Katie Marcar is a Senior Teaching Fellow in Biblical Languages. She completed a Masters in Biblical Studies at Edinburgh University before completing a PhD in New Testament Studies at Durham University. In her doctoral thesis, she studied the theme of divine regeneration in 1 Peter.
She teaches introductory papers on biblical Greek and biblical Hebrew, as well as advanced papers on the Hebrew scriptures and Greek New Testament.
She has published on New Testament textual criticism and is actively engaged in research projects on the use of the Hebrew scriptures in the New Testament as well as the influence of Jewish apocalyptic thinking on the New Testament.
Katie is a Deacon in the Anglican Church in New Zealand. She is actively engaged in church ministry, preaching, and youth work.
Main research interests
1 Peter and the Catholic Epistles
New Testament use of the Scriptures
Jewish apocalyptic literature
Teaching
BIBS131 Introductory New Testament Greek Language 1
BIBS132 Introductory New Testament Greek Language 2
Marcar, K. (2023). [Review of the book Constructing ethnic identity in 1 Peter: Who you are no longer]. SBL Central. Retrieved from https://www.sblcentral.org/home/bookDetails/1001896
Journal - Research Other
Marcar, K., & Te Kaawa, W. (2023, September). Reading 1 Peter in a three tikanga Church. Verbal presentation at the Tui, Tui, Tuia: Identity and Belonging: A Three Tikanga Church Colloquium, Auckland, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Marcar, K. (2023, June). Does Christ descend? An examination of 1 Peter 3:18-22 in light of 1 Enoch. ACU/IRCI Biblical and Early Christian Studies Global Seminar Series, Institute for Religion & Critical Inquiry, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia. [Research Presentation].
Other Research Output
Marcar, K. (2023, May). Katabasis in Peter 1? An argument for the Descensus Christi in 1 Peter 3:18-22. Classics Programme Research Seminar, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Department Seminar].
Other Research Output
Marcar, K. (2022, December). Exploring the influence of 1 Enoch on 1 Peter. Verbal presentation at the Aotearoa New Zealand Association for Biblical Studies (ANZABS) Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Marcar, K. (2022). Following in the footsteps: Exemplarity, ethnicity and ethics in 1 Peter. New Testament Studies, 68, 253-273. doi: 10.1017/S0028688521000424
Journal - Research Article
Marcar, K. (2022). Divine regeneration and ethnic identity in 1 Peter: Mapping metaphors of family, race, and nation. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 322p. doi: 10.1017/9781108888844
Authored Book - Research
Marcar, K. (2022). Exodus in the general letters. In S. M. Ehorn (Ed.), Exodus in the New Testament. (pp. 164-181). London, UK: T&T Clark.
Chapter in Book - Research
Marcar, K. (2021, May). Engaging academic debates: Examining race and ethnicity in recent New Testament scholarship [Workshop]. Theology Seminar Programme, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Department Seminar].
Other Research Output
Marcar, K. (2020, March). Following the example of Christ: Exemplarity in 1 Peter. Theology Programme Seminar Series, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Department Seminar].
Other Research Output
Marcar, K. (2020, March). Following in the footsteps: Exemplarity discourse and 1 Peter. Classics Programme Research Seminar Series, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Department Seminar].
Other Research Output
Marcar, K. (2019, October). Begotten into the people of God: Mapping systematic metaphors in 1 Peter. Verbal presentation at the Body Politic Metaphor in Discourse, Past and Present Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Marcar, K. (2019, June). Are daughters of Sarah called to silent submission (and/or abuse)? Investigating the exhortation to women in 1 Peter 3:1-6. Verbal presentation at the Trajectories in the Interpretation of Scripture Models, Issues and Prospects Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Marcar, K. (2019). Biblical views: As in the days of Noah: The apocalyptic world of 1 Peter. Biblical Archaeology Review, 45(2).
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Marcar, K. (2017). In the days of Noah: Urzeit/Endzeit correspondence and the flood tradition in 1 Peter 3-4. New Testament Studies, 63(4), 550-566. doi: 10.1017/S0028688517000133
Journal - Research Article
Marcar, K. (2017). Building a holy house: Identity formation in the Community Rule, 4QFlorilegium and 1 Peter 2.4-10. In K. M. Hockey, M. N. Pierce & F. Watson (Eds.), Muted voices of the New Testament: Readings in the Catholic Epistles and Hebrews. (pp. 41-54). London, UK: Bloomsbury.
Chapter in Book - Research
Marcar, K. (2017). [Review of the book Ecclesiology and the scriptural narrative of 1 Peter]. Reviews of Biblical and Early Christian Studies. Retrieved from https://rbecs.org/2017/02/09/esn1p/
Journal - Research Other
Marcar, K. (2016, September). Enoch, Noah, and the end of the world: Apocalyptic traditions in Second Temple Judaism and early Christianity. Abbey College, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Research Presentation].
Other Research Output
Marcar, K. (2016). [Review of the book Written to serve: The use of scripture in 1 Peter]. Reviews of Biblical and Early Christian Studies. Retrieved from https://rbecs.org/2016/04/08/wts/
Journal - Research Other
Marcar, K. (2016). The quotations of Isaiah in 1 Peter: A text-critical analysis. TC: A Journal of Biblical Textual Criticism, 21. Retrieved from http://rosetta.reltech.org/TC/v21/index.html
Journal - Research Article
Girsch, K. A. (2016). Begotten anew: Divine regeneration and identity construction in 1 Peter (PhD). Durham University, Durham, UK. Retrieved from http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/11349/
Awarded Doctoral Degree
Girsch, K. (2015, April). What are the spiritual sacrifices in 1 Peter 2.5? Verbal presentation at the Muted Voices Conference: Neglected Texts and Early Christian Identities, Durham, UK.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Girsch, K. (2014, November). "Begotten with imperishable seed": Ethnicity and procreative imagery in 1 Peter 1. Verbal presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) & American Academy of Religion (AAR), San Diego, USA.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Girsch, K. (2013, August). Why are there four gospels? Invited talk at Durham Cathedral, Durham, UK. [Public Seminar].
Other Research Output
Senior Teaching Fellow in Biblical Languages