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Dr. Thomas Scheck Curriculum Vitae

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, M.Div., 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
-Pamphilus and Eusebius of Caesarea's Apology for Origen. Forthcoming (2010): Fathers of the Church. Catholic University of America Press.
-Homilies on Numbers by Origen. Introduced, translated and annotated by Thomas P. Scheck. Forthcoming: Ancient Christian Texts. Intervarsity Press.
-St. Jerome's Commentary on Matthew. Introduced, translated and annotated by Thomas P. Scheck. Forthcoming (2008): The Fathers of the Church, series, volume 117. The Catholic University of America Press.
-Origen: Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans, 2 vols. Introduced, translated and annotated by Thomas P. Scheck. The Fathers of the Church, series, volumes 103 & 104. Washington D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2001-02.

Articles
-"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
-2006 Assistant Professor in Pastoral Theology, Ave Maria University, Naples, Florida
-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.)
-New Testament II: Luke-Acts. Ave Maria University. Spring 2008
-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)
-Beginning Latin, Beginning German. Trinity School, South Bend
-Intermediate Latin, Beginning Greek. University of Notre Dame
-Foundations of Theology. University of Notre Dame

Conference Papers and Public Presentations
-"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
-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 Studies 14.1 (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: Annotated Translations
-Origen's Homilies on Ezekiel.
-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: Right or Wrong? The True Story of Erasmus' Dispute with Luther over the Free Choice of the Will.