Susan Hylen

Assistant Professor of New Testament

In the classroom, Professor Hylen teaches practices of New Testament interpretation. She equips students to become interpreters of the biblical texts and to interact with and evaluate other readings. Her current undergraduate courses include Themes in the New Testament, Women in the New Testament, The Gnostic Gospels, and The Book of Revelation and its Interpreters. Her Divinity courses include The New Testament, Teaching the Bible, Bible and Sermon: the Gospel of John, and Early Christian Women. Hylen/'s publications focus on literary aspects of the Gospel of John and the Book of Revelation. Her work involves understanding John/'s literary techniques like metaphor or characterization in light of contemporary Hellenistic Judaism. Her current research project is an exploration of the roles and authority of women in the early church. Professor Hylen/'s books include: Imperfect Believers: Ambiguous Characters in the Gospel of John (Westminster John Knox Press); John (Westminster John Knox Press); and Allusion and Meaning in John 6 (Walter de Gruyter).