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Laura Nasrallah's research and teaching bring together New Testament and early Christian literature
with the archaeological remains of the Mediterranean world, and often engage issues regarding colonialism,
gender, status, and power. Her book An Ecstasy of Folly: Prophecy and Authority in Early Christianity
focuses on 1 Corinthians and on materials from the second- and third-century controversies over prophecy
and the nature of the soul. Her forthcoming book, Christian Responses to Roman Art and Architecture:
The Second-Century Church Amid the Spaces of Empire, argues that early Christian literature addressed
to Greeks and Romans is best understood when read in tandem with the archaeology of Roman antiquity. Early
Christians discussed justice, piety, and God's image in the midst of sculptures and monumental architecture
asserting the Roman imperial family's justice, piety, and divinity. The Acts of the Apostles and the writings
of Justin, Athenagoras, Tatian, and Clement are the foundational texts for this study. Also forthcoming is a
volume co-edited with Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, titled Prejudice and Christian Beginnings: Investigating
Race, Gender, and Ethnicity in Early Christian Studies. Among her current projects are a book on Paul and
archaeology and a commentary on 1 Corinthians for the Hermeneia series through Fortress Press. A project
funded by the Office of the Provost focused on uses of the New Testament in U.S. popular culture and politics,
and she is also co-editing a volume emerging from a conference she organized with colleagues: "From Roman to Early
Christian Thessalonikē: A Conference in Religion and Archaeology."
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