assistant Professor, The University of Notre Dame, Classics Department
· 2004-2005 Adjunct Assistant Professor, The University of Notre Dame, Department of Theology
· 2005-2006 Instructor in Latin and German, Trinity (High) School at Greenlawn, South Bend, Indiana
· 2004 Appointed Senior Fellow of The St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology
· 2003-2004 Seashore Dissertation Year Fellowship. The University of Iowa
Courses Taught (post Ph.D.)
· Directed Readings: Origen (THEO 697). Ave Maria University. Fall 2008
· Elementary Latin 101/102. Ave Maria University. 2008/09; 2009/10; Elementary and Intensive Latin, Summer 2009.
· New Testament II: Luke-Acts. Ave Maria University. Spring 2008, Spring 2009
· Old Testament I: Introduction to the Old Testament. Ave Maria University. Fall 2007
· New Testament I: Introduction to the New Testament. Ave Maria University. Spring 2007, Spring 2008
· New Testament II: The Epistles of Saint Paul. Ave Maria University. Spring 2007, Spring 2008
· Old Testament II: Literature of Hellenistic Judaism. Ave Maria University. Fall 2006, Fall 2007
· Introduction to Latin. International Catholic University (Distance Education Course on DVD), 2006
· Beginning Latin, Beginning German. Trinity School, South Bend, 2005-06
· Intermediate Latin, Beginning Greek. University of Notre Dame, Summer 2005, Fall 2004
· Foundations of Theology. University of Notre Dame, Fall 2004
Conference Papers and Public Presentations
· “St. Jerome Interpretation of Paul’s Conflict with Peter at Antioch (Gal 2:11-14) and Augustine’s Response.” North American Patristics Society, May 2009, Chicago.
· “Introduction to St. Paul,” and “St. Paul’s Knowledge of the Gospel Tradition.” Two evening talks at: St. Ann’s Catholic Church, Augusta, Michigan. May 14 & June 13, 2008.
· “Origen’s Interpretation of Romans.” North American Patristics Society Meeting, May 2008. Chicago.
· “Pamphilus of Caesarea’s Apology for Origen (309): Its Purpose and Aims.” North American Patristics Society Meeting. May 25, 2006. Chicago.
· “The Evidence for Augustine’s Use of the Origen-Rufinus Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans.” North American Patristics Society Meeting. June 4, 2005. Chicago.
· “Pelagius’s Use of the Origen-Rufinus Commentary on Romans.” North American Patristics Society Annual Meeting. May 29, 2004. Loyola University of Chicago.
· “William of St. Thierry’s Reception of Origen’s Exegesis of Romans.” Congress on Medieval Studies. May 7, 2004. Kalamazoo, Michigan.
· “The Authority of Augustine in Erasmus’s Catholic Apologetics, or McSorley: Right or Wrong?” Sixteenth Century Studies Conference. October 31, 2003. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
· “Phillip Melanchthon’s Reception of Origen’s Exegesis of Romans.” American Society of Church History meeting, January 3, 2003. Chicago.
· “The First Printed Editions of Origen’s Commentary on Romans: Salodianus (Venice, 1506), Merlin (Paris, 1512), and Erasmus (Basel, 1536).” North American Patristic Society Annual Meeting, May 23-25, 2002, Loyola University, Chicago.
· “The Authority of Augustine in Erasmus’s Catholic Apologetics.” American Catholic Historical Association, Spring Meeting, March 15-16, 2002. University of Portland, Portland, Oregon.
· “The Importance of the Delarue Edition of Origen (1733/59).” South Central Society for 18th -Century Studies, 27th Annual Meeting, February 21-23, 2002, South Padre Island, Texas.
· “Justification by Faith Alone in Origen’s Commentary on Romans and its Reception During the Reformation Era.” Colloquium Origenianum Octavum: Origen and the Alexandrian Tradition, August 27-3,1 2001, Pisa, Italy.
· “Philo, Paul, and Origen on the ‘Mercy Seat’ (Ex 25.17; Rom 3.25).” North American Patristic Society Annual Meeting, May 24-26, 2001, Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois.
· “Origen’s Interpretation of Romans.” North American Patristics Society Annual Meeting, May 22, 2008, Chicago, Illinois.
· “Introduction to St. Paul,” “St. Paul’s Knowledge of the Gospel Traditions,” Talk at St. Ann’s Catholic Church, Augusta, Michigan, May 14 & 28, 2008.
Book Reviews, et al
· Joseph Ratzinger/Pope Benedict XVI, Jesus of Nazareth: From the Baptism in the Jordan to the Transfiguration. Translated from German by Adrian J. Walker. New York: Doubleday, 2007. In: Nova et Vetera (2009).
· Henri de Lubac, History and Spirit: The Understanding of Scripture according to Origen. Translated by Anne Englund Nash with Greek and Latin translation by Juvenal Merriell of the Oratory. San Francisco: Ignatius, 2007. In: Nova et Vetera(2009).
· Reviewed an article submission for Journal of Early Christian Studies entitled: “Rufinus of Aquileia and Alexandrian Afterlives: Translation of Origenism.” December 2008.
· Mark Reasoner, Romans in Full Circle: A History of Interpretation (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2005). In: Journal of Early Christian Studies 14.3 (Fall 2006), pp. 379-381.
· Maureen Beyer Moser, Teacher of Holiness: The Holy Spirit in Origen’s Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans. In: Journal of Early Christian Studies14.1 (2006), pp. 122-24.
· J. A. McGuckin, ed. The Westminster Handbook to Origen. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2004. In: Adamantius 11 (2005), pp. 526-529.
· M. Simonetti, ed. Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture: Matthew 1-13, Matthew 14-28. 2 vols. Downers Grove: Intervarsity 2002. In: Journal of Early Christian Studies 12.3 (Fall 2004), pp. 380-382.
· Origen. Homilies on Joshua, translated by Barbara J. Bruce, edited by Cynthia White (The Fathers of the Church. A New Translation,105), The Catholic University of America Press, Washington D.C. 2002. In: Adamantius 10 (2004), pp. 473-474.
· Elizabeth Van Diver, ed. Luther’s Lives: Two Contemporary Accounts of Martin Luther (Manchester 2002). In: Erasmus of Rotterdam Society Yearbook (2003), pp. 111-118.
· In Memoriam John C. Olin (7 October 1915-6 June 2000). In: Erasmus of Rotterdam Society Yearbook 21 (2001), pp. 90-93.
· Abraham Friesen, Erasmus, the Anabaptists, and the Great Commission (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998). In: Erasmus of Rotterdam Society Yearbook 20 (2000) 82-87.
· Timothy J. Wengert, Human Freedom, Christian Righteousness: Philip Melanchthon’s Exegetical Dispute with Erasmus of Rotterdam (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998). In: Trinity Journal 20 (1999) 111-116.
· The Edition of St. Jerome. The Collected Works of Erasmus, vol. 61., ed., trans., and annot. by James F. Brady and John C. Olin (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1992). In: Trinity Journal 14 (1993) 79-85.
Works in Progress
Translations & Books
· St. Jerome’s Commentary on Isaiah
· Erasmus’s Edition of Origen (1536). Introduced, translated and annotated by Thomas P. Scheck. Forthcoming: The Collected Works of Erasmus, volume 62 (Patristic Scholarship). Edited by Hilmar Pabel. The University of Toronto Press.
· Book manuscript: Erasmus the Catholic Apologist.