Associate Professor of New Testament
B.Th., M. A. Université Laval
Ph.D in Theological/Biblical Studies - New Testament,
University of St. Michael's College
Email: jracine@jstb.edu
Phone: (510) 549-5030
Courses offered:
- NTHM 2255: Exegeting Matthew for Preaching (with Lizette Larson-Miller, Ph.D.)
- NTHM 2263: Exegeting Mark for Preaching
- NT 2523: Paul's Letters-Context & Theology
- BS 2008: Intermediate Greek I
- NT 2530: Methods - Study of the Synoptics
- NT 3720-01: War and Peace in the New Testament (faculty supervisor)
- NT 4495: Luke-Acts
- NT 5468: New Testament Textual Criticism
- NT 5700: Greek Manuscripts of the New Testament
- NT 8200: Methods: Study of the Synoptics
From 1996 to 2002, Dr. Racine taught at the University of Québec at Chicoutimi where he has been on the faculty of the Religion and Ethics Department.
As Associate Professor of New Testament at the Jesuit School, Dr. Racine teaches courses on Paul's Letters, the Synoptic Gospels, and the Acts of the Apostles.
Dr. Racine's areas of research are New Testament textual criticism and narrative criticism applied to Luke-Acts. He is also interested in biblical hermeneutics.
Sample Publications
- "Une seconde dose d'Esprit Saint. Contribution d'Ac 4, 23-31 à l'intrigue des Actes des Apôtres," in L'Esprit du Ressuscité?. Perspectives lucanienne et néotestamentaire. Mélanges en honneur à Odette Mainville. Eds. André GAGNÉ, Alain GIGNAC, Sylvie PAQUETTE. Sciences bibliques. Montréal: Médiaspaul, 2011, 283-302.
- "The Text of Matthew in the Freer Gospels: A Quantitative and Qualitative Appraisal," in The Freer Biblical Manuscripts: Fresh Studies of the Greek Biblical Manuscripts Housed in the Freer Gallery. Ed. Larry W. Hurtado. Society of Biblical Literature Text-Critical Studies, no. 6. Atlanta/Leiden: Society of Biblical Literature/Brill Academic Publishers, 2006, 123-146.
- "La construction du personnage de Jésus dans l'évangile selon Luc: une création collective," in Et vous, qui dites-vous que je suis? La gestion des personnages dans les récits bibliques. Eds. Pierre Létourneau and Michel Talbot. Sciences bibliques. Montréal: Médiaspaul, 2006, 127-141.
- "L'hybridité des personnages: une stratégie d'inclusion des gentils dans les Actes des Apôtres," in La Bible en récits 2. Eds. André Wénin and Camille Focant. Bibliotheca Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses, no. 191. Leuven: Peeters - University Press, 2005, 559-566.
- The Text of Matthew in the Writings of Basil of Caesarea. The New Testament in the Greek Fathers, no. 5; Atlanta/Boston: Society of Biblical Literature/Brill Academic Publishers, 2004.
