Teaching Fellow
Email mofreh.abdelmasih@otago.ac.nz
Mofreh Abdelmasih teaches Biblical Hebrew.
He holds a BA in English literature and linguistics (Minia University), an MDiv (ETSC, Egypt), and an MA in theology and religious studies (ETF, Leuven).
Mofreh was born and raised in Upper Egypt and currently lives in Dunedin, New Zealand, where he is also a PhD candidate in the Theology Programme at the University of Otago. He is also an ordained minister in the Synod of the Nile, the Presbyterian Church of Egypt. He has lectured in Egypt and Belgium and is currently a lecturer at the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Cairo, as well as a research associate at Pretoria University in South Africa.
Research interests
- Gospel of John
- 1 Peter
- Social-scientific criticism
- Contemporary Islam and Christianity
Publications
Forthcoming with Jacobus (Kobus) Kok, “Being a Christian Minority and Creating a Soft Difference: Perspectives on 1 Peter from a Social Identity Complexity Perspective,” in The Identity and Calling of the Christian Church as Minority in the Context of Islam.
Papers presented
“Exploring Ethnic Identity and Inclusion in the Rule of the Community and the Gospel of John,” Annual Meeting of Aotearoa New Zealand Association for Biblical Studies (ANZABS), Christchurch, NZ, 1–2 December 2025.
“Exploring Ethnic Identity and Inclusion in the Rule of the Community and the Gospel of John,” Catholic Australian University, Southern Perspectives on the Dead Sea Scrolls, online conference, 17 October 2025.
“‘Being a Christian Minority and Creating a Soft Difference: Perspectives on 1 Peter from a Social Identity Complexity Perspective,” Online Expert Meeting: The Identity and Calling of the Christian Church as a Minority in the Context of Islam, 13–14 November 2024.
“Restorative Presence in a Hostile World: A Comparative Analysis between John 4 and 1 Peter 3,” ETF Leuven New Testament Symposium, Leuven, Belgium, 24 July 2024.