Leif Vaage completed his B.A in Valparaiso, MDiv at Trinity Lutheran and received his PhD at Claremount University. During the last 20 years, since completing doctoral studies at the Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, California, his scholarly interests have revolved around the following four issues: i) the social practices of biblical interpretation, especially in Latin America; ii) the social projects of earliest Christianity, especially those associated with the historical Jesus and his first followers in Galilee and with the historical Paul; iii) the diverse modes of social critique and alternative social construction, especially in ancient Cynicism, Christian asceticism, and modern anarchism; and iv) the social significance of the human body in and for these practices and projects.
Emmanuel College.
BA (Valparaiso ), MDiv (Trinity Lutheran), PhD (Claremont)
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tel: (416) 585-4532
email: leif.vaage@utoronto.ca
Selected publications
“Jewish Scripture, Q and the Historical Jesus: a Cynic Way with the Word?” (2001)
Asceticism and the New Testament (ed. with Vincent L. Wimbush) (1999)
Subversive Scriptures: Revolutionary Readings of the Christian Bible in Latin America (ed., 1997)
“Q and Cynicism: On Comparison and Social Identity” (1994)
“The Son of Man Sayings in Q: Stratigraphical Location and Significance” (1992)
“The Sayings Gospel Q and Method in the Study of Christian Origins” (with John Kloppenborg, 1992)