- Kevin Reimer
- Rizza Bermio-Gonzalez
- Bruce Boeckel
- Donna Callahan
- Greg Camp
- Darren Duerksen
- Larry Dunn
- Zachary Durlam
- Fran Martens Friesen
- Kenneth Martens Friesen
- Milt Friesen
- Wayne Huber
- Chris Janzen
- Rod Janzen
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- Marshall Johnston
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- Eleanor Nickel
- Gina Ponce de Leon
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- Julia Reimer
- Duane Ruth-Heffelbower
- Deborah Sauer-Ferrand
- Walter Saul
- Laura Schmidt Roberts
- Jill Schellenberg
- Ryan Schellenberg
- Adam Schrag
- Brian Schultz
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- Jodie Tally
- Paul Toews
- James Van Slyke
- Billie Jean Wiebe
- Richard Wiebe
- Sandie Woods
- Dieter Wulfhorst
Ryan S. Schellenberg, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies
Seminary House, Room 208
559-453-2324
ryan.schellenberg@fresno.edu
Education
Ph.D., University of St. Michael's College (University of Toronto)
M.A., FPU Biblical Seminary
B.A., Canadian Mennonite University
Scholarly Interests
- Paul and his letters in social context
- Synoptic Gospels
- Parables of Jesus
Honors and Awards
- Governor General’s Academic Medal – Gold, Governor General of Canada, 2012
- Gordon Farquharson Scholarship, Toronto School of Theology, 2010
- Doctoral Fellowship, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 2008
Professional Affiliations
- Society of Biblical Literature
- Canadian Society of Biblical Studies
Publications and Presentations
Books:
- Rethinking Paul’s Rhetorical Education: Comparative Rhetoric and 2 Corinthians 10–13. Early Christianity and Its Literature. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, forthcoming.
Journal Articles:
- “Rhetorical Terminology in Paul: A Critical Reappraisal.” Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft, forthcoming.
- “τὸ ἐν λόγῳ ἰδιωτικὸν τοῦ Ἀποστόλου: Revisiting Patristic Testimony on Paul’s Rhetorical Education.” Novum Testamentum 54 (2012): 354–68.
- “Suspense, Simultaneity, and Divine Providence in the Book of Tobit.” Journal of Biblical Literature 130 (2011): 313–27.
- “Kingdom as Contaminant? The Role of Repertoire in the Parables of the Mustard Seed and the Leaven.” Catholic Biblical Quarterly 71 (2009): 527–43.
- “ ‘They Spoke the Truest of Words’: Irony in the Speeches of Herodotus’s Histories.” Arethusa 42 (2009): 131–50.
- “Which Master? Whose Steward? Metalepsis and Lordship in the Parable of the Prudent Steward (Luke 16:1–13).” Journal for the Study of the New Testament 30 (2008): 263–88.
Chapters:
- “ ‘Danger in the wilderness, danger at sea’: Paul and the Perils of Travel.” Pages 141–61 in Travel and Religion in Antiquity. Edited by Philip A. Harland. Studies in Christianity and Judaism 21. Waterloo, Ont.: Wilfred Laurier University Press, 2011.
