Person
Deputy Dean
- Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology
Professor
- Biblical Studies
- Centre for Theology and Religious Studies
Contact information
E-mail samuel.byrskogctr.luse
Phone +46 46 222 90 56
Mobile +46 73 922 50 57
Room LUX:B222
Visiting address
Helgonavägen 3, Lund
Postal address
Box 192, 221 00 Lund
Internal post code 30
CV
* M. Div., University of Lund, 1986
* Th.D., University of Lund, 1994
* Docent, University of Lund, 1994
* Assistant Professor of New Testament, Baptist Theological Seminary, Rüschlikon, Switzerland, 1994-1995
* Humboldt Research Fellow, University of Tübingen, Germany, 1996
* Research Fellow, University of Göteborg, Sweden, 1996-2000
* Associate Professor of New Testament and Hermeneutics, University of Göteborg, Sweden, 1996-2000
* Professor of New Testament and Hermeneutics, University of Göteborg, Sweden, 2000-2007
* Adjunct Professor of New Testament, Stockholm School of Theology, Sweden, 2003-2008
* Professor of New Testament Studies, University of Lund, Sweden, 2007-.
Research
My profile in Lund University research portal
Research Interests
* Tradition and Transmission in Early Christianity
* Orality and Scribality in ancient Greece and Rome and early Christianity
* Social and Collective Memory
* The Philosophical and Hermeneutical Dimension of Memory
* The Historical Jesus
* Epistolography and Rhetoric
* Early Christian Identity Formation
* The New Testament in Modern Theology.
Books (4)
- Byrskog, S. (accepted/in press). Romarbrevet 9-16. Kommentar till Nya testamentet. Verbum.
- Byrskog, S. (2006). Romarbrevet 1-8. Kommentar till Nya testamentet. EFS förlaget.
- Byrskog, S. (2000). Story as History - History as Story: The Gospel Tradition in the Context of Ancient Oral History. Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament, 123. Mohr Siebeck.
- Byrskog, S. (1994). Jesus the Only Teacher: Didactic Authority and Transmission in Ancient Israel, Ancient Judaism and the Matthean Community. Coniectanea Biblica, New Testament Series, 24. Almqvist & Wiksell International. Dissertation.
Editorships (6)
- Byrskog, S., Hakola, R. & Jokiranta, J. (2016). (Eds.) Social Memory and Social Identity in the Study of Early Judaism and Early Christianity. Novum Testamentum et orbis antiquus = Studien zur Umwelt des Neuen Testaments, 116. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
- Byrskog, S. & Hägerland, T. (2015). (Eds.) The Mission of Jesus : Second Nordic Symposium on the Historical Jesus, Lund, 7-10 October 2012. Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament II 391. Mohr Siebeck.
- Byrskog, S., Holmén, T. & Kankaanniemi, M. (2014). (Eds.) The Identity of Jesus : Nordic Voices. Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 2. Reihe. Mohr Siebeck.
- Zetterholm, M. & Byrskog, S. (2012). (Eds.) The Making of Christianity : Conflicts, Contacts, and Constructions: Essays in Honor of Bengt Holmberg. Coniectanea Biblica, New Testament Series, 47. Eisenbrauns.
- Byrskog, S. & Kelber, W. (2009). (Eds.) Jesus in Memory: Traditions in Oral and Scribal Perspectives. Baylor University Press.
- Olsson, B., Byrskog, S. & Übelacker, W. (1997). (Eds.) Matteus och hans läsare - förr och nu. Matteussymposiet i Lund den 27-28 sept 1996. Religio: Skrifter utgivna av Teologiska institutionen i Lund, 48. Teologiska institutionen, Lunds universitet.
Articles (18)
- Byrskog, S. (2018). Memory and Narrative – and Time : Towards a Hermeneutics of Memory. Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus, 16, 108-135. Brill Academic Publishers.
- Byrskog, S. (2018). The Paradox of the Passion of Jesus : A Response to Joel Kuhlin. Svensk Teologisk Kvartalskrift, 94, 145-150. Gleerups Utbildning AB.
- Byrskog, S. (2016). Metoder och möjligheter i nytestamentlig exegetik. Svensk Teologisk Kvartalskrift, 92, 75-93. Gleerups Utbildning AB.
- Byrskog, S. (2016). Texten som väv och vittnesbörd. Svensk Teologisk Kvartalskrift, 92, 174-177. Gleerups Utbildning AB.
- Byrskog, S. (2013). Oral Tradition. Revista Catalana de Teologia, 38, 31-48. Facultat de Teologia de Catalunya.
- Byrskog, S. (2011). From Orality to Textuality: The Emergence of a New Form-Critical Paradigm. Estudios Biblicos, 69, 39-53. Facultad de teología San Dámaso.
- Byrskog, S. (2011). Paulus: retoriker eller teolog. Svensk Teologisk Kvartalskrift, 87, 33-40. Gleerups Utbildning AB.
- Byrskog, S. (2011). The Christian Apostolate: From Luke-Acts to the Pauline Tradition. Svensk exegetisk årsbok, 75, 161-178. Svenska exegetiska sällskapet.
- Byrskog, S. (2008). A "Truer" History. Reflections on Richard Bauckham, Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony. Nova et Vetera, 6, 483-490.
- Byrskog, S. (2008). När gamla texter talar. Om att tolka det förgångna. Svensk Teologisk Kvartalskrift, 84, 49-57. Gleerups Utbildning AB.
- Byrskog, S. (2008). The Eyewitnesses as Interpreters of the Past: Reflections on Richard Bauckham’s Jesus and the Eyewitnesses. Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus, 6, 157-168. Brill Academic Publishers.
- Byrskog, S. (2007). A Century with the Sitz im Leben. From Form-Critical Setting to Gospel Community and Beyond. Zeitschrift für Die Neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und Die Kunde der Älteren Kirche, 98, 1-27. De Gruyter.
- Byrskog, S. (2007). The Early Church as a Narrative Fellowship. An Exploratory Study of the Performance of the Chreia. Tidsskrift for Teologi og Kirke, 78, 207-226. Universitetsforlaget.
- Byrskog, S. (2006). A new quest for the 'Sitz im Leben': Social memory, the Jesus tradition and the Gospel of Matthew. New Testament Studies, 52, 319-336. Cambridge University Press.
- Byrskog, S. (2004). A New Perspective on the Jesus Tradition. Reflections on James D.G. Dunn’s Jesus Remembered. Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 26, 459-471. SAGE Publications.
- Byrskog, S. (2004). Review Essay of Ville Auvinen, Jesus’ Teaching on Prayer (Åbo 2003). Svensk exegetisk årsbok, 69, 258-264. Svenska exegetiska sällskapet.
- Byrskog, S. (2003). Review Essay of Rudolf Bultmann, The History of the Synoptic Tradition (1963). Journal of Biblical Literature, 122, 549-555. SBL (Society of Biblical Literature).
- Byrskog, S. (2001). Talet, minnet och skriften. Evangelietraditionen och den antika informationsteknologin. Svensk exegetisk årsbok, 67, 139-150. Svenska exegetiska sällskapet.
Book chapters (34)
- Byrskog, S. (accepted/in press). The Christian Apostolate. The Institutions of the Emerging Church. Clark/Continuum.
- Byrskog, S. (accepted/in press). From Memory to Memoirs. Tracing the Background of a Literary Genre. Remembering Jesus. FS James D. G. Dunn. Clark/Continuum.
- Byrskog, S. (2018). Paulus och den rättfärdige : om Septuaginta i Rom 1:17. In Lillas-Schuil, R., Samuelsson, G., Walser, G. A. & Ålöw, T. (Eds.) LIR.skrifter , "Må de nu förklara …" : om bibeltext, religion, litteratur. Festskrift för Staffan Olofsson (pp. 39-49). Institutionen för litteratur, idéhistoria och religion, Göteborgs universitet.
- Byrskog, S. (2017). Birger Gerhardsson. In Thatcher, T., Keith, C., Person, Jr., R. F. & Stern, E. R. (Eds.) Dictionary of the Bible in Ancient Media and Culture. Bloomsbury T&T Clark.
- Byrskog, S. (2017). Form Criticism. In Thatcher, T., Keith, C., Person, Jr., R. F. & Stern, E. R. (Eds.) Dictionary of the Bible in Ancient Media and Culture. Bloomsbury T&T Clark.
- Byrskog, S. (2017). Jesus the Only Teacher: Further Thoughts. In Sweatman, C. S. & Kvidahl, C. B. (Eds.) GlossaHouse Festschrift Series, Treasures New and Old: Essays in Honor of Donald A. Hagner (pp. 36-46). GlossaHouse.
- Byrskog, S. (2017). The Meal and the Temple : Probing the Cultic Implications of Jesus’ Last Supper. In Hellholm, D. & Sänger, D. (Eds.) Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament, The Eucharist – its Origins and Contexts : Sacred Meal, Communal Meal, Table Fellowship in Late Antiquity, Early Judaism, and Early Christianity, 376. Mohr Siebeck.
- Byrskog, S. (2016). Philosophical Aspects on Memory : Aristotle, Augustine and Bultmann. In Byrskog, S., Hakola, R. & Jokiranta, J. (Eds.) Novum Testamentum et orbis antiquus = Studien zur Umwelt des Neuen Testaments, Social Memory and Social Identity in the Study of Early Judaism and Early Christianity (pp. 23-47), 116. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
- Byrskog, S. (2016). The Apostolate in the Early Church : From Luke-Acts to the Pauline Tradition. In Back, S.-O. & Koskenniemi, E. (Eds.) The Library of New Testament Studies , Institutions of the Emerging Church (pp. 1-17), 305. T&T Clark.
- Byrskog, S. (2015). Adam and Medea - and Eve : Revisiting Romans 7:7-25. In Breytenbach, C. (Ed.) Paul in His Graeco-Roman Context (pp. 273-299). Peeters Publishers.
- Byrskog, S. (2015). What is Historical about the Mission of the Historical Jesus : Rudolf Bultmann and the Hermeneutics of Memory. In Byrskog, S. & Hägerland, T. (Eds.) The Mission of Jesus : Second Nordic Symposion on the Historical Jesus (pp. 41-58). Mohr Siebeck.
- Byrskog, S. (2014). The Didactic Identity and Authority of Jesus - Reconsidered. In Byrskog, S., Holmén, T. & Kankaanniemi, M. (Eds.) The Identity of Jesus : Nordic Voices (pp. 99-109). Mohr Siebeck.
- Byrskog, S. (2014). The Message of Jesus according to Rudolf Bultmann. In Bruce W, L. & Mikeal C, P. (Eds.) Beyond Bultmann: Reckoning a New Testament Theology (pp. 3-22). Baylor University Press.
- Byrskog, S. (2013). Theissen, Form-Criticism, and Social Memory: Ways to Reconfigure Jesus the Galilean. In Petra, v. G. & David G, H. (Eds.) Jesus - Gestalt und Gestaltungen. Rezeption des Galiläers in Wissenschaft, Kirche und Gesellschaft (pp. 499-513). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
- Byrskog, S. (2012). From Memory to Memoirs: Tracing the Background of a Literary Genre. In Magnus, Z. & Samuel, B. (Eds.) The Making of Christianity: Essays in Honor of Bengt Holmberg (pp. 1-21). Eisenbrauns.
- Byrskog, S. (2011). Baptism in Hebrews. In David, H. (Ed.) Ablution, Initiation, and Baptism in Early Judaism, Graeco-Roman Religion, and Early Christianity (pp. 585-602). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
- Byrskog, S. (2011). The Historicity of Jesus. How Do We Know that Jesus Existed?. Handbook for the Study of the Historical Jesus, 2183-2211. Brill Academic Publishers.
- Byrskog, S. (2011). The Transmission of the Jesus Tradition. Handbook for the Study of the Historical Jesus, 1465-1494. Brill Academic Publishers.
- Byrskog, S. (2010). A New Perspective on the Jesus Tradition: Reflections on James D. G. Dunn’s Jesus Remembered. In Robert B, S. & Gary R, H. (Eds.) Memories of Jesus: A Critical Appraisal of James D. G. Dunn’s Quest of the Historical Jesus (pp. 59-78). Nashville: B. & H. Academic.
- Byrskog, S. (2009). Gedächtnis. In Wischmeyer, O. (Ed.) Lexikon der Bibelhermeneutik. Begriffe-Methoden-Theorien-Konzepte. De Gruyter.
- Byrskog, S. (2009). Introduction. In Byrskog, S. & Kelber, W. (Eds.) Jesus in Memory: Traditions in Oral and Scribal Perspectives (pp. 1-20). Baylor University Press.
- Byrskog, S. (2008). Christology and Identity in an Intertextual Perspective: The Glory of Adam in the Narrative Substructure of Paul's Letter to the Romans. In Holmberg, B. (Ed.) Identity Formation in the New Testament (pp. 1-18). Mohr Siebeck.
- Byrskog, S. (2008). Memory and Identity in the Gospels: A New Perspective. In Holmberg, B. (Ed.) Exploring Early Christian Identity (pp. 33-57). Mohr Siebeck.
- Byrskog, S. (2006). Anthropologie als Heilsgeschichte. Römerbrief 7,14-20. Verantwortete Exegese : hermeneutische Zugänge - exegetische Studien - systematische Reflexionen - ökumenische Perspektiven - praktische Konkretionen ; Franz Georg Untergassmair zum 65. Geburtstag, 245-252. LIT Verlag.
- Byrskog, S. (2006). Nya testamentets forskningshistoria. Jesus och de första kristna : inledning till Nya testamentet, 33-41. Verbum.
- Byrskog, S. (2006). Performing the Past: Gospel Genre and Identity Formation in the Context of Ancient History Writing. History and exegesis : New Testament essays in honor of Dr. E. Earle Ellis for his 80th birthday, 28-44. T&T Clark.
- Byrskog, S. (2005). Das Lernen der Jesusgeschichte nach den synoptischen Evangelien. Religiöses Lernen in der biblischen, frühjüdischen und frühchristlichen Überlieferung, 191-209. Mohr Siebeck.
- Byrskog, S. (2005). Ephesians 4:1-16 – Paraenesis and Identity Formation. In Wolter, M. (Ed.) Ethik als angewandte Ekklesiologie. Der Brief an die Epheser (pp. 109-138). >Benedictina< Publishing, San Paolo fuori le mura.
- Byrskog, S. (2005). Räisänen through Theissen. A Program and a Theory. Moving beyond New Testament theology? : essays in conversation with Heikki Räisänen, 197-220. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
- Byrskog, S. (2003). Den lögnaktige historikern. Antik historieskrivning mellan sanning och övertygelse. In Rosengren, M. & Sigurdsson, O. (Eds.) Penelopes väv: För en filosofisk och teologisk patologi.
- Byrskog, S. (2003). History or Story in Acts–A Middle Way? The ‘We’ Passages, Historical Intertexture, and Oral History. In Penner, T. & Van der Stichele, C. (Eds.) Contextualizing Acts. Lukan Narrative and Greco-Roman Discourse (pp. 257-283).
- Byrskog, S. (2002). Jesus as Messianic Teacher in the Gospel According to Matthew: Tradition History and/or Narrative Christology. In Mogens, M. & Henrik, T. (Eds.) The New Testament as Reception (pp. 83-100). Sheffield Academic Press.
- Byrskog, S. (2002). Nya testamentets exegetik och hermeneutik i Göteborg. In Martin, B. & Henrik, B. (Eds.) Religionsvetenskap i Göteborg 25 år (pp. 83-88). Institutionen för religionsvetenskap, Göteborgs universitet.
- Byrskog, S. (2001). Jesus som lärare. Libris stora Handbok till Bibeln, 569-570. Libris.
Encyclopaedia entries (1)
Conference contributions (1)
Reviews (6)
- Byrskog, S. (2009). Review of David M. Carr, Writing on the Tablet of the Heart: Origins of Scripture and Literature (Oxford 2005). Svensk exegetisk årsbok, 74, 202-205. Svenska exegetiska sällskapet.
- Byrskog, S. (2009). Review of Walter Grundmann: Ein Neutestamentler im Dritten Reich. Theologische Literaturzeitung, 134, 829-831. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt.
- Byrskog, S. (2004). Review of Lena Lybaek, New and Old in Matthew 11-13. Normativity in the Development of Three Theological Themes (Göttingen 2000). Theologische Literaturzeitung, 129, 520-523. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt.
- Byrskog, S. (2004). Review of Søren Agersnap, Baptism and the New Life. A Study of Romans 6.1-14 (Aarhus 1999). Svensk exegetisk årsbok, 69, 253-255. Svenska exegetiska sällskapet.
- Byrskog, S. (2002). Review of Mark D. Given, Paul’s True Rhetoric. Ambiguity, Cunning and Deception in Greece and Rome (Harrisburg, PA 2001). Journal of Biblical Literature, 121, 573-575. SBL (Society of Biblical Literature).
- Byrskog, S. (2001). Review of Craig S. Keener, A Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew (Grand Rapids 1999). Biblica, 82, 112-115. Pontificio Istituto Biblico.
Articles in specialist publications and popular press (19)
- Byrskog, S. (2019). Ledare. Svensk Teologisk Kvartalskrift, 95, 217-218. Gleerups Utbildning AB.
- Byrskog, S. (2018). Ledare. Svensk Teologisk Kvartalskrift, 94, 1-2. Gleerups Utbildning AB.
- Byrskog, S. (2018). Ledare. Svensk Teologisk Kvartalskrift, 94, 205-206. Gleerups Utbildning AB.
- Byrskog, S. (2018). Paulus som hellenistisk diasporajude. Svensk Kyrkotidning, 142-146. Svensk kyrkotidning AB.
- Byrskog, S. (2017). Ledare. Svensk Teologisk Kvartalskrift, 93, 123-124. Gleerups Utbildning AB.
- Byrskog, S. (2017). Ledare. Svensk Teologisk Kvartalskrift, 93. Gleerups Utbildning AB.
- Byrskog, S. (2015). Att översätta gamla texter. Svensk Kyrkotidning, 111, 349-351. Svensk kyrkotidning AB.
- Byrskog, S. (2015). Den Jesus vi minns. Svensk Kyrkotidning, 111, 155-159. Svensk kyrkotidning AB.
- Byrskog, S. & Andrén, C.-G. (2015). Birger Gerhardsson. Fysiografiska Sällskapets Årsbok, 134-136. Kungliga Fysiografiska Sällskapet i Lund, Kungliga Fysiografiska Sällskapet i Lund.
- Byrskog, S. (2014). Birger Gerhardsson In Memoriam. Svensk Teologisk Kvartalskrift, 90, 96-98. Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap, Lunds universitet, Gleerups Utbildning AB.
- Byrskog, S. (2014). Birger Gerhardsson In Memoriam. Svensk exegetisk årsbok, 79, 141-146. Svenska exegetiska sällskapet, Svenska exegetiska sällskapet.
- Byrskog, S. (2014). Birger Gerhardsson. Minnesord. Kungl. Humanistiska Vetenskapssamfundet. Årsberättelse, 41-45. Kungliga Humanistiska vetenskapssamfundet i Lund, Kungliga Humanistiska vetenskapssamfundet i Lund.
- Byrskog, S. (2010). The Transmission of the Jesus Tradition: Old and New Insights. Early Christianity, 3, 1-28. Mohr Siebeck, Mohr Siebeck.
- Byrskog, S. (2009). Jesus – ett problembarn. Svensk Teologisk Kvartalskrift, 85, 3-7. Gleerups Utbildning AB.
- Byrskog, S. (2005). Bibelvetenskap i Sverige – några reflektioner om framtiden. Tro och liv, 64, 15-21. Teologiska seminariet.
- Byrskog, S. (2005). Från hågkomst till litteratur – Evangelierna i den tidiga kyrkan. Patristica Nordica Annuaria, 20, 23-33. Collegium Patristicum Lundense.
- Byrskog, S. (2003). En teori om urkristen religion. Reflektioner kring Gerd Theissens bok A Theory of Primitive Christian Religion. Svensk Teologisk Kvartalskrift, 79, 42-50. Gleerups Utbildning AB.
- Byrskog, S. (2003). Exegetisk teologi i nytestamentligt perspektiv. Reflektioner kring bibelvetenskapens uppgift vid en teologisk högskola. Tro och liv, 62, 10-14. Teologiska seminariet.
- Byrskog, S. (2002). ‘Detta är min älskade son. Lyssna till honom’. Tro och liv, 61, 15-17. Teologiska seminariet.
Newspaper articles (4)
- Jarlert, A. & Byrskog, S. (2019). Ingmar Brohed Minnesord. Göteborgs-Posten. Tidningsaktiebolaget Stampen.
- Jarlert, A. & Byrskog, S. (2019). Ingmar Brohed minnesord. Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm. Svenska Dagbladet.
- Jarlert, A. & Byrskog, S. (2019). Minnesord om Ingmar Brohed. Sydsvenska dagbladet. Sydsvenska Dagbladet.
- Jarlert, A., Maurits, A. & Byrskog, S. (2018). Göran Gustafsson 1936–2018. Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm, 2018, 37-37. Svenska Dagbladet.
Supervision at Lund University (5)
- Sjöberg, A. (2019). En annan Abraham : Tre undersökningar av den kristna historiens kris. MediaTryck Lund. Dissertation.
- Wessbrandt, M. (2017). Transformed Readings : Negotiations of Cult in Paul, Hebrews, and First Clement. Dissertation.
- Evertsson, M. (2014). Liknelser och läsningar. Reception av liknelseberättelser ur Lukasevangeliet, kapitel 10–15, i predikoutkast för Svenska kyrkan 1985–2013. Artos & Norma. Dissertation.
- Nässelqvist, D. (2014). Public Reading and Aural Intensity : An Analysis of the Soundscape in John 1–4. Dissertation.
- Hägerland, T. (2009). Jesus and the Forgiveness of Sins: An Aspect of His Prophetic Mission. University of Gothenburg. Dissertation.
Administrative
- Deputy Dean at Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology
- Chairperson, Forskarutbildningsnämnden, Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology
- Member, Faculty Board, Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology
- Member, Fakultetsstyrelsens arbetsutskott, Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology
Teaching
Other tasks and qualifications
* Member of Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas, 1995
* Member of The Swedish Exegetical Society, 2000
* Member of The Swedish Academy of Biblical Studies, 2003
* Member of Colloquium Oecumenicum Paulinum, 2004
* Member of The Royal Society of Letters in Lund, 2008
* Member of The Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities, 2011.
* Co-chair with professor Vernon K. Robbins (Emory University, USA) of the seminar "Socio-Rhetorical Interpretation" at Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas, 1999-2003
* Co-chair with professor Jens Schröter (Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Germany) and Dr Stephen Hultgren (Australian Lutheran College, Australia) of the seminar "Memory, Narrative, and Christology in the Synoptic Gospels" at Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas, 2013-
* President of The Swedish Academy of Biblical Studies, 2003-2008
* Vice President of The Swedish Exegetical Society, 2007-2011
* President of The Swedish Exegetical Society, 2011-2014
* Member of the Committee for Eastern Europe in Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas, 2007-2018
* Member of the Stearing Committee of Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas, 2010-2013.
* Member of the editorial board of the Swedish Exegetical Yearbook, 2002-
* Member of the editorial board of Svensk Teologisk Kvartalskrift, 2007-
* Member of the editorial board of New Testament Studies, 2007-2010
* Member of the editorial board of Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 2009-.
* Editor of Monograph Series Coniectanea Biblica: New Testament Series.
* Editor of the Swedish Theological Quarterly.
* Main supervisor of completed Doctoral Dissertations:
Tobias Hägerland (Th.D. 2009): Jesus and the Forgiveness of Sins: An Aspect of His Prophetic Message (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012)
Gunnar Samuelsson (Th.D. 2010): Crucifixion in Antiquity: An Inquiry into the Background and Significance of the New Testament Terminology of Crucifixion (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2011, 2nd ed. 2013)
Hans Leander (Th.D. 2011): Discourses of Empire: The Gospel of Mark from a Postcolonial Perspective (Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2013)
Dan Nässelqvist (Th.D. 2014): Public Reading in Early Christianity: Lectors, Manuscripts, and Sound in the Oral Delivery of John 1-4 (Leiden: Brill, 2016)
Magnus Evertsson (Th.D. 2014): Liknelser och läsningar. Reception av liknelseberättelser ur Lukasevangeliet, kapitel 10-15, i predikoutkast för Svenska kyrkan 1985-2013 (Skellefteå: Artos, 2014)
Martin Wessbrandt (Fil.Dr 2017): Transformed Readings: Negotiations of Cult in Paul, Hebrews, and First Clement (Lund: Lund University Media Tryck, 2017)
Daniel Hjort (Th.D. 2018), Jesus the True Leader: The Biographical Portrait of Jesus as Leader in the Gospel of Mark (Lund: Lund University Media Tryck, 2018).
* Scientific expert at national evaluations by the Swedish Higher Education Authority, 2014-
* Scientific expert at evaluation for research grants at the Swedish Research Council
* Scientific expert at evaluation for research grants at Independent Research Fund Denmark (IRFD), 2017-. Chair 2019-
* Scientific expert at evaluation for doctoral scholarships from Julius Polins förfäders minnesfond, Åbo Akademi, 2018-.
* Vice Head of Center for Theology and Religious Studies, Lund University, 2009-2011
* Head of Th.D. program at Center for Theology and Religious Studies, Lund University, 2009-2011
* Dean of Faculty of Theology, Lund University, 2015-
* Dean of Ph.D. and Th.D. studies at the Faculties of Humanties and Theology, Lund University, 2015-.
Deputy Dean
- Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology
Professor
- Biblical Studies
- Centre for Theology and Religious Studies
Contact information
E-mail samuel.byrskogctr.luse
Phone +46 46 222 90 56
Mobile +46 73 922 50 57
Room LUX:B222
Visiting address
Helgonavägen 3, Lund
Postal address
Box 192, 221 00 Lund
Internal post code 30